You’ve heard about the “Jump Start Your Business” contest…with more than $2,000 in prizes…right?  Have you started preparing your entry?  Or you’re wondering whether you should.
  Here are 10 reasons for entering….
*1. You might win the Grand Prize.
*2. If not the grand prize, you might qualify for one of the two runner up places.
*3. You’ll take stock of your business or business idea as you prepare an entry.
*4. You’ll learn how to develop a business plan.
*5. This may be just what you need to spur you into developing your business.
*6. You may find this fun.
*7. Your name will be out there…which means …read more

“Why bother to read?  I know what I have to do in my business.  That’s why I chose this as a home business in the first place,” you may comment.
Yes, you may consider it important to read technical and how-to books on your field of endeavor.  But why read success related books, people related books, and those to help you set  goals?  I thought the same way until I was introduced to some of these books and listened to some of the authors…who had achieved before they wrote the books.
I discovered a list on Jack Canfield’s site (Chicken Soup for …read more