| I had a great teacher in kindergarten. She taught me | | | | trust and value you as someone the want to do |
| many, many things that I use in the real world every | | | | business with. It might not pay off right away but it will |
| day. But beyond the ABC's and how to take a 15 | | | | somewhere down the road. |
| minute nap after recess she also taught me things | | | | Share everything you have to share (within reason) |
| about how to be successful in my home based | | | | and you'll build business relationships that will last |
| business. Think I'm crazy? Here are a few examples. | | | | forever and you'll always have lots of people who |
| For starters she taught me that if I want more friends I | | | | want to do business with you. |
| have to be a friend myself. How does that apply to | | | | Another valuable thing I learned in Kindergarten was to |
| business? It taught me to view my prospects, business | | | | take a recess. Not a long one, I'm not saying to take |
| partners, and venders as my friends. I treat them with | | | | an entire week off. But, an hour here and 30 minutes |
| respect and in return I get respect back. | | | | there. |
| Obviously sometimes you have to stop being friends | | | | You'll find that when you come back from your recess |
| and get down to business. But as a general rule if you | | | | you'll feel more refreshed and ready to go back to |
| treat people like you would treat a friend you'll get a lot | | | | work. If you do nothing but work, work, work all the |
| more from the relationship. | | | | time without ever giving yourself a break you'll end up |
| I also learned that you have to share. | | | | getting burnt out really quickly and might end up giving |
| Share what? Well your time for one thing. You have | | | | up. So don't go for too long without giving yourself |
| to treat people like they're worth your time and effort. | | | | small breaks along the way. |
| You also should share your knowledge. A lot of people | | | | Those are just a few examples of things I learned |
| don't get this and think they should keep all their really, | | | | about my home based business from my kindergarten |
| really good secrets to yourself. However, when you | | | | teacher. |
| give people your best bits of information they'll learn to | | | | |