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Brazen Careerist Lesson #2: Professional Development
“A baseball game is twice as much fun if you’re seeing it on the company’s time.” — William C. Feather Recently, I wrote about my Lesson #1 of the Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success. It described how job satisfaction will focus more on fulfillment than earnings for Gen X & Y. This week,…
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Queercents Makes the Top 10!
Kathy Belge of About.com’s Lesbian Life column recently selected the Top 10 Best Lesbian Blogs and we made the grade! We feel like rock stars next to the likes of Rosie O’Donnell and Kate Clinton, but it’s the other schleps like us who are posting daily during kid’s nappy time or before the day job…
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Money, Math and a Defense of Diet Coke Plus
I keep saying that I hate math, but about twice a month I’m writing about a calculation that shows some sort of annual savings or squandering. Methinks it’s time I clarify assertions that math and I are not friends and perhaps explain that we’re more like “frenemies.” I like crunching numbers only to the extent…
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Bodywork – Investment or Expense?
Here at Queercents we talk a lot about sticking to budgets, getting out of debt, and making the most of your money. A nice chunk of money from my monthly cash flow goes toward bodywork (massage, energy work, yoga) as a regular, ongoing expense. If I add it up for the month, it seems high…
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Don’t be a victim, think and talk rich!
When I think back to my first job at an office and arts supply store at a suburban mall near Portland, Oregon I remember a book we sold titled “In the Kitchen with Rosie.” It was a collection of recipes that Oprah Winfrey’s favorite chef, Rosie Daley compiled to prepare a best-selling masterpiece. It’s not…
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Ten Money Questions for Christine Daniels
On April 26, 2007, Christine Daniels came out as a transsexual in a Times column called Old Mike, new Christine. The “Mike” referenced the sportswriter, Mike Penner and it was here that Christine announced her plans to change her byline along with her gender. As she says below, “Transitioning is expensive.” It gave me a…
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Queercents introduces Marc
Crank up the testosterone. More men are joining Queercents! We’ve added another new contributing writer to our roster and he’s an expert to boot. Marc is a Financial Advisor. He has practiced financial planning for over 7 years and developed expertise in the areas of college planning and small business evolution. Check out…
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Career & Money – Part 8: Making the Most of Your Career
Now that you’ve either landed the job or started your own business you need to make the most of it. Even if you’ve been in the same job a long time and still love it, there is no time like the present to make sure you are maximizing your pay, benefits, and time off. Whether…
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Weekend Entrepreneur: ‘Gigging’ Can Be a Lucrative Hobby
It isn’t a new profession but, as I have recently begun to understand, it has found new and more global venues. Gigging is really just a euphemism for freelancing. Freelancers have been mowing our laws, doing our taxes, sitting with our children, researching or writing business reports, decorating our homes, fixing our plumbing, painting the…
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WWYD: Nepotism and Your Pocketbook
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” — Barbara Bush It wasn’t that long ago when the nation’s pundits were up in arms about World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz and the discovery that he arranged a $60,000 raise for his girlfriend. Eventually a bank committee charged that he violated…
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