Wearing the Coat of Change: Control Your Life in Age of Uncertainty [Paperback]

Drake works hard at building up your mental energy, so that you can succeed, because without that you're dead in the water...The lesson - that it is possible to survive and prosper - can be an inspirational one.

We are living in a world in which the only security lies in embracing insecurity. Tim Drake's book makes this paradox painfully clear and offers a useful agenda for all of us, however falsely secure we feel.

This is a useful guide on how to emulate Drake's freelance comeback as an IBG (Independent Business Generator)... Plan yourself as a good business should plan, and you stand to gain the same benefits.

As we rapidly approach the 21st century, the working environment has never been tougher. Global competition, technological advances and a more flexible economy have made for a less certain future. This is a practical handbook to help readers prepare for today's tough climate of change.

Towards the end of 1990, Tim Drake's bankers valued his share of Cobra Sports, the sports retail chain he co-founded 14 years earlier, at #5 million. Two years later, disaster struck, and Drake and his partner had to sell the business for the equivalent of 5 pence. Cobra Sports was to have been Tim Drake's life work - and pension - but was cruelly taken from him at the age of 48. Finding himself without a company or an income, and with a young family to house and support, Drake had some serious thinking to do.