Redesign Your 9-to-5

If you have ever thought of launching your own business either as a side gig or as a full-time passion, forever changing how your 9-to-5 looks, then this book is for you.In Redesign Your 9-to-5, you get advice from 50 of the world’s most ambitious business owners and entrepreneurs. They tell of how they made the decision to put up the 'open' signs to their physical or virtual shops, and they detail for you both the challenges and successes they have seen with being their own bosses.Can it be scary?  Absolutely!Is it worth it?  Without a doubt!In these pages, you find out from go-getters who have businesses in areas such as software, marketing, coaching, hospitality and tourism, event planning, chiropractic medicine, martial arts, radio broadcasting, professional organizing, trade show consulting, naturopathic medicine, and many more.   Each of the following business owners and entrepreneurs gives you a glimpse into the real world of business ownership, mistakes to avoid, lessons learned, and a piece of advice that speaks directly to the aspiring business owner or entrepreneur-something they wish they had known prior to making the bold move to redesign their 9-to-5:Karen Barno • Christina Bellman • Michelle Blanchard • Jim Cermak • Bianca Chandler • Shyla Collier • Roy Cotton, Jr. • Wendy Coulter • Nicole M. D’Agostino • Elizabeth Dillon • Sithari Edirisooriya, D.C. • Michael Fritzius • Chandra Gore • Florence Gaspard • Damon Givehand • Kiala Givehand, MFA, EdS. • Jacqueline Griffin • Molika Gupta • Kelly Hale  • Clinton Harris • Marcus Hinschberge • Eric Holtz • D. Kay Hutchinson • La’Vista Jones, CLBC • Shawnte Jones • Ruchi G. Kalra • Vered Kogan • Christina Kumar • Monika Labbé • Dr. Ana Lara • Darryl A. Lasker  • Scott Leeper • Bilal Abdus Liggins • Diamonique Lundy • Kevin L. Maevers • Patti Lynn Mamalis • John Mapel • Deah Berry Mitchell • Simone E. Morris • Rachael Mazvita Nyamwena-Sabondo  • Tisha Marie Pelletier • Niki Ramirez • JW Rayhons • Joan R. F. Robinson • Samantha 'Sam' Root • Elaine Simpson • Kristina Swift • Hope Phillips Umansky, PhD • Amber Taggard, MS • Kyira Wackett, MS, LPC