Make your dreams reachable

Written 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 wonrepparttar 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. Becauserepparttar 122993 subconscious mind

The Free Agency Revolution

Written 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 ofrepparttar 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 inrepparttar 122992 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, negotiaterepparttar 122993 terms and conditions ofrepparttar 122994 project (the contract) and completerepparttar 122995 work torepparttar 122996 satisfaction ofrepparttar 122997 client. Oncerepparttar 122998 project is complete,repparttar 122999 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 bothrepparttar 123000 idea of freelancing andrepparttar 123001 term itself are even older, dating back torepparttar 123002 Middle Ages andrepparttar 123003 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 ifrepparttar 123004 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 Onrepparttar 123005 other hand, temporary agencies hirerepparttar 123006 temporary worker and then sellrepparttar 123007 worker's services to an employer. Sorepparttar 123008 "temp" worker receives their paycheck fromrepparttar 123009 agency. Typically, employers may offerrepparttar 123010 temporary worker a permanent job, but terms and conditions apply that usually costrepparttar 123011 employer an additional fee. This raises your cost of hire, but it gives both you andrepparttar 123012 employer an opportunity to "try before you buy" - testingrepparttar 123013 relationship andrepparttar 123014 job fit, Temporary workers, since they are employed byrepparttar 123015 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 overrepparttar 123016 conditions of their work, tend to berepparttar 123017 most dissatisfied member ofrepparttar 123018 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,repparttar 123019 freelance landscape has dramatically changed.

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