I’ve been going through 25 years of back issues of Winning Ways newsletter to gather my favorite articles that I’m collecting for an e-book. I came across this one from 1990 and thought it was worth sharing here as well.…
One Thanksgiving, I accepted an invitation to have dinner with a group of relatives I didn’t know very well. The host was my cousin Ray who had followed in his family’s tradition of owning and operating a farm in southern …
Shortly after I met my friend Chris Utterback, I found myself having an especially challenging day. I decided to give her a call and when she answered the phone I didn’t say hello. “Make me laugh,” I demanded.
“Just a …
Should I ever wake up some morning and think, “I guess it’s time to get a job,” I know exactly how I’ll abort that thought. I’ll just get in my car and head for the nearest freeway.
A few minutes …
Several weeks ago, I invited readers of Joyfully Jobless News to share their stories of the most fun they’d ever had making money. Almost immediately, I received a response from Julie Hanson in Glasgow, Scotland.
Julie is a the owner …
“Fun is fundamental,” Sir Richard Branson reminds us. That’s the antithesis of all those business mottos which sound more like Fun is Forbidden.
How can you earn money by having fun? There are numerous ways, but the essential thing is …
My friend Chris and I loved an old cartoon in which Ziggy declared, “My idea of prosperity is a checking account with commas.” We promptly adopted that as our prosperity symbol.
Feeling prosperous is a highly individual thing and each …
In celebration of International Women’s Day, here’s a small sampling of my favorite wise thoughts shared by women.
You can only be truly accomplished at something you love. Do not make money the goal. Instead, pursue the things you love …
Participants had the pleasure of meeting the delightful Marianne Cantwell at the Joyfully Jobless Jamboree in Austin last October. It was the first time I’d met her, too.
According to her Website, Marianne Cantwell is a Free Range Human, and …
Years ago when I lived in Santa Barbara, I observed a weekly ritual—the Friday migration north which was followed by the Sunday migration south. I’ve often wondered if such traffic jams inspired Loverboy’s Working for the Weekend.
For too …
