Why 95% Never Make the Grade!
I had been on a blog today which was all about "I Hate My Job!"
I responded with a post. If it helps anyone here, then I've accomplished my reasoning for putting the post here as well. Enjoy...
This is certainly a big problem worldwide and you've hit the nail on the
head! Here in the United States about 79% of everyone in the workforce
are disengaged with their jobs.
I've written an entire book about this problem and things you can do about it!
1. Find out where your passions lie.
2. GET EDUCATED!
3. Pursue your dreams and monetize them!
It's not as easy as 123, but most people can do this if they put their minds to it.
Today, more than ever, we have more opportunities to get rid of the drudgery we call "our jobs"
Job Security?
The
problem is, so many people stay in their jobs because, to them, it
means security. Problem is, this "security" has eroded! A single wrong
word or misdeed can get your income shut off faster than you can blink
your eyes! This is no understatement!
Another HUGE problem is
that most people are still following Industrial Age advice: Go to
school, get good grades so you can land a good job with benefits and a
pension, Work in that job for 40-or-so years and then retire.
Problem
with this is that it's no longer a valid piece of advice...just ask 95%
of the entire population why, after all this, they are sick, tired and
broke...and will go to their graves that way...many of them with
regrets.
Conformity to the Wrong Group
People conform. We all do...it's human nature and the
tribal thing within us. However, most people conform to the wrong
group...the 95% rather than the 5% that owns and controls 95% of all the
wealth (in the US.)
Many of us live lives of "quiet desperation"
as Henry David Thoreau (if Ihave the right author here,) We are barely
scratching by. Most of us live beyond our means and like to flaunt our
wealth (however little that is.) Most of us discount the fact that it
is our families, our children that pay the price when their moms and
dads have to spend most of their time in jobs they hate...only because
they think this is something we are "supposed" to do.
For the
wealthy this is not the case. It's obvious many rich people have their
health and happiness. You might not even know the neighbor next door is
a millionaire because he doesn't show his wealth.
Education Holds the Key!
But for most
of us who are in jobs we hate, there is one sure-fire answer for
this...EDUCATION. Not just any education, but the right kind of
education. Our schools have failed us! There are AA and BS Grads that
cannot manage their money, wind up broke. Folks, I'm talking about
Ivory-League students here!
Why are some of these bossed around
by practically uneducated bovine bosses? What have they missed? What
do folks continue to miss?
They have not followed their passions.
They have allowed themselves to be pulled into the rat-race. Folks,
you and I are made of the same stuff! We are made of the same stuff the
wealthy are!
Why???
EDUCATION! Did we get the right or the
wrong education? Today there is some very empowering information behind
plain doors right here on the Internet...but they get passed by because
the flaunted and sensational doors are more attractive!
Note
that I'm not against employment...just seeing people (and myself) in
jobs we hate! Employment, if it is suitable to one's needs (not just a
paycheck) and one is passionate about what he does in his or her job,
that's fabulous!
I do know people who think getting $4,000 a month from a job is security. Getting $100,000 in March and $45,000 in October (as commission, as profit from selling a business, as anything not job, gambling or inheritance) is not security.
Because after you get the 100k, you do not know the exact day when you'll get the 45K.