The free eBook is released just in time for National Small Business Week – an event recognizing the nation’s top entrepreneurs. This year’s event is slated for May 16 to 20, 2011, and will commence in Washington, D.C.

Via: defendernetwork.com Summer is the perfect time of year for outdoor entertaining. But before you start planning the menus and guest lists, make sure your house and yard are ready to take on the fun.

Via: defendernetwork.com he popularity of gardening is growing. In fact, according to the National Gardening Association,* more than 70 percent of all U.S. households participate in one or more type of do-it-yourself outdoor lawn and garden activity – with flower and vegetable gardening topping the most popular activities. If you haven’t joined the millions of […]

Via: defendernetwork.com According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 90 percent of Americans want to protect the environment. Despite the desire to care for the earth, only 33 percent of trash in the U.S. actually gets recycled,

Spring is a wonderful time to create new family habits for a fresh start.  Some people consider spring time the real new year.  Here are some tips for creating new habits for your family: 1. Commit to Thirty Days – Three to four weeks is all the time you need to make a habit automatic. […]

Via: optimumlifestyle.org This weekend National Black Marriage Day will be celebrated around the country in over 300 different cities. The Divore rate in our community is out of control and we have to stop it. Here’s my guest bloggers for today Eric & Elaine Johnson, Your Make Love Work Coaches, on “How important is it to […]

Via: ericandelaineonlife.com Learn life’s lessons through Mistakes or Mentors – Choose Mentors. “Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight” – Unknown Author.“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”- Mahatma Gandhi. God himself said through the writer of Proverbs saying, “Where no counsel is, the people […]

  https://www.instagram.com/p/BSVz2-7ji51/?tagged=herbertzelmyrafisher Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher have an extraordinary story to tell.  They’ve been married for 86 years. Together, they endured the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam, they have seen the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, watched man land on the moon, the dropping of the atomic bomb, […]

Via: optimumlifestyle.org Enlarge My Territory? The Extreme Make Over: Home Edition Couple’s Extreme Experience! We proclaim, “Enlarge my territory Lord!” We pull levers and scream, “Money cometh to me now!”, and that’s great, we should proclaim these things. However, we have to be willing to be content whether we are abase or abounding, as Paul […]

Understanding your financial personality can help you take the appropriate steps to start building a better financial future.