About Me - Meet the Resistance:
Hi! Welcome to Race Escape Artists.
My name is Bola. And I'm a Rat Racer.
First, the pre-requisite boring stuff:
- I have earned a Bachelors in Computer Science, and an MBA in Marketing.
- I've worked at large Fortune 500 companies like IBM, with hundreds of thousands of employees.
- And I've worked at smaller companies with just a thousand employees.
- I've been laid off before, because of cut backs.
- And I've had many a day sitting in a cubicle after sun-down, wondering what I was doing there.
I know a little bit about the Rat Race. :)
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But the most valuable lessons I've learned have been from being an entrepreneur for 12 years. I've founded 3 companies in that time, and pursued scores of business strategies. Each has been based on things I'm passionate about: web design, social networking, travel, education, fun events, marketing...
Each time, I have built the company around my passion, and later found that instead of creating a business (that will earn me passive income, even when I'm not running the shop), I had created a job (one that would not earn any money the minute I stepped away from the computer). Michael Gerber's "E-Myth Revisited" is the absolute BEST book that I've read, on the topic of becoming an entrepreneur in the wrong way.
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In case you're wondering, I'm still in the Rat Race. But I started actively working on getting OUT almost as SOON as I entered, over a decade ago! I've tried lots of things that sounded good on paper (-ex- start your own company, getting into network marketing), but somehow didn't work for me.
So all I'm doing with Rat-Race-Escape-Artists is sharing what I've learned from my mistakes... and my more recent successes.
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Skydiving over Atlanta, Georgia |
In my spare time, I love to travel, dance, play soccer, play chess, and learn new cultures/languages. I also enjoy coaching and mentoring kids.
I was fortunate to have lots of positive role models as a kid, and I try to provide that to kids I interact with. Above all, treat them with the same respect you'd give an adult, and they'll give a very positive response.
(I hated being talked down to as a kid... heck, I hate being talked down to as an adult!) :)
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Enjoying Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. | I currently live in North Carolina, USA, with my wife and 1 year old son. Becoming a parent really lit a fire under me, to get my act together and get out of the Rat Race. I have a world to change, and I ain't getting no younger. ;)
I hope you find Rat-Race-Escape-Artists useful. Please interact, discuss, share, and let's help each other beat the system, and escape the Rat Race.
Here's to finding your buried cheese. | 
Escape reason #1. My son, born in 2007. |
Some interesting places to start:
Take the plunge! Me tandem skydiving over Atlanta, Georgia.
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