Posts Tagged ‘creative self-employment’

More Options for Getting Paid to Have Fun

Posted on March 14th, 2011 by by Barbara

“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 …

The Joy Factor

Posted on March 1st, 2011 by by Barbara

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 …

Living With Love

Posted on February 14th, 2011 by by Barbara

Several years ago I decided to start a list of things I loved doing so much I could do them every day without getting bored. I wanted the list as a reminder to integrate beloved activities and things on a …

Welcome or Not?

Posted on February 9th, 2011 by by Barbara

While I was waiting (and waiting) for UPS to show up with Winning Ways newsletters, I decided to tackle the grungy grout in my tiled entrance. I’m a bit of a fanatic about dirty grout after spending five years in …

11 Ways to Be a Jolly Goalsetter

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by by Barbara

There are hundreds of perfectly smart reasons to be Joyfully Jobless, not the least of which is that people who are doing work that they love tend to be, well, more loving and joyful.

One time after I’d visited my …

It’s About Time

Posted on January 30th, 2011 by by Barbara

Either you run the day or the day runs you;

either you run the business or the business runs you.

Jim Rohn

Although self-bossers are quick to realize that having control of their own time is one of the great …

10 Things Self-Employment Can Teach Us

Posted on November 1st, 2010 by by Barbara

Comedian Paula Poundstone once said, “My father always told me I needed something to fall back on. But I knew if I listened, I’d fall back.”

I thought of that this morning when I read Connie Hozvicka’s blog post about …

Countless Possibilities

Posted on September 8th, 2010 by by Barbara

Philip Adams said, “When people say to me: ‘How do you do so many things?’ I often answer them, without meaning to be cruel: ‘How do you do so little?’ It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most …

Explore More

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by by Barbara

Nearly all of us who arrived on this planet after World War II grew up in the Culture of the Single Lifetime Career. From early on, we were encouraged to pick a path and follow it.

Once we had made …

Hooray! I’m Unemployable

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by by Barbara

While I’ve made no secret about the fact that I spent several years of my life as a genuine self-help junkie, I haven’t talked much about how that led me to quit working for others.

Even though I’m still not …