Everything I Know About Business I Learned from My Scottie

By E. A. Hobbs

Whether you are a Scottie lover or simply someone seeking inspiration for your business, this is the book for you.

In todays business world, there are literally thousands of books from which to draw inspiration on how to run your business, but this is the first (and only book) to draw inspiration from the life of Scottish Terriers. Whether you are a Scottie owner or simply a lover of dogs, youll enjoy this fresh and unique perspective on lessons learned from Scotties that can be applied to your business.

Unlike other business/inspiration books that draw from sports, history or religion to inspire their readers, this book draws from the wisdom of animals and not just any animal the Scottie! Learn the wisdom of Scottish Terriers that can be applied to your business to help you be more successful and happier in business and in life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483639345

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Everything I Know About Business

I Learned From My Scottie

E. A. Hobbs

Copyright © 2013 by E. A. Hobbs.

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Rev. date: 05/13/2013

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Chapter One  Make A Good First Impression

Chapter Two  Be A Team Player When Necessary

Chapter Three  Don’t Be Afraid To Go After The Big Dogs

Chapter Four  Be Ever Vigilant

Chapter Five  Don’t Rest On Your Laurels; Build On Your Reputation

Chapter Six  Be Willing To Break Out Of Your Fences Once In A While

Chapter Seven  Don’t Ever Give Up

Chapter Eight  Take Pride In What You Do

Chapter Nine  Never Underestimate The Importance Of Loyalty

Chapter Ten  Don’t Try To Please Everyone

Chapter Eleven  Make Time For Fun

Chapter Twelve  Remember What Is Important

To Chris and Cash—who inspire and motivate me every day.

FOREWORD

I was first introduced to Scottish Terriers when I was nineteen years old. Although we’d had several dogs during my childhood (an English Sheepdog named Oliver, another English Sheepdog named Winnie and a wonderful little Humane Society Rescue named Sam), my father had always wanted a Scottie. He used to tell a story of his grandparents having a Scottie on their farm that looked after the chickens. He said that each spring, his grandmother would show each chick to the Scottie, and then the Scottie would take it upon himself to guard each of those chicks against foxes and other predators. His grandmother said she only ever lost four chicks under that Scottie’s watch (at least that’s how the story was told). Finally after telling that story for almost a decade, my father decided to stop talking about it and actually get a Scottie.

My parents purchased a little male Scottie pup from a pet store (my parents didn’t know about puppy mills at the time). He was coal black and had the biggest curls I had ever seen on a puppy. My parents named him Angus MacTavish MacFergus Dundee, but they called him Gus for short. Gus was a stubborn little fellow, wild and undisciplined, but he eventually trained my parents, and after a rocky start, things began to smooth out. However, it is when things get too smooth that people tend to rock the boat, so about a year later, they bought a little female Scottie pup and named her Gertie.

Even though Gertie was also purchased from a pet store, we later determined that she hadn’t come from a puppy mill. She was much calmer and seemed to know her way around a kitchen, and normal household noises didn’t seem to scare her the way they did when Gus first came to live with my parents.