Employment

What am I doing here? I was waiting in the small lobby for someone to come down to fetch me. I had arrived early as I usually do, so I wasn't upset about waiting. I wouldn't have been upset anyway - I get paid by the hour whether I'm looking at pictures in the lobby or pecking away at a keyboard. I'm happy enough to wait and have enough random junk running around my brain to keep myself amused for hours after the pictures and magazines become old.
Where are you going to get the boxes? My partner and I used to laugh privately at this. It became one of our favorite inside jokes. Whenever someone brought up some imaginary problem, we'd laugh and say "Where are we going to get the boxes?"
The Inside Track isn't always the right track Most salespeople know that an existing customer is more valuable than a prospect simply because they are more likely to buy from you. They already know that you aren't a fly by night charlatan, that your product was what you said it was, and so on. A lot of the hesitancy of doing business is already swept away.


Title Date Views Monthly Comments
A game worth playing
2008 07 302 302

What am I doing here?
2008 06 682 682

Know your customer
2008 06 706 7062008/06/25 22:44 TonyLawrence

Smart Linux Shop
2008 06 1120 11202008/06/19 14:37 BigDumbDinosaur

Interview at Yes To Me
2008 05 718 3592008/05/26 22:51 AkemiYestoMe

Sound mind, sound body
2008 05 867 4332008/05/21 19:27 JonR

Sales Calls for Tech folk
2008 05 883 441

You sounded annoyed
2008 05 895 447

Did you really lose half a million
2008 05 1007 5032008/05/05 16:17 drag

Small Business Advertising Advice
2008 03 1143 285

Time and Billing
2008 03 1285 3212008/05/11 03:30 Matt

The R Word
2008 02 913 1822008/02/16 03:42 drag

 
 
Who sees the elephant?
2008 01 851 141

Jack of All Trades
2008 01 929 154

On your own
2008 01 928 1542008/01/05 02:12 Skellie

Master of All
2007 12 823 117

Selling out - What do you really want?
2007 12 1139 162

Eggs
2007 10 1360 1512007/10/30 14:42 TonyLawrence

Accidental Entrepreneurs
2007 09 1793 179

The future of computer techs
2006 12 2869 151

Job Satisfaction and Self-esteem
2006 07 6769 282

Preventing Discrimination
2006 04 2570 952006/04/14 17:29 TonyLawrence

Autodidacts and computers
2006 02 1505 512006/02/21 15:20 BigDumbDinosaur

Tired and stressed
2006 01 2680 892006/01/24 15:38 BigDumbDinosaur

Podcasting as advertising
2005 12 855 27

Get your own ball
2005 12 857 27

Is it worth it?
2005 12 785 25

Self Employed
2005 12 940 30

You don't have to own the world
2005 12 811 26

Self Employed
2005 12 1249 40

Websites for the self employed:
2005 12 1140 36

Websites for the self employed:
2005 12 1184 38

401K for sole proprietors
2005 12 1697 54

Squeezing time out of the day
2005 12 812 26

Suspicion and fear about self
2005 12 845 27

Sick Days
2005 12 849 27

Showing up
2005 12 780 25

Junk marketing
2005 12 874 28

Setting hourly rates for Consultants
2005 12 2862 92

What's your business worth to you?
2005 12 929 29

Self Discipline for the Self-Employed
2005 12 1620 52

Preparing for change
2005 12 675 21

What's your web niche?
2005 12 848 27

Retire to self-employment
2005 12 817 26

Retainers
2005 12 2242 72

Coasting
2005 12 792 25

Eyes wide open
2005 12 725 23

Happiness is more than money
2005 12 966 31

I hate prospecting
2005 12 913 29

Prepaid hours
2005 12 774 24

 
 
 
 
