There is a small graphic on Jeremy D. Thomson's name card that says a lot about him: two light bulbs inspired by Thomas Edison, who in failing hundreds of times chose to see the experience as having learned hundreds of ways not to make a light bulb.
Jeremy looks so different from the first time we met that he is unrecognizable. "When we bumped into one another in that juice bar, I was out training. But when I'm working, usually I wear a suit. Suits make me feel confident, give me a sense of dressing for success."
Jeremy -- a Canadian who declares that he intends to be able to retire from having to work by age 38 -- is a freelance Web and graphic designer with his own company, Professional Design Solutions. He has two major clients right now, but can always handle more. "I'm very goal-orientated. That's the way I am, the way I've always been."