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We’ve visited four of these: St. Barth, Virgin Gorda, Martinique, and Cayman Brac (not Brac, but the main Cayman).
First, a definition of Plan B . . . and then, the “The Fourth Quarter”.
Plan B is the back-up or alternative plan you have in place in case what you’re doing now doesn’t pan out.
You know, the job you hate . . . or the “pink slip” discussion with your boss . The unexpected medical situation . . . or even planning on your retirement years . . .
Before I left the professional world for my growing internet marketing business, I counseled many college students on their careers.
As the senior manager for two United States Senators and a U.S. Senate Committee, many college interns came through our doors. They were studying medicine, politics, law. They dreamed of their professional careers . . .
Maybe in a law office, working in Congress, like me, or working on public policy for their favorite cause. They all came to ask, “How did you get to where you are?”
I offered them some wisdom of age, in addition to career counseling, . . . Be thinking of what life will be like in 20 years, as you plan your life today.
Will they like their job? And what if they don’t? Do they have a Plan B to implement? What is that alternative plan?
I urged them not to let things get in the way . . . thinking they had time to kick their Plan B into place . . . tomorrow . . .
Because, before they know it, things like marriage, kids, a mortgage, car payments. You know, the things of life that get in the way.
Fast forward to ME. Last year I turned 60 . . . As my best friend, a year older, said, “we’re in the fourth quarter, buddy!”
I look back and I see some unfinished business. You see, I violated my own rule . . .
Kids, marriage, the job got in the way of building out my own Plan B to the level that I would want today.
Well, no more . . . I’m singularly focused on my Plan B. Which now has become my Plan A!
My wife and I have items on our bucket list that have been undone. Travel . . . and we mean significant travel . . . not just “up the road” to a Holiday Inn Express . . .
And I’ve long dreamed of a villa in the Caribbean, our favorite vacation spot. A work spot I can enjoy now (the beauty of an internet business . . . a good internet connection is all you need!) . . . And an asset that can be part of our family long into the future.
So there you have it. Plan B and the Fourth Quarter.
I don’t know which quarter of the ball game you find yourself in . . .
But, take it from me, it’s never too late for that Plan B.
What to know what I’m doing? You can reach me here.
What could be better?
Jimmy Buffet? And a Caribbean hotel on the Cayman Islands 7 Mile Beach?
The Cayman Islands and 7 Mile Beach was our first Caribbean Island.
Click here: Margaritaville coming to the Cayman Islands
Islands Magazine highlighted the 25 Best Beaches in The Caribbean. Wow!
My family and I can attest to five of these for a first hand visit!
The Baths, BVI
White Bay, BVI
Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Anse de Grande Saline, St. Barths
Magens Bay, St. Thomas
Click here to visit all 25 Caribbean beaches . . . and dream!
