Comments on: Growth Maven or Lifestyle Guru

By: Marcus Horne

Marcus Horne — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:47:33 +0000

Lifestyle Maven definetly but with a small office to escape to at least 3 times a week. Anybody who has tried mini-retiirments knows living and working with the wife and kids can be a little challenging to say the least.

Renting some desk space particulary in a small multi-office location is an excellent option and provides great networking opportunites and motivaton. However this is probably only really feasible in built up as opposed to remote locations. Each to their own i guess, and maybe that’s the beauty of the lifestyle business!

Kind Regards,
Marcus

By: Ian Brodie

Ian Brodie — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:19:35 +0000

I was so glad to read this Terry.

I advise a lot of consultants and other solo professionals. The “by the book” advice I hear so many times is “you’ve got to work on your business, not in it” and business owners are exhorted to (as you nicely put it) “promote themselves” and delegate everything other than strategy.

But for most of the professionals I work with (and for myself) this doesn’t ring true. We love what we do. We’d hate just becoming managers. We want to get our hands dirty.

Your post has reaffirmed my thinking and given me reassurance I’m not going mad.

Ian

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By: Gogo | Denver Business Networking

Gogo | Denver Business Networking — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:50:40 +0000

Growth maven or lifestyle guru…

I finally had to face the facts over the last few months that I’m NOT a lifestyle guru. Even when I gravitate toward lifestyle guru solutions, I realize it’s only temporary, and I’m making my “Growth Maven” plans as soon as I get some air.

Great post.

By: Dr. Bush

Dr. Bush — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:46:05 +0000

Growth Maven or Lifestyle Guru… Love the concept. I am now reviewing those I know who have really made it in internet marketing and all but one are what I would call lifestyle gurus. Makes sense.

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By: George

George — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:14:48 +0000

I am a mix of both. I want to work in my pajamas, but I also want to hire people who can work in their pajamas at home as well. I want to outsource some of my work to contractors, but I also want paid employees who work from home and manage the contractors.

So, I fall somewhere in between a lifestyle guru and a growth maven.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:25:14 +0000

I am definitely in the lifestyle guru category if it is a choice between having an employee or outsourcing, although outsourcing can be interesting in and of itself until you find good people to work with.

I want portability most of all. The ability to work from anywhere, and at any time. If inspiration hits at 3 am, my computer is always open for business.

By: Myke McCormick

Myke McCormick — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:26:36 +0000

I agree totally. The responsibility that one man thrives on gives another, equally talented man an ulcer.

Some people are natural collaborators, others have to be in total control. The beauty of an internet business is that you can succeed in so many different ways.

If you are in an internet business and you aren’t enjoying yourself you are doing something wrong!

By: Abe Cherian

Abe Cherian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:32 +0000

Hi Terry,

Great post and great comments

Most of us (if we dig a little deeper) are accidental entrepreneurs, and so most of us don’t get a chance to plan the route we want to take when we start our businesses, ie.. Lifestyle guru type or corporate structure.

There may be such a thing as natural-born entrepreneur, but me, I am an accidental entrepreneur who recognized and fell into an opportunity or pushed into it out of need or even desperation.

Most of us start the journey dreaming of the Lifestyle and end up hiring people and expanding — mainly due to fear of stagnation and pressure from competion. Can we stop the natural growth cycle that is bound to happen to any business at anytime? It’s tempting to keep growing.

Of course, the Internet has made it possible to outsource more — which is actually great news for the ‘growth maven’ types also — because who wants to sit in the office, micro-managing a bunch of ‘worker bees’?

The type of products and services we sell, also demands us to choose between the two. If you sell a service oriented product, (like I do) hiring and outsourcing means more leverage and better service to my clients.

If you are an author, info product creator, thought leader, (or an MLM business builder…LOL) it’s easier to be a lifestyle guru.

For the rest of us — we can only be a lifestyle guru after we retire (which is at age 90).

So I think I am a growth maven, dreaming of becoming the lifestyle guru — with your help.

As always, great post.

Abe