Download or read book How I Survived My First Year of Full Time Self Employment written by Liz Broomfield and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One December I stopped being part-time employed / part-time self-employed and took the big, exciting (and scary) step into full-time self-employment. Except it wasn't scary, because I'd worked, planned, set goals and knew when it was time to do it. In this book I share exactly how I got to that stage. No tricks, no schemes to buy into, no promises of wealth on very little effort - just the concrete ways in which I planned, measured, built and worked hard to have the flexible and comfortable lifestyle I now enjoy. I'm passionate about helping other small business owners see that they, too, can take the plunge: that they don't have to be a beardy entrepreneur, give up everything and live on nothing: that you can do it carefully and safely, building your own safety net until you can fly free. This book is a mixture of diary entries and useful articles that will help you to find out ... - whether self-employment is for you - how to establish a business while maintaining your employment - how to set goals - how to network - how to measure your social media and website success - how to manage your days so you stay healthy - how to achieve a good work-life balance - how to dress to work at home

Download or read book The Money Book for Freelancers Part Timers and the Self Employed written by Joseph D'Agnese and published by Currency. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for people like us, and we all know who we are. We make our own hours, keep our own profits, chart our own way. We have things like gigs, contracts, clients, and assignments. All of us are working toward our dreams: doing our own work, on our own time, on our own terms. We have no real boss, no corporate nameplate, no cubicle of our very own. Unfortunately, we also have no 401(k)s and no one matching them, no benefits package, and no one collecting our taxes until April 15th. It’s time to take stock of where you are and where you want to be. Ask yourself: Who is planning for your retirement? Who covers your expenses when clients flake out and checks are late? Who is setting money aside for your taxes? Who is responsible for your health insurance? Take a good look in the mirror: You are. The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the Self-Employed describes a completely new, comprehensive system for earning, spending, saving, and surviving as an independent worker. From interviews with financial experts to anecdotes from real-life freelancers, plus handy charts and graphs to help you visualize key concepts, you’ll learn about topics including: • Managing Cash Flow When the Cash Isn’t Flowing Your Way • Getting Real About What You’re Really Earning • Tools for Getting Out of Debt and Into Financial Security • Saving Consistently When You Earn Irregularly • What To Do When a Client’s Check Doesn’t Come In • Health Savings Accounts and How To Use Them • Planning for Retirement, Taxes and Dreams—All On Your Own

Download or read book Running a Successful Business After the Start Up Phase written by Liz Broomfield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to "How I Survived my First Year of Full-Time Self-Employment: Going it Alone at 40", "Running a Successful Business After the Start-up Phase" looks at what happens once you have survived those start-up years. With sections on building your customer base, investing in your business, blogging and social media, this book gives the mature business-owner an essential toolkit for making more money, having more fun and reclaiming their work-life balance. Read on its own or in conjunction with "How I Survived my First Year of Full-Time Self-Employment" for a no-nonsense and practical guide to EXACTLY how to do things. There are no special secrets to buy or courses to take; the book links to extra resources on the Libro website which can be accessed free of charge. Do you want to know how to: -Say yes to the right customers and no to the wrong ones -Build your social media platform in a reciprocating and principled way -Make more money doing less work -Reclaim your work-life balance -Build links with other people in your industry and beyond -Succeed in a mature business If the answer to any of these is yes, read this book now!

