September 17, 2009
I was recently in Cambodia talking with a group of small business owners and made the following remark.
“When you tell people that you have your own business they always think you’re rich.”
They all sheepishly agreed but often felt hurt because they wished they were rich BUT seemed to be always struggling.
Many small business owners are misunderstood and struggling with no one to talk to about it.
That’s the reason for our One Sherpa online community.
To encourage and empower small business owners who want to be rich and find where the money is hiding in their business.
April 6, 2009
Lately I’ve been thinking about words that contain a hidden meaning within them which can open up better understanding and success.
One of those words is EMPOWERMENT which is a term often used in management and business today. Everyone wants to empower others to help them but unless correctly used it can lead you no where.
If you look at the word like this EM – POWER – MENT and strip away the syllables EM and MENT you’re left with the hidden word POWER.
The secret in empowerment is to delegate the power to someone else and if you want to hold onto the power then effective empowerment does not take place.
Think about all the places where this might apply to you.
I want some one to help me with the books of the company BUT I don’t want them to control the money.
I want to have sales people working for me BUT I don’t want them to negotiate terms.
I want to employ a manager for my business BUT I still want to have a level of veto on everything they do.
What level of empowerment has taken place?
Giving others the power to act and do things is the secret of effective empowerment.
