From Homeless to Entrepreneur: How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur When You Are Homeless
About this ebook
As more and more people become homeless there will be fewer and fewer shelters and food kitchens which offer free assistance to the homeless. No pleading or prodding of elected officials will change citizen resistance to offer more subsidies and a greater availability of food for homeless people. The only assistance in the long run that will make a difference must come from the homeless themselves.
The most helpful gift anyone can offer to the homeless is to help shift their attitude from helplessness to hopefulness. I believe this is possible by shifting attitudes from "poor me" to "look at me." This is Not an easy shift to make given the dire Circumstances many homeless confront.
It is possible for anyone who is homeless today to shift their current habit of begging to a fresh approach as they ascend to becoming a successful entrepreneur.This book offers business strategies that can be launched today by the homeless which require no upfront money, no office, no business loans, no business plan and no profit and loss statements. Any one of these new businesses offer the promise of tripling the current income stream of homeless who currently rely on begging to keep themselves and their families alive.
Obviously, people who are homeless cannot purchase this book. You can. Instead of giving a beggar a handout, why not give them a copy of my book? Better yet, why not request that your library acquire it so that the homeless who hang out in your public library can read it.
Some people who are homeless are so sick that they do not have the energy to become an entrepreneur. Some do. Help them. They will in turn help others.
This book is not about promoting soup kitchens or arguing for more shelters. This book is not about creating a public policy that promises to solve the problem of homelessness.
From Homeless to Entrepreneur is all about empowering people who currently find themselves who no money and no home to create a new life for themselves that offers promise of a better life. The book contains the following sections:
Begging as a Business
Standard Practices in the Begging Business
Why People Refuse to Give to Beggars
Begging Yields Poor Returns
Why Not Become an Entrepreneur?
Don't Entrepreneurs Need Money and Resources to Start Their Business?
What is Stopping You from Becoming an Entrepreneur Today?
Fair Exchange
Summary
How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur
A Dime for the Punchline
Become a Statute that Moves Only When Paid
Smiles Make Me Happy
Sell Pet Rocks
Play a Musical Instrument
Juggling
Mr. Pardo
Clean Team
Magic Tricks
Sell Tee-shirts
Are You So Depressed, Sick and Hungry that You Cannot Even Think Straight?
Are You Waiting to Land a Full Time Job?
The Best Time to Start a New Business is Right Now
About the author
Robert Rodgers, PhD, has a passion for helping persons confronting difficult circumstances. After graduating from Vanderbilt University with his undergraduate degree and Cornell University with his master’s degree, Robert earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1981. He served as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin in the 1980's and was a professor and Director of the Ph.D. and MHA programs at the University of Kentucky during the 1990's.
Robert left university life in 2003 to found Zero Point Healers with Deborah Russell. He now pursues his passion for discovering natural remedies and therapies that heal chronic illness. Since 2005 Robert has focused on helping persons with Parkinson's disease find relief from their symptoms using natural methods and approaches. He has written From Homeless to Entrepreneur to provide a fresh perspective for all persons who currently confront the unfortunate circumstances of finding themselves penniless and homeless.