Download or read book From Survive to Thrive written by Margaret S. Chisolm and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author details a plan for helping individuals who have a mental health issue flourish in their lives"--

Download or read book Making a Living Without a Job written by Barbara Winter and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-07-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to making money sans job offers insight-provoking interactive tests, self-evaluations, charts, and checklists, as well as numerous anecdotes about people who are successfully self-employed. “If you are ready to stretch your mind to the idea of making a living without a job, you’ll find plenty of encouragement and practical information here. Designing a lifestyle for yourself that nurtures and supports who you are and what you value won’t happen instantaneously, but this book will certainly make the process simpler and easier for you. Becoming joyfully jobless begins with a commitment to self-discovery, a curiosity about your potential, and a willingness to acquire the information and skills that will enhance your work. Your way will be unlike anyone else’s, although you will share a deep camaraderie with others on this path. Being your own boss is both heady and humbling, but it’s seldom boring.” —Barbara J. Winter, from the Introduction

Download or read book You re Going to Survive written by Alexandra Franzen and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to getting through defeat, staying motivated, and coming out the other side smarter and stronger than ever. No matter what kind of career you’ve chosen, you’re going to deal with discouragement, frustration, and occasional failure. It could be a difficult interaction with a hysterical client. Or watching your best friend get the promotion you wanted. Or a vicious one-star review that rattles your self-esteem and makes you question your talent and even your identity. When that moment arrives, open this book. Inside, you’ll find inspiring true stories from all kinds of people—from authors, chefs, lawyers, website designers, and Broadway performers to personal stylists, jazz musicians, business consultants, non-profit fundraisers, and more—each describing one of the worst moments in their entire career, and how they got through it. Each chapter is filled with honesty, humor, and heartfelt encouragement to help you confront tough times and never give up. No matter what’s going on in your career right now, this isn’t the end of your story. You’re going to survive.

Download or read book Quick Guide to Networking Social Media and Social Capital written by Liz Broomfield and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worried about networking, confused about how to use social media, not sure if it's all worth it anyway? Looking for someone to explain it all in simple terms and help you decide how to use it all to benefit your business? Running a business and not yet engaged with social media? Wondering if there's any point starting a business blog? Not sure whether having a website is the right thing to do? This quick guide takes the worry out of networking and social media by explaining how to do it and the benefits in simple terms which will benefit you and your business, creating social capital and explaining what that is. Well-known New York Times bestselling author-entrepreneur Joanna Penn of thecreativepenn.com has this to say about the book: "This book will help you to understand the more detailed nuance of social media ... as well as how to be generous on the networks and work for mutual benefit with your connections. There's also a section on the psychology of networking for introverts, which is helpful as many people feel their personality holds them back online. I particularly like the summing up section, where Liz advises "Be kind." If everyone online followed this advice, the world would be a fantastic place! A useful little book for the newbie social networker." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You should buy this book if you want to find out more about using social media and physical networks to grow your influence and business. If you're looking for a more general book on growing your business, you would do better to have a look at my other business books: find out more at www.lizbroomfieldbooks.com. If you already have my second business book, "Running a Successful Business After the Start-up Phase," or my business omnibus, "Your Guide to Starting and Running your Business," then lots of the information in this quick guide is covered there. I don't want to rip you off, so if you've already got those, don't buy this one unless you want just this info in an easy-to-find format. Although I give you lots of hints on networking and marketing, if you're looking for a book about network marketing (think Amway and Forever Living) this one is not specifically on that topic; such companies have particular ways of operating and are not what I'm talking about here. Otherwise, buy and enjoy!

Download or read book 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job written by Colleen Ford and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting a job is dumb. Why? Because you only get paid when you're working.

Download or read book Holding It Together written by Jessica Calarco and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed Sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo. Holding It Together draws on five years of research in which Calarco surveyed over 4000 parents and conducted more than 400 hours of interviews with women who bear the brunt of our broken system. A widowed single mother struggles to patch together meager public benefits while working three jobs; an aunt is pushed into caring for her niece and nephew at age fifteen once their family is shattered by the opioid epidemic; a daughter becomes the backstop caregiver for her mother, her husband, and her child because of the perceived flexibility of her job; a well-to-do couple grapples with the moral dilemma of leaning on overworked, underpaid childcare providers to achieve their egalitarian ideals. Stories of grief and guilt abound. Yet, they are more than individual tragedies. Tracing present-day policies back to their roots, Calarco reveals a systematic agreement to dismantle our country’s social safety net and persuade citizens to accept precarity while women bear the brunt. She leads us to see women's labor as the reason we've gone so long without the support systems that our peer nations take for granted, and how women’s work maintains the illusion that we don't need a net. Weaving eye-opening original research with revelatory sociological narrative, Holding It Together is a bold call to demand the institutional change that each of us deserves, and a warning about the perils of living without it.

