Every business owner faces challenges. Every student has questions about difficult topics. Both are easier to overcome when you can ask for help.For seven years I helped middle and high school students improve their public speaking and debating skills in the NCFCA. In Toastmasters, I’ve helped hundreds of business professionals improve their public speaking skills. All could learn about public speaking by reading books and watching YouTube videos. However, weekly coaching accelerated learning and helped each maximize their potential.Having a mentor or coach sure would have helped me in my early days.When I was 12 years old, I launched my first business selling Hershey bars to my elementary school classmates. I bought them for 15 cents and sold them for a quarter. It failed after several profitable weeks.<img src="https://ezycourse.b-cdn.net/4839/cmcffk8b404hsaj9n4a46eskk.jpg" alt="image" style="width: 179px; height: auto; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px auto;" draggable="true">Richard Emmons in 1973<img style="text-align: center; width: 465px; height: auto; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px auto" src="https://ezycourse.b-cdn.net/4839/cmcff8q5z00htgo8z3y4m0n72.jpg" alt="image" draggable="true">Hersey Bar from 1970-73.Did I lack customers? No, I had lots of hungry customers. I was selling a highly desired product with a healthy profit margin. I even had a business partner, Eric, who shared in the fun and profits.Until one day...My business was shut down by a government official: My 6th grade teacher. I had stretched the school rule about going home for lunch into going to Thrifty Drug Store to buy candy bars for my classmates.For decades I blamed my teacher Mr. Funk for my business tale of woe. Later it dawned on me my business failed because I did not have a mentor or business coach. A mentor might have asked me, "Have you considered buying the candy bars on Saturday?" That one business tip would have saved my business!The good news about launching a business in elementary school (or high school) is that if it closes down for any reason you won’t lose access to the refrigerator, the Internet, or a warm place to sleep!Before creating the GreatStart Business Journey program, I joined a coaching program to learn how to create hybrid courses which combine video lectures, live training, and coaching support. This training helped me take my existing business course and improve it with coaching and much more.Ben Franklin said to “Remember that time is money.” Investing money to get qualified coaching saves me time, helps avoid expensive mistakes, and pays for itself many times over. The same can be true for your son or daughter.

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Is a coach or mentor essential to success?

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