Career Ramblings

If you keep moving and keep learning you will succeed. Lethargy kills the majority of online and offline businesses. -Matt Coddington
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a young, up and coming entrepreneur - Matt Coddington, creator of NetBusinessBlog.com. I first came across his writing several months ago via his personal blog MattCoddington.com and was [...]

With all the excess dollars being spent by George W. Bush, I found some of these figures interesting and scary (from an email I recently received from a friend):
Political Math
The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, think about whether you want the “politicians” spending your tax money.
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One of the best ways to find out what an industry, company, or position is really like is to talk with people in careers you’re considering. No one else can give you a better sense of the real life experiences, the challenges and opportunities, the specifics and perhaps hidden demands, and the drawbacks and limitations [...]

Weekend Quotes?is a new weekly feature we have on Career Ramblings.? We will feature mostly inspirational, business and educational quotes to give you that boost of motivation we all sometimes need.
Warren Buffet on Wealth:? “A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enought to do nothing.”
Jack Welch on Foresight: [...]

Before I get into taxable versus tax-deferred growth of your capital, I’d like to point out a blog I stumbled upon called The Corner Office which provides a great resource to prep for your visit to the tax man.? Here is the pdf you should review before seeing your accountant as it can help save [...]

An industrial complex is a term describing a symbiotic relationship between a supply and demand side, often in a negative way, resulting in large profits and self-interested spending. The military-industrial complex was one such instance and prison-industrial complex being another. The one presently relevant: the Superbowl-Industrial Complex. I?m talking about the potential $140 million CBS [...]

We have a few new updates to give you about our site. The first one welcomes a new contributer to Career Ramblings and the next two are related to new comment features.
The Tune In
We are very pleased to present you with a new weekly feature called The Tune In. The Tune In will [...]

Several of you have emailed saying it is difficult to keep up with paying your bills on time. I used to have a big problem with this too. I’ll write out the steps I took to fix this problem and then tell you what the main fix was.
Step 1: Determine two dates during the month [...]

As the world wide web connects people all accross the globe, information is becoming more readily accessible. At a time where 411 information phone calls and yellow pages have become obsolete, the internet has become the new source of information. It has gotten to the point of being able to look someone up [...]

Many people have stressful jobs. Many of them work long hours. Professionals in corporate America have a hard time leaving work at work. The stresses of deadlines, project completions, presentations, and interviews all are contributors as to why people bring work home. Having more time at home to prepare, to finish a [...]

You may recall a review I wrote a while back about JohnChow.com, an entreprenuerial dot com mogul’s blog. The review focused on John’s helpful and hands-on advice to those who are trying to make a living online His content is cutting edge and more helpful than you can imagine when trying to make [...]

It’s a choice you may well face at one point in your career: Whether it’s your first job and you have an offer or you jump to another company that’s trying to seduce you with a fatter paycheck and better perks. You can also use the job offer as leverage to push your current boss [...]