A Recessionary Fairytale And why a change of shoes can be a good thing

Chapter One

Once upon a time...

There was a nice young man named Tom

He lived

In Dublin

In

Dublin City

In this wonderful house.

With his lovely:

&

Tom was what some might call a...

Hot Shot

Tom was what some might call a...

Hot Shot

He was the CFO of a big company

He drove a fantastic car

Occasionally drank

expensive

wines

And he wore very fancy

shoes

However...

All was not well

Tom often had to work very

late through the night.

He longed dearly to see more of his:

&

But Tom just didn’t have

the time

Sometimes Tom felt that his job was like...

A Prison

But he could never leave his job...

He was sure he needed the money, the cars, the shoes and the fancy wines

He was sure he needed the money, the cars, the shoes and the fancy wines

He was sure he needed the money, the cars, the shoes and the fancy wines

He was sure he needed the money, the cars, the wine and the fancy wines

He was sure he needed the money, the cars, the wine and the fancy shoes

And what was more... The world sounded like a scary place...

And what was more... The world sounded like a rather scary place...

The Papers told him...

The Papers told him...

The Radio told him...

Bailouts

The Radio told him...

And the TV told him...

And the TV told him...

Tom surely couldn’t leave his job, even if he wanted to...

Chapter Two Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country

road at night with no lights while looking out the back window

- Peter Drucker

Then quite suddenly, and much to Tom’s shock & horror, his company went...

And just like that, Tom was out of a job.

What’s next...

Things did not look good for Tom.

At first he was very, very sad indeed...

But as time went on he noticed...

He had more time with his

&

And he rarely felt like

THIS in the mornings!

But he still needed...

To make a living somehow.

But HOW?

The Papers still told him...

Bailouts

The Radio still told him...

And the TV still told him...

Chapter Three "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

Milton Berle

Tom was determined to ignore all of these negative voices

He started to think about how he could

Create his own job!

He pondered about the things he loved…

He loved PEOPLE...

His City

And he loved to walk!

Tom had an...

Idea.

The next morning he jumped out of bed…

At the crack of dawn, to put his plan into action…

Just one week later he was up and running!

Or, up and WALKING

Chapter Four Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

- John Lennon

After a couple of tough months things were in full flow…

Tom gave many visitors a great walking tour of his great city.

And he was the C.F.O

again… but this time it means:

And he was the C.F.O

again… but this time it meant:

Chief Fun officer

Chief Freedom officer

Chief Family officer

And from then on…

… even without his old Fancy shoes

Tom and his family lived happily ever after.

The End.

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