Joel Libava, The Franchise King,® is the president of Franchise Selection Specialists Inc, a franchise consulting/advisory firm.

For some people, the word “change,” is one of the scariest words in the English language. Some people get all weak in the knees, with just the thought of possibly having to change one or two things in their lives. Others thrive on it. I think that I’m the latter.

Before I get into my own experience with change, I’d like to talk about Gini. Gini Dietrich.

I “met” Gini about 2.5 years ago. I was a paid blogger over at AllBusiness.com, and I saw her name mentioned in a post about social media. Being the social guy, I started to “follow” her around. (Not that kind of following around.) (more…)