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Not Just Living
By: Mark Hendricks

In 1987, Mark Hendrick's screwed up his courage, quit his job at a Texas newspaper, joined the ranks of the 20 million American small and home-based business owners- and has never looked back. Some fifteen years later, he is still living his dream as a freelance writer. Like Mark Hendricks, thousands of people leave the corporate world behind each year to seek more creative work, assert more control over their lives, or indulge in their passions. In Not Just a Living, Hendricks explores the genesis of this phenomenon, drawing from extensive research and dozens of colorful stories from the front lines. In these pages you'll meet lifestyle entrepreneurs who have found personal, financial, and professional fulfillment by playing things their own way. But beyond these inspiring examples, Hendricks offers a comprehensive, straightforward, and eminently practical guide to entrepreneurship. Employing a variety of diagnostics and planning tools, worksheets, and an annotated listing of resources (including books, magazines, organizations, and web sites). (text from inside cover of book)