Comments on: Some Great Links for Frazzled Leaders http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/ improving personal and professional communications Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pete http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-423 Pete Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:48:21 +0000 http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-423 Mat, this info is very helpful in dispelling this myth. I appreciate the irony of people not "surviving" employment - and yet most of that 80% would go on to other things. Going into business is a lifestyle choice that these statistics tell us is no crazier or less secure than "getting a job"! Mat, this info is very helpful in dispelling this myth. I appreciate the irony of people not “surviving” employment - and yet most of that 80% would go on to other things.

Going into business is a lifestyle choice that these statistics tell us is no crazier or less secure than “getting a job”!

]]> By: Mat http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-422 Mat Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:27:10 +0000 http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-422 Pete I read a book about small business a few weeks ago and he used ABS stats to point out the 80% thing as a myth. The 'exit rate' was even lower than the 50% quoted in that article above, and a clear majority of those exits weren't due to business failure, they were due to other reasons - contractors picking up a job within the industry, retiring... there were more. It's good news :) Another thing that a lot of people haven't thought about, but mentioned in the book I was reading, is the 'failure rate' of being in a job. It's probably true that 80% of people who start a certain job today won't be doing that job within 5 years time. But that would just be a fact of life, not a horrific stat. My business will be up in less than two weeks... :) Pete

I read a book about small business a few weeks ago and he used ABS stats to point out the 80% thing as a myth.

The ‘exit rate’ was even lower than the 50% quoted in that article above, and a clear majority of those exits weren’t due to business failure, they were due to other reasons - contractors picking up a job within the industry, retiring… there were more.

It’s good news :)

Another thing that a lot of people haven’t thought about, but mentioned in the book I was reading, is the ‘failure rate’ of being in a job.

It’s probably true that 80% of people who start a certain job today won’t be doing that job within 5 years time. But that would just be a fact of life, not a horrific stat.

My business will be up in less than two weeks… :)

]]> By: Markk http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-407 Markk Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:11:40 +0000 http://www.greatcircle.com.au/2007/02/18/some-great-links-for-frazzled-leaders/#comment-407 Belly button fluff. My oh my. That is classic. Belly button fluff. My oh my. That is classic.

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