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314 580 3455 | The Art Of The Entrepreneur Book Excerpt | Dependable Brokers

THE ART OF THE ENTREPRENEUR: A Full Scope Book and Guide of How to Survive in Business as a Small Business Owner by Randy Dinwiddie

H2: Dedication

DEDICATION

For anyone who has ever felt unwanted, written off, left behind, or convinced that where they started would determine where they finished.

I was a couchsurfer. I was an unwanted kid. By the time I was fifteen years old, I was out on the streets, and it felt like nearly everyone in my family had charged me off.

But my story did not end there.

Along the way, good people crossed my path. Sometimes they gave me advice. Sometimes they gave me an opportunity. Sometimes they simply reached down when I needed somebody to help me back onto my feet.

Those people became part of my story.

And Kathryn — this one is for you.

Without you, I honestly don't know whether I would have made it through some of those years. You helped me when I needed someone, and I have never forgotten it.

I love you.

This book is for the person who thinks their situation today has already decided their tomorrow.

It hasn't.

You may be broke. You may have terrible credit. You may have made mistakes. You may have been abandoned. You may have lost a business, a job, a home, a relationship, or almost everything you thought you could depend on.

That is where you are. It is not necessarily where you are going.

Understanding is 99% of the battle.

Once you understand where you are, what happened, what choices you have, who you can learn from, and which direction you need to move, your life can begin changing.

You cannot choose every card you are dealt.

But you can learn how to play the hand.

H2: Author's Note

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H2: Introductory Framing

THE ART OF THE ENTREPRENEUR: A Full Scope Book and Guide of How to Survive in Business as a Small Business Owner is presented here as Randy Dinwiddie's broader business survival guide framework. The title and framing now reflect a full scope small business ownership perspective while the underlying manuscript body remains preserved exactly as currently provided in this draft source.

LIFE IS GREAT

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