August 2016 Blog Posts (95)

If you missed our recent 48Days.net Virtual gathering, you can catch the replay HERE (feel free to share).

In this interview resume expert and career counselor, Marcy Travis, shares 6 tips to help you…

You feel awful and are just miserable. The doctor tells says you have a viral infection and you insist he prescribe an antibiotic “just in case” believing it will help clear the infection more quickly and he or she obliges.

Well if that has happened, the doctor actually did you more…

You took the time to go to a networking event and now you have a pocketful of business cards. Most of the time you toss them on the table and never look back. Or, you reach out once and give up. You wonder why you even bothered to go to the event. You talked to a lot of great people, but you don’t feel it helped you get any closer to obtaining clients.



To get the full benefits of going to a network event, you must do the work required after attending the event! This is where many…

Keeping detailed accounting records for your business is important for many different reasons. For one, your books hold a wealth of information about the financial state of your business. You can learn a lot about your operations and make smart decisions by looking at the right data.

Accounting reports provide an overview of important financial information in an easy to understand format. There are different types of…

It is easy to assume that the most valuable business lessons to be learned are those that come from observing others.

How did Apple roll out its latest product? Who is Forbes suggesting that I follow? Why isn’t that startup gaining traction?

While it is certainly wise to learn from the successes and missteps of others, we mustn’t underestimate the inherent value in our own first-hand experiences.

I recently helped a friend orchestrate a weekend garage sale. My sole…

After reading "Spartan Up" by Spartan Race founder Joe De Sena…

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Let's "just do it!"

Scholarship will honor memory of trailblazing councilwoman

Happy Monday!

Shalom!

Angela

Hello!

Still saving, after all of these hot, muggy days!

Happy Monday!

Shalom!

Angela

This blog is coming to you from a vacation on the sugar-white sandy beaches and turquoise clear waters of Panama City Beach. As someone who grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, returning each year to the Gulf coast for a week of relaxation is something that I put on my yearly calendar.…

Friday was my last day at Intel (after 24 years, ~10 months). I was eligible to retire based on my age and years of service, but wasn’t planning to retire anytime soon. Intel is in the midst of a large staffing reduction, however, so retirement came sooner than expected.

You won’t find me fishing full time, nor living in one of those golf cart gated communities. I need to and want to continue to work, so the job search will begin soon.

My hope is to continue to…

Okay so now I feel like perhaps I’ve heard everything. There is a growing problem in our country with opioid drug use. These drugs that are used for chronic pain are being over-prescribed and abused. The result is addiction to these pain-killers.

Well,…

Taking even one step to explore an unknown career path can be scary. We might not know where the path is going to end up, but if we are willing to start exploring, it can be a journey of faith.

Allowing yourself to imagine something new is exciting. Taking a discovery step takes faith,…

Question: Where is the difference in the meaning between precision and accuracy most pronounced?Answer: We see it in science.

First let us look at the physical science of chemistry. Measured to the exact milliliter you added a catalyst to the beaker and then began to heat it. The desired chemical reaction did not occur despite the precision of your measurement. The amount used was precise but it was not…

In this value-packed episode, I interview Melissa Smith, an expert on virtual assistants. Melissa is a member of the International Virtual Assistants Association, …

Welcome to my series on Life After the Uniform. The goal of this series is to provide options and ideas as the main impetus of my coaching practice is helping men and women in high stress/high risk jobs find fulfilling second careers.

I've worked some with a human trafficking group called The Exodus Road, but nothing like this. I saw this this news pop up recently about their efforts to engage military veterans in combating sex trafficking. I…

In a conversation with a client who is working on losing weight, she shared a revelation she got recently that has really catapulted her weight loss efforts. I felt it was really powerful and wanted to share it with you.

She routinely does a…

I am a whole-hearted believer that whether you work as an employee or business owner that your overall motivation should not be working to just make money. Money will not bring you fulfillment. There has to be more to the “why” you work in your chosen profession. We spend more time in a given day working than we do any other activity. If you are going to work, why not discover and do work that you enjoy and brings fulfillment? You can have both. You do not need to settle.



We are…

Have you ever found yourself swimming under a sea of paperwork, emails, and projects? Whether you work for another company in an office building or for yourself at home, it can be such a challenge trying to finish all of the mounting tasks you have each day. How can you finish anything if you can barely keep your head above water? Well, here are four ways you can start winning your day at the office.

1. Organize Your Work Space

Are you struggling to find…

Lies about money are everywhere. Unfortunately, many of the biggest money lies people believe are usually taken as truth. I'm convinced this is especially true when it comes to getting out of debt.

I know you've heard them before. Things like "You need a high…