Download or read book My So Called Freelance Life written by Michelle Goodman and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of clocking in and losing out? Want to pursue creative, fulfilling work on your own time and also make a living in the process? My So-Called Freelance Life is a how-to guidebook for women who want to avoid the daily grind and turn their freelance dreams into reality. Michelle Goodman, author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide and self-proclaimed former "wage slave," offers tips, advice, how-to's, and everything else a woman needs to pursue a freelance career. Confused as to whether you should tell your clients that the odd gurgling sound during a conference call is emanating from the infant sleeping on your shoulder? Goodman answers all of the unusual questions that may arise for women exploring the freelance world. Far more than your normal business guidebook, My So-Called Freelance Life blends candid, humorous anecdotes from a wide variety of freelancers with Goodman's own personal experiences as a creative worker for hire. Whether you're a freelance first-timer or a seasoned creative professional, copyediting queen or web guru, My So-Called Freelance Lifeis an invaluable resource for anyone interested in freelancing.

Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Download or read book Go It Alone written by Geoffrey Burch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this completely updated and revised edition, Go it Alone! provides essential information for anyone who wants to get out of the rat race and work as a free agent, or start their own business. From the ins and outs of writing a business plan, to how to win customer loyalty Geoff Burch in his usual provocative and anecdotal style gives the common sense advice we've been waiting for. Along with Geoff's missives and anecdotes, he provides excercises and a resource directory. All of which make great reading and inspiration for anyone to Go it Alone! Readership: budding entrepreneurs or those wanting to find out how to become a free agent.

Download or read book Business For Authors written by Joanna Penn and published by Curl Up Press via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to take the next step in your author journey? Art for the sake of art is important. Writing for the love of it, or to create something beautiful on the page, is absolutely worthwhile and critical to expand the sum of human expression. But I’m not here to talk about creativity or the craft of writing in this book. My aim is to take the result of your creativity into the realm of actually paying the bills. To take you from being an author to running a business as an author. I was a business consultant for 13 years before I gave up my job in September 2011 to become a full-time author-entrepreneur. I worked for large corporates and small businesses, implementing financial systems across Europe and Asia Pacific. I’ve also started a number of my own businesses ”" a scuba dive charter boat in New Zealand, a customized travel website, a property investment portfolio in Australia as well as my freelance consultancy. I’ve failed a lot and learned many lessons in my entrepreneurial life and I share them all in this book. In the last six years of being an author, through tempestuous changes in the publishing world, I've learned the business side of being a writer and I now earn a good living as an author-entrepreneur. I’m an author because it's my passion and my joy but also because it's a viable business in this age of global and digital opportunity. In the book, you will learn: Part 1: From Author To Entrepreneur The arc of the author’s journey, definition of an author-entrepreneur, deciding on your definition of success. Plus/ should you start a company? Part 2: Products and Services How you can turn one manuscript into multiple streams of income by exploiting all the different rights, various business models for authors and how to evaluate them, information on contracts, copyright and piracy. Plus/ putting together a production plan. Part 3: Employees, Suppliers and Contractors The team you need to run your business. Your role as author and what you’re committing to, as well as co-writing. Editors, agents and publishers, translators, book designers and formatters, audiobook narrators, book-keeping and accounting, virtual assistants. Plus/ how to manage your team. Part 4: Customers In-depth questions to help you understand who your customers are and what they want, as well as customer service options for authors. Part 5: Sales and Distribution How to sell through distributors and your options, plus all the information you need to sell direct. ISBNs and publishing imprints ”" do you need them? Plus/ your options for pricing. Part 6: Marketing Key overarching marketing concepts. Book-based marketing including cover, back copy and sales pages on the distributors. Author-based marketing around building your platform, and customer-based marketing around your niche audience and targeted media. Part 7: Financials Revenues of the author business and how to increase that revenue. Costs of the author business and funding your startup. Banking, PayPal, accounting, reporting, tax and estate planning. Part 8: Strategy and Planning Developing your strategy and business plan. Managing your time and developing professional habits. The long-term view and the process for becoming a full-time author. Plus/ looking after yourself. Part 9: Next Steps Questions from the book to help you work out everything to do with your business, plus encouragement for your next steps. Appendices, Workbook and Bonus Downloads including a workbook and business plan template. If you want to go from being an author to running a business as an author, download a sample or buy now.

