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Dear Dream Seeker,

Hi, I'm Valerie Young, the former cubicle-dweller turned "Dreamer in Residence" here at ChangingCourse.com.

Please enjoy these 100+ FREE articles. As you'll soon see, there are lots of ways to make a meaningful career change... to make a living without a job... to find your calling... to turn your interests into income... to gain more control, freedom, and flexibility... or to otherwise "change course" so you can live a richer, more balanced life doing work you truly love.

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To your dreams,

Three “Must Read” Articles That Just Might
Change Your Life Forever

• The Great Work Debate: Money vs. Happiness

• What Your Guidance Counselor,  Career Counselor, and Own Mother Probably Never Told You... You Don't Need A Job to Make a Living

• In the World of Possibilities, New Members Are Always Welcome

• Follow the Trends to Find a Profitable Business Idea

• What Does Gratitude Have to Do with Career Change

• Teleseminars Are a Great Solution for People Who Hate to Sell

• Tools to Help You Go From Creating Debt to Creating Dreams

• Want to Re-Create Your Life? What Not to Do

• Changing Careers? How to Get Around the Three Major Mental Roadblocks to Success

• A Foolproof Strategy to Get Yourself Moving

• A Little Knowledge Can Go a Long Way: How to Generate a Steady Cash Flow Using What You Already Know

• It's Who You Know That Counts: The Importance of Learning by Example

• How One Income-Generating Idea Leads to Another

• Earn Money as a Local Tour Guide

• Innovative Ideas May Be All "In Your Mind"

• How Much Do You Need to Know Before You're an Expert?

• Planting Seeds and Watching Dreams Grow

• No Time to Go After Your Dream? How to Turn Your Dreams Into Reality in Five Minutes a Day and Other Tips for Time-Stressed Dreamers

• Having Trouble Changing Course? The Solution May Not Be What You Think

• A Surprisingly Easy Way to Increase Your Odds of Working at What You Love

• What Keeps You Up at Night? You May be Worrying About All the Wrong Things

• When It Comes to a Dream, Sometimes "Too Busy" is a Good Thing

• Afraid to Take the Leap? Simple Ways to Face Down Your Fears

• Business Planning 101: Do You Really Need a Business Plan?

• Business Planning 101: When it Comes to Business Advice – Consider the Source

• Business Planning 101: Keep it Simple

• The Garden: Big Dreams Grow From Small Seeds

• Are Successful People Really Luckier? You Bet They Are

• Don't Know Where to Begin? Fortunately You're Not Alone

• Have a Great Idea for a Business? Test the Waters Before Diving In

• Profiting Through Affiliation: How to Young One Man is Helping Others Realize Their Dream of Being Gainfully Self-Employed

• The Three Simple Things You Need to Realize Your Dream

• Turning Problems Into Opportunities

• What it Takes to be an "Overnight Success"

• Real Life Entrepreneurs Steal the Show: Two New Reality Shows Depict Entrepreneurs Going After Their Dreams

• When a Dream Can't Wait: Two People in Hot Pursuit of Their Creative Passions

• How to Turn a Negative Experience Into a Positive Way to Make a Living Without a Job 

• Profit from Experience: The Key to Your Right Livelihood May Be Right in Your Own Backyard 

• Creative Income Streams for People Who Love to Cook

• Taking Baby Steps on Behalf of a Dream: What One Man's Story Can Teach You About Living the Life You Want

• When Family Dreams Clash, Find a Way for Everyone to Win

• The Ultimate Decision: Your Money or Your Life

• Business Owners Offer “Been There” Advice on What It Takes to Change Course

• Breaking into Print: How to Get Paid to be a Freelance Writer – Fiction or Non-Fiction

• Dealing with the "Competition": Some Dos and Dont's for Small Business Owners

• "Don't Quit Your Day Job": 3 Ways to Keep Criticism from Getting to You

• Turning a Love of Nature Into a Livelihood

• Dreams Can Come True: The 5 Key Lessons to Turning Dreams into Reality

• Getting Funding to Start Your Own Business

• Learning From the Dream Makers: Want to Work at What You Love? Look to Those Who Are Doing It

• Getting Paid to Speak

• What Do You Need for Your Road Trip to Right Livelihood?

• Want to Live Your Dream? 5 Keys to Changing Course

• Finding Interesting Ways to Make a Living Without a Job is Not as Hard as You Think

• Hot Small Business Ideas and Trends for 2005

• The Key to Changing Course is to Start: 6 Tips on How to Get Started

• Living Large: How Some Enterprising Souls Are Turning a Trend into a Great Business Idea

• Are You Settling? Get What You Want in Three Steps

• How to Make Money by Breaking the Rules

• Those “Crazy” Business Ideas Often Turn Out to Be the Best

• Use Your Summer Vacation to Start Working at What You Love

• Calling All Cooks and Chocolate Lovers: What If You Could Make a Living From Your Passion?

