Thursday, November 11, 2010

When I Grow Up...Day 96

Yesterday I received a call from Greg, a client friend I work with once a year.  The last time I saw him I dropped off a couple of cookies with a proof and told him about my dream of a business.  So it was not surprising that he greeted me with the question "How are the cookies going?"  I was happy to report my dream had come true.  I was actually in the cookie business.  I told him of the challenges and the successes.  I shared the joy of watching a customer taste a bite of a Heartsong Cookie for the first time.  Greg listened intently and then shared a story of his own.  He told me fifteen years ago he started a "side" business of his own with a $1,000 investment and 200 customers.  Five years later he quit his full time job to run his "side" business.  Fifteen years later his "side" business grosses $7-8million...yes, MILLION dollars a year.  Amazing!

Greg said when you do things for all the right reasons...like making people happy, good things will follow.

When I grow up...
I want to be Greg!

Many hugs,
Kathy

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