One of the perks of having control of your own time and being your own boss is the luxury of travel. However, while going to other places far and away can be fun – waiting for hours, stuck at the airport, is not. It happens… technical problems, weather conditions, air traffic, and other reasons could [...]

One afternoon, while resting from my workout at the gym, I found myself staring at the wall across the bench I was sitting on. Posted on the wall, is a big sign that read, “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” I’ve seen that quote so many times and yet [...]

I don’t have a background in Human Resources and going into business, I never thought it was something necessary for me to learn. But I was wrong, for if we truly want to be business owners and not just self-employed individuals, then we must learn how to properly manage and motivate our employees to excel [...]

Today, I sat down in front of my laptop, hoping to write something about entrepreneurship which I could post here. I went through my idea notebook and nothing appealed to me. It’s not that there were no interesting topics, the truth is – I’m just feeling too lazy to write about any of them. If [...]

For most people, it’s “back to reality” today, September 8. After enjoying yet another long weekend, it’s time to resume work in the office. It’s been three consecutive long weekends, with another one coming on September 21. I think that 2009 is by far, the year with the most public non-working holidays in recent Philippine [...]

We all have our lazy days. Times when we are not in the mood to get off the bed, go out of the house and to work. I believe it’s perfectly normal to feel this way once in a while. But if the feeling of laziness is constant, then there’s something already wrong. So what [...]

How many sources of income do you have? A friend of mine has about six. He works as a part-time bookkeeper, sells vitamins for a direct-selling company, owns an eLoad business, buys and sells computer parts online, works as a Math tutor and occasionally gets an allowance for running important errands for his father’s company. [...]

When I was still working in an office, I would often daydream of just working at home. I would imagine myself sitting on the couch with a laptop in front of me. My favorite music playing in the background and I’d be working while wearing only my pambahay (home clothes). Fast forward to the present [...]

Are you a multitasker? Do you try to do a lot of different things at the same time? There are many arguments against multitasking when it comes to productivity. Some say that multitasking is actually counterproductive because you usually end up with nothing accomplished. Moreover, the quality of your results tend to be less than [...]

How do you successfully accomplish an overwhelming number of tasks? What do you do when project deadlines loom and you’re nowhere near half of the work yet? The short answer is to stop worrying and continue working. But I know that’s easier said than done. In my life as a freelancer and entrepreneur, I’ve learned [...]