In Monday's USA Today, Steve Strauss a lawyer, author and speaker who specializes in small business and entrepreneurship, responds to a reader who wants some advice about "staying afloat and even getting ahead in this tough recession."

Strauss makes a lot of good points including being smart about money, surrounding yourself with people who can help and even cites E-Myth and the concept of working on your business not in it.

One of the smartest things you can do is to 'use your time on things that make you money, and to the extent possible outsource or automate the other stuff.'

Read the full article Ask an Expert: Do this to ride out the recession online at USAToday.com.