How Free Can Become Costly

Police believe a 41-year-old woman charged with breaking and entering of a church may have broken into other local churches. The woman is not a member of the church, said police. The regular paid cleaning staff had introduced her to church officials as someone who liked to help churches with cleaning and maintenance; she was not issued a key to the building. Police believe she may have been acting as a volunteer cleaning person at other local churches.

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Two Big Points To Remember:

• Volunteer means free. Free means that you don't have to pay anything up front. But free also means that you'll most likely have to pay something later.
• If a business can't be better than their competition, then the only competitive advantage is pricing.

For every benefit that a business delivers, there's a cost. And as a business, one of the easiest ways to lower your cost is to lower your benefits.

Merry Christmas!!