| Our freedom is one of the most coveted
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| | and undeniably virtual. The company has
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| rights we have as Americans. Yet we tie
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| | but two employees - me and my husband and
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| ourselves to offices and desks and towns
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| | we both work from offices located in our
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| and schools and so on. Why? Why not
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| | home. Because we both talk so much and
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| enjoy more freedom? Why be tied to all
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| | so loud, yes, we have separate offices or
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| of those things if you don't have to be?
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| | I'm afraid we'd strangle each other! As
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| Why wish; why not do?
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| | for our "core staff" as we refer to them,
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| How often do you wish to be freer?
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| | they're located all over the country and
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| Living in America, we're afforded more
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| | work from their home offices. They're
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| freedom than in any other part of the
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| | contracted - not employees and they work
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| world. We can go anywhere we want
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| | in places like Florida, Missouri,
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| without asking permission of our
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| | California, Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan,
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| Government. We can hold any job we want
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| | New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona,
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| for anyone who will hire us, as long as
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| | and many other states. So true to what
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| it's legal of course. We can marry or
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| | we preach as a virtual staffing agency,
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| cohabitate with anyone we want - gender
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| | we are 100% virtual.
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| regardless. We can start and run
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| | To facilitate the virtual atmosphere and
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| businesses. Our freedom is one of the
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| | the virtual working environment, we
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| most coveted rights we have as Americans.
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| | utilize virtual phone systems, virtual
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| Yet we tie ourselves to offices and
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| | fax systems, online accounting programs,
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| desks and towns and schools and so on.
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| | online CRM programs, and rely heavily on
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| Why? Why not enjoy more freedom? Why be
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| | email, instant messenger, and the
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| tied to all of those things if you don't
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| | telephone to communicate and carry on our
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| have to be? Why wish; why not do?
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| | day-to-day business. Editor's note: If
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| Almost 14 years ago, Jim, my now husband
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| | you'd like more information on the
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| and business partner and I were married
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| | components Team Double-Click uses to
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| in the beautiful little mountain town of
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| | facilitate their virtual office, such as
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| Ouray (pronounced you-ray) in Colorado.
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| | fax and phone systems, check out Gayle's
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| I'd seen the town and fallen in love with
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| | article Setting Up Your Virtual Office at
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| it when I was a teenager and I somehow
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| convinced him to get married there, site
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| | So what all of this virtual stuff means
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| unseen. Well, he fell in love with the
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| | is that we can very easily go to
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| town too. Since that day 14 years ago,
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| | conferences and work while we're away -
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| it's been our dream to live in Ouray.
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| | provided we have an internet connection.
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| For many years we couldn't do it. We
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| | When we were in the process of moving, we
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| were tied to typical corporate jobs,
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| | kept in touch by stopping along the way
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| desks, land line phones, a business that
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| | to check email and of course we spoke to
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| at the time wasn't mobile, and all of the
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| | our staff via cell phone regularly. We
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| other things we Americans tie ourselves
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| | can easily vacation most any time we'd
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| to. It just wasn't possible.
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| | like (though we tend not to because we
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| Last year, while vacationing in Ouray, it
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| | enjoy our work), again because we can
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| was nearly unbearable for us to leave.
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| | connect anytime via the internet and
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| Our business was mobile (I'll get to that
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| | phone!
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| in a minute) so our biggest problem with
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| | The virtual aspects of our life are so
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| making a cross country move such as we
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| | liberating and so freeing because we can
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| were proposing, was to find a school for
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| | literally pick up and go anywhere,
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| our daughter who would be entering 6th
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| | anytime we want to without worrying about
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| grade that fall.
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| | phones going unanswered, about who will
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| We started looking into home schooling
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| | open the office, who will do this and who
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| and any other options we could find. We
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| | will do that. Our virtual-ness also made
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| found an online (virtual) grade school,
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| | our move from Wisconsin to Colorado a
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| middle school, and high school called
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| | breeze!
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| Christa McAuliffe Academy We enrolled
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| | If you're at all hesitant about making
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| our daughter and started making plans to
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| | your company "virtual", or working
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| move to Colorado.
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| | virtually, any one of our core staff
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| So in addition to our business being
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| | members, virtual assistants, or clients
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| "virtual" our daughter's school is
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| | would be happy to tell you how great and
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| virtual as well. Heck, we're a totally
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| | how freeing it is. Additionally, our
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| virtual family! We could work and school
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| | core staff are more than happy to help
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| from Timbuktu if we wanted to, if they
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| | you take the steps to make it happen and
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| had internet connection there of course.
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| | show you the ropes. I encourage everyone
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| Back to our business being virtual. What
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| | to start enjoying the added freedom you
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| many of you may not know is that Team
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| | deserve as an American and work
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| Double-Click is 100%, purely, totally,
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| | virtually!
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