http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lynn+Powers Business Lynn Powers Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=341147&ca=Business Most everyone has thoughts now and then of quitting their outside jobs so they can work from home. After all, we can always find something we don’t like about where we work, the work we do or who we work with. Working from home can be a wonderful alternative. But maybe you’re just not sure. Even wit... Family Concerns Lynn Powers Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338787&ca=Family+Concerns Do you love a good party? Are you always looking for reasons to throw one yourself? Do your friends call you for advice when planning their parties? When asked, do you jump in to help, without thinking twice? If you answered “yes” to any of the previous questions, starting up a party planning busine... Education Lynn Powers Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=336880&ca=Education My son loves history. At age nine, he could recite all of the presidents, in order. Anything to do with wars, government or past events interests him and holds his attention. My daughter, on the other hand, though she does well in school, doesn’t care much for history. It bores her. And I have to sa... Family Concerns Lynn Powers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335898&ca=Family+Concerns We’ve all seen it. A child in the grocery store screaming his or her lungs out. Sometimes it’s about candy, sometimes a toy, sometimes for no reason at all. We try not to stare, feeling sorry for the poor frazzled mother who usually ends up giving in to her child’s pleas, to stop the embarrassment.... Business Lynn Powers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335899&ca=Business Part one of Small Steps for Big Work at Home Success listed the first eight steps you can take towards ensuring your business won’t end up in the “failure” category. While most of those steps focused on the overall vision you have for your company, these six concentrate on more specific areas you ca... Womens Interest Lynn Powers Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=333487&ca=Womens+Interest If you’re like me, you wish there were just a few more hours in the day. Between running the kids to various practices, games and lessons, being attentive to your marriage, making sure there’s clean clothes in everyone’s closets, conquering at least most of the dust bunnies threatening to take over... Business Lynn Powers Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=333489&ca=Business So you’ve decided to start an at home business. Or maybe you’ve already taken the plunge and signed on with a promising company. You’ve heard many wonderful success stories and would love to someday be able to give your own positive testimonial. But you’ve also heard tales of home businesses failing... Family Concerns Lynn Powers Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=330759&ca=Family+Concerns Walk into any party store and you’ll find dozens of various birthday party theme ideas, from American Idol to Zoology. But the thing is they’ve all been done a thousand times before. Maybe you don’t want same old, same old. You want something different. More importantly, you’d like the theme to refl... Business Management Lynn Powers Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=330761&ca=Business+Management Many businesses today are lacking something very important. In fact, it’s the number one thing that keeps customers coming back again and again: Quality customer service. Because you work from home, you’re probably a one woman show. Your “customer service department” is you and you, alone. So it mak... Family Concerns Lynn Powers Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=328841&ca=Family+Concerns When my kids were little, not a bedtime would go by when my husband and I wouldn’t pray with them. They would say a short prayer and then we followed with one of our own, often laying hands on them and blessing them before they went to sleep. Now that they’re older, I’ll admit those bedtime prayers...