Focus on Your Possibilities, Not Your Limitations

What are the first things that come to your mind when somebody brings up the idea to start your own business?
Probably something along these lines:

• I don’t have enough money
• I don’t have enough time
• and  I don’t have enough experience

Well, the truth is that you don’t need all that to get started. Moreover, what you need is a different view of your circumstances and limitations.

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Would You Wait or Create?

Do you really want to pick someone’s leftovers?

Don’t get me wrong I am not talking about hustlers who do shady business. I am talking about people with zero tolerance of status quo, creators of their own reality and success!

In my case, not only I didn’t pick any leftovers but I gave my $500 000 to somebody else.

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Yet Another Reason For Being In The Group Home and Care Home Business

Today, we are going to simply review some statistics about the United States as well as some additional important points on how to start a residential group home and how to keep your business running profitably.

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168 Hours to Build the Life you Desire

luxury villa

Having plans for the weekend? You better not because I have one hell of a plan for you! And it’s not including the room from the picture above.

Believe me, I am not trying to make your life rougher than it is. But, bear with me for a couple of minutes and you might end up booking this villa sooner than you think.

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You Need Situational Adaptability With Group Homes

I can’t stress how important situational adaptability is for group home entrepreneurs. The ability to see that your plan does not fit the current situation, and a minor pivot is called for in order to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, we have this beaten out of us by the school system because we are so used to stick to the guidelines and throwing away all of our creativity that we forget we can always find a way.

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Who are some of the larger group home, transitional living home and sober home operators?

The Narco Freedom is the number one outpatient sober home and substance abuse recovery home in the new york area.  As a matter of fact, according to tax returns, Narco Freedom had revenue of $46,700,000 in 2011. What are the profit margins? We don’t have access to that information, but 20% – 50% is not uncommon.

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How Christine made an additional $39 000 this year?

Christine made an additional $ 39 000 in the first year of owning and operating her group home for senior assisted living. The best part of her story is that she needed less than $ 2000 to get started!

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For Quicker Timelines You Need More Energy

As the saying goes, “if you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic”.

Everyone wants to see the dream come alive quickly but the truth is that it all depends on your effort. The more committed you are and the more you are willing to focus the better the result will be. In fact, starting a Group Home is not full of difficult steps. In addition, starting a group home does require work though.

The best thing you can do is put as much of your energy into it in the beginning as possible.

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The Weight of: “I don’t Know Where to Start!”

Considering the fact that I am more than 10 years successfully running hundreds of Group Homes, people often approach me with questions. What I could notice so far is that people often don’t recognize what are their priorities at the moment. Some people get too technical and others have a high-level overview and lack of specification.

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