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I’d Rather Be Trucking — America’s Toughest Jobs Episode 2
September 3rd, 2008
The Labor Day episode of America’s Toughest Jobs put our fearless contestants behind the wheels of loaded 18-wheelers. Their task was to guide their 80,000-pound vehicles up 500 miles of the most rugged terrain on earth above the Arctic Circle. I...
Happy Labor Day — Here’s to More Rewarding Labor!
August 29th, 2008
Why do we call it Labor Day when the whole point is to take an extra day off of work? Because Labor Day was originally established in 1882 by the American labor movement as a yearly tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity,...
I’d Rather Be Crab Fishing - America’s Toughest Jobs
August 26th, 2008
I have a new favorite show. America’s Toughest Jobs is the kind of reality TV that I love. The only drawback is that it’s hard to make fun of the losers on this show — even those who get eliminated are tougher than I am (and more interesting...
Daring Tales of Corporate Escape - Shannon McCaffery
August 21st, 2008
If you read Escape from Corporate America, you know that it’s full of the personal stories of corporate escape artists and their advice for others who feel stuck in their careers. I spent months tracking down and interviewing amazing people who had...
Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? Visualize Your Escape
August 14th, 2008
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” It’s a stupid interview question. There is no remotely honest way to answer this question in an interview that will please a hiring manager. I always went with something like: “Working...
Escape Artist of the Month: Tracy Dyer
Co-Founder: Urban Junket
"I had the greatest corporate job ever," says Tracy Dyer, who worked for an internal innovation consulting group at Best Buy and was instrumental in the launch of Geek Squad. "But I always really wanted to work for myself."
For Tracy, it wasn't about escaping from Corporate America, it was about living her dream of becoming an entrepreneur. "My father always told me, 'You're only truly free if you work for yourself,'" she recalls. And Tracy's father, the bestselling author Dr. Wayne Dyer, spoke from experience. Dr. Dyer was on the tenure track as a university professor when he left to take a chance on a career as an author and a speaker.
Tracy followed in his footsteps when she abandoned the corporate career path to start Urban Junket, a handbag and accessory company, with her friend and former colleague Tracy Arnold.
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