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

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Summary: Addressing the How-Tos and What-Ifs
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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"

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Summary: Opens your eyes...WIDE
Review: 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!

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Summary: What A Gift!
Review: 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!!

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Summary: What A Gift!
Review: 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!!

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Summary: A VIEW FROM THE TUB
Review: Just what I needed. Millie gives you tons of ideas and good advice on everything including things you never thought to consider. I would recommend this book to any women wanting to start a business from home. Speaking as a person who has small children this book was very encouraging and has helped me see how working from home would be very fulfilling for me and my family. I am very "pumped up" about getting my venture off the ground. Thanks Millie!

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Summary: A VIEW FROM THE TUB
Review: Just what I needed. Millie gives you tons of ideas and good advice on everything including things you never thought to consider. I would recommend this book to any women wanting to start a business from home. Speaking as a person who has small children this book was very encouraging and has helped me see how working from home would be very fulfilling for me and my family. I am very "pumped up" about getting my venture off the ground. Thanks Millie!

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Summary: View from a Tub
Review: Millie is so upbeat! Her personality really shows in her how to approach for running a home business. Her checklist covers it all to help you succeed. Great ideas on managing your time, family and friends. I loved all of it!

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Summary: Like having a conversation with someone who understands
Review: Millie offers an honest look at the challenges that entrepreneurs face. She's really got it covered including everything from knowing if you've got what it takes, to dealing with family and friends. You'll learn the various reasons why people start their own businesses, and what kind of work from home careers are available. I LOVE her 5 W's to a business plan: What business you are in, Who your clients are, Where your market is, When you will break even, and Why your business will succeed. Simply brilliant! This book helps you to determine if you have what it takes to work from home.

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Summary: Run and Get This One!
Review: 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.

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Summary: A View from the Tub
Review: 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.