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Why Your “Good Job” Still Leaves You Struggling
The Career Ownership Path to Real Financial Freedom You work hard. You show up every day. You’ve done everything right—got the education, built the skills, landed the job. Yet here you are, checking your bank account before buying groceries, putting off car repairs, and wondering how everyone else seems to be doing better. You’re not…
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Terry Powell and The Entrepreneur’s Source: What is Head Trash and How do we Get Rid of It?
Terry Powell and The Entrepreneur’s Source: What is Head Trash and How do we Get Rid of It? What is head trash? It is the junk that we keep in our minds, and we believe that it is reality when it is actually a stumbling block preventing us from being better. It may be a…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Shares the Secret to Being in Business for You, Not by Yourself
For franchisors, being in business “for you, but not by yourself” means being surrounded by a team of people dedicated to helping achieve success. A franchise includes the brand name, the operating system and a team of people dedicated to the success of the franchise. They help with support, training, education, marketing, sales, lead generation…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Identifies the Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back from Success
The Entrepreneur’s Source Identifies the Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back from Success Limiting beliefs are untrue, negative thoughts that hold people back from achieving their full potential. “I often use the example that I love donuts, but I do not think it is a good idea to eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; however,…
The Porta Potty Story: The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Tips for Loving What You Do
The Porta Potty Story: The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Tips for Loving What You Do There is a common belief that you need to know and love a product or service to capitalize on it. This is a myth, or what we at The Entrepreneur’s Source call a limiting belief. Most of us are…
The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Share the Recipe for Success in Matching Franchisor and Franchisee
The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Share the Recipe for Success in Matching Franchisor and Franchisee The Entrepreneur’s Source knows how to make matches, and pairing franchisors with the franchisee candidates who work best with the established business model is vital for the success of each. First, the franchisor creates their ideal candidate profile. Franchisors must answer…
The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Debunk the Myth of a Steady Paycheck
The Entrepreneur’s Source and Terry Powell Debunk the Myth of a Steady Paycheck The employer/employee relationship has changed in a multitude of ways, but as it relates to a steady paycheck, the reality for the employer is that employment no longer has to be maintained as a steady paycheck. Employers have ways of changing the…
Top 5 Career Building Tips for College Graduates from The Entrepreneur’s Source Founder Terry Powell
In an unfavorable job landscape, plagued with part-time and temporary positions, unpromising opportunities and high competition for the few openings available, more recent college graduates are looking for alternative opportunities to begin their professional futures. A recent analysis by The Associated Press found that 53.6 percent of those with bachelor’s degrees under age 25 were jobless or…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Founder Terry Powell: What Does a Business Coach Do?
The Entrepreneur’s Source Founder Terry Powell: What Does a Business Coach Do? The concept of business coaching is different than consulting, brokerage and services of that nature in that business coaching focuses on collaboration with the client. The role of a Business Coach is to help clients discover and create the answers for themselves, rather…
How to Overcome Battered Investor Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Shares Top 5 Tips for Smart Investing
How to Overcome Battered Investor Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Shares Top 5 Tips for Smart Investing What is Battered Investor Syndrome? The performance of our financial portfolios is dependent on the economy, the stock market, unemployment, and many factors outside of investors’ control. As a result of owning reactive investments, investors have seen their portfolios…
The Entrepreneur’s Source to Attend IFA’s Annual Convention, The Premier Event in the Franchising Industry
The Entrepreneur’s Source to Attend IFA’s Annual Convention, The Premier Event in the Franchising Industry The Entrepreneur’s Source is continuing to celebrate 30 years of franchise business coaching success and their long standing attendance record at the IFA Annual Convention. The IFA Annual Convention hosts world-class speakers, experts in the franchise industry and nearly 300…
Triumphing Over Battered Career Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Explains How
Triumphing Over Battered Career Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Explains How Nearly half of all middle-class Americans are not confident in their ability to save sufficiently for retirement. In the post-recession economy, workers are still struggling to gain a foothold on their professional growth. Work satisfaction surveys point an even gloomier employment picture. Even the slight…
Overcoming Battered Investor Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Highlights Benefit of Investing in Franchising
