Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
There's bound to be a simple solution.
Working from home has its perks, but what about the drawbacks? From barking dogs to faulty phone lines, homebased business owners can have mini- crises on their hands at any given moment. As the following entrepreneurs demonstrate, however, it's all in how you handle the situation.
Christine
Johansen-Hewitt
Second Chance Marketing
Middlesex, Vermont
I live in a rural area in Vermont, where I'm doing a very
high-tech job in a very low-tech area. One morning I woke up, got
my cup of coffee, came down to my home office and realized none of
my phone lines was working. I had a major conference call scheduled
with a client for the next morning at 11 o'clock. The next
morning, the problem still wasn't fixed. I didn't want to
have to reschedule the call, so I took my cell phone downtown where
I could get a signal. I ended up camping out in the tanning room at
my gym, holding a conference call on my cell phone with Israel and
Boston. Since then, I've made arrangements with several friends
of mine who have office space in downtown to borrow a spare desk in
case something like that ever happens again.
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