Doing something that matters is probably on everyone's list of life goals. But when you're focused on meeting payroll, pleasing clients, organizing your desk and keeping your tires rotated, it's easy for years to slip by without really feeling like you've made a difference. For one of the features in the latest issue of MyBusiness, we talked to small-business owners who have found ways to merge their passions with their paychecks. They are finding fulfillment in the place where they spend a large chunk of their lives--their work.
When we started this story, I was a bit cynical. Of course I'd love to start a business that helps strays dogs, saves the earth and makes all children feel loved. But most people probably don't start businesses to do any of these things, I thought. Yet what we found in talking to these business owners is that fulfillment doesn't lie in what you do as much as how you do it. Check out our tips on how to love your work more.
