You
Could Never Make a Living Doing That
It is not
uncommon for me to talk to someone who tells me that they know precisely
what they want to do and then they add, "But I couldn't possibly
make any money doing that." Why are we so certain that love and money
cannot coexist?
Part of the
problem is that many of us have too few role models of creative ways of
making a living. That's the conclusion drawn by college students Mike
Marriner and Nathan Gebhard, who set out to uncover exciting careers.
The result was their book
Roadtrip
Nation and a college course called Road Scholars.
It's good
for the imagination to notice unusual businesses and let that knowledge
stretch your own creative spirit a bit. Here are a four businesses that
challenge the notion of what is viable and what isn't. Start your own
list and collect unusual, one-of-a-kind enterprises to remind yourself
that nothing is impossible if you love it enough.
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Picture
a stage with a ton of ice and three guys with chainsaws, fancy lighting
and music and you've got a description of Fear No Ice, a business that
turned Scott Rella and his two partners from chefs into performance
artists. They now dazzle audiences around the world turning blocks of
ice into temporary works of art.
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Then there's
Rhonda Fahleen-Pillager, who every week rents out her 150 mud turtles
for the local turtle race in Nisswa, Minnesota. She took over the business
from a local minister who sent his kids to college on the money he made
renting out mud turtles.
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Nobody
could earn a living building treehouses, right? Ask Jake Jacob about
that. He's just one of several designers who create treehouses for grown-ups
who have never gotten over their childhood desire to go out on a limb.
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Howard
and Amy Waddell have found a unique way to share their knowledge and
passion of history. Howard began making swords when he was 9 years old.
Today the Waddells own Abalon Armors, a company that makes historically
accurate ancient armor. They sell about 160 pieces every month to collectors
from around the world.
There's
more where this came from.
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