Beyond the Rhetoric

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate [...]

My affair with coffee started at a fairly young age. I was probably about ten or twelve at the time and my mom asked me if I wanted to try a cup. It was difficult for me to get past the inherent bitterness of coffee, so we mixed it half-and-half with hot chocolate powder. The [...]

This certainly isn’t the first time that I’ve written a post on the subject of burnout and it likely will not be the last. Burning out is very common for people who work from home, particularly those who are self-employed. Because we can work at any hour of the day, we may feel that we [...]

Every Wednesday, I give back to the blogging community by sharing links to a few other blogs around the Internet. Some of these I find myself; others are submitted to me via Twitter. This week’s spread ranges from good food to keeping your mouth shut. Like me, Jeff Cutler primarily makes his living by “writing [...]

Every small business owner has likely asked him or herself this question at some point: Should you work with and for your friends? Now, I’m not really discussing the matter of becoming business partners with your friends. Instead, I’m much more taking the perspective of a service provider like that of a consultant, graphic designer, [...]