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Math Class and The Importance of Numbers

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Do you hate math class? Do you loathe numbers, fractions, division and multiplication, and/or the elusive “imaginary” number? I’d like to suggest that you learn to love them, or at least get along. One of the most useful skills to have, even in day to day situations, is the ability to think in and utilize numbers to your advantage. If the constant progression of humanity has left us anything at all (and it has) math is one of the most valuable of those skills. You see, numbers are important. I’ve recently been teaching my son to count (kind of) and … Continue reading →

Temper Passion with Practicality

Letting passion be your guide in your home business operation can be a grand thing—for many of us, it is what gets us up in the morning and spurs us into taking chances. However, we’ve all known those individuals who are SO passionate that they forget to take reality into account. Sometimes, they are able to get by on passion and enthusiasm alone, but often they need someone to come along and do the practical stuff. As a small, one-person business, we don’t necessarily have a staff to cover for us and make sure all the details get done, so … Continue reading →

Single Parent Dating—Are You Afraid, or Just Being Practical?

What’s fear got to do with it, you may be asking, but let us be honest here, dating as a single parent can be a complicated and confusing thing (task, endeavor, or adventure?) We want to get it right, but we only have a limited amount of time and energy. We want to learn from past mistakes and we would really like to avoid making the same ones, but we might be trying so hard to avoid pain that we don’t even want to get back in the pool. We tell ourselves that we are just being reasonable and practical—but … Continue reading →

When in Doubt—Try Simple and Practical

There is a lot of business advice flying around out there—especially now directed toward micro-businesses and home-based businesses (we’ve become so trendy!). For a person who might be new to entrepreneurialism, or just an ordinary person trying to have go at a small business—it can be overwhelming. It is a good idea, when things get to be too much, to just focus on what is simple and practical… As a rule, focusing on “practical” can be almost a no-fail way to get through a challenging time in any business. Of course, there is a time for taking risks and branching … Continue reading →