Overcoming Battered Investor Syndrome: The Entrepreneur’s Source Highlights Benefit of Investing in Franchising Investors have taken many roller coaster rides with their investments, especially over past decade. The majority of people place the power of their wealth-building and investments to others outside their control: Wall Street. In turn, the financial community they trusted to do…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Recommends Riding the Frozen Yogurt Wave with Menchie’s
The Entrepreneur’s Source Recommends Riding the Frozen Yogurt Wave with Menchie’s In communities across the nation, a new type of quick-service restaurant is growing in popularity and taking over the market – frozen yogurt. According to an IBIS World survey, the frozen yogurt industry has seen an annual growth rate of 21 percent between 2008…
CEO of The Entrepreneur’s Source Shares 5 Tips for Finding the Perfect Franchise
CEO of The Entrepreneur’s Source Shares 5 Tips for Finding the Perfect Franchise In the current state of our economy and job market, it’s highly likely that you or someone you’re close to is a victim of the New Career Economy®. Downsizing and the impending threat of layoffs are forcing many people to reevaluate their…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Helps Aspiring Business Owners Find Success at Franchise Expo South
The Entrepreneur’s Source Helps Aspiring Business Owners Find Success at Franchise Expo South The Franchise Expo South helps aspiring entrepreneurs find the franchise business opportunity they have been looking for. Serving the Southwestern U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean territories, the Franchise Expo South features more than 100 franchises. The Entrepreneur Source attended the Franchise…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Terry Powell Shares Top 2 Secrets to Discovery Process
The Entrepreneur’s Source Terry Powell: Secrets to Discovery Process The Entrepreneur’s Source takes an inside-out approach to the Discovery Process. Our Business Coaches help people discover what they want a business franchise to do for them, and what they want their life to look like in the next 10 to 15 years. It goes with…
Founder Terry Powell : The New Career Economy™
Today’s career path has entirely changed. The Entrepreneur’s Source refers to this change as the New Career Economy™ but there is nothing normal about it: It is simply what we have to adapt to. “Outsourcing is a way of life. The borderless aspect of a digital revolution makes outsourcing jobs easier and impacts our economy….
Career Complaints? Entrepreneur’s Source Founder Terry Powell on Overcoming Battered Career Syndrome
Nearly half of all middle-class Americans are not confident in their ability to save sufficiently for retirement. In the post-recession economy, workers are still struggling to gain a foothold on their professional growth. Work satisfaction surveys point an even gloomier employment picture. “Battered Career Syndrome means being subjected to the frustration of turning to the…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Founder Terry Powell: Take Control of Your Investments
The Entrepreneur’s Source Terry Powell: Take Control of Investments As addressed in Terry’s Top 5 Tips for Smart Investing blog post, those who make reactive investments into their financial futures risk the uncertainty of whether they will able to pay their bills when they retire and whether they will be afforded the type of lifestyle…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Reviews How Franchisors can Improve National Lead Generation
The Entrepreneur’s Source Reviews How to Improve Lead Generation Did you know… The average franchisor spends upwards of $6,000 on national advertising efforts every month The average closing ratio for national lead generation is between .05 and 1 percent Franchisors invest a lot of energy, time and money for a low closing ratio. Maintaining an…
Should You Be an Entrepreneur? The Entrepreneur’s Source Franchise Self-Evaluation Questions
The Entrepreneur’s Source Franchise Self-Evaluation Questions Each month, over one million people search for a way to start their own business. If you are one of the million considering entrepreneurship, ask yourself: Have you ever had the dream of being self-sufficient? Have you ever thought there has to be a better way? Have you ever…
The Entrepreneur’s Source® Reviews the Evolving Job Market and New Career Economy™
The Entrepreneur’s Source® Reviews Job Market and New Career Economy™ As the younger generation enters the job market out of college, they are accepting jobs with much lower salaries while possessing high levels of education. Older workers cannot compete, and in turn are experiencing feelings of frustration and readiness for a change. Those experiencing Battered…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Complaints that Reveal a Desire for Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneur’s Source Complaints that Reveal a Desire for Entrepreneurship At some point across a career path, most individuals experience the desire for entrepreneurship. You may have made a lot of money for other people, but when you evaluate where these efforts have gotten you, do you recall pink slips and searches for the next…
The Entrepreneur’s Source Franchise Reflects on the Rise of Battered Career Syndrome
The Entrepreneur’s Source Franchise – Rise of Battered Career Syndrome In 2005, The Entrepreneur’s Source conducted third party market research into the future of the job market. “I remember presenting the information we learned to a group of coaches at one of our conferences. We talked about the pink slips, gaps in employment, instability in…
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