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John F. Dini CMBA, CExP, CBI
President, MPN Incorporated
I live with the ups, the downs, the peaks, the valleys, and the gratification and occasionally the sheer numbing terror of being a business owner; and I experience all of it, EVERY SINGLE DAY!
As a coach, facilitator and consultant to hundreds of entrepreneurs, the operator of a dozen peer groups and a business owner myself, I spend almost every waking moment discussing the challenges and rewards of owning a business. I eat, sleep and breathe business ownership. I don’t hunt. I don’t fish. I don’t even play golf. Business ownership is both my vocation and my recreation. I think owning a business is the most interesting thing anyone can do.
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Small business owners are the Hunters of the 21st century. We are 3% of the US population, and yet we create over half of all American jobs. As Hunters, we may not be inclined to manage by the numbers or stick to systems. If we were, we'd be working for someone else! If you lie awake at 2 AM because you are worried about your business, or just because you are excited about what you will be doing when the rest of the world wakes up, then this is the place for you!
Category Archives: Strategy and Planning
Outsourcing America
The Baby Boomers created seismic shifts in American culture and economics throughout their lives. Their mere numbers caused much of the shift, but their competitiveness and commonality enhanced the impact at every stage of their lives. In the mid 1960′s, … Continue reading
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Work-Life Balance
The term “Work-Life Balance” is widely cited as first occurring in the United State in 1986 in a research paper. I can’t identify the specific source of this much-referred usage, but it is telling that it would pop up when the last … Continue reading
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The Brass Ring
A long, long time ago (I’ve actually ridden only one such in my lifetime) Carousels had a spring-loaded sleeve of brass rings protruding near the innermost (and least popular) track of horses. A bigger kid could lean out and yank … Continue reading
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The Pig in the Python
The title of this section refers to a well-known biological phenomenon. The python family of snakes have hinged jaws that allow them to swallow animals much larger than their heads. These animals are gradually consumed as they pass through the … Continue reading
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The Approaching Tidal Wave
A year ago this month, I began speaking to business owner groups about “Beating the Boomer Bust.” Since then I’ve delivered the presentation over 20 times, both locally and to national groups, and the requests for it are increasing. It’s … Continue reading
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David Girault says:
Great teaser to the rest of the series.. As a Gen X’r trying to work with a Boomer boss on potential exit strategies, this is spot on.. On a different level, living in deep South Texas, where today, over two in five people is under 25, I am curious as to what we can do as a region to create the type of economic renaissance that America experienced as the Boomers came of age….
As always, Good Stuff, John!
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I have always known that the generational impact of the Boomers has been undervalued in business. As this high-powered generation gears up for retirement, the last thing we should do is wait to see what will happen. In fact, I have watched as this influential generation has struggled to step aside and actually retire. New retirement ages and redefining retirement as launching a consulting career are a part of this.
In addition, Generation Y is coming on to the scene, uninterested in playing by the Boomers’ corporate rules. What I am wondering is, how will Generation X stay in the game as the business rules are being rewritten?
Thank you for your articles. I really like Awake at 2 o’clock in the Morning. That is when I started reading your articles. My husband and I were born about 10 and 8 years respectively before the Boomers. Because we were young children when this started, we didn’t really know what was happening. I would sure like to play catch up now and prepare for the scoietal changes that are coming.
Very well researched article. Thank you Babby Boomers!
You final sentence is spot on. Government regulation is moving small business owners back toward the corporate environment to secure health benefits and retirement plan opportunities that they can not afford as business owners. Corporations benefit from seasoned experienced small business employees closing the door to many college graduates.