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Employed people from time to time tell me something like this: “My job sucks. I have to work all the time. No one appreciates me. Maybe I should start my own business. Oh, but I don’t know. My job pays pretty well. And I have benefits. Maybe I should just be happy with it.”
If this [...]

The last time I moved, I was looking for boxes on craigslist. I saw a guy posting an ad “$1 per box, I deliver anywhere in Portland”.
I thought to myself “Yeah–but there are all these postings for free boxes, why pay $1 if I can get them for free?” So I jotted down the time [...]

Right now I’m reading Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Work Week, and I’m deep in outsourcing mode. I’ve got an Indian company that I’m courting to redo my accounting system and I’m testing out VA (virtual assistant) companies.
Here are my tips so far:
1. Don’t get desperate and try to unload the store on someone. [...]

I’ve recently met a colleague who spoke of spending many years struggling with the “Follow Your Bliss and the Money Will Come” mindset and making no money. It wasn’t until she finally realized she had to learn some things about money and business that she started seeing that money come in. She was still following [...]

Many people get interested in passive income and the enormous potential that websites have to offer, but have no idea where to start. Here’s my advice for newbies:

Keep earning money the way you know how. Don’t start any passive income project with the idea that it will make you rich overnight, or in the next [...]

Hi Emma,
I ran across this [Genbucks] while going through Craigslist job listings & wondered if you would give me your take on it. Since your SECP presentation my situation has changed from employed to a mixture of job hunting & developing my own freelance/residual income models. In time I want to create a site or [...]

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Emma McCrearyHi, I'm Emma.

This blog is about aligning your business (money, marketing, etc) with your inner joy and aliveness. In short: these things don't have to be icky, boring, or beyond your grasp. You can create a healthy, inspired relationship with the material, emotional, and spiritual aspects of running your own business.

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