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What Happens When You Start Making Money?

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It seems like a great problem to have, no? Sure it is! But, it also has its own set of challenges. For instance, the following are some challenges you may not have considered: Taxes Time Management Eating Right Exercise Separating Work from Home Life Taking Time Off and Dealing with Sickness The Loneliness Factor There may even be more not listed here. But these are the major ones. All of these items are things that will be necessary to deal with when your business starts making money to the point where you can quit your regular job. Go ahead and read this article . It is a good read on how to handle each of the items listed above. Feel free to share the article and also give us your thoughts in the comments section. Thanks, Jim

How Would You Feel about a $70,000 Minimum Wage?

A little over a year ago, a company in Seattle, Gravity Payments, set its minimum wage (really, minimum salary) to $70,000. The CEO and cofounder, Dan Price, took a huge cut in his salary to make this happen. There are all kinds of opinions about why this worked or didn't work. But, it's a reality. This post has some links for you to discover more about the story. Here is one that I wrote about it: Cochrane, James. "How About a $70,000 Minimum Wage?" Get Paid Boot Camp . 11 July 2016. Web. 12 July 2016. < http://getpaidbootcamp.com/how-about-a-70000-minimum-wage /> The following is a chronological listing of news stories surrounding this clip. Note: I will be adding to this list as I find more research. The next installment of this article will contain entries for 2016. April 2015 This is the month in which the announcement was made. As you can well imagine, employees of the company went crazy. The #newsmedia was all ablaze over the announcement an...