• Making a Living While Making a Difference

• Need Help Going After Your Dreams? Just Ask for It!

• How to Make Money Licensing Your Invention Idea

• Bringing Your Product Idea to Market

• The Color of Money: Inspiring Minority Entrepreneurs
  

• Hot Business Trends for 2004… And Beyond: Maybe One Will Turn Into a Creative Business Idea for You
  

• Lead With Your Heart - Not Your Head

• Ten Tips for Figuring Out How to Get Paid to Do What You Love

• Why We Wind Up on the Wrong Career Path and What to Do About It

• Want to Change Careers? Think Life First, Work Second

• If You Think You Can't Change Course... You're Right

• Five Cool Careers for Pet Lovers

• Creative Entrepreneurs See Opportunity Even in Death

• When It Comes to Your Dreams, Sometimes You The Best Advice Is To Ignore Everything Your Parents Told You

• Fascinating Ways to Make a Living Doing What You Love May Be Closer Than You Think: Start Your Own Opportunity File and Open Your Mind to Endless Possibilities

• Recreate Your Life: Summer is the Perfect Time to Grow a Dream

• Changing Careers? How to Get Around the Three Major Mental Roadblocks to Success

• The Difference is in the Details: How Reading Between the Lines Can Help You Discover Your Life Mission and Live It

• Trapped in a Job You Hate? Where to Search for Freedom

• Make Every Day Thanksgiving: How Creating a Better Future Starts With What You Do in the Present

• Get Paid to Play: How to Turn Your Hobby into Your Job

• Keep Your Dream on Track:  Two Amazingly Simple Ways to Keep Any Dream on Course

• When It Comes to Finding the Career of Your Dreams,
  Timing is Everything

• Want the Perfect Career? Take A Page Out of Actor Helen Hunt's Success Book 

• Who Says You Can't Live Your Dreams?

• Instant Career Change: The Fast and Easy Way to That Great New Career

• Promote Your Business by Becoming a Columnist

• Still Don't Know What You Want To Be "When You Grow Up?" Here Are 3 Simple Ways to Find Out

• Opportunity Knocks: Are You Listening?

• Ready for Right Livelihood? Take the Changing Course Quiz 

• How to Dream Big Dreams: Why Wish Upon a Star When You Can Reach for One?

• Great Ideas for Financing Your Dream

• Reflections on a Different Kind of Boot Camp: Can One Course Really Change the Course of a Life? You Bet!

• 10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create The Life You Really Want

• Live and Work in Paradise: How to Transition to the Right Job in the Right Place

• What Do You Really Want? The Inspiring Story of How One Woman Discovered Her True Desires and How You Can Too

• Want to Work For Yourself? Those Dream Jobs Don't Just Happen, They're Created

• You Don't Need a J-O-B to Earn a Living: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love

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About the Author

"Turning Interests Into Income" expert Valerie Young abandoned her corporate cubicle to become the Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com, a career change website for people who want be their own boss and work at what they love. Her career tips have been cited in Kiplinger's, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today Weekend, Woman's Day, and elsewhere and on-line at MSN, CareerBuilder, and iVillage.com. An expert on the Impostor Syndrome, Valerie has spoken to over 30k people at such diverse organizations as Chrysler, Boeing, Intel, Harvard University, and American Women in Radio and Television and is the author of an upcoming book on the subject with Crown Publishing. Go to ChangingCourse.com to get your free report at Changing Course on how you can make a career change that lets you work from home or wherever you like. ChangingCourse.com offering resources to help you discover your life mission and live it. Her career change tips have been cited in Kiplinger's, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today Weekend, Woman's Day, and elsewhere and on-line at MSN, CareerBuilder, and iVillage.com. An expert on the Impostor Syndrome, Valerie has spoken on the topic of How to Feel as Bright and Capable as Everyone Seems to Think You Are to such diverse organizations as Daimler Chrysler, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Harvard, and American Women in Radio and Television.

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Inspiring Quotes
on Changing
Your Career
and Finding Work You Love

“Your entire life has been getting you ready for this moment. Use everything you’ve got to create a future that is your dream.”
~ Barbara Winter
Author of
Making a Living Without a Job

“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Indecision is
the thief of opportunity.
You cannot change your destination overnight but you can change your direction overnight.”
~ Jim Rohn