Dirk Eckart - Encourager: A Practical Guide by Two Crazy Entrepreneurs

I have gained so much experience and I want to pass it on.

Experience and expertise

A preface by Walter Stuber

Up to the age of 50, we create so much crap which we can use as fertilizer for the company we found when we are 50 and then grow to be successful! No more valid words have been spoken by economic journalist and seminar instructor Karl Pilsl. Its like he took the words right out of my mouth!

I am not looking forward to retirement like others in their 50s, but instead I am burning to see what I can undertake in the upcoming years.

Just a few years back, I was certain that I would continue to work in the company that I founded. Today, I can easily see myself starting a whole new business, when my son, Ingolf, takes over my current position as the managing director. The possibilities are endless! I do not need to repeat some of the mistakes that I made in the past! I have gained so much experience, and I want to pass it on.

For young entrepreneurs and generation 50+

This book should encourage you to be your own boss without keeping the highs and lows a secret, give you tips on how to successfully bring about a great business idea with little capital, and clarify what it takes if you want to lead a company.

Therefore, we focus on young individuals as well as those of you who are 50 and older and would also like to try something new vocationally. Unfortunately, how much potential and expertise is waiting. Unknown, especially when edlery peole want to open new businesses and become independent.

Take responsibility

What does humanity get out of it that I exist?, is a question Karl Pilsl always poses during his seminars. Especially businesses, regardless of age, have to ask themselves this question repeatedly and find the answer! Our society will need people in the future who take responsibility! Entrepreneurs do this day in and day out! What about you?

Dirk Eckart says THANKS

Thank you, Walter Stuber. You always believed in me; you gave me the armor I needed for my career and for kicking me in the keister often enough! I am thankful that I was able to realize my vocational lifes work together with you! I would also like to thank my family: my wife Ulrike, my daughter Suse, and my son Hannes. Without them, I would not be where I am today!

I especially want to thank you, Ulrike. You have supported me ever since I first decided to start at Gemeinhardt Geruestbau. You are manly responsible for raising our children to be good, honest, and valuable people. You have a talent for bringing me back down to earth when my head gets stuck in the clouds and for building me up again when I have failed or have been set back. I am so grateful that I have known you for 44 years now and that our relationship has been going strong for 33 years! You have the lions share in all of this! THANKS!

WE say THANKS

I owe a debt of gratitude to all of our faithful companions, employees and friends who have always cheered us on to keep moving forward!

Representing all of those who deserve our gratitude, we would like to say THANK YOU to Guido Uerschels, Reingard Poehnitzsch, Uwe Krahl, Thomas Gogolla, Jrgen Frey, Ruth Langer, Ren Brix and Sabine Langenbach.

Sadly, we cannot name everyone who has stood by our side over the years and provided us with advice and support. Still, be that as it may, please take this heartfelt thanks personally!

Walter Stuber says THANKS

Thank you so much my loving wife, Burgunda. You always had my back so that I could chase my vocation and as my hobby of being an entrepreneur and networker.

Thanks to my sons, Ingolf and Andy, as well as to my daughter Sindy.

Thank you, Dirk Eckart, that you not only believed in our joint success on good days but also on those bad ones! Special thanks go out to my sister Heidi and my brother-in-law Oswald Woehr who are always praying for my family and my business.

My deepest gratitude goes to God, the father of Jesus Christ, my savior. He is the one who gives me the strength I need for my daily business life. I know that I will never fall deeper than in his arms!

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