Let's Start HIRING Again! Let's Not Fail Each Other by Fearing Failure -- By Pete Lorins, PhD CD., JD

OK -- It seems like it was yesterday that I arrived on this great land called "The United States of America". Having arrived from the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere to the richest country in the World, needless to say, I was FASCINATED at the contrasts, particularly, the ones that I saw in NEW YORK CITY, the best City in the World. I discovered myself in that organized chaos. And it was awesome... The possibilities seemed to have been endless, Americans were optimistic and poised to spend on each other, and  I, the skinny little Black kid from the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, was literally in paradise!  I saw the American spirit, a great people. I saw people walking fast, talking fast, easting fast. I saw purpose, resolve, determination, passion etc. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICA THAT I LOVE?

We can get back to that lovely place again. But we can't do it by fearing failure. We have to start creating business structures that will CREATE JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS again. Yes, we need HEALTH CARE as well, but we need JOBS even more. People gain a certain level of freedom and self-belief just from having good paying jobs. Marriages have more stability, wives are happier, and as the saying goes: "If momma is not happy, ain't nobody happy, huh?". But on a serious note, WHY SHOULD WE START CREATING JOBS AGAIN? NEWER TYPES OF JOBS? and WHY IS IT VITAL TO GETTING BACK TO THE AMERICA THAT WE KNEW AND LOVED?

Well, as entrepreneurs, when we start to strategically create jobs, we don't only help the economy, but we also help our own businesses' capability maturity level. Imagine being BOMBARDED with a lot of phone calls or guests or prospects  after conducting a strategic marketing/advertising campaign.  Would you be able to single-handedly, seamlessly and successfully process all your prospects enough to turn most of them into lifelong clients?

Well the answer is probably a big fat NO. As the saying goes, "one can do everything in life, but one cannot do it alone..." In other words, we need each other, and as a French saying goes, "we always need someone who is smaller or less sophisticated than we are."

TODAY, Americans have a fear to venture out, and quite understandingly so, such a fear is not without merit. But as one American president stated, "the only thing Americans have to fear is FEAR itself." I have, personally, embarked on a mission to be a MOTIVATING FACTOR/ INSPIRATION LEADER to all Entrepreneurs, and particularly American entrepreneurs because to whom much is given, much is also required. It's time to start spending again, time to start HIRING AGAIN, and last but not least, time to start INNOVATING again. Americans need factories in AMERICA. Not in INDIA, not in CHINA... Right here in AMERICA.

America became great because Americans had to unite against factions and fear with the goal of being ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. And as such they have PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE to the American flag to that end. Not because they had no fear, but because sometimes they realized that they had to "pinch their noses to swallow the medicine" and that medicine is RISK-TAKING my friends. NO PAIN, NO GAIN.

With just a little bit of RISK TAKING by those who have the money and a dialogue with those who have the ideas, we can start fueling that PASSION/FIRE again. There's nothing life having FIRE in one's belly. The FIRE in my BELLY is limitless. In fact, it's enough to conquer the World... I believe that I can <smile> through business... It's quite American. We are CAPITALISTS here right? There's nothing like that ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTHUSIASM. It's like conceiving a baby and then giving birth to it. You cannot wait to see that baby grow, you cannot wait to give your ALL for that baby. Businesses are the babies of those who form them and if we are willing to consider taking HIGH CALCULATED RISKS for HIGH REWARDS we'll be on our way there again.

Failure is the mother of success. If Americans continue to be afraid to fail because the Banks are not lending or because the venture capitalists are skeptical, then they'll keep closing down their businesses, and the JOBS will dry up and our systematic economy will collapse and the American Dream will remain only a dream for most.

I started my first business on a shoestring budget almost two (2) decades ago, and it still remains the best decision of my life. Yes, you can start HIRING again, yes you can make the phone ring again, yes you can have your dream business again, while reaping the fruits of your hard work. All it takes is a bit of RE-INVENTION in your mind's eyes. DOUBTFUL ABOUT WHAT I'm saying? CALL ME ON IT.

I'll even give you a FREE CONSULTATION. Call me at (407) 272-0873 and if I don't show you how I can work with you to turn your idea into a full-fledged profitable business, I'll personally pay you for your time. Come on now, let's rebuild America again. The government won't do it for us. We, the entrepreneurs, are the ones who will create the lasting jobs. It's a cycle... if we don't create jobs, then people won't have the money to spend on other businesses, and businessmen and women won't have the money to spend on lawyers, doctors etc... it's like a domino-effect... LET US STOP IT ONE BUSINESS AT A TIME!

Pete Lorins, PhD CD, JD - petelorins@aol.com (email)