phone: 715.298.0165 email: alicia@wausauhypnotherapy.com
"According to Dun & Bradstreet reports, "Businesses with fewer than
20 employees have only a 37% chance of surviving four years (of
business) and only a 9% chance of surviving 10 years." Restaurants only
have a 20% chance of surviving 2 years. Of these failed business, only
10% of them close involuntarily due to bankruptcy and the remaining 90%
close because the business was not successful, did not provide the level
of income desired or was too much work for their efforts. The old
adage, "People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan" certainly holds
true when it comes to small business success. The failure rate for new
businesses seems to be around 70% to 80% in the first year and only
about half of those who survive the first year will remain in business
the next five years."
Entrepreneurial Facts:
- Small Business represents 99.7% of all employer firms.
- Employ just over half of all private sector employees.
- Pay 44% of total U.S. private payroll.
- Have generated 64% of net new jobs over the past 15 years.
- Create more than half of the nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
- Hire 40% of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer programmers).
- Are 52% home-based and 2 percent franchises.
- Made up 97.3% of all identified exporters and produced 30.2% of the known export value in FY 2007.
- Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms; these patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the 1% most cited.
The Anatomy of an
Entrepreneur
(Source: Study by
Kauffman.org)
- Average/median age of owners when they started their current business was 40.
- Less than 1% came from very rich or very poor backgrounds
- 69.9% of respondents indicated they were married when they launched their first business. Only 5.2 percent were divorced, separated, or widowed.
- 59.7% of respondents indicated they had at least one child when they launched their first business, and 43.5 percent had two or more children.
- The majority of the entrepreneurs in the sample were serial entrepreneurs. The average number of businesses launched by respondents was approximately 2.3.
- 74.8% indicated desire to build wealth as an important motivation in becoming an entrepreneur.
- Only 4.5% said being unable to find traditional employment was an important factor in starting a business.
- 51.9% of respondents were the first in their families to start a business.
- 75.4% previously worked as
employees at other companies for more than six years.
Business Coaching Facts
Many of the business coaching facts found in this article are courtesy of survey results provided by the International Coach Federation. Others are the finding of separate studies.
Fact: There are over 25, 000 business coaches in the U.S. alone. Many of them coach both online and offline businesses. While business coaching may seem like the new kid on the block, the truth is the foundation is well established.
Fact: Over 40% of Fortune 500 companies use business coaching. Business coaching is not just for inexperienced entrepreneurs. Even large corporations and people with MBA's utilize business coaching.
Fact: Coaching is about learning not teaching. Coaches are not teachers. They can teach you a lot but they are not there to teach you how to run your business. They may not know how to do things better than the client.
A coach can observe patterns and set the stage for new actions and then work with the individual to put these new, more successful actions into place. They are not there to do the work for you.
Fact: Most clients do not turn to coaches simply for monetary advice. They turn to their coach for help on time management as well as career guidance and business advice. To a lesser but still significant extent, they seek coaching on family, relationships, wellness and spirituality.
Fact: 98.5% of coaching clients said their investment in a coach was well worth the money
Fact: Coaching is a process not an event. The true process of coaching requires getting at the 'root cause' of deficiency. If your company is lagging there is a reason.
Business coaching is need to help get to the root cause. You have to be willing to accept the cause, overcome it and then begin changing the effect it has on you and your business. All of this is a process.
Fact: Coaching is not the same as consulting or counseling. Coaching is about creating a win-win alliance. Coaching looks at businesses holistically.
Fact: 61% of clients report having greater job satisfaction due to coaching.
Fact: Coaching can produce a 529% return on investment and significant subtle benefits to the business.
Fact: Not all business coaching firms are genuine. They will try to set up cult-like organizations. These organizations try to control businesses, push products on them, and do not have the business owner's best interest at heart. This is why it is important to research an organization thoroughly, and ask your coach for qualifications and references before continuing to work with them.
Fact: According to most clients to be a sounding board is the number one role of a coach. They want a coach who will provide honest feedback and really listen to them. They also use them as motivators, friends, mentors and spiritual guides.
Fact: More than two thirds of clients attributed to their coaching a higher level of self awareness, smarter goal setting and a more balanced life.
These Business Coaching facts should help you see what you can get out of coaching but also what you may have been wrong about. A business coach helps your business performance by giving you an outside perspective.
They don't build your business for you, complete tasks for you nor should they compare clients or coworkers within an organization. They help you reach your business goal by deciphering what is limiting your progress.
Reference: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Facts-On-Business-Coaching/533180#ixzz1RMWbX35F
FAQ & Facts Regarding Hypnosis
Many people are curious about Hypnosis, unfortunately there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about it. Some of the most common questions are:
Can the Hypnotist make me do something weird or something that I don't want to do?
Answer: NO. This is a common myth brought about by Stage Hypnosis shows. The individuals you see doing funny things on stage are a few specially chosen audience members that display characteristics of very high suggestibility. Only a small percentage of people are susceptible to this type of behavior. Additionally, as a trained professional, I would never make such radical suggestions.
The truth is, for most people hypnosis is similar to a deep state of relaxation or meditative state.
What if I don't come out of Hypnosis?
Answer: You cannot get stuck in hypnosis; for example: When you listen to a hypnosis CD at night before bed, the hypnotist does not count you out of hypnosis. However, when you wake up in the morning you are out of state.
You are also able to choose to come out of a hypnotic state any time you want to including during a session.
I don't think I can be hypnotized.
Answer: Almost everyone can be hypnotized to a certain degree. Everyone has varying degrees of depth and suggestibility. I have been trained by the First (and only to date) Nationally Accredited College of Hypnotherapy. They teach the Kappasinian approach to hypnosis which includes testing each clients suggestibility.
What that means to you... even highly analytical people can be hypnotized using these techniques. So regardless of how "tough" you think you are, you can still receive benefits from hypnosis. :-)
Again, hypnosis is ultimately a deep state of relaxation. Your brainwaves slow down which creates a state of suggestibility. You are in a similar brainwave state right after you wake up in the morning and just before you fall asleep at night.
There are only 2 groups of people that cannot be hypnotized. They are people who REFUSE to by hypnotized (by choice) and people with an IQ under 70 or have an inability to understand language. I've heard one other statistic that claims 10% of the population is un-hypnotizable. They did not specify whether or not those particular subject fall into either of the above categories.
The Definition of Hypnosis:
According to the American Psychological Association (APA)’s Division of Psychological Hypnosis, hypnosis is a procedure during which a health professional or researcher suggests while treating someone that he or she experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behavior. Although some hypnosis is used to make people more alert, most hypnosis includes suggestions for relaxation, calmness, and well-being. Instructions to imagine or think about pleasant experiences are also commonly included during hypnosis. People respond to hypnosis in different ways. Some describe hypnosis as a state of focused attention, in which they feel very calm and relaxed. Most people describe the experience as pleasant.
Statical Facts Regarding the Effectiveness of Hypnosis