In the early part of this decade, eBay was the hottest home-based business to start, because it offered the chance for anyone in the world to be a retailer right out of their living room. They could start out selling their own stuff and graduate to buying retail items at a deep discount and […]

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One of the biggest mistakes that an aspiring home based business owner can make is to start too big, too fast. I have started, failed, and succeeded at a few home based businesses, and I know that it takes a great deal of work to actually make one of them succeed. The main […]

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Throughout your professional working life, you will always come across co-workers, bosses, and employees that you don’t get along with. Unless you find yourself not getting along with anyone that you work with, you don’t need to over-analyze the situation. There are some personalities that you will clash with more than others. […]

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Check out the article, Is Your Work Getting In The Way of Your Life? over at PickTheBrain.com.
It’s a great question to ask, because the workplace has evolved since since the middle of the 20th century. For many people, the 40 hour work week is non-existent. It’s more like a 60 to […]

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I thought that it would be good to explain my tagline, “Earn What Your Are Worth”. I don’t think that people in America value themselves as much as they should. You are valuable to an employer, as much as they may treat you like a number or just another disposable asset, but the […]

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If you’re looking for more tips on how to negotiate salary for a new job, you should check out this article from Cash Money Life about negotiating salary.
Things to remember when negotiating salary:

Always make sure that you wait to start talking salary. Don’t jump the gun and look like all […]

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Everyone has an excuse for why they are sticking with a job that they can’t stand. Some of those excuses are very valid and others can be easily overcome with a little planning on your part. Use this list of excuses to convict you of what might be holding you back from switching […]

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Recently, I signed up to be a part of the networking website, Linked In, and I was impressed with the application. Linked in uses an easy way add connections right away searching the contacts in your email, and if they find an email that matches one of their members, they’ll ask if you want […]

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I used to be horrible at managing my time, but I am slowly getting better. I’m convinced that I have borderline attention deficit disorder, because I have a hard time focusing to finish one task. I’ll start one task during the day, then skip to another, then another, and then finally refocus myself […]

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This article from Life Spy got me thinking about how we need to be checking the references that we list on job resumes to make sure that we want the references on there in the first place.
This suggestion was my favorite:
Do some covert checks. To find out if the references would […]

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