Published March 2007

Getting Beyond the Daily Grind

By Mike Cooper

In 1987, Michael Gerber wrote a groundbreaking, best-selling business book, The E Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It, – “E” standing for Entrepreneur. In it, he talks about the hidden secret to becoming a wealthy and successful entrepreneur. Putting it simply, the secret is to work on your business, not in it. That means you should spend your days working to make the people who work for you more independent, and develop a management system that helps employees run the business themselves. You gradually remove yourself from the demands of dealing with immediate problems and making all the daily decisions.