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There's a great line in the song, Spegetti Western by Primus that says, "Funny thing about weekends when you're unemployed -- they don't mean quite so much."  Well, the same thing can very much be said when you're SELF employed.  Some people -- many of whom have never felt the pressure of working live without a net -- often assume that because e...

Growing up, my parents had a saying whenever I'd crow a bit too loudly about something I felt particularly proud of: "Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back." They never made me feel that I shouldn't be proud of my accomplishments -- quite the contrary -- but rather that self-congratulatory behavior is unproductive, unbecoming and unr...

My dad used to say that, to a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.  I have always liked that saying, and I have always tried to be the kind of person who doesn't get tunnel vision by looking at every problem through the lens of the tools I happen to currently have at my disposal.  That kind of thinking limits your options and your...