Make your dreams reachableWritten by Janet Ilacqua
All too often, we may be envisioning a level of success, which is far beyond what we can realistically accept and thus fall short of full manifestation. However, if we can envision a period of time in which our success can gradually increase, quite often our subconscious can more easily accept it. However, allowing ourselves to get comfortably accustomed to a steadily increasing flow of abundance in our lives tends to stabilize it for us. We've all heard stories about people who won lottery and promptly lose it. This is a problem with acceptance. Simply, it was too much, too fast. It is far rarer to hear of someone who steadily and consistently increases his or her income losing it. Because subconscious mind
| | The Free Agency RevolutionWritten by Janet Ilacqua
The Free Agency Revolution "I am as cool - or uncool - as my project. Period. My projects are my life. My projects are my legacy. Period." Tom Peters, Author of Project 50 What is a Free Agent? Anyone who defines themselves as self-employed, freelancer, temp, home-based businessperson, independent contractor, solo practitioner, and operator of a micro-business (that is, a business employing less than 3) is considered to be a Free Agent. Today, there are approximately 33 million Free Agents across North America, which represents approximately one in every five people in workforce. Freelancers vs. independent contractors vs. temp Quite simply, a freelancer is an independent contractor who earns his or her living by contracting for projects on a project by project basis. A freelancer is not an employee of anyone and so he or she must actively seek out work, negotiate terms and conditions of project (the contract) and complete work to satisfaction of client. Once project is complete, freelancer seeks out and enters into another contract for another project. A freelancer becomes a microbusiness when they obtain a business license. Independent contractor is a legal term for a freelancer. The importance is that independent contractors are covered by different labors than regular employees. Consultant, often a euphemism for unemployed white-collar worker, is now a common label for independent workers. Freelancers are not exactly a twenty-first century innovations. Writers, artists, and photographers gave worked this way for decades. And both idea of freelancing and term itself are even older, dating back to Middle Ages and bands of Italian and French mercenaries who roamed Europe looking for a war. These so-called free companions would fight for any sovereign and march under any banner if price is right. When this notion migrated to England, some British subjects began calling these rent-a-knights “free-lances.” They weren’t free of charge, just free of loyalty On other hand, temporary agencies hire temporary worker and then sell worker's services to an employer. So "temp" worker receives their paycheck from agency. Typically, employers may offer temporary worker a permanent job, but terms and conditions apply that usually cost employer an additional fee. This raises your cost of hire, but it gives both you and employer an opportunity to "try before you buy" - testing relationship and job fit, Temporary workers, since they are employed by agency, are not independent contractors. There are high-end temps, like 5000-a-day CEOs; however, many temporaries are not so lucky. They work for meager pay and no benefits. Temporary workers, since they have little control over conditions of their work, tend to be most dissatisfied member of workforce. According to one economist’s survey, only 27 percent of temporaries are happy with their present situation. (Sharon R. Conahy,”Workers in Alternative Economy” Monthly Labor Review (October 1, 1996)) Not that long ago, freelancing was something people did mainly in larger metropolitan areas where work for writers, artists, and other creative types was plentiful and easily accessible. Today, however, freelance landscape has dramatically changed.
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