Tom Hubler is President of Hubler for Business Families and the author of THE SOUL OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS: A Practical Guide to Family Business Success and a Loving Family. He is a founding member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI), a professional organization serving the needs of family-owned businesses.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Many of Tom’s Clients
- Len Hirsch
- Ed Nevis
- Jack Tesmer
When business started difficulties overcame:
“to make the leap… It was really challenging but it turned out. And so the first two of three months it was like metaphorically speaking the plane is going to crash, we are going to crash. But after the first three months it took off and it has been going great guns ever since” …[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Family Business Book by Ernesto J. PozaFavourite Quote:
- “when I focus on what’s good today I have a good day, and when I focus on what’s bad I have a bad day. When I focus on the problem the problem increases, and if I focus on the answer the answer increases” Big book of alcoholics anonymous
- “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life for a Life
Recommended Online Resources:
- Amazon is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization.
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you can’t get a hit sitting in the dugout you have got to go to the plate. You have got to do something… You can’t sell a jug of juice sitting in the truck you have got to get out of the truck… You have got to get out, you got to go to the plate you have got to take your shot and if you don’t you are not going to be successful”…[Listen for More]
More About Tom Hubler:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” Zig Ziglar
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tom Hubler:
- “the hallmark of being successful is having a plan”
- “there has to be a connection, there has to a synergy, there has to be respect, there has to be mutual respect”
- “I go into family businesses and take my gifts and come into the family business and pollinate them my gifts so that they can utilise their gifts to be successful”
- “in my kind of work, it’s knowing yourself, understanding yourself, understanding your shortcomings and what your gifts are, and focusing primarily on your gifts and using your gifts as a way to inspire other people
- “change is like Heinz ketchup it’s slow good”
- “the idea here is to slow things down so they become more manageable”
- “change is an ever-present thing and keeping up with it is a full-time job almost”
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