Author: Paula
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Podcast Interview with Mariah Hanson of The Dinah
I wanted to let Queercents readers know about my recent inaugural Comfortable in Your Own Skin Podcast. For the first interview I had the opportunity to interview Mariah Hanson of The Dinah. Mariah has built a phenomenon of an event for the Dinah Shore Weekend. While some may view the weekend only as…
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Are You Held Hostage By Technology in Your Business?
Remember the days of calling the help desk at work when you had a PC problem? Well those days are long gone when you strike out solo. Whether you have a full or part-time home office for your business, you ARE the help desk. Is it really the best use of your time to spend…
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A Letter to My Heart
I had the opportunity to participate in the letter to my heart series at BlogHer for Valentine’s Day 2009. As I wrote this post, I thought how strongly this letter relates to business, career, and just generally how to listen to your heart to create the life you desire. When you marry your head and…
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10 Tips that Really Work for Managing Your Money
It’s February. The groundhog has spoken. So where do you stand on your 2009 financial goals? Defining goals is one thing, but consistent action and commitment to keep with the plan is another. Yet the small sweet steps of this distance run are what will make or break you in the end. I set out…
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Creating Financial Systems that Work
Do you have financial systems in place in your business and personal life that work really well for you? If you don’t now is the time to put them in place because I can tell you from personal experience they can make the difference between thriving and scrambling. Last year my partner and I created…
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US Economy Shrank at 3.8% Pace in Late 2008 – How is Your Personal Economy
According to BNO Headquarters on Twitter earlier this morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis had this to report: U.S. economy shrank at a 3.8% pace at the end of 2008, worst in a quarter-century as the recession continues. Not exciting news. But whether it is this figure or some other doom and gloom media report,…
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Experienced Lousy Service from Dell? Here’s a Chance for a Payback
A few months ago I wrote about my saga of losing time, money, and sanity with computer hardware woes and Dell. It took me over 10 months and countless hours of my time which would’ve been better spend building my business or even just sitting around with a glass of Cabernet, but in the end…
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Get Clear on Your 2009 Financial Goals
I started off the year writing about why our New Year’s Resolutions often fail. That doesn’t have to be the case – you CAN do it different this year. When it comes to money, one of the reasons we often fall short of our financial goals is that we are not clear. If you’re not…
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Free Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan Book
Just a quick note to all the Queercents readers. Oprah and Suze Orman have teamed up once again to offer a free download. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound is available for Free PDF Download through Thursday, January, 15, 2009 11:59pm CT.
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Do You Write Your Social Security Number on Checks to the IRS?
While the big tax day is still a few months in the future, for business owners, January 15th is one of the dreaded estimated tax payments deadlines. As I was writing out my check to the IRS, I got to the part where it says “Write your social security number and 2008 Form 1040-ES…
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