What does it take to build your own empire? Your own kingdom? Your own business. I’m not talking about a major corporation, I’m talking about the all important and desperately needed small business. If you want to learn about business and how to build your own, surrounding yourself with like minded people who have what you want and have already done what you’re trying to accomplish is the best way. You wouldn’t take business building advice from someone who doesn’t have a business to build just like you wouldn’t take financial advice from someone who isn’t financially stable.
When it comes to building a business, I asked Ralph Slaske of Slaske Builders what advice he had to give. A little info on Mr. Slaske and his business. The business he runs is about as strong and stable as the custom-made houses he builds for his clients. That’s pretty stable! I knew that coming to Mr. Slaske and getting his business advice would be a wise decision because he has what any driven entrepreneur wants and he knows what he’s doing. With over 10 years in the industry, he ought to!
Ralph’s first bit of business advice to share was simple and made a lot of sense. What he had to say what that success doesn’t just happen by yourself. No man or woman has ever risen to their dreams or built their own castle by themselves. Everything great that has ever been done came from the result of working with a team. Mr. Slaske gives a large portion of credit to his team and says if it wasn’t for them, he and they wouldn’t be where they are today. Thomas Edison had a team of people, Abe Lincoln had a team of people, George Washington had a team of people. Everything great to ever come from history and to make history has never come from the efforts of one person. You are not your business, you are a representative of your business.