Shhh! It's a Secret! How to Compete Against WalMart & the InterNet

What this book isn’t: Basic money management...go to your accountant. Get rich quick...don’t believe in it. Complete...learning never ends. What this book is: Fourteen Articles full of Attitude! Plus, a few common sense ideas to help us all stay in the profit groove—no matter how much the nightly news tries to turn us survivors into quitters!

In 1979, the author, her husband and newborn daughter lived in a one-room apartment in the back of a small repair shop. At that time, their shop grossed about $20,000 a year. In 2001, Fran's business cracked the million dollar mark, and has continued to do so every year since. She and her business have survived uninsured cancer, embezzlements, divorce, cutthroat competition, economic challenges and the steep learning curves our rapidly changing times force on all of us. 'The more things change, the more they stay the same.' This book shares the attitudes that helped Fran thrive.

Fran's original humorous speeches have won state awards.