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In addition to sharing this story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons, guest blogger Patti Anastasia of Anastasia’s Table personal chef service is also providing our Recipe of the Week, one for each week of Pink Slip Lemonade month. So mix yourself a Pink Slip Lemonade Martini or a Pink Slip Lemonade Iced Tea, and enjoy the [...]
This story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons comes from guest blogger Sue West of Space4U professional organizing services. What’s your next chapter in your life? Seems to me that’s what creating pink slip lemonade is all about. Take the best from your past, include what you love from the present, and move [...]
It’s been nearly a decade, but the image remains vivid. Blue carpet-covered cube farm walls in a 100-year-old converted textile mill building. Logo wear, commemorative paperweights, and other artifacts of more carefree times scattered about. The sound of no work being done as we all hovered around the water cooler with bated breath… Being on the receiving [...]
If you’ve ever thought about leaving a job with health insurance for part-time work or self-employment, chances are you were stopped short by the challenge of getting affordable coverage. The cost of private health care is so prohibitive, you probably ran screaming back to your day job, thankful at least for that aspect of it. [...]
Ever wonder what it would be like to own a winery, an inn, or a minor league sports team? How about leading outdoor adventures, writing novels or Broadway musicals? There’s no shortage of stories about career changers switching to their dream job, but most gloss over the question on everyone’s mind: “Yeah, but can I make [...]
In one of my favorite cartoons about cubicle life, Dilbert squashes Wally’s dream of becoming a high-flying entrepreneur and “living life on the edge” with the observation “You know they stop paying you if you quit your job.” Wally responds wisely to this keen insight with “Oh, never mind.” While most of us have done [...]
Tough day at the office! Both of you come home raging over the inequities, inefficiencies, and inanity of your workaday lives. This not-uncommon scenario is often the trigger for couples’ conversations about ditching corporate and launching a business together. Sounds like the stuff dreams — and feature articles in Inc. magazine — are made of? [...]
