Living On Site

Jayne Merner Senecal
at
Earth Care Farm
stresses the benefits
of living on site
at their compost facilities.

“I find that
living in the middle of it
has really helped me
to keep that good eye.

I know not everyone can live
in the middle of
their giant compost operation
or even their small one
but having someone on site helps.

Because a lot of times
this interesting thing happens
—we call it the morning bloom—
where there can be odors
in the late night/early morning
that you wouldn’t know about
if you were living off site.”

This benefit to living
on site
isn’t unique to compost farms.

It’s the reason
why
many store owners
live above their stores.

Nothing beats
living on site.

And that’s an advantage
we small business owners have
over the large corporations.

We can be
THAT close to our businesses.

Consider living on site.

Family And Business

If I can avoid it,
I don’t go into business
with family members
(other than my spouse).

Most businesses fail.
That’s a brutal reality
for entrepreneurs.

There are ALWAYS
hard feelings
amongst founders,
amongst employees,
amongst other business partners
when businesses fail.

When family is involved,
some of those hard feelings
are directed to or come from
family members.

That destroys relationships.
Often permanently.

Plus family members
are usually not the best qualified candidates
for the roles they hold.

If you can avoid it,
don’t involve family members
in your business.

That rarely works out well.