Archive for December 2011
Getting Organized: In Case of an Emergency
By Megan Hebenstreit, CWCC Member We all have some kind of organization system set up in our homes: kids’ toys go in these bins, dirty clothes go here, cleaning supplies are under the sink, etc. Some of us even hire professional organizers to get a fresh perspective on organizing or to maximize small spaces. What…
Read MoreTips for Managing Your Time at Work and at Home
By Sherry Ray, CWCC Board Member and President of Sherry Ray Consulting You all know the scenario. There is a task to complete, you sit down to begin, you take a peek at your email, you have five hundred messages in your inbox and maybe you should clean a few out. The phone rings it’s…
Read MoreHere’s Your Year-end Investment Checklist
By Malcolm Aylett, CWCC Member As an investor, you’ve pretty much seen it all in 2011 — including slow-but-steady gains early in the year, a market correction during the debt ceiling debate and the U.S. credit downgrade, and huge one-day price movements, both up and down — and there’s still a month to go. But…
Read MoreSing Your Business Song Shamelessly: But Think Before You Act
by Cathie Beck It’s true that I took my self-published memoir, “Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship” from unknown book to winning a big book contract with Hyperion Books — by shamelessly self-promoting it until book publishers and agents could no longer ignore me (www.hyperionbooks.com). But I did not conduct a “guerilla public relations campaign” for my…
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