An engineer, Mel Rusnov also loves music and describes cultivating that passion in her essay “The Artistry in Hidden Talents” in the book This I Believe:
“I believe in cultivating hidden talents, buried and unrelated to what we do for a living. In ordinary life, I’m a civil engineer. I make a satisfying, comfortable living working [...]

*If you want to be rich you have to be adding value to other people’s lives
* The happiest people are those who use their natural talents to the utmost
* Entrepreneur: person who solves problems for people at a profit
* The more people you help, the richer you become

“To get known in the world, you don’t have to pursue every marketing vehicle, just the right ones. So target like mad. And don’t be afraid to choose new markets to target in the coming year, based on what you REALLY want to accomplish.
“Learn what impresses your market and deliver it. Some niches can rely [...]

Some people find their calling as a result of a wake up call. It might be the death of a loved one, a health crisis, or the loss of a job… [Here are] seven people who took adversity, bad habits, betrayal, and loss and turned these sour experiences into satisfying livelihoods.
Sometimes a bad experience can [...]

One myth is that success can only be obtained if you select your goals early on, know exactly where you’re headed, develop a road map and focus on specific steps toward your long-term goal. The problem with that approach is that your path to success becomes very narrow.
You can become so focused on a distant [...]

Rather than being “nickled and dimed” by clutter and poor systems, invest in the process of getting your business organized. …
List what it is costing you to be disorganized in your entrepreneurial venture. Productivity? Credibility? Stress? Lost leads, which means lost income? An ulcer?
Once you identify your causes of disorder, you will be more likely [...]