Its exciting when people burdened with debt find a solution.
Bill and Shona (real names changed for privacy) were up to their ears in financial problems when they decided on an unusual strategy. They would give each other $100 to find a solution to their situation.
Bill immediately went online and set to work. He found a gambling casino and started to invest.
Shona retreated to the kitchen, took out the pad and pencil she used for making her shopping lists and started in on some serious thinking.
First she asked herself: How much do I need to make?
She calculated repayments on their mortgage, loans and credit cards and then added living expenses, a bit for treats and some for savings and wrote the figure down.
Then her questions went something like this:
How am I going to get that money?
She answered: By selling something?
What?
She thought for some time and couldnt find a quick answser, so she wrote down a question mark and moved on.
Who would buy anything from me?
Again she had to think hard, but then she had a moment of inspiration: How about, people like me? If I can find a...