Publish or Perish
Publish or perish. If you're in academia, you know the expression well, I'm sure. It means that if you want to progress…
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Publish or perish. If you're in academia, you know the expression well, I'm sure. It means that if you want to progress…
Like it or not, there is still a segment of the population who will erroneously conclude that you and your business are less than professional and competent just because you run your business out of your home. Dumb? Obviously. Narrow-minded? Yes. Wrong? Absolutely. Unfair? No question. Want their business? Well ... yes. OK, then you're going to have to play the game and beat them…
Describe the top of your desk. No, not what's on it. The desktop itself. What do you mean you can't see it?
Email ... friend or foe? On balance, I would have to say, "friend". But there are times ... like when I download my mail in the morning ... all 200+ items of it, only to find a good 40% or so is nothing but junk, that I have to acknowledge that there is a "dark side", as well.
From time to time (at least once a day actually) I'll get an impossible-to-respond-to email that says something like, "How can I work from home?", or "I want to start my own home business. Please send info." or even, "Please send free info.". Naturally such vague, generalized requests are not, for reasons of time (among others), going to elicit a particularly helpful response but it…
You've read many articles I'm sure about the advantages and disadvantages of working for yourself from your own home. Many of them I've written myself, in fact. But how many articles have you read that give equal time to the advantages of working for someone else compared to working for yourself?