A Sense of Place
Three months after my best friend Chris Utterback lost her battle with breast cancer, I moved out of my suburban Minneapolis apartment, disposed of about a third of my belongings, put the rest in storage, and set off on an …
Posts Tagged ‘Rick Steves’
What Rick Steves Can Teach Us About Business
I get excited about small businesses that are run with
passion so that’s what I recommend in my guidebooks.
Rick Steves
Thanks to Rick Steves, there’s a collection of micro-mosaics that I got to see when I was in London. …
Finding Treasure in the Clutter
For the past several weeks, I’ve been talking about (when I’m not working on) my big summer project which I call Transforming World Headquarters. I’m not just tidying up, however. This project requires going through files, piles and boxes.
Every …
Once You Know This The Rest is Easy
Several days ago, I recorded a podcast with FreelanceAdvisor.co.uk. One of the questions I was asked was about how we go about finding the essence of our livelihood. Here’s part of what I said:
You know, that was
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Why Would Anyone be Joyfully Jobless?
Every Wednesday my suburban newspaper shows up in my mailbox. I always look forward to reading it since the editorial staff seems to think that the most fascinating folks in our community also happen to be joyfully jobless.
This week …
Find Five: Weekend Excursions
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 …
Weekend Excursions
Didn’t you find it comforting when the evening news included a headline about the White House organic vegetable garden? If that was one of the major happenings on Friday, it was a fine contrast to the other stories of the …
Italy Calling
Fans of Eat, Pray, Love recall that when Elizabeth Gilbert wanted to regain her capacity to feel pleasure, she headed to the place where it’s celebrated—Italy. For centuries, Italians have also found pleasure in entrepreneurial pursuits.
One of my favorite …
How Much Good News Can You Stand?
Trader Joe’s was in a festive mood this morning. There were balloons and flowers everywhere and the employees were in costume. Alas, I arrived too early to sample the chocolate-dipped strawberries. I’m a raving TJ’s fan and not just because …
Ideas from Everywhere: Roundup Week 2
It felt like an entrepreneurial cyclone hit this week. Besides all the intriguing resources I’ve collected, there was much rejoicing all around me. The week began with learning that yes, indeed, there will be a revised and updated version of …
