Passions That Pay

It is rare for procrastination never to rear its ugly head in one’s life and for some people it can be crippling, the biggest barrier between them and success.
So why DO we procrastinate so much? Here some possible reasons and solutions.
1. The task doesn’t seem important in the scheme of things. It can be difficult [...]

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I have been a big fan of survivor since it began. I really enjoy watching the interactions between the contestants. There was a very special lesson presented yesterday in the form of Denise, the lunch lady. Although I recognize there was a certain amount of gameplay involved, I do believe that Denise really thought that [...]

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“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.”
Lloyd Alexander (American Author of a number of fantasy books for children and adolescents, b.1924)
Back in October I presented you with 3 questions that would help [...]

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Have you ever considered hiring your children to work in your business? It affords the opportunity for your child to save for college or a car and gives you tax breaks on the money. Not being a financial planner myself, I was very pleased that Kristine McKinley has produced a very inexpensive report detailing all [...]

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Today, Lynn Terry blogged about how to make a profit in a niche that you are neither passionate about or know a lot about so prompting me to blog about it.
I have heard Lynn talk about doing what you are passionate about and we definitely agree that it is the best way to go but [...]

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One of the stronger features in Facebook to my mind is the groups and networks feature. You can join networks based on geographical location, your workplace or where you went to high school or college. Groups on the other hand can be based upon anything at all that you feel you may have in common [...]

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One of the huge reasons people choose to work from home is that they have children that they don’t want to put in daycare. Pam Sargant, who describes herself as artist/writer/singer/songwriter makes some wonderful suggestions on how to combine working with young children in her blog post on the subject. I wanted to [...]

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This week I will be concentrating on Facebook. Built initially as a way to connect students at Harvard University, Facebook still has a very studenty and fun feel to it. Now it has become one of the most popular of the social networking groups and more and more entreprenuers are looking very seriously at Facebook [...]

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