November 2010 Podcast Program Notes Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast” logo to listen to the episode now. For iPod users, AZVAs the Podcast is also found in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store (FREE!). Here’s that link! Most of this month’s episode was recorded on [...]

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Here’s a list of things to do now, if you are in a work slowdown, so that when things pick up again you’ll be ready! 1. Recommit to your core services It’s easy to get off track when you are slow. Requests for charitable work or even paid projects that lie outside the area you love [...]

There’s a clipboard on my desk (pictured beneath my furry assistant at right) that is more valuable than any tech tool in my office. Divided into two columns, at left is my actual and pending work list, and to the right are personal and household matters needing attention. Though it is all calendared, this where [...]

Publisher’s note: this post was contributed by by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of an MBA degree. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com. A freelance job is a blessing in more ways than one—you don’t have a fixed job or one boss to answer to, you’re a free agent [...]

My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Not that he has never taken a day off. This is the first day ever when there just are no jobs to go out to. He knew it the night before and was feeling understandably weird thinking about it. Should [...]