Hi Jason!

> Anyway .... its a very interesting topic
> Dien. Ive had businesses with over 100
> employees working for me. The times when I
> have got the most out of my employees is
> during the period when their mind shifts
> from being and employee to being a
> entreprenuer. The problem being, once you
> shift their thinking to being a "fully
> fledged" entrepreneur (someone who
> wants to make money for themself), they
> start thinkg about leaving and starting
> their own business - making money for
> themselves.

> Don't get me wrong, I love to see people
> succeed, but in my previous business the
> biggest part of the training I have carried
> out with my employees has bee personal
> development - eventually, people wake up
> that they can succeed, they can make money
> for themselves, and I tell you... on more
> than one occasion my best employees have
> become "my biggest competitors".

> I guess it means my training worked!!

Jason, that's a great insight....

It probably shows that MANY people (everyone?) can become an entrepreneur....

What they need is to be shown how, and given the self-confidence to go through with it....

When you think about it, if you go back in history far enough, probably everybody was an entrepreneur of some kind.... A person was either a farmer, a shoe maker, a butcher, a witchdoctor.... All forms of business!

Regarding your employees, this probably ties in to what Dan Butler was saying (elsewhere in the forum).... The best and most talented employees like challenges, and what bigger challenge is there than to go into business for yourself? (I must admit, the challenging aspect of starting your own business has helped to inspire me.... :)

Thanks Jason, great post!

- Dien