Monthly Archives: April 2015

Do you Live to Work or Work to Live?

There are definitely two types of people (at least) in this regard. Some people just love to work and their job is their priority. They enjoy doing it and look forward to it. Others merely go through the motions to get the paycheck. Their interests lie elsewhere if they have any.

They may be more involved with hobbies or avocations, or maybe they are struggling artists. Pretty common to hear the expression ‘starving artists’ and that’s because for some reason they usually have many years of creating art that doesn’t earn them enough money to live. Many times they have no sense of business so they mismanage everything. This is really sad but something about the struggle must contribute to developing their talent.

Whether we live to work or work to live , the difference may depend a lot on whether you are fortunate enough to have a job where you are doing what you love to do or not.

Everybody knows some times it is necessary to do whatever we can t

Components for Building a Business

Some might say that the ‘idea’ for the business would be the most important thing. They may include not only an idea for a product or service but also the entire concept – the look and feel (environment) etc. The way you present everything – your website, your advertising and marketing design is important in attracting people. Your customer service attitude is what will keep them.

Certainly it would be important to know if there is a market for what you intend to promote. There is so much logic to the theory that we should not choose the product or service and try to find somebody that wants it, but to find out what the market wants and then give it to them. Think about that for a minute. It is a whole different ballgame when they come to you versus you chasing them down and trying to convince them.

Equally as important is how badly you want to have a business – your motivation. It probably should be more than ‘need money’. Ideally you would love doi

Business Online – What Goes Around Comes Around

We should never be afraid to share – whether it is information or even money. With information, somebody must have given it to you, right? Aren’t you glad they did? What if they had the attitude that if they told you something that you might beat them out of something, and so they better just keep the information hoarded away? Pretty mean.

More than likely somebody taught you what they knew and hoped that maybe they had been instrumental in helping you in your journey to success. It is also likely that if they had been successful themselves that they felt that they needed to ‘give back’ to the universe some of the blessings that they had received. It’ a beautiful way to think, especially when compared to folks that figure ‘I got mine’ (so that is all that matters).

What is really amazing is when someone has been given a real leg up –- tangible resources, training, content, etc., for free – that instead of being grateful for the opportunity, they w