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My husband and I lost our jobs together. Here's how we learned to navigate unemployment — and each other.

While my husband and I bonded over our situations while unemployed, we soon discovered that there w…

Elizabeth Alterman   


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These 21-year-old twins launched a home pizza-kit business that made nearly $400,000 in under a year

As restaurants reopened, Doughboys Pizza founders Luke and Owen Buckmaster also expanded with B2B c…

Isabella Cipirska   


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When this Venezuelan worker went remote, he sought US jobs — then created a company to help others do it too

"We recruit English speakers and guide them on working remotely," iWorker founder Enrique Yervez sa…

Kristi Eaton   


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I burned out working 4 jobs. This is how I rearranged my life to get away from hustle culture.

Rochi Zalani got a full-time job before graduation and worked long hours after it, determined to he…

Rochi Zalani   


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I design aquariums for megamansions in Los Angeles that cost up to $250,000 — here's how I got my start

Nic Tiemens' first aquarium-technician job was cleaning Michael Jordan's fish tank. He later found …

Chris Stokel-Walker   


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I've started traveling the world while working remotely. At 29, it's helped me regain a sense of control over my life.

"I still love what I do, but it's only a part of me," Lulu Safdie says about leaving her home in Ar…

Fortesa Latifi   


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I shut down my law firm and retired 10 years early. It's like being 5 years old again.

Phyllis Beech-Giraldo always thought she'd retire at 70. But with the stresses of the pandemic, she…

Fortesa Latifi   


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I created a cheese advent calendar and have sold almost 750,000 of them in 5 years. Here's how I did it while working full time.

Annem Hobson saw that there were no cheese advent calendars and made her own at Christmas 2015. She…

Jack Needham   


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I look after skaters on the ice at a rink in London. Here's how training to be a figure skater led me to a job I love.

Molly Lipson trained as a figure skater and appeared in Christmas pantomimes on ice. This is how sh…

Molly Lipson   


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I'm a fortune-cookie writer. I meditate every day to get in the right headspace.

Matt Williams and his team aim to write at least 10 fortunes a day. When they do a campaign, they w…

Ryan S. Gladwin   


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I left a job I'd held for 16 years to become a stay-at-home dad. I never thought I'd do this, but it's been a blessing.

"I can always go back to work, but I'll never have this opportunity — to take care of my young chil…

Fortesa Latifi   


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I thought being an in-house lawyer was my dream job — until I opened my own firm. It's been a terrifying and deeply rewarding journey.

"It's funny, because attorneys are a generally risk-averse group, and I definitely am. But it felt …

Fortesa Latifi   


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This therapist uses games like 'Minecraft' to treat patients — and he's trying to make the method catch on

Michael Keady is a so-called "Nerd Therapist" with patients ranging from age 6 to 60. He says playi…

Stefano Montali   


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I'm an Adele impersonator who makes at least $660 per gig. Here's how a BBC skit with her made my career take off.

Katie Markham, 39, got her big break singing with Adele for BBC's Graham Norton special when the si…

Kimberley Bond   


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I'm a professional 'Santa service provider.' My clients work year-round and the youngest is only 24. Here's what my job is like.

Catherine Harvey represents scores of Santas of all ages — the youngest is 24 — and from many profe…

Jack Needham   


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I'm a TV chef with my own London restaurant. Here's how beating thousands to win a competition led to a dramatic career change at 30.

Ravinder Bhogal was a freelance beauty writer when she won a competition on Gordon Ramsay's 'The F …

Claire Turrell   


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Meta's chief business officer once said she was initially reluctant to work at Facebook — a piece of career advice illustrates why she changed her mind

Marne Levine joined Facebook, now Meta, in 2010. In 2017, she shared how it was a valuable lesson i…

Suneil Kamath   


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I lost my work at 64 and became a low-paid delivery driver. It made me realize our unrealistic expectations are why we call it a supply chain 'crisis.'

Richard Tierney began doing home deliveries for the UK supermarket chain Tesco when the COVID-19 pa…

Richard Tierney   


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Kiera Fields   


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I sell luxury watches for tens of thousands - one even went for $7.6 million. Here's how I built a business doing it.

Silas Walton founded A Collected Man, which sells luxury watches on behalf of owners. It started wh…

Kiera Fields