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How to Raise Entrepreneurs: 3 Easy Ways to Prevent Them from becoming Worker Bees

Ever since my kids can remember, I’ve worked from home. Sometimes I have to remind them that I’m not sitting home playing with their toys or eating bon-bons when they’re at the babysitter or at school, but for the most part they “get it”. As they get older and are able to comprehend dinner table conversations, they are developing a business vocabulary: tax write-off, clients, firing clients, blogs, podcasts, etc. Now I’m starting to get hammered with questions like, “Why do you have clients and Daddy has co-workers? Why does Daddy work in an office and you work at home?”

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How to Write a Promotional Article to Gain Recognition

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for a few years, you’ve probably come across the business buzz phrase that to be truly successful, you need to become “an expert in your field.” You need to show your potential customers that you’re not just hawking a service or product—you are an expert in your chosen field and can provide the solution to their problems. A great way to establish yourself as an expert to your potential customers inexpensively is by writing business articles.

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5 Signs You Are Ready For A VA

You start your day with an email bin bursting at the seams, countless voice mail messages and a long list of “to-dos.”? By the end of the day, you still have just as much work on your desk as you did in the morning.

Welcome to the life of an entrepreneur. Not long ago you were anxiously waiting for the phone to ring. Now, you are putting in 12 hour days and you still can’t get everything done. You are a company of one but have the jobs of many—the salesperson, the marketing expert, the accountant and the administrative assistant.

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6 Tips for Balancing Entrepreneurship and Family

Meeting deadlines, caring for children, spending time with your spouse, keeping up with laundry—it’s certainly a full plate. In fact, sometimes you may feel like you’re spinning multiple plates while desperately trying to prevent any of them from hitting the ground. Despite this challenging balancing act, most parents who work from home love it. They enjoy being able to devote more time to their families, not having a daily commute, and being their own boss.

But any time you are earning a paycheck and raising children, you will encounter challenges. Working at home is no different. In effect, you are working two jobs—one is taking care of your family and the other is running your business. Some days you may feel like you have everything under control and you have made the best possible choice for you and your family, and other days you may feel like you are spread so thin that you’re not doing anything well.

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About the Author: Lauren Hidden is an author, a blogger, and the owner of The Hidden Helper (http://www.hiddenhelper.com), an editorial services firm. To read her blog, visit http://www.hiddenhelper.com. For more information, email her at Lauren@hiddenhelper.com.