Monthly Archives: January 2009

Customer Service Is and Isn’t

When I made the decision to give self employment a shot, my first and only goal at the time was to make money. Back then, I thought customer service was simply addressing a customers’ gripe and making that gripe go … Continue reading

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To Disclose or Not To Disclose: Let’s Talk

There’s a thread winding it’s way around social media and tech circles right now about Internet transparency. I had a discussion with a friend about it not too long ago as she was moving through questions of “How much is … Continue reading

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Support Employment of People with Disabilities through Online Petition

Thisabled.com is calling on President of the United States Barrack Obama to employee people with disabilities at all levels of the Federal Government. Currently people with disabilities make up less than one percent of the Federal workforce. “Employment of people … Continue reading

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Passion

Are the words ‘self employment’ powerful? Not in and of themselves. There is a ton of material out there that can be accessed in a variety of ways, with all kinds of explanations about what self employment is or isn’t. … Continue reading

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The Power of Self-Talk

Terri, over at Barriers, Bridges and Books, wrote an insightful and interesting post last week called, “The Power of the Stories We Tell Ourselves. There’s an excerpt below. Normally, I’d just plop this on Google Reader but I think everyone … Continue reading

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Legendary

The term ‘ecclesiastes’ means assembly-man, and scholars of ancient writings believe the writer of that particular chapter in the bible titled Ecclesiastes, was a person with the ability to give wise counsel. My favorite part is at the end, where … Continue reading

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Practicality

Just like life itself, being self employed is acted out in phases. Meeting my monetary obligations had been linked to receiving a paycheck at regular set intervals from my employer. Once I made the move to be an entrepreneur, the … Continue reading

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Uniquely Yours

For twenty years, my bills got paid the same way most people pay their bills. I worked for various companies, spending a specified number of hours at a specified job site, performing specified tasks in a specified way, and I … Continue reading

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Start My Own Business?

No one has to tell me I have creative work many people envy. I set my own hours, I can move with my creative flow, choose what projects I work on every day and have a great deal more independence … Continue reading

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State of Mind

A man who does his work with excellence will stand before kings. (Proverbs) However, I almost always work for the Queens. That was the motto I had emblazoned on the back of my business cards. My clients were almost all … Continue reading

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