Meet Steve Adams, who at age 32 was a banking executive and flying high.
Everyone
was proud of him. And he was dying inside. Adams had long yearned for
something else - a dream that you, too, may harbor in your heart. He had
a
passion waiting to blossom. He wanted to make it as an entrepreneur in
his
own business. He wanted to do something meaningful. "Win or lose,"
he writes, "I knew my only real anguish would be regretting in twenty
or
thirty years why that young man never just took that chance." Today,
Adams operates successful Pet Supplies Plus stores across the country.
His
was a journey of severe challenges overcome, and in The Passionate
Entrepreneur he shares his mistakes and heartaches and what he learned
from
them in his pursuit of success. He imparts the lessons about the systems
and
strategies essential to running a successful business. Among them: how
to
treat employees, appeal to customers, and establish your brand, all the
while
paying meticulous attention to the bottom line. Above all, however, an
entrepreneur must understand the true bottom line - the meaning of
success
itself. Adams knows that business without passion is a mere exercise
in
numbers. Profit without purpose can drain the soul. He wanted to be an
entrepreneur
so that he could lead others to a better life - his family, his
employees,
his clients, and his community. An entrepreneur needs a mission and
absolute
clarity about what he or she wants to accomplish. The Passionate
Entrepreneur
is a book of encouragement for those who are ready to pursue their
dreams and
for those who fear, in their frustration, that they have forgotten
them.
Steve Adams gets to the heart of the matter, and he is waiting to speak
to
you. Foreword by Lee Milteer
