Month: May 2008
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The Self-Sufficient Life
A regular reader of this blog brought it to my attention the other day that articles like the one I did about Dandelion Jelly run the risk of losing my audience of would be entrepreneurs. I feel that I should clarify why I occasionally do articles about leading a self-sufficient life. There are a couple…
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Trimming the Fat, Even if it Hurts
The entrepreneurial minded often have the problem of having many more ideas than they could possibly pursue. I have this problem myself. I am constantly thinking up ideas for new business ventures, songs, stories, and inventions. I would have to say that 95% of these ideas never come to fruition for a couple of reasons.…
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A Disciplined Approach to Writing
The funny thing about the title to this article is that as I sat down to write the article, I really didn’t feel much like writing. Sometimes that is what it’s like when you are an aspiring writer though, you need to write as time permits and sometimes that means writing when you aren’t in…
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An Introduction to Dropshipping and Online Stores
A growing trend on the Internet is the practice of Drop shipping. This is when a website has a store and when a person orders something, the owner of the store then sends the order directly to the manufacturer. The manufacturer then ships the order directly to the customer. The benefits to the website owner…
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Debunking the College Myth
An unfortunate reality in America today is that there is the perception that you need to have a college degree to get ahead. This misconception is bolstered by companies that require degrees for many job positions that really have no need of a degree. A college degree just pretty much says I can sit in…
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Dandelion Jelly
My wife and I haven’t needed to buy jelly for a full year now as we produce our own from fruits we grow and some we buy from local growers. Our son has moved into the peanut butter and jelly sandwich season of life however and I feel that our current production level is not…