Certifications: Selling Credibility For Passive Income

That may sound like a hustle---and it can be---but distributing credibility via certifications is totally legitimate and so common that it's almost invisible. Whether a high school diploma or college degree, state board license or driver's license, Social Security card or passport, or any industry certification, the structure is the ...

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July 14, 2008

Why We All Need Passive Income (Even If Just A Little Bit)

Note: If you were expecting the article on how companies, vendors, and industry experts are offering certifications for passive income, look for it on Friday... Since last summer, US gas prices have gone up by something like 50%. For those in Maryland, so did our power utility costs. No matter where ...

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July 9, 2008

The Perils Of Personality

That's not personality with a little "p", as in characteristics of individual behavior...I mean Personality with a big fat "P", as in celebrity. Everyone has a personality, but famous folks are a Personality. And with my Passive Income Glasses on, I view that as a problem. As an entrepreneur can be ...

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July 7, 2008

Our Freedom At Work

A Freedom Timeline On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the New Americans, and I (as an American) was made forever free of Great Britain's rule. On September 22, 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, and I (as an African-American) was made forever free of slavery. On August 26, ...

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July 4, 2008

Backups Online: The Internet Remembers

Image credit: redjar Earlier this week we talked about using online backup services for offsite safekeeping of our files and photos. But many of us have stuff that lives online and not on our home computer, like blogs and websites, and all our goodies at Del.icio.us and Flickr, et. al. I feel sure ...

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July 2, 2008

Online Backup: Are You Working Without A Net?

Image credit: Mark Setchell Many, many moons ago, I finished a lengthy document and saved it to one of those portable thumb drives? Shortly thereafter the crappy little thing died, the document was irretrievably lost, and I had to do it over. A short and somewhat ordinary story in retrospect, but ...

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June 30, 2008