In the last two articles about "niche", I spoke of first of all finding a niche. It is human nature, probably based on our formal education to "conquer the world and have it all". Perhaps that is why teachers teach and entrepreneurs do. Please don't get me wrong, I am very pro-education and even went back to college at age forty seven in business. As I suspected, everything had changed since my stint in academia thirty years ago. Also as I suspected, I learned a lot more from many of the younger students than I did the professors (in fact, many of the professors admitted learning more from them as well.
I mentioned that my "claim to fame" or "my 15 minutes" was actually by accident. In fact, it may have been a little more by design than accident. In the late 1980's I was working in television news media in Washington, D.C. Some friends dragged me to a cartoon exhibit at the Smithsonian called The Far Side By Gary Larson. I had heard of it, and perhaps seen a few panels but didn't have much of a clue about it. I fell in love. But I knew I was a hard-working 9-5 biz exec and no way could I ever in my lifetime fiddle around with "all things funny". Maybe the next lifetime.
There is an old saying "Man plans, God laughs". It couldn't be more true in my case. In 2001, I suffered a major heart attack, taking me away from my high pressured job by doctors orders (that or die). Since I had other complications, it appeared the only work that would not stress me to another attack would be data entry or some typing job. I was livid and vowed never to let that happen. I changed my diet, I learned about herbs and vitamins, I started an excersize regimen, I went back to school, I started a cartoon. I began writing articles, blogging, learning the Internet. I opened e-stores. I did it all at home in my jogging suit. "Retirement" kept me busier than my subway commute to Capital Hill over a decade ago. Read Full Story
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