Excerpt from The FamilyFirst Entrepreneur This is a book about entrepreneurship but not the kind they tell you about in business school or that you often hear about online Im talking about the kind of business millions of people start and run every year The kind where they dream of changing lives?and do You dont have to kill yourself to succeed You dont have to push and strive for more You can build a great business run it well and enjoy the freedom it provides It doesnt have to burn you out or exhaust you in fact the best businesses are easy to run because the founder decides o a very strict set of rules and priorities and sticks to them no matter what Most of us dont do this at least not at first and we have to learn these lessons the hard way as I did Appearing on The Today Show happened in our sixth year of business but as Ive stated it hadnt been smooth sailing up to that point It took a dramatic wakeup call for me to realize how offpurpose wed gotten Since sharing our journey