Everyone has been talking about achieving time freedom, to do what you love most.
Not everyone is able to realize that dream.
Recently, during an NBC interview prior to the most recent Super Bowl. President Obama had an interesting response to Matt Lauer. "How have you adjusted to being at home with the kids after two years on the road and away from the family a lot?", Matt asked.
Mr. Obama gave a reply like any loving and responsible parent, "It's the best thing of this whole deal. It turns out I've got this nice home office. At the end of the day, -- even if I have more work to do -- I can come home and have dinner with them. I can help them with their homework. I can tuck them in at night. If I have to go back to the office I can."
I guess most never think of the Oval office as a "home" office. But that's what it is. President Obama works from home -- and like many of us these days relies heavily on the Internet to accomplish many important tasks.
In a recent article in The New York Times Magazine, writer Matt Bai argues that U.S. lawmakers need to start thinking about making a self-employed society a reality.
In his new book, “Microtrends,” the Democratic pollster Mark Penn notes that 4.2
million Americans now work exclusively from home (a nearly 100 percent increase from 1990), while some 20 million do it part time.
In a recent article of The Martell Newsletter, a free online publication about building profitable websites from home, author and affiliate trainer James Martell recounts how fortunate he feels to have discovered how to use his computer to make money with affiliate programs.
But not all find the home environment suitable.
In a survey of office workers more than half said they'd be bored working from home. While 33% said the best part of their work day is the social interaction with co-workers. An astonishing 65% felt they might lack the discipline to complete work projects without a boss looking over their shoulder.
But experts agree that with increasingly more stressful commutes, a global economy in free fall and very bleak retirement options for many that those with an entrepreneurial streak will find new ways to earn income from home as long as they have access to Broadband Internet.
In another article of The Martell Newsletter, publisher James Martell reminds us that working from home does not mean we are isolated. According to him it can be quite the opposite.
He says, that at a recent conference in Las Vegas called Affiliate Summit, attended by 3200 merchants and affiliates, he had plenty of time to acquaint himself with colleagues and associates he had met through his online business.
And many were from different countries and continents, such as Lydia Browne, Affiliate Manager for Sandals Resorts out of the Bahamas. It should be interesting to watch how the Internet will change the way work is done in the future. It's already elected a U.S. president, according to many political observers. Would the Internet can bring change to your life?
