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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.

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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…