This past Thursday marked the 150th birthday of my great
grandfather.
You might know him as the iconic American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
He had an incredible career that spanned over 70 years. But it wasn't all easy and he was broke for a lot of it.
While he got famous early, he did it with sheer talent, no systems, no plan, no foundation.
And,
it didn't help that he ran off with the wife of a client, abandoning his own wife and 6 children (his daughter was my grandmother.)
This made him very unpopular in the press and created a storm of negative PR.
He was always a controversial figure and his first wife refused a divorce and he didn't provide any real support (still no idea how she survived with the children.)
After his first rocky spell, he hit his stride professionally and enjoyed a successful 20 years.
It was around age 50 that architecture changed again and he fell out of favor for the next 20 years.
Then when most would be retiring at age 70, he experienced a resurgence in interest and did some of his finest work into his nineties...
Including the Guggenheim museum in NYC and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania.
I'm sharing all of this with you because great grandfather was notorious for being broke even when he has projects and clients in the door.
He didn't pay his people well, in fact, he had his son John work for him for 5 years with no pay at all.
Frank Lloyd Wright didn't know how to run a business well, he succeeded in spite of himself and the considerable financial stresses.
Because with the right foundation you will achieve more with less effort.
Because with the right foundation you can avoid the stress of roller coaster revenues and focus on managing your resources.
Because with the right foundation you'll build a solid and sustainable business.
Because with the right foundation you'll
be able to see the market changes coming, the trends shifting and be prepared to benefit from them.
Because with the right foundation you can create a retirement if you want one, instead of working until your last breath (that's a choice.)
The emails I've been sending you about Todd Herman's 90 Day Year are exactly that, YOUR SOLID BUSINESS FOUNDATION.
I know, not just from family history, but from personal first-hand experience and that of my clients, what it costs not to have a firm foundation in place.
WINGING IT DOESN'T WIN IT.
In fact, you'll wear yourself out much sooner when your business lacks a solid foundation.
All while earning more in less time because he shows you how to get more done in 90 days than you did in the last 12 months.
This stuff really works and you deserve a business that works for you (instead of you slaving away and sacrificing for it!)
Oh, and you'll get to enjoy your weekends more instead of working through them....
Mega Hugs,
Melissa
PS. If you don't need The 90 Day Year because you are already a paragon of productivity
and profitability, YOU ROCK! And I congratulate you on your achievement. But, if you'd like to achieve more in less time with less effort, GO HERE.
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