Why You Can't Afford To Be An Employee in America
"Mr. Robert Jackson died yesterday of complications from doing a
lifetime of crap that he didn't really want to do. His condition
was further complicated because he also failed to do much, if
any, of what he did want to do. Experts report that he died from
cramming someone else's idea of life into his body, his brain,
and his life ...Miserable in his last years, he passed
unpeacefully yesterday at his home. He was surrounded by
colleagues from the job he hated, and family members who were
all just as miserable as he was." (exerpt from "Self Matters" by
Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.)
Does this sound familiar? I hope not, but it may. Have you ever
wondered how the wealthy became wealthy? Have you ever wondered
why the poor stay poor? Have you ever wondered why employees
stay poor?
Forget wealthy, how about how you can maintain your current
lifestyle without being chained to a job you hate for the rest
of your life?
If you're an employee and you care about your future then you
better be wondering. The latest statistics on life in the good
'ole USA tell a frightening but true story.
In America, after 40 years of working this is what life looks
like today:
-29% are dead -63% depend on family and social security
Which means that 92% of the working American population can look
forward to being dead or dead broke when they are 60 years old.
This doesn't mention that they were also miserable for 40 years
on their way to becoming dead or dead broke. Is that your future?
-4% are financially secure -3% are still working -1% are wealthy
Are these people that much different than you? No! They just
have different values of how to invest in (not spend) their
time, energy and money.
60% of American families are living at or below the poverty
level as I write this. That's 140 Million people.
Over 50,000 jobs are cut each year. In the last four months of
2001 the U.S. Labor Department reported that 1.1 MILLION nonfarm
jobs were eliminated. That wasn't for the year, that was only
for four months!
Parents have it rougher than singles do. 1 out of 5 parents
works 2 jobs.
Women have it even rougher than men do. Nearly half of working
mothers are single parents working 2 jobs.
Children are left to be raised by strangers, which kind of
defeats the purpose of being a parent. 74% of children in the
U.S. are cared for by people other than their parents for most
of each week.
So now you're depressed and thinking, "Why did I read this guy's
article?" Well, you read it because nothing in life is all good
or all bad. Besides that, ignorance may be bliss, but not if you
want a better life my friend. It's time to exit fantasyland.
Are you ready for the good news in all of this? As we've all
been reminded recently, life is short and we are fortunate to
have the freedoms and resources we do in this country. Don't be
one of the hundreds of millions who ignore this priveledge and
blame others for why they don't have the life they want.
If you're not satisfied with your life, change it. You have free
will to live your life as you choose. You can use this free will
to join the ranks of the wealthy if you're willing to do what
they did to become wealthy.
Simply take control of your time. Trade in those TV and video
game playing hours for productive time creating your own home
based business. Is it worth it to you to give up some
unproductive hours to build a better future for you and your
family?
74% of the wealthy own their own business. If you're not
expecting a big inheritance any time soon, this is your ticket.
It takes some vision, discipline, and time, but it's waiting for
you if you want it bad enough.
Don't sell 40 years of your life to be on the j.o.b. (just over
broke) treadmill as a worker bee making someone else money. Put
your free time to good use when you're not at your j.o.b. Take
responsibility for creating the life you really want. You know,
one with freedom.
The statistics above show that only 5% of all American employees
are financially secure or wealthy by the time they are 60.
"Out of the 40 Richest people under 40, over half made their
fortune on the internet" -Fortune Magazine
Believe it or not, so can you!! Every day the internet offers
more opportunities to start your own home based business. Even
better, it gets easier everyday because the pioneers of internet
marketing keep developing new, better, simpler and automated
ways to make money online.
Once again, forget about wealthy. If you only end up making your
current income but can do it on your own time from home how
would you like that? You'll do much better than that if you're
serious, but even that life would be better, wouldn't it?
Your life will be a statistic. The question is which statistic
will it be: an employee taking orders who ends up dead broke or
a business owner who is in control of life and is financially
secure well before the age of 60. It's up to you. Make your
choice and take some action.