The Home Office from Hell Cure - Are You A Growth Maven or A Lifestyle Guru?
By Jean Murray
Jeffrey Landers has written a book titled The Home Office from Hell Cure (Entrepreneur Press). He writes about two kinds of entrepreneurs – the Growth Maven and the Lifestyle Guru. This book was a huge revelation to me.
When I first envisioned my home business, I imagined myself a Growth Maven. I had big ideas about “passive income” and making lots of money sitting around waiting for the checks to come in. I planned out a huge empire which would eventually grow from my home office to a 20,000 square foot facility with 10 employees and lots of books being sold and my own personal assistant to book my public speaking engagements. Big dreams.
Now, I’m more of a Lifestyle Guru. I have discovered that I want a life and balance. I want to be able to spend time with my grandchildren, and I enjoy talking with my daughter. I also want to have time to travel with my husband. And I want time to indulge in my passion for quilting.
Sure I want money, but I don’t want to work so hard making a living that I forget to make a life. We have both worked hard all our lives and we want to enjoy ourselves.
You can find a brief excerpt from the book at MSNBC.com . The excerpt also has a quiz so you can see what kind you are.
So, which kind are you – Growth Maven or Lifestyle Guru?
Jean Murray is a b5 blogger at Small Business Boomers. She also blogs at The Thriving Writer where there are more tips for freelancers. Find out more about Jean.
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Mary Emma Allen
May 4, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Thank you, Jean, for writing a guest post for Home Biz Notes. You bring up an interesting question. I found throughout my life that I’ve had to balance family and a career/business, and when there was choice, family won out. I might be further along on th road to “success” and fame, if I’d had tunnel vision. But there often were times, like the past three weeks, when family came first and I’ve spent hours in the hospital with my daughter who is in ICU. I’ve also had to continue business matters to keep income coming in. But I’ve had to learn to balance…and even do writing while I was sitting beside her bed waiting for her to awake. At one point, I didn’t have a note pad with me, so wrote the draft for my weekly newspaper column on paper towels.
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