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How to Ask for Time Off From Work
His door is slightly ajar. You can almost feel the hot coffee-laden breath and steely eyes of your boss bowling you over as you tip-toe gingerly into his office. 100 thoughts flash through your mind. “Maybe I don’t need the time off. What if he fired me for asking? No, that’s crazy. He wouldn’t do [...]
Don’t Read this Article
…if you are at work, that is! In fact, you might want to close this entire website from your browser. You don’t want to be caught reading “The Great Office Escape” on your job! And it doesn’t matter if you clear the search history or not. Your IT department sometimes has programs that will record [...]
Need a Car? Always Buy Used
A long time ago, I wrote an article on why owning a car isn’t necessarily a requirement. But I am all too aware that many of us live in cities where good public transportation isn’t as readily available, or we don’t live in cities at all. Not having a car is pretty much infeasible. So [...]
6 Friendly Cities for Entrepreneurs
Trying to make a go of it on your own? Here are six cities that may give you slightly better than average odds if you are looking to start a business. While in general it is far more important that you have a good business idea and plan than a good location, in this case [...]
Separating Your Business from Yourself
As stated in my earlier article, 5 Things You Should Never Do When Starting a Business, you are not your business! This common mistake made by many of the newly self-employed can cause all kinds of issues later on. When you begin a business, you will want to separate yourself (as an entity) from this [...]
Becoming Your Work
It’s amazingly easy to lose yourself in your job. Let’s face it – the majority of us spend more than half of our waking hours at work – 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. When we come home at night (and the sun has already been down for an hour) it’s sometimes difficult [...]
5 Things You Should Never Do When Starting a Business
It’s exciting! Exhilarating! You are in the process of putting your dream into action – the pen to the paper. Clients are starting to come in, and your work is starting to bear fruit. Your new business is beginning to take off. But, as most experienced business owners will tell you, things can come crashing [...]
Untying Your Work from Your Income
Awhile back I had an enlightening conversation with a good friend who was looking or a second job. She works at a coffee shop and is one of the may who earns an hourly wage, putting in anywhere from 30 to 35 hours per week in exchange for $10 an hour or so. Even though [...]
The Great Office Escape Redesign
It’s been awhile! I am currently in the process of redesigning The Great Office Escape with a whole new look. Sometime around October this new and improved version of the site will be ready to go, and at that time I will (finally) start updating again. If you would like to follow the progress of [...]
The Perpetual Student
It’s a path so many people have decided to take. A backwards path. A path of retracing, rehashing, and starting over. Why do so many people return to settings of higher education so soon after they graduate? Is it a good thing? Before I explore the answer to that question, let’s explain some common reasons [...]
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