Today is 1st<\/sup> September 2016, this also marks the beginning of a new Chinese Lunar Calendar month, the first day of the 8th<\/sup> Chinese Lunar month. It has been 6 months since 1st<\/sup> March 2016 when I started a new journey due to the unforeseen circumstances that took place prior to that.<\/p>\n These 6 months had been a period of rest and recovery from my situation, it was also a period of a lot of in-depth thinking, planning and strategising. I wasn\u2019t planning to rush into executing actions due to a very volatile and uncertain market economy along with many changes to how the market economy is moving, transforming and changing.<\/p>\n To some people who always judge me, I am slow and procrastinate a lot. Being truthful to myself, my heart and soul, I am just being extra careful and cautious, taking into consideration the current economic slowdown\/uncertainty, the huge potential massive headwinds and downturn ahead for the remaining months of 2016, potentially a bottoming of the economy in the year 2018 (I sincerely hope that is not the case)<\/p>\n The traditional business model that any industry is working on might not be able to handle and sustain moving forward into a new era and millennia. It has to change, on a personal level, business level, society and government level. I am not saying that I have the perfect solution and answer for the next business model for the business that I am embarking on. I just hope that my willingness to think beyond and change the current business model would help me to establish my foundation and grow a small business.<\/p>\n I was reading \u201cHow to Grow as a Photographer \u2013 Reinventing Your Career\u201d by Tony Luna. There is a sentence inside the book ~<\/p>\n Like my sacred Canon 1DX Mark II moleskine book, I am writing my own stories and adventures. It had been a pretty rough ride for the past 6 months, the new ride ahead is not going to be smooth, it might be even more rough and turbulent, no thanks to the volatility and uncertainty of the world economy.<\/p>\n\u201cIf it is true that it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a community to write a book.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n