Monthly Archives: 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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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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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 [...]

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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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5 Lessons Learnt From The Rat Race That Apply To A Location Independent Business

One day I’m working for a multi-billion dollar company in a state of the art office, using the latest technology to help wealthy individuals make $1 million net per month; the next I ‘m working for myself from a small one bedroom flat with only a $700 laptop for support. What a difference a [...]

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