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What Technologies Are Useful to You?

One reason that it is important for home-based professionals to stay abreast of changes in technology is so that we can decide whether each new thing that comes along is something that we want to incorporate into our business or whether it is something best left for other people. Each technology that comes along is only useful to any home-based professional if it truly helps them to run their business better. Anything else is best left for someone else for whom is actually useful. A couple of years ago when we moved to our new home, we were researching what … Continue reading →

Online Tools For Professional Development

If you are a home-based professional who works on a freelance basis, you are probably well aware that you are in charge of your professional advancement. That is, whether you remain at the same level that you at now or move yourself onward and upward in your career is a product of the choices that you make and the actions that you take. This can be a very empowering thing, as there is no one holding you back from success besides yourself. Fortunately, career advancement does not require that you spend a great deal of time and money to acquire … Continue reading →

The Power of “No” (Part 1)

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Jim Carrey was recently in the charming film “Yes Man.” It’s about a movement to say “yes” to everything. While the film is certainly worth watching (for those old enough for the content), and the overall meaning is positive, there is a definite danger to the word “yes” when it comes to college. One of the best pieces of advice you’ll ever receive is “get involved: early and often.” College is necessarily a transition for most traditional students. You’re moving away from the ever-watchful eye of parental supervision and into a different environment that involves a certain amount of maturity … Continue reading →

Misplaced Concerns

I have a problem with distractions: they distract me. They distract me from important things. They distract me from the things I really need to concentrate on in my day to day life as a student and a teacher. These distractions are more than unfortunate realities but they are truly damaging to my ability to finish the tasks assigned to me. I’ve been focusing on finding a “quiet place” and some other ideas in the past, but how am I to avoid the onslaught of endless entertainments to be found on the internet; endless interruptions to be located in co-workers; … Continue reading →