HOW TO FRANCHISE INFORMATION FROM MOM
Taking management courses st school, I began to wonder if there would be any management openings when I do finally graduate. With lots of companies making cutbacks, it just seems that more and more of the upper management people will be laid off. After all, they are the ones who make the better money, so they are also the ones who will get laid off first. It just makes sense.
All these thoughts were beginning to get me depressed, and so when I was talking to my mother last night on the phone, I began to let her know that I was considering either changing my major or leaving college all together. I mean, I am only going to college so that I can get a better job, and if I can't accomplish that, then really what do I have...NOTHING!
She started telling me that upper management in a company was not my only option and that I could use my degree to open my own business. I told her that I just wasn't sure that I wanted all the headaches of that, and she began to talk to me about a franchise. Now, I know about franchises, I know that 7-11 is one and that the UPS store is one, but I really never gave much thought to doing it myself.
She began to tell me the benefits of buying franchise like, being your own boss, but still having an established company to back you and the fact that you get a break on health insurance benefits, which is one of the biggest issues when you open your own business. She even told me she would print me up some information on how to franchise, and send it out in the mail to me. She also told me about a site that helps you find the perfect franchise for you including location, hours of operation, and initial investment.
She told me that if I decided that this was the right opportunity for me, she and my father would help me get together the cash to get started in my own franchise.
Well, it is amazing how one conversation with my mother, and now I feel much lighter and ready to take on the world again. Sometimes it is just about changing your focus to see that everything is alright in the world.