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An Underage Over Achiever?
“My own personal solution has always been to get myself involved in whatever activity or actions to make this world a better place. “No, that was not JFK’s last word before he was assassinated, nor that was of Martin Luther King Jr. Those are o
- October 9th, 2008
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New Magazine Site for Real Estate Professionals
“In my experience, in the real-estate business past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations. We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models.” ~Akira Mori President a
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Real Education that prepares you to earn?
I’ve always thought that having a degree is a guarantee that you will earn a living and help you become rich. I thought wrong. Not all education teaches you to make money. In fact, a college degree is no guarantee for success. However, a “real ed
- October 8th, 2008
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Two Practical Common-sense Tips About Credit Cards
Credit cards have become an indispensable part of our modern lives. And it seems, as the economy worsens, we are becoming more dependent on them. I must admit, they come very handy in times of needs; on the other hand, they can also be the roots of
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Only the Relevant and Useful Tech Updates
I was scouting the net almost endlessly just to find the right universal remote control for my HDTV, it was very frustrating mind you. The internet offers so much information that it has become difficult to find the information you need, when you nee
- October 7th, 2008
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Practical Tips on Frugal Living
“With greater emphasis on working to live, not living to work, we are creating awareness for simpler solutions, a more creative existence with healthier, happier longevity, for those brave enough to accept the challenge.” ~Tracey Smith &#
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I need a new pair of eyeglasses
I need them badly. My myopia is getting worse.I suspect my longer exposure in front of the computer is the major culprit. I did not notice this until I was trying to read the labels on the medicine I was about to give my son. Darn! Or is it because I
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: My Sense and Sensibility, Including My 'Non-Senses'
Be thankful!
“In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God.” (1 Thesalonians 5:18)It’s a verse in the bible that is so easy to memorize yet so difficult to do at times. Can you still give thanks if you are dying of cancer? Or when you’ve just be
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Quality Custom Homes
Home is where your heart is. To me it’s my little kingdom. Hence, I only want the best builder to have it remodeled or renovated. Fortunately, there is Schumacher Homes Louisiana. Don’t you know that over “4,800 families have built their custom
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Considering Other Income Source?
Both houses of congress approved the proposed (amended) bailout for the ailing US financial institutions. Can we sit back now and relax? Can this $700B federal aid prevent the economic slowdown? On the other hand, the domino effect of the first rejec
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Boost Job Search Success with a Strategic Self-Marketing Plan
The rules of the job search have changed considerably in recent years. It’s not enough to be the most qualified candidate for the job. Successful job candidates understand that in addition to “having the goods,” they need to know th
- October 6th, 2008
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: My Sense and Sensibility, Including My 'Non-Senses'
Tech advise anyone?
I am ready to listen.My job entails giving professional advises on management systems to clients. So if you ask me if I also listen to advises, I will out rightly tell you, “yeah!” However, on one condition that you only give me what I needed. S
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: the HRMan
Selective Tech News that is worth the read
Office routines for me normally starts from reading the headlines in the paper, check on emails, and browse through the memos on my inbox tray. Among these three, checking my emails consumes much of my time because I have to sipped through the junk m
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Gadget Advisor
I am not much of a tech-savvy guy, but I love and admire new gadgets. In fact, I collect catalogues of new network media player models and my browser is full of bookmarked tech sites. Among the new sites I’ve found very interesting and useful is Ga
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Is there something to worry about tomorrow? Or about 2012?
Although I am not really a believer of predictions. I have always believed though that life was designed by the creator to be full of complexities and uncertainties so that we can live meaningfully and with excitement. His intentions might have been
- October 5th, 2008
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: My Sense and Sensibility, Including My 'Non-Senses'
"I love your Blog" Award
I got this award from my cyber mom, Mom811 (the gracious mom behind The Lighter Side). I am elated, and deeply honored. Thank you mom. (",)Now, it's my time to reciprocate and pass on this award to the following blogger friends:Kcee of Barefooted, wh
- October 3rd, 2008
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Outsourced Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) plays an important role in a business’ competitiveness. With computer hardware and software development evolves at the speed of light, any business who has the latest technology can dictate its pacing in the market. Info
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Increase your Business’ Profitability by Outsourcing Your Debt Collection
One of the risks that a new business owner has to take is having customers who pay late or who never pay. It is inevitable. In fact, the U.S. Small Business Administration reports 75 percent of businesses have customers who either pay their bills lat
- October 2nd, 2008
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Job Search: How To Work With Sales Recruiters
I get many calls from people (potential candidates) asking about PHC Consulting’s services. The two main questions are always the same: “How much does it cost?” and “Why can’t I apply directly to the company?” Although I am a niche rec
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Trade my time with my son for a bigger salary?
