Picturepocket's Blog

Category: business

  • Money

    I often hear you don’t need money to be happy, but our cash-based society, everyone needs money to pay for things. Shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education and medicine cost money. All those things have to be paid for my somebody. Money can also purchase services and buy time that would otherwise be taken up by…

  • Sales 2

    A couple of weeks, I wrote about struggling through my week with several days with no sales. I now can understand a little how realtors feel by going to lots of open houses or car sales people feel after going on lots of test drives. The good news is that I did make a substantial…

  • Sales

    Persistence, perseverance and pigheadedness. These are the words I am evoking to get psyched up for another day of sales calls. I have been doing pretty well overall, but I made no sales yesterday. Getting back into it today is like putting on a wet swimsuit. Cold and awkward. So I am taking a brief…

  • Dollars and Sense

    I am a grown adult and I just learned what an annuity is yesterday. I knew what the word meant generally because it’s in one of my favorite Jane Austen quotes “People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.” In the Sense and Sensibility, it is money given to in-laws,…

  • Eggs are cheaper at home

    Finally, a pet that earns its keep.

  • The Mall Y’all

    Saturday is our family day and yesterday it was rare treat to have sunshine so late in the year. I was hoping to get a family hike in, but the thing about kids is that they don’t always do as you expect. My girls rejected the idea of hiking and instead fixated on going to…

  • Made for It

    People love to work.

  • Beyond Giving

    To obey is better than sacrifice.

  • I Left My Heart in Asia

    (I can barely begin this piece because it breaks my heart thinking about what happened recently, but I know I will regret it if I don’t.) I have spent a good part of my life living and working with Asians. My best friend in the second grade was from Hong Kong. I had my birthday…

  • Employer Application Form

    Position Information Title of position offered: Monthly/weekly pay: Hours of work required per week: Health Insurance premium deducted each pay period: Days of PTO: Family leave compensation: Names, contact information and reasons for leaving of employees who previously held this position: (no less than three) Company Information Years active in the community: Percentage of yearly…