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The truth about passive income
For many, many years now, I’ve been studying money. (Have I mentioned I have always been a bad student?) Specifically, I’ve studied business. But only in the sense of the whole “Get Rich Quick” theme. What I’ve learned about money and business is that the best way to make it–unless you are doing something you…
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You know more than you know; use that to make money
When you start looking outside your regular job for all those little ways to make a buck or when you start looking for the possibilities available to you if you were to leave your job altogether one of the things you will often hear is that you can make money by sharing your knowledge. That’s…
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How to get the thing you love more than money
My 2-year-old is getting money savvy. Maybe it’s testament to where things are in the world with this economy as people get focused on money–either getting it or keeping it–but my toddler is no longer immune to the love of money. As I was dropping him off at the sitters he told me from the…
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Reaching a life/work balance
I remember seeing an ad somewhere. It featured a father pushing a swing. In the swing, instead of a child was a laptop and his child was actually standing behind him hands on hips, wondering what was up. The message asked “Are you spending too much time with your computer?” Is that like a total…
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Taking the first step to business growth
There is a picture hanging above the mantel of my fireplace. I stare at it while I work. But I don’t really see it. I mean I used to see it all the time, but now I look at it but don’t see it. That sounds really weird but there really is a difference. The…
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Living without fear
I know this is the time when everyone talks about resolutions. Blech, I know, excuse me while I make a sound similar to a cat coughing up a hairball. Not that resolutions are a bad thing. I just think we should be making resolutions all year long, not just because the calendar changed and magically…
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Got the scoop on your clients? Use that information to build relationships
Once upon a time, I took a break from my journalism career. I was burned out. My husband had a great job he was excited about and we had started a family so we wouldn’t be moving to another community any time soon. So that ruled out a change of scenery and new issues to…
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Finding the inspiration to write awesome posts
It happens to even the most prolific wordsmith, the most tenacious talkers; sometimes the words just don’t come. That feeling of being speechless, of having writer’s block is incredibly frustrating. On my desk I have a series of little toys. I have a bright red and white mushroom, a little Japanese plant pet thing, Play-doh,…
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I heart the Elan Form Etch for iPhone
Recently Griffin Technology sent me an iPhone hard-shell case to review. I don’t often do reviews, but I had just bought the Griffin Woogie for iPhone, and I absolutely loved it. Griffin has some other interesting products so before I ordered anything else I thought this would be a great way to test out a…
