I have been a entrepreneur since I was 12 years old and have been running my current business for over 30 years. Article writing was not a big part of my day to day activities until I decided to help some other businesses with the information that has made my businesses successful.

I have to admit that I was a little reluctant and intimidated by the many good article writers I read on a daily basis but I have to tell you that you can not let that stop you. There will always be someone who is a better writer than you no matter what level you are at so you have to let it go and just decide that good enough is good enough.

Is it any wonder that 95% of businesses go out of business after 5 years? It isn’t to me because I talk to so many business and they don’t even have a system in place to make sure their customers are repeat customers.

So many businesses run to the next customer like a gold miner blasting for that next vein of gold. Although I agree that every new customer can bring with them exciting new opportunities it could be a fatal mistake. It could be a big mistake because all too many businesses fail to take care of the gold strike they just had.

Intelligent business owners are in the top 5% of their markets because they think different than the rest of the stupid and broke business owners. Most of the really intelligent business people I know have a different perception when it comes to taxes as well.

In Canada we have a tax called the GST (Goods & Services Tax). It is currently a 6% tax that is paid for most purchases of goods and services. On a $40,000.00 car or $50,000.00 home renovation it can add up to a fair chunk of change.