It's been six months since I took a sabbatical from The Balance Beam. I was asked to create a major presentation for The Frazzled Entrepreneur and I couldn't do that without bringing back the entire program. In the meantime, I've picked up a lot of readers, and many of you may be unfamiliar with The Frazzled Entrepreneur, The Balance Beam, The Balance Sheet, and our own Auntie Cyclone. So let me take a few paragraphs and explain a little about what we're up to . . .
What is a 'frazzled entrepreneur'? It's not only quite simple; you also may recognize elements of yourself in it. A 'frazzled entrepreneur' is anyone who is in business and who has more month left at the end of the money and more work to do at the end of the time. A 'frazzled entrepreneur' is a business person who's always running out of resources and whose motto could be that old Pennsylvania Dutch saying, "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get."
Becoming a frazzled entrepreneur takes very little skill at all. In fact, it's exactly as easy as rolling down a hill: just let gravity take you. All that's required on your part is to 'go with the flow' and let the current carry you along, bouncing you off one set of rocky rapids after another. Surprisingly enough, being a frazzled entrepreneur doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be a failure at business. We frazzled folks have learned the hard way how to take a beating and keep on pushing forward. Of course, if you're a frazzled entrepreneur, your business may not fail but it'll never be much of a success (at least not for very long) and your personal life is apt to be a disaster.
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