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End of The Year Home Business Review

The end of the year is practically here. That means that it’s time for me to do my annual review of my home business. I do this every year to make sure that I am on track with my goals. It also helps to keep me on top of my game as far as making [...]

Should You Let Employees Take Online Classes at Work?

One of the biggest problems that offices have is the misuse of time. Many employees waste time on their computers. This ends up costing the business money. The business is paying the employee to be there while the employee is simply checking Facebook or watching YouTube videos. But what if your employees were doing something [...]

What You Need for a Paperless Office

There is a lot of debate as to whether there is any such thing as a paperless office.  Perhaps this is an ideal we can never truly achieve, but I do believe it’s something worth striving for.  I mean, just because you can’t achieve perfection doesn’t mean you give up trying and settle for crap, [...]

Setting Up a Temporary Office After the Fire

One of the biggest catastrophes that our company has ever suffered is the fire that burnt down our office building.  Thankfully no one was hurt, but most of our computer equipment was destroyed, though thankfully we did have backups.
While the office was going to be rebuilt, we still needed to conduct our business operations [...]

Jill: The Talk II

Yesterday, I spoke to my boss about “the status of the coordinator position.” It’s never a good sign when boss starts out by saying “To clarify, there is no position.”
I didn’t get much reassurance out of talking to her about the promotion. The status appears to be the same as it was before: the paperwork [...]

How to Speed Up a Home Loan in This Day and Age

As I’m getting ready to buy a second home for a rental property, I am absolutely flabbergasted at how freaking long it is taking for a loan approval.  Literally, it has been a solid month!  I mean, in this day and age, how can Bank Of America take so long? 
 I thought that with the internet [...]