He’s my crown of joy and pride.I am being asked again by my friends if I should consider returning to corporate life if offered with a generous and irresistible compensation package. I answered them out rightly with a firm ‘NO’. They were a bit
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: My Sense and Sensibility, Including My 'Non-Senses'
Online Phone Book
Here is a very convenient way to find people’s phone numbers for the entire US. A single Phone Book online that allows you to search phone and cell phone numbers, whether unpublished or unlisted in any of the 5o states. More so, you can also do a
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Corporate Reimbursement Service for Small Business
I remember my accountant complaining about the travel and gasoline expenses of my sales people when I was still in the trading business. Being a newbie in business, and probably the nature of that business, I failed to lay down clear cut policies abo
- October 1st, 2008
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Do we really need another investment site?
Forgive my skepticism. With what is happening with the credible, established, and larger financial institutions at Wall Street, who can blame me? Life is already difficult for the average career person like me because of the recession, then this fina
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Politics, politicians, and election
I share the sentiments of George Bernard Shaw when he said:"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."Though I am so much interested on political affairs, I still remain indifferent on how a democratic
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Special eyeglasses for Computer Users?
I spend an average of 10 hours daily in front the computer. And I have been suffering from myopia for more than 20 years now. With prescription glasses that I cannot do away with because I hate contact lenses, the glare on my LCD monitor, much more w
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: Young Urban Professionals nOOk
My Top 15 Favorite Disney Animated Movies
The list is in random order. The Three CaballerosThe Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad Peter Pan The Sword In The Stone The Jungle BookRobin Hood The Fox And The Hound The Great Mouse Detective AladdinThe Lion KingThe Hunchback Of Notre DameFantasia
- September 30th, 2008
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Rethinking Freelance Work and Small Business Management: Part 2
Starting from my previous post’s question: What have I learned from these? I partly answered that. Let me expound my answers here and on the next posts. I learned, the hard way, that in order to succeed in managing your own business, you need to
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Alternative Income for Freelancers and Work at Home People
In a previous post, I wrote about reading books. Incidentally, here I will be talking about selling your books. I told you, I read a lot. Most of the books I purchased in recent years were not actually brand new. I bought these from online auctions
- September 29th, 2008
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Careers in Marketing
Brian Norris, a popular Marketing Consultant defined marketing in a very simple way by breaking it into four processes, to wit : “Marketing is a four step process that begins with analyzing and defining a qualified universe of potential users or
- September 28th, 2008
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A Reflective Sunday: Faith and Reason
“If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?” ~Graham Greene, a British AuthorI grew up in a conservative Christian Evangelical famil
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Webhosting rating site for newbies
"Another web hosting rating? Who needs one?” asked my blogger friend. I answered promptly, “I need one.”There are other webhosting rating around, but most of them are directed towards getting subscribers. WebHostingRating is different in a lot
- September 27th, 2008
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ronnie6833 has posted a new entry on: My Sense and Sensibility, Including My 'Non-Senses'
Dealing with the tyranny of the urgent
“What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.” ~AnonymousI have always lived an ordered life. Meaning, I do things as scheduled. Routines are my company day-in and day-out. To some, it looks like a very boring life. It’s no
- September 26th, 2008
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Father and Son by Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens)
It’s been awhile since my last Acoustic Friday. Here’s another acoustic classic.“This is about a Russian family where the son wants to join the revolution but his father wants him to stay home and work on the farm. Stevens made up the story.
- September 25th, 2008
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Reverse Phone Lookup
Due to the nature of my work, I am awake at night most of the time. Bedtime for me, to compensate my lack of normal sleep, starts at 10 am. I normally would wake up between 3 to 5pm. However, in between those times I intermittently would wake-up to
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Sleeping Child
Nothing can appease my soul more than seeing my son asleep. I envy him. Free of worries, pains, problems, and issues. Unlike me, he never had any problem of getting that needed sleep. Much more, the tranquility that possesses him is something that I
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Managing Polarities in Change Management
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." --Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician, Logician and PhilosopherIncreasingly, an organization’s ability to respond and adapt quickly while providing increase
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Multiple Streams of Income?
Online marketing is a profitable business if it’s done right, you are in the right market niche, and you have the right marketing system. It can even readily outgrow your day job’s earnings in a few months or even weeks, utilizing only half of th
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Identify Unwanted Calls
Unwanted, unidentified, and prank calls can be pesky at times. Now that we virtually carry our cell phone anywhere, these kinds of callers have invaded our privacies. Call Tracker helps identify these unwanted or unsolicited calls. With their huge d
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Personal accountability
Accountability according to Geoff Hunt of www.freedomtocare.org is:...entailed by responsibility. Anyone who is responsible is thereby accountable. To be responsible is to accept judgments, acts and omissions (refusals or failures to act) as one's ow
- September 24th, 2008
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Online Business: Is it worth the risks?
Depending on where you are putting your money and efforts to. If you are to risks your money on online business, do on a niche you are well-versed of, and on a marketing scheme that really works. Frankly, with the proliferation of quick-money making
