Save money by bartering your services
Have you ever heard the term barter? I did not until a few days ago. According to Wikipedia, barter is defined as a type of trade in which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods and/or services, without the use of money. Now you know where I am going with this. Basically you [...]
Best Place for Free Materials
Internet is part of everyone’s life unless you live under a rock. If you do live under a rock, please feel free to step out and see what you are missing. Today I will be talking about the one place where everything is FREE!
If you have not already guessed it, it is called the Library.
Benefits [...]
How to maintain your job in the current recession
CNN Money has a great article on keeping your current job that you love so dearly.
DO take credit
DON’T ask for a raise or a promotion
DO volunteer for more work
DO arrive early and stay late
DO chat up with your boss and your boss’s boss
DON’T be eccentric
DO feel your boss’s pain
DON’T be high maintenance
DO stay informed
DON’T gossip [...]
6 strategies to fireproofing your job
CNN Money has an article on 6 ways to fireproofing your job.
1. Stand out and step up
Strategy: Make sure higher-ups know you by solving problems and taking on high-profile projects.
2. Be a money-maker
Strategy: Share client leads or ideas to generate revenue even if that’s not part of your responsibilities.
3. Don’t be a Debbie Downer
Strategy: Hang [...]
Laziness makes you rich
I am becoming a lazy person. There are millions of people like me. Does that make us less inferior than the “busy” people? I believe laziness makes you rich.
Fellow blogger, Leo Babauta, released a book, “The Power of Less“. The philosophy behind the book is that we should do less.
From the website:
The Power of Less [...]
Are you rich?
I have less money than you but I am richer. Most people think if you have a lot of money, a big house and a nice car, you are considered rich.
My take on being rich is different. I understand that you need money to survive but it is not the only thing you should focus [...]
Start a blog and land a job
I came across an article on MSN Careers which mentioned someone get a job through a blog.
“I wanted to gain a deeper understanding of Web 2.0 as it relates to my industry,” explains Debbie Horovitch, a marketing and media specialist. She decided to start a blog and use its content as a virtual calling card, [...]
Saturday Reading # 13
Saturdays came keeping and here are more great articles from the blogosphere. Enjoy!
SEO Book – How to start writing
Toilet Paper Entrepreneur – 12 things entrepreneurs can do to achieve a better nights rest
Persuasive – The 6 phases of mastery – Do Nothing, Have Everything Occur
Small Business Trends – Top 10 resolutions for a more profitable [...]
Comparing wants vs needs
It is human nature for people to want to buy things that they think they need. However, there is a difference between needs and wants.
Want
A want is something you want to enhance your life but you can live without. For example, you can get to your work in a $1000 car or a $100,000 [...]
Unexpected Income
On Saturday, I decided to go play basketball at the my fitness center. There have these tiny lockers there where you can put your belongings (cell phone, car keys, wallet, etc). Here is where the unexpected income came from. You need to put $0.25 to use it but once you are done, you get the [...]
