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A View from the Tub: An Inspiring and Practical Guide to Working from Home

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Whether you have a new home-based business or an established one, this well-written book will give you solid information from whether or not you have the correct personality to run a home-based business through how to deal with your business' success and how to handle it, and everything in between. Ms. Szerman offers concrete and useable advice for those who want to own their own home-based business. I recommend this book very highly.

This how-to guide takes you through step by step with pertinent case studies on how to start an at-home business. Excellent for anyone thinking about working at home. Light. Informative. Recommended.

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As a writer working from home, I found Millie Szerman's guide book on how to work out of one's home full of how-tos and what-ifs that gave even an old hack like me a few new ideas about how to organize, how to maintain my sanity.

A View from the Tub would be equally useful for someone who is considering starting a home-based business.

I appreciated the chapter on "how to tune up your one-man band." The poet in me loved the "eating an elephant" metaphor as a way to multitask. The way the author addresses "the loneliness factor" was especially useful for someone who had convinced herself that she loves working without a soul in the room.

What it all adds up to is that this author/publicist has not just researched the subject but has lived it.

A View From the Tub includes a checklist, case studies, a resource section, a place to take notes and quotes from the likes of Ben Franklin and Ann Landers. It is a great book for "home study"-sorry I just couldn't resist the pun.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Author of "This is the Place"

From www.Oprah.com...mentioned on the Oprah Winfrey Show June 26, 2002: Anyone contemplating working from home should proceed with eyes wide open. No other book on the shelf opens your eyes as wide as A View From The Tub!! This book likely will produce one of two positive results: Either it will get you started on the right foot or it will persuade you that working from home is not your cup of tea. The first result will make you money. The second will save you money!

A View From The Tub: An Inspiring And Practical Guide To Working From Home by home-based public relations and marketing expert and consultant Millie Szerman is an excellent, candid, "user friendly" guide to operating a home-based business. From determining whether you have the self-discipline needed to work from home, to the tangled yet practical issues of licenses and finance, to tips, tricks, and techniques to keep one's business running smoothly to evaluating one's business with an unbiased eye, A View From The Tub is packed full of directly applicable wisdom for anyone who is operating or considering a home-based career. If you are contemplating your own home-based business, regardless of its product or service, you would profit enormously from reading Millie Szerman's A View From The Tub!

This book answered all my questions about starting a home-based business. The author is intuitive and has vision that is beyond here experiences. This is a must have for the person starting a HBB. Mike

This book hits its target---it's a 9-Millie-meter gun! Szerman's work not only provides the nitty-gritty of what it takes to do what she's done but also discusses the necessary persona of the home based-warrior.

In my recent attempt to launch a freelance writing career, I read this book and found it to be useful in two ways. First, it forced me to get organized, especially in terms of understanding my strengths and weaknesses as a future telecommuter. Second, it's been inspirational in that the many anecdotes have helped me to realize what's crucial for my business' success. My favorite element to this book is that it's short and sweet. Szerman gets right to the point and doesn't waste your time. However, she's got enough meaninful tips, exercises and information packed inside this guide to keep the serious entrepreneur very busy. Thanks for the great advice!

I have been an entrepreneur working from home for over 10 years. I wish I had this book as a resource and guide when I started my home based business. "A View From The Tub" is packed with usable information and extremely helpful checklists to help you start and grow your business. I wish this book was available for me 10 years ago!!

Very good book for anyone already working or wanting to work from home. Millie Szerman did a great job of covering everything you need to take into consideration. Great book.