Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Prepare budget and plan projects: Figure out how much you are able to spend. Last year, I posted a Christmas planning checklist to use starting in November. Here’s a simple checklist to help you organize your Christmas holiday celebrations.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2010

You are limited only by your imagination and budget. For group or departmental appreciations, consider a “Leave Work 30 Minutes Early Next Friday&# reward. Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

Burnout also negatively impacts your health. As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Aim high, but never sacrifice your health or personal life to get there. Put your health first. Set boundaries.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

  Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.    Make sure the restaurant is within your budget! .  This not only allows everyone to feel like they are welcome in the conversation, but also ensures that you get a well-rounded set of perspectives in the conversation.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. Free information doesn’t pay for health insurance or holidays. Reply Kathleen K. Powered by frugal

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I was having a conversation with Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Gigs on Twitter , and I smirked at her comment. People even imply and suggest (or at least the Twitter gang did) that bloggers should be ashamed of asking for money, for any kind of payment for that solid advice and knowledge. They have a budget. We’re bloggers.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

Maybe the trip turned out to be a fiasco because the budget exploded and now you have to do the dishes in a restaurant to pay for your plane ticket home (or, most likely, you ignored some very common sense rule and it turned out that rule was for real). Mazzola March 13, 2010 at 12:40 am Honesty is always the best policy!

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