Clock-in to your passion each day

Jim Mofhitz of Wellington established his business, Humorous Clocks, in 1981, when he noticed his part-time hobby as a clock maker – his first true venture in the arts and crafts industry – was earning more than his day job in accounting.

During the craft show season, Mofhitz works almost around the clock – 12 hours a day, seven days a week – but he says it never feels like work; it still feels like a hobby, even though he makes a couple thousand clocks a year. He thinks that’s a critical common element among successful entrepreneurs:…