If, while at work, you discover an inefficiency or system flaw and come up with a solution to a significant problem or discover a better process, it may lead to:

1) A promotion and subsequent increase in income (i.e., a “raise”), or, better yet, 2) the opportunity to create product and/or company that solves the inefficiency or handles the flaw on a wider scale (perhaps a solution for an entire industry). In doing so, one could then grow the company, hiring others to do the physical work, while still producing an income, but having more time (and money) to do things that he or she deems more enjoyable – of course, the possibilities are endless. That said, and in this case, the discovery of the valuable solution was predicated on one actually being at work, paying attention, and identifying an opportunity.

My $.02 (it and another $1.95 will get you a coffee of the day at Pangea’s in Clearwater, Florida ;- )

Cheers,

Clay

I think that http://www.odesk.com offers this. Good luck!

Tim

It’s Rory from NSA. Thanks for the add on Linked In. It’s cool keeping up with you. You’ve inspired me in so many ways. Everything from outsourcing my life to a team of virtual assistants, to writing and shopping book proposals, to learning to use blogs and social networking – you continue to be the coolest dude I’ve never met.

Got another question for you or someone on your team:

Do you know of any good free programs to use that are virtual time clocks to hold your VAs accountable?

I’ve searched some on the internet and found only beta ones and ones that cost money. Seems like it’d be a free service somewhere. Hook me up if and when you can.

See you in the stairwell,
Rory

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