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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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A Different Take on Number ONE

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As innocent as the title of this post sounds, if you are Doing Business From Home, I think you would be wise to examine it closely.

Here is my point. As a business owner, time can be our friend or our enemy and we must determine which it will be. There are 24 hours in a day and how we use them is up to us. Often our success or failure, is in direct correlation to how well we manage our time or to put it more succinctly, how much time do we waste? There are no do-over’s where time is concerned. If you boil an Easter egg for three minutes, you can then boil it for another three minutes, but not for the same original three minutes. We now have boiled it six minutes. Once used, time is gone forever. You will never see today again.

Many business people forget this I believe, as they go about the task of how they will spend their days. As a results of this overlook, we business people get caught up in doing meaningless task that may make us feel good, or better, but do precious little toward moving our business forward. I do not mean to imply that we can’t do things that are not related to business. Heaven forbid. I will submit to you however, that successful business people or entities have clear delineations of who does what; when. In other words, it is about having a plan.

I want to be successful with my business without all my time being spent in front of my computer. I decide what I need to do and map out a strategy that I can live with and pursue it. As I earn new money from my business, I reinvest it in things that help me do a better job of doing what I am trying to do. I work hard at trying to remember that my government wants me to be successful also and is very generous in what it will allow me to use my business earnings for, with regard to taxing me for improving my lot in life. Ain’t America Great? Check with the tax code of your particular country for information on business taxation.

Everyone regardless of their specific location, has 24 hours per day to use as they see fit. A person can plan how their day will be spent effectively or their day can be spent in catch-up mode because they failed to plan. 12 Second Commute advocates not only planning but the effective utilization of tools dedicated to maximizing the time factor as well. 12 second Commute wants you to fully see the advantages of having a team of advisors to assist you when the need arises, as do I. We cordially invite you to partake of our offering for 30 days at no charge. Just click here to begin. There is always room at our Fountain.