Telegraph: This gem of a book tells the story of one life but illuminates in the process a swathe of history, writes Nicolette Jones Written by the curator of timekeeping at the Greenwich Observatory, it relates the life of a woman who sold time to the clockmakers of London. Between 1836 and 1940, Ruth Belville, […]
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The following is a guest post by Cristian Dorobantescu of the Small Business Entrepreneur Blog from Romania. Every couple of weeks I see lists of “entrepreneurship myths†– it seems like it’s a never ending story – some are fueling them and the others are debunking them. There is one myth in particular that really
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Waiting on hold stinks. Free service LucyPhone can listen to the hold music for you, then call you back when a real human picks up. Lifehacker says head to Lucyphone’s site, look up the number of the company you’re calling (or add it to their database), then hand over your own number. Lucyphone calls you
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In the 1980s and 1990s, a clock radio would have vied with underwear as the most boring gift. But according to The New York Times, that changed in recent years, thanks to the advent of digital music players, most notably the iPod. It gave the clock radio combination new life – and has made it
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If you are a self-employed person with not so many resources, scheduling and managing appointments can be tough. MakeUseOf.com takes a look at YourAM, an online business appointment manager that aims to help you by letting you organize your appointments. When you are adding a new appointment, YourAM will automatically resolve time slots for availability.
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If you track how you spend your time, sometimes the tracking is more tedious than the doing. Lifehacker reports the free app TimeSheet automatically logs your tasks based on user-defined rules, so you can spend more time working and less time managing. TimeSheet can be useful for just about anyone looking to see specifics on
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photo credit: zappowbang Some small businesses in rather small “mom and pop” type of towns have for a long time set hour’s of operation at the low end of the spectrum, having open times equalling a mere 10 or 12 hour’s per week. However, these businesses do state that if you call them they will
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photo credit: pfala Entrepreneur.com: Success in a networking group comes when the rest of the group members trust you enough to open up their best referrals to you. Unless they’ve seen your work, you have to earn that trust by demonstrating your professionalism to them. Since founding BNI almost 25 years ago, I’ve seen how
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photo credit: bogenfreund The thought of actually sitting down and scheduling some lazy “do absolutely nothing” time probably seems very stupid as well as a waste of time. Entrepreneurs, especially those who are constantly on the go between their company and their families, really need to schedule some time to where they just sit back,
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photo credit: notsogoodphotography One of the interesting things about coaching is how much you learn about yourself in the process of working with clients. Many of the executives I coach are facing the same issues as me, albeit on a much larger scale: they are in a perpetual state of overload and stress from
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