A couple of days ago, the lady that books my flights,
makes sure my shoes get repaired and does a million other wonderful things,
wandered into my office, bearing my afternoon cuppa and a ‘purely medicinal’
Kit Kat … then suddenly thought she might have something of a crisis on her
hands…

You see, there I was, laying on my back on the floor of my office … staring
up and out of the skylight window mouthing words silently looking for all the
world like I had had some kind of ‘episode’ and was still tethered to my sanity
by only the most delicate of threads…

Rest assured, I was not suffering from any sudden affliction and had not taken
leave of my senses (well not any more than is considered usual) I was
merely in a creative mood, and for it to work best on this occasion I needed to
see blue skies, and this floor and skylight arrangement offered the best – if
not the most dignified – way of achieving this..

Lying on the floor staring out of the window for inspiration may seem odd to
many … and even a bit ‘divaesque’ to some, but I have found that often you
just have to do whatever
works, regardless how strange it seems because sometimes you have
to look at things, quite literally, from another point of view…

Now I’m not suggesting you spend your days barefoot or dangling upside down
from the ceiling (unless you want to of course) but I am suggesting you give
yourself permission to go against the grain and start thinking about things in
a way you may not have done before…

You see, formerly the Internet Marketing world attracted mainly those who, to
use a cliché – ‘wanted a better life’ or wanted to escape a job they truly
hated, but over the last couple of years, and this year more than ever …
there is a dawning realisation that it is no longer enough to rely merely on a
job … either to still be there at all – or even keep up with the rising cost
of living.

So, what we have instead are those who have decided it can’t be up to the whim
of faceless shareholders or some corporate halfwit with a clipboard (often in
another country altogether) … to decide whether or not we can pay our
mortgage, if we have a holiday this year or what exactly our children will be
opening this Christmas … and that doing something additional to either
supplement or replace a job is no longer just an option but a necessity.

Luckily, this realisation can often become more of a release than a burden and
the prospect of taking your future in your own hands and doing something you
never thought possible … can be not so much frightening as exciting and truly
liberating.

The world at the moment is portrayed as one of hardship and austerity … and
for those that believe this is true – it will become the reality. But for those
willing to grab opportunity with both hands it can be a different story
altogether … more millionaires are created at times like this than at any
other – proof that anything is possible and the playing field is far leveller
than you would imagine… (even if you happen to be lying on your back looking
at the sky…)

Until Next Time,

Tim Lowe

Publisher, Tim’s Business
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