Download or read book Working Mom s Survival Guide written by Paula Peters and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More women than ever before are going back to work soon after having a baby. And no matter what their job, making the transition from home to work can be really challenging. Whether dealing with day-to-day dilemmas like spitup on their power suits or big-picture problems like the cost of child care, new moms need relief! Written in a friendly and encouraging tone, this guide is all a stressed-out mother needs to organize her life so everyoneÆs happyùincluding herself! From prebaby planning to after-baby adjustments, this book covers it all, including: FMLA and maternity leave Temporary schedules and career planning Job changes Child care Responsibilities at home Caring for yourself Considering a new job Choosing to quit Dealing with unexpected or special challenges With this book by their side, new mothers can have their careersùand be great moms, too!

Download or read book Part Time Please written by Marianne Fernández and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part -Time, Please! Its what most new mums on maternity leave want to ask their employer! Written by a working mum for soon-to-be working mums, this experience based return to work guide offers practical advice, valuable insights and heaps of encouragement. Part- Time, Please! helps you to: - Know you are not alone in feeling anxious about going back to work - Re-discover your professional self-confi dence - Learn from other mums about the pros and cons of different part-time working patterns before you decide which to apply for - Understand the fl exible working application process - Apply for part-time working in a professional manner - Negotiate confi dently with your manager - Design your own return to work support programme. Drawing upon her experience as a working mum, a senior manager and now a training consultant, Marianne Fernndez helps you to combat worry, guilt and dread so you are free to enjoy every last minute of your maternity leave and perform at your best back at work. What other mums say about Part -Time, Please! Entertaining, informative and supportive. Dr Laura Lafave, mum and Chief Technical Offi cer. Great and engaging read stuffed with useful practical tips and reassurance. Hlne Cooper, mum and Business Coach-Mentor. Part -Time, Please! is an easy-to-read guide packed with personal insights and experiences from other mums as well as practical tools and advice. It prompts you to consider a whole range of factors that you probably wont even have thought about. I certainly hadnt! This book wraps a supportive arm around your shoulder and helps you to take charge of the situation in a way thats most relevant and personal to you. Gill Simpson, mum and Social Innovation Manager.

Download or read book Letters to Tim written by Louis Elliott and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Tim is a series of poignant letters sent over a ten-month period from a grandfather to his young twenty-year-old grandson who was struggling with very serious health issues in his life. The grandfather hoped these letters would provide a stimulus to Tim as well as provide interesting and sometimes humorous childhood stories about the grandfather's own experiences growing up in a very unique time and in a very unique place during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. The letters depict numerous recollections the grandfather had during the first eighteen years of his life while growing up in a large, loving family, struggling with emotional issues related to the depression era, the war years, and the everyday challenges of surviving on a small rural farm. Faced with weather-related challenges, social problems, and economic hardships, this family proved able to meet these challenges head on while still enjoying life. During these hard and difficult times, love of family and deeply instilled family values provided the glue which held this family close together during both good and difficult times.

Download or read book Bulletin U S Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association written by United States Coast Guard Academy. Alumni Association and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: