Your guide to work at home success
Sources of Insight, a blog dedicated to personal effectiveness, offers two free ebooks of interest to home business entrepreneurs: 1) You 2.0, a free e-book designed to help readers find their purpose and develop the foundation to be at one’s best in any situation 2) The Zen of Results, which addresses the question “How do [...]
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Charlene Kingston from Social Media DIY provides a great little ebook called 5 Truths About Working From Home. It’s a free download that covers these points: * How to create a healthy and effective workspace. * Building a success team to support you. * Health tips for using a laptop computer. * Overcoming the isolation [...]
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It never ceases to amaze me how ill-informed people are about what constitutes plagiarism. Were these people away sick the day their eighth grade (or sixth grade, or fourth grade?) English teacher explained in no uncertain terms: Plagiary is using someone else’s words or ideas without citation and passing them off as your own. As [...]
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I’ve been working on a business plan for a new venture for about 9 months and asked a friend for advice on it. He’s now quite keen to come on board with the venture and I think his experience could be really useful. However, I don’t want him to be a co-founder. How can I [...]
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What’s the difference between a professional bio and a resume – and when do you use each one? A bio is a short summary of the most impressive highlights of your background, whereas a resume gives a comprehensive picture of your education and work experience year by year. Both describe your background but the intended [...]
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Even though writers have a natural ability to put words together, most writers find it excruciatingly difficult to write their own author bio. This article gives practical guidance on how to write an author bio. Let your author bio brand you Here are some points to consider when writing a short author biography. 1) Think [...]
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Job transitions can be stressful—whether they’re due to layoff, a new job, starting a home based business or working extra hours because others workers were laid off. If you’re facing one, consider the following. 1. Take an honest look at yourself. What are your strengths, weaknesses, skills? How did those influence—positively or negatively—your job transition? [...]
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Why do we procrastinate? New research on procrastination done by psychologists Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa reveal interesting observations. These researchers say the answer to the procrastination question is more deeply psychological than you [...]
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Transcription is usually charged per transcribed minute, at rates anywhere from .60 – $3 a minute. So to have one hour transcribed will cost anywhere from $36 – $180. If this seems like a lot of money, keep in mind it generally takes a transcriptionist 3 – 5 hours to transcribe one hour of recording. [...]
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