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I Love My Life: A Mom's Guide to Working from Home

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We've heard about the shift to entrepreneurship for years, and millions of us have tried everything from home-based consulting to real-estate, to MLM and a thousand other plans, and the missing link has always been a practical, step-by-step guide to actually making money. Ms Tamsevicius fills this vital need with elegance, enthusiasm, and practical savvy that is unbeatable! And, the book is literate, funny, and readable!

From her own examples of dealing with sick kids, managing time (laundry and dinner and diapers still need to be handled) to her secrets for getting free publicity and finding experts to help her, this book is a gem. The author's use of examples, check-lists and concrete solutions sets it apart from the fluff and "inspirational" books that sound wonderful, but don't get the job done on a rainy Thursday. I found dozens of things to implement immediately (most at no cost) that make my office far more efficient, and my business more profitable.

Ms Tamsevicius' style is quick and light, with a touch of humor that makes her work believable and easy-to-read. Her suggestions are practical and will make a real difference in your home-based or small business. For hurried business owners, or first-time entrepreneurs who must control over-head, manage their time, and get results, this book is a must. Very, very highly recommended! Get it, read it, use it as a manual for small business success.

It is complete and so full of great advice. From start to end it has awesome information especially if you are just starting a business or even for thinking of making the change from home to office. I bought it because a friend told me about it. It is very scary for me to make this change. Kristie makes it easy and kind of leads you step by step. I was especially happy to see that right on the front cover is a great quote and endorsement from author of Mommy-CEO, Jodie Lynn. Put the two books together and you have answers about how, why, what and when in regard to working from home and Mrs. Lynn's book offers how to handle the little darlings underfoot. That's a big deal. While her parenting tips cover tons of things on family challenges, Mrs. Tamsevicius tells us how to get on the ball and make a new life for ourselves. They are fantastic together and have helped me get my ideas onto paper and kids under control so I can follow through with my personal goals. YIPPEE - now I'm moving ahead and getting things done.

I started this book fully prepared to dislike it - I've read many others on this topic and ALL of them have recommended extensive child care for the kids, have supported long hours away from the children, and have been generally negative about how children 'get in the way' of your business. I see working at home under those kinds of guidelines as no better than working outside the home - and maybe worse. However, this book was very, VERY forthright in its intention - promoting work at home so that one can spend more time doing what is most important - with spending time with family at the top of the list. The author makes it clear that a work at home parent needs to set limits on how much time they work and that they need to remember that their families are their first priority and their whole reason for going this route. She offers excellent tips on how to be a good, present and interactive parent while managing a very successful WAH business. I was truly impressed.

This aspect aside, this book is an amazing collection of facts and data and experience - it is VERY complete and thorough on the topic of putting together and running a home business. She includes a massive number of resources. I feel this is the only book a mother who wanted to WAH would need to get started and do well.

Don't even think of starting your home-based business without this book! Kristie T. has put it all together in one place for the work-at-home entrepreneur. Setting up your office,creating your business game plan, and building your web site are just some of the valuable how-to's you'll pick up from this book. I especially like the Resources section where you are directed to current websites and books. Plus, there are several helpful templates that the author generously gives away.This is the number 1 reference that I suggest to my coaching clients who are building their businesses.

I am not sure how this book got such great reviews. It really misleaded and dissapointed me. It is for a woman with significant resources to start with, who doesn't need all the dry tips listed, but not for stay-at-home Mom. And it is a business oriented, not life oriented. It is not 'A Mom's guide to working from home', but a business women's guide to get more organized and hire multiple services for the business developement. There is nothing absolutely about Mom's life and for Mom's life. It is a big text however and probably can be useful for someone, but mostly dry and a reference-like, big doesn't mean good. Gives an advise how to choose an office chair, a domain name, purchase a web-site design, organize a radio appearance, etc., and some tips that you know from a common sense. It is a self-promotional book leading to the author's web site to promote her coaching business. I returned it. May be it can work for someone else...

Absolutely everything! When I picked it up, I expected a fairly light book about working from home with small kids around. Instead, this is a book that covers every aspect of starting a business from finding your passion, to setting up a website (and what all those strange terms mean!), to understanding the financials, to writing a marketing plan. It is all here in an easy to read format. Even though my business is established, I have learned a lot! Kristie clearly loves her topic as much as she loves her life.

This is incredible and well worth the money!!! Kristie touches upon almost everything a home based mom would need to get her business rolling. You can hear her enthusiasm through her words, which really motivated and inspired me to keep reading. If you are toying with the thought of being home with your children and ending the 9-5 chaotic life, but still want to generate an income, you must read this book!! Our children should be our #1 priority and Kristie brings it home with this how to book on HAVING IT ALL!! You can find out how to have it all too by reading "I Love My Life", by Kristie Tamsevicius.

It's inspirational to read about a woman who has so much passion for success in her business and in her family. Kristie does a great job giving mothers the tools to find a work/life option.

Who needs a personal business coach when you can buy this book? When it comes to starting and maintaining a home business Kristie Tamsevicius has been there, done that, loves it, and wants to help others do the same. I love the practical help that this book provides, especially the checklists. I also appreciated the many questions that the book included to help me think through a multitude of planning and implementation issues. Every time I thought, "I wonder if this book covers..." I found what I needed. If the only items this book contained were the business plan section and web resources listed at the end it would be well worth the price, but there's so much more. If you want to start a business at home this is the book you need.

I Love My Life is a wondrously useful guide to creating and operating a home-based business. It is a fast and easy read bursting with insights and resources, hundreds and hundreds of them, for starting up and operating a profit center from your own home.

The author, Kristie Tamsevicius, positions this as a book for Moms who want to run their own home-based business. Personally, as the long-time operator of my own home-based business, I see this as a book from which anyone desiring to run their own home-based business, can harvest enormous wisdom. More than that, readers will save so much time and avoid so many mistakes.

This is a 5-star book worthy of being a best seller.