Raw volume vs. popularity
2005 12 969 31

Web Businesses
2005 12 729 23

Product Review: Staples One Touch
2005 12 2937 942008/01/31 19:38 TonyLawrence

One foot in front of the other
2005 12 1314 42

Networking
2005 12 845 27

Your skills aren't enough
2005 12 796 25

Low end clients
2005 12 834 26

Scheduling time loosely
2005 12 954 30

FOO-SELF-EMPLOYED Links Page, resources
2005 12 962 31

Look for the itch
2005 12 839 27

IT workers unhappy; advised to consider
2005 12 1086 35

Your life partner
2005 12 851 27

Bill Early, Bill Often
2005 12 938 30

The Inside Track isn't always the right
2005 12 1086 35

IT can be a good choice for self
2005 12 898 28

Difficulties of self employment
2005 12 796 25

Avoiding Employee Classification
2005 12 802 25

Incorporation
2005 12 1052 33

Opportunity
2005 12 1012 322008/06/18 09:50 TonyLawrence

Fluctuating income
2005 12 818 26

health insurance for the self employed
2005 12 1829 592006/11/11 08:13 drag

You could have just asked us
2005 12 786 25

Be Happy
2005 12 752 24

Handling stress
2005 12 756 24

Grow or die?
2005 12 822 26

 
 
 
 
I'm not good enough
2005 12 784 25

Getting more done
2005 12 1158 37

Life is not Fair
2005 12 1969 63

Embracing the unfamiliar
2005 12 1013 32

Where are you going to get the boxes?
2005 12 1334 43

The Windows back up most often forgotten
2005 12 781 25

Self employment can be better than a job
2005 12 778 25

Firing Customers
2005 12 1180 382007/12/09 05:34 BigDumbDinosaur

Dreams of self employment
2005 12 724 23

Attitudes toward self employment
2005 12 808 26

Having Employees - or not
2005 12 1248 40

What did you learn today?
2005 12 1185 38

E-books for business promotion
2005 12 954 302007/11/27 23:53 TonyLawrence

What's your disaster plan look like?
2005 12 801 25

Dirty competition
2005 12 907 29

Do you wear a tie?
2005 12 773 24

Don't make it hard for your customers
2005 12 793 25

Contracting vs. self employment
2005 12 1180 38

Are you afraid of your competitors?
2005 12 1129 36

Communication Skills
2005 12 806 26

Coaches and Mentors
2005 12 710 22

Reporting Income
2005 12 1555 50

Champion of Capitalism
2005 12 821 26

Choosing a name for your business
2005 12 964 31

Broadband enables independence
2005 12 787 25

 
 
Forget the expense of flying to New England. Forget hotel and meals costs.
Installation and light training Boston and New England

 
 
Keeping sharp
2005 12 833 26

Arrogance or confidence
2005 12 905 29

Try it, you might like it
2005 12 689 22

10 million strong
2005 12 754 24

What do you do for a living?
2005 11 3153 982005/11/23 20:28 orsenthil

Employees
2005 08 1063 30

Setting Project Exit Criteria
2005 07 2344 652006/09/06 14:07 RichP

Understanding Project Expectations
2005 07 872 242005/07/22 16:05 Kevin

Estimating for Consultants
2004 11 1347 30

Management, the Mother Science
2004 04 2344 45

Human Capital
2003 12 4115 74

Win-Win Negotiations in Program
2003 10 4257 74

Windows, Unix, and Linux- Which Earns
2003 10 3790 66

Successful Consulting
2003 09 2930 502005/06/25 00:16 Emzucker

Social Skills of the Project Manager
2003 09 7781 1342005/07/31 20:29 BigDumbDinosaur

Analyzing Employee Productivity
2003 09 3998 68

They'll miss you when you are gone
2003 08 2589 43

Telecommuting
2003 07 966 16

You're So Lucky
2003 07 1363 22

Technofable
2000 09 3354 35

Success at Last
2000 09 3577 38

Customer Service
2000 09 3694 39

Living in a Looking Glass
2000 09 4832 51

I am not a railroad
2000 02 1554 15

Self Employment
1998 12 4804 41

 
 
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