There were so many stories about the Joyfully Jobless this week that limiting it to five seems just wrong. Since that’s the May theme, I’m sticking to it.
My local paper had a story on Sunday about Jani Mae Den Herder, a photographer who is a model of how to build a strong business. I thought [...]
Zingerman’s Delicatessen opened in Ann Arbor, MI in 1982. Not only has the original business been a great success, they’ve added additional profit centers including ZingTrain, which conducts seminars based on things they’ve learned in creating a successful business. Here’s what they have to say about how to deal with complaints.
We’ve been teaching Zingerman’s 5 Steps [...]
Although the Joyfully Jobless Journey is unique to everyone who takes it, hearing the stories of others who have followed their entrepreneurial promptings can be inspiring and instructive. Here are five very different stories which are each worth a visit.
Winner Takes All by Christina Binkley is a well-written account of how modern Las Vegas was [...]
Every business has times that are less busy than others. You can use this time to fret and worry that your entrepreneurial life has come to an end—or you can view it as a gift of time to do some of those things you’ve been telling yourself you’ll do when you have time. It just [...]
Every business has times that are less busy than others. You can use this time to fret and worry that your entrepreneurial life has come to an end—or you can view it as a gift of time to do some of those things you’ve been telling yourself you’ll do when you have time. It just [...]
1. The other day I heard a local gardener talking on Nevada Public Radio. He got my attention when he said, “I want the gardens that I tend to develop deep root systems. People think that you need water for that, but you actually need air.” I see so many entrepreneurs–especially new ones–who overwhelm themselves [...]
Much of the conventional wisdom about self-employment actually qualifies as Urban Myths (and we know how those can circulate). Sadly, many people who think about becoming Joyfully Jobless are stopped from doing so because of these commonly held, but unfounded, beliefs. Let’s take a look at five biggies.
Only extroverts can be entrepreneurs. A recent study [...]
Some of the treasures I found this week will require a bit of your time, but they are all a good investment.
How could I resist sharing Chris Elliott’s Top Five Travel Fears? If you’re into metaphors, think about their equivalent in taking the Joyfully Jobless Journey.
This video has been making the rounds this week and [...]
Successful writers are, of course, also entrepreneurs. Shaping words and ideas and sending them out into the world is their way of honoring their calling. Here are five insights that apply equally to any personal endeavor.
Consider every path carefully testing it in whichever way you feel necessary, then ask yourself, but only yourself, one question: [...]
There’s a character in Nick Hornby’s delightful novel High Fidelity who constantly challenges his friends to create on-the-spot Top Five Lists. “Name your top five Dustin Hoffman movies,” he demands. The story is peppered with Top Five Lists covering all sorts of pop culture topics. It’s not a bad exercise.
When I began experimenting with ideas [...]
