Preface by Randy “Dr. Proactive” Gilbert

I was so delighted when my friend Kristie Tamsevicius asked me to review this exciting and much needed book. And after reading it, I literally begged her to let me write the preface for it. The preface is traditionally written by the author and usually tells you why and how she wrote the book.

It’s almost too obvious that “why she wrote this book” is because Kristie really cares about people, especially parents like you who are struggling to spend more time at home with their families. “How she wrote this book” will soon become as evident to you as it is to me – because Kristie is an expert and is eminently qualified to help you start and run a profitable home-based business.

But I wanted to defy tradition because I wanted you to understand “why you should read this book” and “how you might put it to good use.” I thought you would be more inclined to believe another reader who can inexplicably say, “I Love My Life” too.

Why You Should Read This Book

First let me say, my wife Cathy and I have lived through all of the phases of a home-based business and we wish we had this kind of resource when we first started out. At that time we had three children, ages 6, 5, and 4 and we had just moved into a high cost area next to where I was stationed in the Coast Guard.

Cathy loved being home with our children and had begun home-schooling them (we started when people were still getting shot or thrown in jail for doing it). However, we needed a little more income, so starting a home-based business became the obvious solution. So in 1985, Bargain Publishers Co. began as the first desktop publishing company in the Washington DC area.

Three strong benefits have come out of owning and operating a home-based business: Cathy was able to stay at home with our children and home-school them (all the way through high school). We earned a sizeable income and enjoyed great tax benefits (and we not only paid our first mortgage, but we bought 46 acres near by and built a huge log home on it).

Our children learned solid business skills (which put them way ahead of their peers in college and afterward).There isn’t any reason why you can’t enjoy these same benefits and more.

How You Might Put This Book To Good Use

My first recommendation is do as we did. As our business and family matured we kept asking “how can we serve others?” and “how can our business serve us?” Kristie Tamsevicius provides the guidance in this wonderful book for you to be able to answer these questions. Your business can and should give you joy, passion, and income.

My second recommendation is have an open mind to Kristie’s sound advice by starting with the assumption that you are going to either start a home-based business or transform your current home-based business into a profitable enterprise.

The opportunities for home-based businesses are huge – HUGE! I firmly believe that this book will give you the tools and guidance needed so that you too will soon be able to exclaim, “I Love My Life.”

Randy Gilbert is the best-selling author of Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity, the creator and editor of Proactive Success and the co-host of the fastest growing success talk show, “The Inside Success Show;” all of which are home-based business ventures.