Never Tell Me The Odds!

Do you remember the original "Star Wars" momentbetter. Maybe those failures are just parts one and
when Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, had totwo of a three part drama, yet they're reported as
escape capture by Imperial cruisers?Someone aboardmiscues.When I started my own independent
asked him if he knew how unlikely escape was.Heconsulting business over 20 years ago I never knew
shot back, "Never tell me the odds!"I love that, andhow unlikely my success was, and I'm happy I
every aspiring small businessperson should adopt thisdidn't!Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of
outlook.We've all heard the odds that predict 90% ofCustomersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote
all start-ups will fail within three years, or so, haven'tspeaker, management consultant, and seminar leader
we?Who cares?That new hair salon, and thatand the best-selling author of 12 books, including
newspaper delivery service, and that independentReach Out & Sell Someone(R), You Can Sell Anything
insurance agent down the street may close theirBy Telephone! and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing
doors, but what do they have to do with me?TheyCustomer Service, and the audio program, "The Law
may have started out at exactly the same moment,of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,"
but their destinies aren't mine. Yet statistics suggestpublished by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent
we're all alike, and in this sense, statistics lie.There areguest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from
lots of reasons people strike out on their own, andUSC's Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an
profitability is certainly one of them. But anotherMBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont
motive is to feel independent, self-reliant.For theGraduate University, Gary offers programs through
corporate drone who actually made it long enough toUCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade
earn the gold watch from the huge corporation,associations, and other organizations in the United
doing everything by yourself and for yourself can beStates and abroad. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st
exhilarating.Plus, it may be in the cards to have oneDegree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate.
or two losing ventures before you learn how to do it