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Inspiration for today: Ruth Martin’s Work-at-Home Story
February 5th, 2010Name: Ruth Martin
Company Name: Maplewood Virtual Assistance and U Write Santa
Website Address: http://www.MaplewoodVA.com and http://www.UWriteSanta.com
Tell us a little about yourself and your business:
I am Ruth Martin, owner of Maplewood Virtual Assistance (aka MaplewoodVA). MaplewoodVA provides online business support services to small to mid-size businesses and entrepreneurs with an emphasis on business and project management, marketing and writing services, and administrative/executive support services. My seasonal business, U Write Santa, finds me as an official Santa helper writing Santa letters.
How did you decide on your business:
Prior to becoming a work-at-home mom, I returned from maternity leave with an infant (and all the baby gear) to the management workforce. This worked until my little fella became pretty mobile at 8 months old and then it was time to transition to being a work-at-home mom. In August 2000, my virtual services began as an administrative assistant independent contractor locally for a church and a few weeks later I added a non-profit organization to my client roster. After 7 years of working this way, I formalized the business to a Limited Liability Corporation and went global with online business support services. This path has satisfied my craving for being a stay-at-mom plus nurtured my need for producing business results, has kept me grounded in exceptional customer service, and has provided meaningful, impactful outcomes to those I interacted with. I knew working with other like-minded entrepreneurs as their online business manager and ‘go-to’ person would free them to pursue their business goals and put me into a position of working in my strengths all while giving me the freedom to be a hands-on mother to my son.
The Beauty of Living a Grateful Life
February 3rd, 2010by Melissa McCreery PhD,ACC
Are you looking for more ease in your life? Do you wish things flowed better? I don’t have a magic solution for you, but I do know a simple tool that, when leveraged, makes life smoother and more pleasant—and it’s free and at your fingertips. How about serving up a bit more gratitude?
We all know that gratitude is a good thing. By gratitude, I’m talking about that deep peaceful sense of appreciation and thankfulness we feel for certain realities and people in our lives. Liberally and authentically applied, gratitude has the ability to work wonders. We don’t just give thanks and gratitude. Our ability to connect with our sense of gratitude has the power to profoundly affect who and how we are in the world.
Here are three ways that gratitude can make your life flow better:
Create more happiness: Taking time out to identify and name the things and people that we are grateful for on a regular basis increases our feelings of well-being and contentment. The simple act of noting three things we are thankful for on a daily basis has been shown to increase feelings of happiness, decrease feelings of depression, and be such a positive experience that subjects in one study continued doing it long after the study was over. Continue reading » » » »
Join Me for a Free Webinar: How to Find a Work-At-Home Job That Works For You
February 2nd, 2010Friday Feb 12, 2010
3pm ET/2pm CT
Register Online Today at http://vipdesk.wufoo.com/forms/how-to-find-a-workathome-job-that-works-for-you/
Searching for a work-at-home job can be time consuming, challenging, and often result in nothing but work-at-home scams. Fortunately, there are countless work-at-home positions available (the numbers are growing by the day!), and Jill Hart, founder of Christian Work At Home Moms and co-author of “So You Want to Be a Work-At-Home Mom” is here to shed some light on what to do-and not to do-when looking for a work-at-home job that will work for you!
Join Jill Hart and Vani Colombo, Director of Human Resources with VIPdesk, at 3pm ET on Friday February 12, 2010 for “How to Find a Work-At-Home Job That Works For You“, a must-attend educational Webinar for anyone who is thinking about finding a home-based job. Continue reading » » » »











by Cherie Hill
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