Wednesday, October 7, 2009

A Bailout Package from the Traditional Life You Despise

It's time for a wake-up call.

We are living in rough and unpredictable times. The economy is down, unemployment is up, and the evening news hasn't led with a positive story in about 672 broadcasts. And what's worse...the ease of making a career change is slowly declining by the hour.

Have you found yourself clinging to what you currently have? Your job, your savings, your investments. Are you telling yourself that you're going to "stay the course" until "things improve?"

We live in a world that champions the concept of change, yet the players in that concept are the embodiment of the exact opposite. Change involves risk, and if you are prohibiting yourself from
taking any risks, how can you expect things to change? The ultimate Catch 22.

Well, today is the day you stand up and say, "NO MORE!"

How many opportunities have you missed out on because you were waiting for everything to be "perfect?" Most likely, more than you want to admit. I'll be the first person to admit there were so many things I could've taken advantage of, but I was content living in my tiny little comfort zone, where all things remained the same. I finally realized that what I already had just wasn't good enough, and unless I did some demolition on the walls of my comfort zone, I'd never be able to remodel my life.

Are you sitting around waiting for a bailout? And I'm not just referring to a goverment stimulus check. I'm talking about a 'bailout' in any form. A promotion or raise at work, a shift in the market that drives your stocks up, a bump in your company's 401(k) match percentage. Whatever it may be...are you standing idly by waiting for these things to happen?

If so, you could be letting one golden opportunity after another pass you by. ESPECIALLY if you're someone who hates your job, but is afraid to make a change out of fear that nothing else will ever come along.

It's time to embrace change. More so, it's time to take action and make change happen. Waiting for it to come to you gift-wrapped will lead to more of what you already have. And if you despise what you already have, what's the point?

The fact is, there is no 'recession' on the World Wide Web. What is on the World Wide Web is opportunity. But, and that's a big but, the opportunity comes with sacrifice, determination, and a willingness to change.

The ability to work from home, answer to yourself, set your own schedule, and spend time with the ones you love is all here...if you're willing to do what it takes to make it happen.

How's that for a bailout package?

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