When faced with the choice of taking a “short-term” consulting gig, or a “permanent” full-time job, a lot of people take the “safe” choice and go for the perm position. They do this for a variety of reasons:
- “I’ll get benefits”
- “I’m going for career growth”
- “I don’t have to worry about taxes, someone else pays them for me”
- and the big one – “I don’t have to worry about where my next meal or rent is coming from” read more…
Mac OSX 10.6 - Snow Leopard
Mac OSX Snow Leopard (v10.6) is now available, and its a worthy $29 upgrade.
Adding 64-bit support across all of the core operating system components, Snow Leopard offers many other smaller and less flashy upgrades, including: read more…
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Offline Consulting Guide
The economic downturn is causing cash flow problems for millions of small businesses worldwide and right there in your local community. These business owners are seeking solutions that can help them recession-proof their businesses. The good news is that you can easily provide them with the business building services they need!
Do you realize that even a little knowledge of Internet marketing puts you head and shoulders above 95% to 99% of the small business owner population? Whether you have been online for one month or ten years, you can achieve financial freedom by offering your online marketing expertise to this hot and growing market. read more…
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In our last episode…We discovered our passion, our motivation to succeed. Put yourself back into that moment. Got it? Now keep hold of it – you’re ready to get started.
Each person has a different goal of course, and there are different motivational drivers or vehicles. For most people, its about money. Seems obvious, right? Then again, think about it. Money is often just an enabler – it gives you the freedom to do other things. Money is often NOT the key motivator in and of itself, its what money allows you to do, or to buy, or better yet, to NOT do. 🙂 read more…
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I know that a lot of people just don’t like to read. You might be one of them. Its a fact of life that without knowledge, and motivation, you just won’t find success. One of the first transformational books – in fact one of the first “motivational” books on business released – is the seminal work by Napolean Hill, Think and Grow Rich. First published in the late 1930s, it took the author twenty years to put together, and went on to sell over 30 million copies. Not only was this book revolutionary for its time, when the United States was just starting to come out of the grips of the Great Depression, its especially relevant today with the world suffering from a Global recession. Interestingly enough, the root causes of both – unbridled greed by the banking industry – is even more true today than it was then.
Hill interviews hundreds of the most successful businessmen in the world at the time, and tries to drive out the secrets behind their success. He even proudly relates the story of his own son, who overcame a severe hearing disability and went on to become successful in his own chosen profession despite his significant challenges.
What’s the common thread in all of these stories? Did these businessmen become successful by chance or luck? By being in the right place at the right time? Were they able to dip their hands into the moneypot and draw out large handfuls of gold? read more…
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Everyone has a secret. Something that you know, that you’ve learned, that makes you different. Are you special? You bet! All you need to do, is reach deep inside yourself, and find that core of your being that makes you special.
If you want to be successful, you have to enjoy what you do. You could have spent 20 years in school learning to be a doctor, a lawyer, or even a businessman, but unless you enjoy your chosen work, you’ll never really be successful. Already making $60,000 a year? $80K, $100K, or more? If you don’t really enjoy what you’re doing to earn that money, not only will you be miserable, dreading going to work every day and glad when you leave, but you won’t be earning at your full potential.
What do you enjoy? What do you like to do in your spare time? If you didn’t have to work (bear with me here) for money, what would you spend your time doing?
What did you think of? Hold on to that thought!
If you couldn’t think of anything right away, no problems. Go and think about it, but make sure you’re ready for our next post, where we tell you what to do next.
M. Kamal Syed
CEO, StartRealWork.com
PS -> Want to know a secret? Kick start your earning potential! Let my friend Tellman Knudson, the “backwoods millionaire”, tell you how.
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Project Runway
Great article on “Project Runway” that talks about the types of tools that Freelancers use to be productive. Take a look and talk about your own favourite tools below!
Here’s my personal list of favourite tools (I use a Mac): read more…
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