Be Your Own Boss: A Step-by-Step Guide

8. Accept what you can't have. "For my birthday, I'm going to ask my husband for an assistant," Stubblefield says. "The business is constantly on my mind. There are no days off." In truth, that's fine with her. Since she opened the wine shop, Stubblefield and her husband have become co-owners of a restaurant, and she's a joint venture partner in Paradies-Atlanta LLC, an affiliate company of the Paradies Shops, an airport and specialty retailer. That's a long way from a little girl's rainy-day piggy bank brimming with nickels.

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