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It’s All in the Writing: Make a Professional Impression With a Few Choice Words
I have a fun exercise for you to try. Imagine that you are running a small non-profit company helping low-income people learn how to use the internet.
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The 4 Hour Workweek: Is Tim Ferriss a Brilliant Scammer?
Yesterday I stumbled upon an interesting post when I Google’d the words “Tim Ferriss scam.
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Eating Out is a Great Way to Save Money
Gwah? Are you serious, Mike? But everyone says that shopping for groceries, “buying in bulk” and cooking at home are the best ways to save!
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Are you an Entrepreneur, or are you “Just” Self-Employed?
Entrepreneur. Solopreneur. Self-Employed. Small Business Owner.
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Perhaps Just a Bad Day
9-to-5 jobs can be hazardous to your health… or at least the health of your PC.
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10 Reasons Why Self-Employment Beats Traditional Employment
In a very “employment-centric” economy where people are, on average, far more concerned about keeping the jobs they have or finding a job, the idea of going solo seems scarier th
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Don’t Read this Article
…if you are at work, that is!
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My Black Friday Premonition
Remember this entry from Black Friday one year ago? I know that Black Friday is long over, as we get closer and closer to the consumer rush of the Holidays.
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5 Reasons The Great Office Escape Will Help Get You Through Your Day
You are stuck at your miserable, disgusting office, listening to the melodic sounds of the copy machine giving you a nonstop headache with it’s repetitive, awful jarring paper-crunchin
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Boomerang Kids
In the mid 20th century the normal age for kids to move out and begin their careers was somewhere between 18 and 20. Some even did this younger.
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4 Ways to Make Work Tolerable
Though most of us “office haters” dream of greener pastures and talk a blue streak about what we would do with our lives if only our job was better/didn’t exist, we still d
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15 Fun Ways to Get Fired on Purpose
No explanation necessary. You are sick of your job, but don’t feel like putting in a two week notice and hanging around like a lame duck.
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5 Types of Co-Workers
In honor of my 5 Types of Difficult Bosses entry, here is it’s wondrous sequel. I removed the “difficult” element in this one, because not all co-workers are difficult.
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How to Kill Your Website’s Traffic
Because there are so many guides out there to how to improve your website traffic, I figured that once again I would take the other perspective and show you how to self-destruct, online styl
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Work From Home Scams
Let’s be honest here: at least once in your life you have clicked on that “work from home” opportunity just out of curiosity. Everyone has.
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Should I Buy Those Shoes?
Picture this scene, if you will.
You are at your favorite mall/department store, and you see a pair of shoes you really want. Don’t run away guys! This article is for you, too. -
5 Types of Difficult Bosses
Yes, these lists are everywhere. I think Matt Groening wrote a “difficult bosses” series in his book “Life in Hell.
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The Wisdom of the Bus Driver
This is a really wonderful quote: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
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Dress Codes at Work
At the end of every weekday, providing it is warm enough outside, I hastily tear off my “business-casual” attire and happily throw on some shorts and a t-shirt.
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15 Ways to Ruin Your Own Professional Life
Because self-sabotage can be fun.
1. Burn Bridges. Destroy all your relationships with your former co-workers/supervisors.