Posts tagged DISTRIBUTIONS
Do You Own a Job or a Business?

As a business owner, do you have to go to work?  If you do, you are trading time for money, and that’s the definition of a job.  Business owners should earn distribution checks, not paychecks.

A paycheck is compensation for time spent at work.

A distribution check is compensation for accepting the risk and responsibilities of ownership.

Distributions are a return on investment, which has nothing to do with going to work.

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They Say I Make Money, So Why Don’t I Have Any?

As a business coach, that is probably the number one question I am asked by business owners. Payroll this week, suppliers next week, debt service the week after, and tax deposits, seemingly, all the time.  Everybody wants our cash. If you own a business, you know what I mean because you’ve asked the question yourself.  Even when we make a profit, it feels as if business is a perpetual scramble for scarce cash...

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