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The true measure of the success of any business is the bottom line—sales minus cost of sales. That's about as bare bones as you can get when looking at it. Managing the cost of sales is an analytical process. It's pretty much black and white. Managing sales, however, is a different matter. While certain aspects…
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The chaotic, hectic pace of a home-based business underscores and even heightens the need for each family member to feel anchored and unified in what the family is all about. Without such anchoring, everyone goes their own way and the family ceases to be the vital source of nurturing support and enabling power that it…
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‘Each day is a gift filled with opportunities to rise above fear, self-doubt and mediocrity to fulfill our purpose.’
Read MoreConceptually, priorities are simple, even obvious. We should know what is important to us, and we should spend our time and our thoughts on the high priorities rather than the low ones. But in reality, in the day-to-day, it is not so simple. There is often little correlation between how important things are to us…
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Home improvement is big business these days. If a trip to your local Home Depot or Lowe’s store doesn’t convince you (as a group, home improvement retailers rang up an estimated $197 billion in sales last year), just check out the latest edition of TV Guide. From hit television shows such as Trading Spaces to…
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Q: What are a few unique and inexpensive ways to advertise my business?