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Little Square - Intuit's QuickBooks for Mac website is a great resource for tips, tricks, ideas and information specifically for Mac users.  The free Mac ebook for QuickBooks 2011 is available and can be downloaded from iTunes or as a PDF.

This Extreme Makeover Home Edition is worth watching. Air Mobile Ministries provides clean drinking water to disaster areas in Hatti and the plane with the "makeover" was donated by my brother. Extreme Makeover: The Hurston Family

 

"Help! I'm overwhelmed with e-mails!" Is this how you feel sometimes...OK, maybe a lot. Managing personal, client, general and even junk e-mail can be overwhelming and searching for a saved e-mail can consume valuable time. Beyond the general tips like setting up folders to file e-mails and prioritizing them, I have implemented a unique system to help me manage e-mails more efficiently.

I receive numerous e-mails containing generic subject line titles such as,…

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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:



knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.



Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more… Continue

This video clip from the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics demonstrates how important perseverance is to finish a goal in spite of the difficulty. Derek Redmond was determined to finish the 400-meter race even though he was injured. He didn't finish first, but he did… Continue

Contracting the services of others is the easiest and most cost effective way to hire someone to help you in your business, but you must make sure that anyone hired is paid according to IRS guidelines. The IRS evaluates whether someone is an employee or independent contractor based on three main categories: behavioral control, financial control, and relationship of the parties. The two links below will explain these categories in detail and direct you to the necessary forms used when you hire… Continue

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, 'Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.'



I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him,… Continue

This powerful devotional written by Jack Van Impe is simply titled THE DAY. It will really make you think about the importance of what you do and say everyday. Appreciate and be thankful for every day you have been blessed to live and enjoy it!



“Today comes only once in a lifetime. What a tragedy to waste 24 hours of life complaining about the weather or looking for the faults in people. This precious segment of time is given to use and enjoy. It will never return. Once spent… Continue

The Lord is my real boss and I shall not want.

He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.

He gently reminds me to pray and do all things

without murmuring and complaining.

He reminds me that He is my Source and not my job.

He restores my sanity every day and guides my decisions that I

might honor Him in everything I do.



Even though I face absurd amounts of emails,

System crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks,… Continue

One of the first things I do in working with small businesses is to make sure that they have a good backup procedure in place for their computer. Many times I find that they do nothing to protect their data or only backup occasionally. Fortunately, most haven't experienced any data loss. (Although, I have been told some very expensive horror stores - kind of like the Mozy commercials you see on TV.) Up until recently I have used a firewire drive for my Mac and an external hard drive for my PC,… Continue