Do your best work. Keep a balance of work life and home life.

It took time for me to learn to delegate. You cannot be in control of everything and you need to trust your managers and employees.

As I was the President/co owner of the company, the buck stopped with me. I would have to deal with upset employees on a daily basis. My philosophy was to listen, express an understanding of the problem, and try to reach a mutually acceptable solution.

We were a totally deadline driven commercial printing company. The most stress would come when a press malfunctioned or a mistake caused an entire job to be unusable, and the process had to begin again.

I wanted to experience a start-up business operation. I wanted to take my work life experiences and create a successful business where employees were appreciated and hard work was rewarded. I wanted pride of ownership and the challenge of creating something great from the ground floor up.