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One reason I really wanted to run my own business was to be able to do business and live my life honestly. I have a very honest way of working with my customers, they know I can only give so much time and it may take some time to get what they want. But it [...]

Ever since the move I feel I’ve been constantly busy. I’m making some good progress on finding new methods of focusing on a task through multiple sessions to complete it. That is, working on a task for like two hours a day until it’s finished. This is an important skill because I can’t focus on a [...]

I recently moved which has thrown my work-life balance totally off balance. If I didn’t own my own business, work would always be the first priority. But since I do, it gets a bit fuzzy. Right now, I want to work, but I’m still unpacking and lately the desire to get things sorted out has been [...]

I am really surprised at how much my bad Apple Store experience affected me. To top it all of, I realized we forget to get our “free printer” as well. So today I was having lunch with another friend and suggested we go into the store. I didn’t see the woman who “helped” me, and didn’t [...]

Today I had the worst experience at the Apple Store. I have bought a fair amount of Apple Computers. I have bought them for myself, for others, and helped others to buy their first Mac. I even go with my friends if they need to go to the genius bar if they need hand holding [...]

I’ve been experimenting with ads again recently. Both Chitika and AdSense drive me crazy. Half the time the numbers on the reports don’t ad up and they never balance with your web stats. I hate that AdSense only reports on what channels have had activity, not on the actual ads. It’s ridiculous, just show me which [...]

Today I was working on making the contents of a guest shopping cart be integrated with a user shopping cart once the user logs in. Like how amazon does it. Once I was finished, it felt so rewarding. I like having my own business so much better than being an employee. It enables me to [...]

Since I’ve started running my own business my thought patterns have definitely changed from being an employee. As an employee you never really question the motivations for what you do. And you don’t question the methods often either. However, having said that, I’m pretty sure most employees would say they question both. Just this morning I [...]

Running your own business is great. At least it’s great for me. One of the things that I like is there’s nobody else to hold me back. There’s nobody to make me stand by their bad decisions. I also like that I schedule my time, and this works out great for me. I have a dog [...]