Find a job - Anecdote: Skipping Winter

This year I’m considering skipping winter. I don’t like it. Never much cared for the snow or the cold. But I’m a big fan of the beach, sand (hence I live lakeside), sunshine and patios. So for the “winter months”, I’ll fly down to Australia to enjoy their summer… then come back for my summer here in Canada.

I told you that to now tell you this. I have the choice, the option, the freedom to be a “snowbird” because I’m not tied to a job (physical location) or a brick and mortar business (physical location). I can be on the road and as long as I have internet access for my laptop, I can be 100% operational for business. Thanks to technologies such as Skype, I can even make calls using an internet connection and a simple PC headset (and if the call is to another Skype user, it’s a free call over the internet). I can be off the shores of Surfer’s Paradise in Australia with a satellite internet connection and be corresponding with a customer in Vancouver, BC or replying to an email from an associate in Florida.

Remind yourself that you’re spending time getting better at something right now… every single day. Shouldn’t you be getting better and better at something that can provide choices in your life? Doesn’t that make more sense? I can’t be any bolder about it: Your Job Sucks… and there are alternatives that can ensure that whether it’s 30 days from now or 1 year from now (if you’re a bit of a procrastinator), you can post “For Sale: One Low Paying Go-Nowhere Job” flyers all around the office, then run a press release talking of how “Local Company Announces Downsizing… Of One Employee,” then tie tin cans to the bumper of your car and put up a “Just Quit” sign on the back window while playing “Free Falling” by Tom Petty as you drive around town honking your horn and yelling “Show Me the Money”.

I Don't Have Any Experience

You didn't have experience in tying your shoelaces, until you learned how and did it over and over again. You didn't have experience in driving a car, until you learned how and practiced it. You didn't have experience doing whatever your job requirements ask you to, until you were trained and did it day in and day out. The question is what do you want to gain experience in? If you realize that one sale from one simple marketing campaign can hand over a $500 profit check then you should consider if working 40 hours at $10/hr even compares. What do you want to keep being better and better at?

If you plan to increase your income, you will have to spend time in learning new skills. That could be because of a promotion or a new job that pays better or further schooling (for additional degrees that may help land a higher paying job). Even if you plan to purchase a franchise, the franchisor would want you to get trained in their business system. Or it could be any other new business skills that are just as simple to learn as job skills. But to increase your income, you will need to be a bit uncomfortable (because you won’t know what you are doing) and learn these new skills.

Think about learning to play the piano. As soon as you picture it, I bet it occurs to you that it will mean many hours at a piano bench, practicing. It will also mean that you may become a bit embarrassed at your lack of competence. But if you want to learn to play, you will dedicate the time to learn it. You could do the same for learning any new language. And you could certainly do the same for the topic of money. Stop fearing the subject of money. Taking a line from Matchstick Men, “To some folks, money is a foreign film without the subtitles”… but that’s by choice.

The subject of money/wealth is a real topic. Nothing hokey about it. Walk down the aisles in any bookstore and you'll find thousands of pages on the subject. Search the internet and you’ll find months worth of reading material on the topic. But money, not history, not the arts, not biology… money is the most important subject any student should study. Because the rules of wealth -success principles, economics, and the likes- are what can provide a fulfilling life. Other education should be studied as a passion not as a requirement. Where to start? How to cut down weeks or months of research and get to the point?

There are two well known and well respected financial authors who have their names constantly appearing on bestseller lists as well as all over the media. They are Robert Kiyosaki of the Rich Dad series and David Bach of the Finish Rich series.

Each of these men have a created a dozen or so books and audio courses that can take a person from financial illiteracy to full competence in a very organized and structured manner. It is my belief that the entire Rich Dad series as well as the Finish Rich series belongs in your household. The full investment would likely be near $500 but that investment (if the education is applied) will yield more than a $20,000 tuition fee at your local college. Feel free to research their material and make a decision that’s right for you.

For now, I’ll present the “crash course” recommendation that I make to everyone. Purchase and review Robert Kiyosaki’s “Perfect Business” audio and David Bach’s “Start Smart, Finish Rich” audio.

Through our partners, both are available for a combined cost of $6 + shipping. You can review the information while driving to and from work. No need to make time for book reading. Listen to an audio instead of rock and roll on the way to work. Turn your car into your Mobile University.

These men are top authorities in finances, so be sure to pay attention to what they tell you. Later you should indeed purchase (or borrow from your library) their respective books. But in the meantime, those audios, this booklet and the resources mentioned within it are a great start.

In fact, you should start with the above 2 “crash course” audios but constantly be on the lookout for other, legitimate sources of education (outside of the mainstream). Television, radio, neighbors, friends and the public school system won’t help much. Get comfortable with reading books, listening to audios or attending seminars. Remember, some of these speakers get paid upwards of $250,000 just for one seminar. They can afford to charge that much because they consistently deliver education that is worth far more. If you stick with the education that the masses get exposed to you’ll have a tough time getting beyond average earnings. You need to look into and invest (time) into alternative education.