Bøger af Steven Samblis

I am truly honored to share with you the SmartFem Guide for Entrepreneurs. I hope this book will inspire and propel you to follow your entrepreneurial dreams. To help you understand the purpose of this book, I feel it is important to tell you why I feel so passionate about creating my own business. SmartFem Media Group is not my first business. It's my fourth, and it's almost eleven years old. I am watching so many people who live for the weekends because they hate their 9 to 5 careers. A recent global poll conducted by Gallup uncovered that only 15% of the world's population is happy with their jobs. This means 85% of people are unhappy and unfulfilled with their careers. I've witnessed many friends and acquaintances deal with this despair, but unfortunately, aren't sure how to start their businesses. I learned business in an unconventional way. I didn't go to school for business. Journalism was my passion, but sadly, it couldn't sustain my lifestyle as a single mom with daycare and a mortgage. I needed a plan B. I became a copier salesperson as a newly divorced mom because it let me determine my salary. I learned a lot about the copier industry and big business. When the company filed for bankruptcy, I could see the holes in their business. I learned that big business was often top-heavy and couldn't easily navigate the changing technology and buying preferences of their customer. I went on to resign from that company and started my own company that competed with them directly. That company was fun, taught me a lot, and I made decent money. While the business model was great, I ended up selling shortly after personal copiers made their way into Price Club, now known as Costco. Salespeople transition well into business owners because they are accustomed to sales and realize that their income is based solely on their efforts. Unfortunately, one of the biggest challenges I see with entrepreneurs is not following clues. Technology changes and not all business models are sustainable. Over the years, I've learned that in sales and business, mindset is everything. Before you hop on a call, go see a client, or attend an event with your target demographic, make sure your head is in the game. Success and failure start in your head!

In "God gives you the Lesson when YOU are Ready!" you will discover the timeless lessons of success in a way that will make you reflect on all the people who had come into your life and taught you things when you needed that lesson. I realized it started with my mother, but I needed a mentor who could bring out the essence of the lesson so that I could use not only to impact what I was trying to accomplish but, more importantly, impact and add value to others. True servant leadership. And on January 15, 2009, the test of all these things I had learned coalesced to not only help me and others survive a plane crash but not let these lessons die with me.

During these interesting times, it is important to laugh. This mini-book is created for just that reason. This is a form of political satire on various political, economic, etc. systems using the assumption that you live within a given system, and you have two cows. It originates from the satirical "Two Cows" premise which began to pop up in the 1930s. Don't use this book as a basis for any investment system. NO COWS WHERE HARMED OR INJURED DURING THE PRODUCTION OF THIS BOOK, UNLESS YOU COUNT THE HAMBURGER I JUST ATE. BUT THAT IS TECHNICALLY NOT RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF THIS BOOK. SO I THINK WE ARE GOOD HERE. I WAS JUST HUNGRY, AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.

Hollywood screenwriter and television producer Craig Titley (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scooby-Doo, Cheaper by the Dozen, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) has, for the first time, put together a collection of 24 essays written as part of his Phd program in Mythological Studies. These essays on pop culture and mythology contain his thought-provoking and often amusing reflections on topics such as: The Matrix, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Barton Fink and writing for Hollywood, Kung Fu cinema, Joseph Campbell, farting tricksters, zombies, comedy, fairy tales, screenwriting... and a complete Jungian analysis of Scooby-Doo. If you're interested in diving into the deep end of pop culture and mythology then Titley's unique perspective as a Hollywood screenwriter, television producer, mythologist, and self-described Trickster may be just what the doctor ordered.