We are teaching our children to function in a system that will no longer meet their needs in the future!

Introduction

"What is the highest salary I can expect from a job?"

The question came from a young woman who was seated in my office at the university where I teach in the business school.

She was serious.

I was appalled. 

She was a 21 year old, smart, responsible, energetic and popular individual, with excellent leadership potential. Yet she wanted to know what someone else would allow her to earn.

She wanted me, and her future employer, to tell her what she could expect the limits of her own potential would be! Where had we gone wrong?

She is typical of the majority of people. She is one of us.

  I found myself thinking,"What can people do to break the bonds that limit our ability to create wealth? What can I tell these students about opportunity, freedom, and self determination?"

My Life - My Choices

When I was 21, I didn't know much, but I did know that working for someone else was not for me. By that time, I had already successfully owned and operated two businesses. At the age of 19, I had a hotel in a resort area. By the next year, my partner and I ran a small restaurant as well. It was hard work, but the rewards were equal to the effort.

I discovered, very early in life, that this country offered each person a great gift. The gift is FREE ENTERPRISE. Anyone, I mean anyone, can own their own business, set their own goals and achieve whatever they want - without limits!

What a revelation!

My friends made different choices. They took jobs and were told how much they would make.

It didn't matter how hard they worked, they would still be paid the same hourly rate. Many of them are still facing limits to their earning potential. Although now, it's even more restrictive. Now they are on salaries. So, even if they work more hours, they still make the same amount.

And who determines the amount they make? It doesn't matter, because if someone else determines their salary, their potential, then they will always be under rewarded.

Throughout my life, I have tried to make choices that would not limit my potential. Yes, I am a full time professor, but I also am a speaker, writer and small business owner. I always want to be in a position that allows me the freedom to reach the greatest potential for which I am capable.

The only way to do that is to participate in the free enterprise opportunities of business ownership.

A Long Search

Even though I wanted no part of a system that meant virtual slavery to bosses, restrictive policies and salary caps, I had not found a solution that could be offered to others. After all, traditional business ownership requires vast start up capital, overwhelming government interference and the costs of inventory, employees and buildings. And, there is the issue of time.

Who has the capital and time to invest in their own business? Certainly my students did not. Neither did most of the participants in the training sessions and seminars I provided.

Yet, I knew that people were becoming wealthy. I could see it. Where did they get their money? How did they achieve their lifestyles?

I decided to find out. I owed it to my students, my friends and myself. I began in the "normal" places, looking at the corporate and professional worlds. The answer wasn't there.

Finally, I found it. A system that was so simple, yet vastly effective, that the potential was literally unlimited. I knew I had to study it, to examine it. If it met the claims of those who were already making a fantastic living in this system, I knew I would write a book about it. Obviously, this system has made it!

Take My Advice - Or Not!

After carefully reviewing, analyzing and observing this system, I am able to recommend it to anyone with a desire to attain financial freedom. It is foolproof!

But, everyone must make their own decisions. While the business does not require money, it does demand self control, commitment and motivation.

You will find the answers to four questions in this book:

1. Why do you need a free enterprise based business of your own?
2. What is this business?
3. What will you be doing?
4. Will it work for you?

So What Do I Tell My Students?

Remember the young lady that I mentioned at the beginning of this book? What should I tell her, and others like her?

Now I tell them that there are alternatives. They do not have to resign themselves to a life of salary caps, downsizing and layoffs. I can tell them that free enterprise is alive and well.

My advice to them, and to you, is to dare to be different. Look for possibilities, not restraints. Find a reliable system with a proven track record. Make the most of opportunities by examining each one with an open mind. Use the free enterprise system and live life as an entrepreneur. In short, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM!