Beyond the Rhetoric

Part of the reason why I decided to get into business for myself is that I wanted to be my own boss. I wanted to set my hours and work based on my terms. At the same time, I recognize that running a freelance writing business necessitates interactions with clients and these clients can oftentimes [...]

We’re not quite at the end of the month just yet, but the list of “top thinkers” on Beyond the Rhetoric probably won’t change all that much in the next few days. These are the folks who posted the greatest number of comments in April and, interestingly enough, there are some new folks compared to [...]

There is a standard piece of advice that many career coaches and guidance counselors give to the people who visit their offices: decide on what you love to do and find a way to make a career out of it. Do you love to cook? Maybe you should go to culinary school and train to [...]

Blogs started out as little more than personal journals where regular people could share their thoughts with the world. They quickly progressed into viable business with true revenue streams. The same thing is happening with Twitter and other online social networks. Twitter is still personal, to be sure, but it also represents a sizable money-making [...]