Beyond the Rhetoric

“Not that everything you do will end up a masterpiece. But you should paint it like it could be.” For most of these Sunday Snippet entries that I post on Beyond the Rhetoric, I turn to relatively prominent figures like Albert Einstein. Some may be more obscure than others, but they are usually deemed to [...]

When it rains, it pours. When the sun is out, you feel like you should still be holding that umbrella. Working from home as a small business owner presents several unique challenges that are becoming even more commonplace as more people turn to entrepreneurship to create their own opportunities. And what results is a profound [...]

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 [...]

One of my favorite shows on television is House. Part of its appeal is that the audience can oftentimes feel like it is a part of the team, unraveling the puzzle alongside the diagnostic professionals at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The other appeal is the unorthodox, manipulative, and misanthropic nature of the [...]

Whether or not you are consciously aware of it, there is a very common misconception among many people: if you can discover that one elusive secret to success and take advantage of it, you will be rewarded with unfathomable riches and incredible success. Unfortunately, the world doesn’t quite work that way. There isn’t just one [...]