Archive for December, 2007
Potential LIP Business: Creative Designer
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I’ve used the term “Creative Designer” to cover the range of professional designers that include graphic designer, web designers, t-shirt designers and more. The reason is simple…the advice is the same no matter what type of design business you run.
The design field is a highly competitive one with graphic and web designers ten [...]
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I’ve used the term “Creative Designer” to cover the range of professional designers that include graphic designer, web designers, t-shirt designers and more. The reason is simple…the advice is the same no matter what type of design business you run.
The design field is a highly competitive one with graphic and web designers ten a penny. How do I know? Because the husband, Jonathan, is a graphic designer and between us we also offer web design services - and in a very competitive market we still manage to attract clients even though these activities aren’t the focus of what we do.
There are a few prerequisites required for any of these businesses and these are: Read the rest of this entry
Three Fears I Had About Leaving The Rat Race That Didn’t Come True
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Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is quoted to have said “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop look to fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”
From a very young age we are often [...]
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Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is quoted to have said “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop look to fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”
From a very young age we are often taught to play it safe, don’t you feel? On the whole we’re encouraged to cling on to security rather than grab a great opportunity that would involve taking a few risks.
A few years ago I decided that working 60 hours per week in a job I didn’t like for 260 days in the year wasn’t the best use of my short time on earth. I could think of many other wonderful things to do that didn’t involve working harder to make other people richer.
What followed was a very frustrating period where I constantly thought about what I really wanted to do but my limiting beliefs kept me safely tucked inside my cubicle.
My fears had paralysed me and they looked a little like this… Read the rest of this entry
There’s Gonna Be Some Changes Round Here…
In preparation for the New Year, I have been doing a little plotting and scheming about how we can make the Location Independent Living blog even better in 2008.
I am thrilled by how much it’s developed over the past few months and what a fantastic community we have around here - it’s all due to [...]
In preparation for the New Year, I have been doing a little plotting and scheming about how we can make the Location Independent Living blog even better in 2008.
I am thrilled by how much it’s developed over the past few months and what a fantastic community we have around here - it’s all due to you, the readers, so I just want to say a big “Thanks” and please do stick around and help us grow our ranks even more!
So here are the planned changes…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
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A quick post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
We’ll be spending our first Christmas as LIPs in indulgent, extravagant fashion (what else in Dubai?!?) at a buffet with unlimited fine-label champagne and apparently the most fantastic seafood buffet you could imagine (amongst other “food stations”) at the [...]
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A quick post to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
We’ll be spending our first Christmas as LIPs in indulgent, extravagant fashion (what else in Dubai?!?) at a buffet with unlimited fine-label champagne and apparently the most fantastic seafood buffet you could imagine (amongst other “food stations”) at the Ritz Carlton on the beach.
Business will resume as normal here on the blog later this week, once we’ve rolled ourselves home 
How will you be spending yours?
P.S. As a Christmas gift the first 5 anyone who shares their plans by commenting on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day will receive a free copy of the ebook, X Marks The Spot. Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!!
