There are numerous ways to become an entrepreneur. If you’re Italian, you might be born to it. Just as homes stay in the same family for generations, Italian businessowners commonly pass their enterprises down to their children.
If your family …
When a man in one of my How to Support Your Wanderlust classes told us that he was interested in writing travel essays, I asked him what it took to be a successful writer of travel exposition.
Without hesitation he …
“Too much money, not too little, is a bigger problem for most small businesses,” says Paul Hawken. “In a business, money does not create anything at all, much less ideas and initiative. Money goes where those qualities already are. Money …
The other day someone posted a link to this blog post by Jon Morrow. Since I’ve been following Jon on Twitter for quite a while, I decided to see what he had to say. I couldn’t have been more surprised …
In her autobiography, actress Joan Collins revealed that she ended her affair with Warren Beatty because of his annoying habit of accepting business calls in the midst of their lovemaking.
While you may not share Collins’ problem, interruptions can plague …
Ever since I read Paul Hawken’s marvelous Growing a Business, I have looked for metaphors in the plant world to help me solve problems and find better ways of growing my business.
Even though I never lived on a …
It’s no surprise to me that so many people who embark on the Joyfully Jobless Journey are also travel enthusiasts.
Since I’ve been seriously nesting for the past five months, my wanderlust is feeling a bit neglected. I’ve hardly set …
My definition of job security is having a strong, healthy entrepreneurial spirit. That can only occur if you feed yours regularly with activities and thoughts that are nuturing. Here are some of my favorite ways to do just that.…
Since I shared my letter from Bill Bryson, I’ve gotten numerous requests from folks wondering what I had originally written to him. While I hadn’t planned to post that, I decided to give in to peer pressure.
As I said …
When she was a college student, my daughter wrote a fan letter to Linda Barry whose cartoons graced a local entertainment paper. In return, Barry sent her a drawing, which has been a cherished keepsake.
Jennie also devised her own
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