Do You Value Your Time Or Your Money More?
A guest post by Erica Douglass, on Get Rich Slowly has caused a great stir in the personal finance blogosphere. I’m sure readers were expecting the typical post of how to save more money by skipping that extra latte from Starbucks. Instead they got more than what they paid for (which was nothing). After all, most personal finance blogs discuss the same mundane things you might see discussed with “The Oracle of Berkeley” – Suze Orman. It’s the typical mantra – get out of debt, live frugally, make sure you save, and have an emergency fund. You get the idea. It’s the basic stuff that should have been taught in school, but wasn’t. What if you have all done all of the right things, what’s next? Is it possible (gasp) that people have followed their good advice (with some bad) and now past that point? This was one of the reasons I created the blog. Most of the personal finance blogs discuss the same things, but rehashed a different way. After all, personal finance is not rocket science. Spend less than you earn, and invest the difference. Erica’s guest post is somewhat out the box, and discusses what seems to be a taboo subject to most. Assuming you have some level of financial success, how can you start using this to your advantage? Her post discusses outsourcing tasks to others. I think the people objecting to her post, more than likely are employees, and never owned a business. I saw posts more or less stating, is she too lazy to do the “common man” tasks herself? In addition, how dare she hire someone outside of the US. After all, there are good people unemployed in the United States.
How I Learned Everything About Business By Owning A Lemonade Stand
Long blog post title, but you get the point. Ever since I was a little child I can remember wanting to own a business. In my exit interview from Clemson University they asked me about my long-term career goals. In an almost knee-jerk reaction, I said to own my own business in the computer industry. Today I can say I fulfilled my dream and did just that. Maybe it was my own father constantly pounding into me the statement, “Don’t ever work for someone else. Start your own business!” After all his father owned a jewelry business, and I think my father regretted never following in the same footsteps. I guess from an early age, I knew that if you want to be financially successful, controlling your own destiny was the way to go.
Merry Christmas! We are Canceling Service with your Company
Let’s talk about risk management. I pretty much know I’m loosing a customer I’ve had for over ten years. It’s not official, as the client hasn’t contacted me. I’m obviously not happy about it, but the relationship has been like a bad girlfriend for the entire term. Have you ever have a client that wasn’t a match to your business philosophies and beliefs? This one was the perfect miss-fit. Over the years the manager has blamed us for many issues, and we were the scapegoat for his inept ability. With this client in particular, everything was documented and triple checked before we said it. We all made sure that our I’s were dotted and our T’s were crossed.
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