If you're a person who loves fishing, you know that when a warm coaxing breeze urges you to come sit on the bank of a lazy river or in a rowboat on a lake stocked with walleye, you have to grit your teeth to resist. Duty calls. Your salaried position won't allow you such luxuries.

Small office/home office workers carry a passport in their pocket that's unavailable to corporate workers. It's a ticket that says, "Gone Fishin'." It's a Post-It-Note they tack up on their office door that says "Gone Fishin'".

Re-engineering and downsizing in corporate America is having a beneficial effect on many Americans who, when faced with early retirement or losing their jobs, thought the end was near. But they discovered a beginning, one they probably never would have experienced if they hadn't been forced into a position where they had to strike out on their own.

The beauty of being an independent stock photographer is that you can have the best of both worlds. As a photographer supplying photos to the specialized market of your choice, you can justify the time you spend at your favorite venue, whether it be a dog show, horse race, antique aviation meet, or fly fishing. You are always working, -and enjoying it.

Entrepreneurs know that leaving corporate America and striking out on their own is not always a paradise. But when demands and pressures begin to mount, they know they can get the fishin' pole out of the closet, pick up their fishing tackle, and camera bag, and go out to the river and do some research. -RE

Rohn Engh is Director of PhotoSource International and Publisher of PhotoStockNotes. Pine Lake Farm, Osceola, WI 54020 USA Email: info@photosource.com  Fax: 1 715 248 7394

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