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In the course of his research he travelled 7000 miles around the US interviewing dozens of those 27 million self-employed

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In the course of his research he travelled 7,000 miles around the US, interviewing dozens of those 27 million self-employed people. Working in the White House, I had to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If I didn't wear a suit and tie, tongues wagged."Over coffee at 11am last Wednesday, Pink - sporting a loose sweater over a T-shirt - said that as a work environment the White House was probably better than the average Fortune 500 firm "But there were still the office politics ... Now, I have a better correlation between labour and reward," he said during the leisurely 90-minute conversation "And I make more money.

"It had to do with squishier, softer things - like I love my wife and my daughter and I want more control over my life. I was spending more time with my beeper than with my little daughter. She says: "I believe we are witnessing the biggest revolution since the industrial revolution."More than one-sixth of America's working-age population - close to 27 million people - do not owe allegiance to a single employer. If The answer to any of the following questions is "yes", then you may be ready to join in the European vanguard of a silent revolution that is sweeping America.

Do you hate office politics? Does the thought of taking coffee breaks, lunch breaks and holidays whenever you damn well choose sound appealing?Are you bitter about colleagues who refuse to pull their weight?Do you despise the fears and resentments that pollute corporate life?Would you rather not leave for work at the same time every day, and not have to choose your wardrobe to conform with workplace respectability?Do you think your boss is a moron?Terri Lonier is the Lenin of this movement, which is seeing more and more people working outside traditional corporate structures. Passive infra- red lamps which alarm burglars by lighting automatically, will alarm everyone if they are positioned so every passer-by triggers them from the road. And fitting up a lighting system that shines directly into your neighbour's baby's bedroom will make you no friends.Cast iron lanterns from a selection by Roger Brown, New House Farm, Thickett Lane, Penistone, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S30 6EE, 01226 762088.. The neighbours will laugh at attempts to highlight each individual prize rose with its own lime-tinted spot Many lamps are not things of beauty. In fact, a lot are downright ugly, particularly the illuminated bollard types which are sometimes used to pick out a path (conceal in a convenient bush), though lanterns and globes can look very pretty.

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