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3 Steps To Stop Trading Time For Dollars Tips Most Business Owners Don't Consider Angel True “I want my business to be a profitgenerating machine that works easily and automatically without much attention on my part” Michael McDonald* said about his design studio. “I’ve spent all these years building it up, but I know the moment I leave, it will all stop working. I don’t want that to happen and I’m ready to make it even better!” It wasn’t that he was desperate. In fact Michael’s business was doing quite well. He just wasn’t sure how to take the leap from “being the business” to “managing the business” and he was ready to make it happen… finally. Michael and I had been having this conversation for some time now. He was good at his work. In fact, he was one of the best in his field. He’d successfully built his business around being an expert graphic designer with a clear understanding of marketing tactics and needs, and his portfolio and reputation showed it well. With his admission, Michael was about to push over the edge of an internal struggle he’d been facing for years. This struggle is likely a familiar one for many business owners: You build a successful business based on your hard work and