Self-employment | Thrilling Heroics

How to Go from High School Student to Master of the Universe

Saturday, March 20, 2010

I LOVE getting messages from readers who’ve benefited from the things I write, people who have shared passions, and those who seek further advice for how they can get the most out of their lives. (Note: I actually file a LOT of these emails into a special folder for when I need motivation and positive [...]

Choosing the Life Path Less Taken

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Thrilling Heroics was born in 2006 with a different purpose than it serves today, and it has gone through many “evolutions” if you will. I recently re-wrote the About Page to reflect what this community stands for, but I wanted to take this opportunity to share my personal life philosophy and my hopes for this [...]

Thoughts on Working From Home and Starting Out as a Freelance Web Worker

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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As a follow-up to my post the other day, How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations, I’d like to share some more of the insights from my conversation with ABCnews.com columnist Michelle Goodman. She asked a number of really great questions, and naturally only a very small part of our [...]

An Interview with Alexandra Levit, Author of They Don’t Teach Corporate In College

Saturday, July 14, 2007

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Part three in Heroines of Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship series at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com: Alexandra Levit is the author of They Don’t Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something’s Guide to the Business World, and a regular corporate and university speaker on Gen-Y employees. She is the founder and president of Inspiration@Work career consultancy and also serves as [...]

An Interview with Pamela Slim of Escape From Cubicle Nation

Friday, July 13, 2007

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I’ve been working on a interview series over at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com about women and their relationship with personal finance and business, featuring several successful female entrepreneurs, consultants, and freelancers. The first one-on-one is with Pamela Slim, a great gal from Mesa, AZ. Pam left the corporate world in 1996 to start Ganas Consulting, and she writes [...]