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Have you ever had the edifying experience of receiving an unjustified spam complaint from a complete nutter? I did, just this week.…
No, I'm not talking about the warm and fuzzy movie that was on cable the other night with Nicholas Cage and Brigitte Fonda. I'm talking about another type of experience altogether - one of the decidedly cold and nasty variety.
"I'm not sure what exactly my point in writing this is going to be other than to voice my frustration to someone who has been there, and would understand. "Like many, I've been considering starting up some form of a home business. Or at least some way to boost the income. So over the past few months, I've been looking at every hare-brained idea out…
"I've been considering quitting my full-time job and getting a part-time job that would pay the bills [so I can start a home business] ... The one biggie my full-time job provides me now is health insurance. If I was to get a part-time job, I'd probably have to pay for my own health insurance and I know that can be expensive."
Very little that is worthwhile in life happens by accident. Cause and effect dictates that worthwhile results come from worthwhile efforts and the converse is also true. It's basic goal-setting theory. Set the goal, put in place the steps that will eventually lead you there, carry them out and you will eventually reach your destination. Think of a business plan as a goal-setting tool for…
One of the legacies of 9/11 is that that large sections of the U.S. and world economy have taken a body blow. Every day we hear of more and more companies who plan to lay off large numbers of workers (or have already) as they strive to reposition themselves to ride out what the doomsayers predict will shortly become a full-blown recession.
