I read the stats about how many jobs the economy has “shed” over the past 10 months; the candidates for office this year Barack and McCain even make it a point to highlight the number of jobs lost when they’re out stumping for votes.
When my company was bought by a large oil company several years ago, they told us that if we worked hard and survived the inevitable layoffs we would “ride the gravy train” . I hung in there for almost a year, worked really hard and thought I had “survived”. One day I was told that I was a very valuable person, you see, and they were letting me go so that I could provide that same “value” to persons unknown who really needed it more than they did.
I lived off my (skimpy, taxed to kingdom come) severance package while I searched for these “persons unknown” , who one would assume were also searching for me, but we kept missing each other! Realizing that I had to eat and pay the mortgage, I settled on a home-based business to bring in a few dollars per month and set out to find others who were in my shoes past or present, and wanted a Plan B that would provide an income for them if their employer were to send them off to give value to someone else.
Well, imagine my surprise when folks hung up on me, or told me they were looking for a JOB from home and couldn’t see their way clear to pay to work, or they couldn’t afford it, or that they didn’t have time for this right now. Excuse me?
I think what I am hearing is “I do not have 2 to 5 years to work towards earning a 6-figure income on my own, but I trust the system to provide a job for me that will allow me to retire to a greeter position at Walmart in 20 to 40 years”
Was I missing something there? Then it hit me, I was once just like these guys, I too believed that the road to financial freedom ran right through corporate America, a savings account, a 401K and a pension at 65 – and that all those make money from home things that people called me about were scams. I too was once afraid of financial freedom. If only I could go back, I would not have hung up on quite as many network marketers!
Your boss is not your Daddy and your company has made no provisions for your future. Read that again please “Your boss is not your Daddy” and unless you actually do work for your father, your job can
* End up in Mexico, India, China or anywhere but where you are
* Be eliminated due to budget cuts or a takeover (like mine was)
* Disappear overnight for any of a multitude of reasons
So what is your Plan B?
Look I’m not saying quit your job and join me on some Man of LaMancha quest, where we fight windmills and other imaginary foes.
I’m just saying that you could get yourself a viable Plan B with a legitimate company (and increase your tax refund while you’re at it) while Plan A is still working for you.
I’m saying that a small investment could help you to quit your job in 6 months to 2 years ; or maybe it could help you to quit your job and then help you to bring your spouse home too ; or maybe, it will just keep you from having to work nights at the Walmart.
And if you don’t currently have a Plan A (meaning, you are already unemployed), then you already know exactly what I’m trying to say here. You’ve been down that road, you know exactly where it ends, and that is not where you want to be.
So go look in the mirror and ask yourself “Am I afraid of Financial Freedom?” And If the answer is “No”, well then don’t hang up the next time someone calls you about a business opportunity.
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