Wm. Hovey Smith holds degrees from the Universities of Georgia and Alaska, is a Professional Geologist registered in Georgia, has been a decorated Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army, is the author of 18 books, a former radio host, does stand-up comedy, is a wild game cook, a business consultant, and is an international speaker on environmental and business topics. He is or has been a member of several professional writers organizations including the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) and the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association (GOWA). His most recent book is "Create Your Own Job Security: Plan to Start Your Own Business at Midlife," which gives detailed instructions on how to select your best business possibility at the moment and how to plan ahead to take advantage of other opportunities. One potential objective is to discover a business that you love so much that you would do it even if no one paid you and how to make money at it. One purpose of the book is to show how anyone, at any age, and any time can start their own successful business to solve their immediate financial problems and occomplish their life objectives. Among the strategies advocated in the book is that a person start his own business while working for others, run it at a low level while collecting health insurance and benefits and then; should he be abrubtly dismissed from his job, he already has a proven business to fall back on. This approaps avoids flailing about trying to conceive of something to do while in the midst of the worse depression that the individual has experienced in his entire life. This book is supplemented by a blog: https://createyourownjobsecurity.com and YouTub videos on the Hovey Smith Channel.
The common theme through all of my books, videos, radio shows and public speaking is illustrating how people can, and should, take charge of their own lives during times of natural disasters and financial uncertainties to insure the safety and economic well being of their families.