For many years my career goals were a major priority. I admit that I’m a workaholic, and my career has always been important. But my career doesn’t matter as much to me anymore. And I blame it all on my wife. I blame a lot of things on my wife, but this time it’s not…
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Is your life more stressful? It feels like we have more stress in our lives than ever before. And those stressful events are coming closer together. Sometimes these events cross over one another. Perhaps it’s a product of getting older, or maybe it truly is the world that we now live in that causes all…
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When you work for yourself, you love being busy. But when you’re just an employee just working for someone else you live for those days when you’re not busy. The toughest thing to do when working for yourself is doing those mundance chores that are just busy work…
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I had an important meeting the other day and needed to dress up a bit. So I grabbed my dress shoes and noticed that I needed to shine my shoes. But where was my shoeshine kit? Dressing for work has gotten so casual in recent years, I couldn’t tell you the last time I actually…
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One of our local TV stations recently let go of a few on air talent. An while many people say it’s ageism, it’s likely more budget related than anything. And that’s an even sadder truth that we all will experience many times as we get older…
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If you work out of a home office you definitely have to be focused and dedicated to your work. But some people just can’t handle all of the distractions. And these distractions aren’t like the ones you see in a regular work place….
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People often say that being your own boss allows you to work whenever you want. And while that may be true for some, I’ve never been able to do that. Whenever a client needs something I have a choice; do it and get paid, or don’t do it and hope that want to work with…
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I may go to bed late at night, but I don’t often have trouble falling asleep. But that changed recently. Now it could be that getting older thing, or maybe even a little stress. But I actually think it’s something really strange…
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I always feel some extra stress this time of year. Even though the calendar says it’s the 18th, it’s actually tax day. And that causes a lot of stress. I think everyone who’s self employed feels extra stress during tax time. We have to be focused on money and taxes all year…
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Every now and then something happens to make me feel special. We all like to feel special. But for me this simple thing is the ultimate compliment. We all have those little triggers that make us feel good, don’t we?
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