The are two types of people in the workforce these days. The first is the minimally paid and overworked employee who is rather content to be regulated than to take charge of their own career and indirectly their own lives. The second type of person is you. The fact that you’re even reading this and that you found this website, is tantamount to saying “I am going to put a stop to this business of working midnights, holidays, weekends or any other time that can be spent doing exactly what I want to do!”
For those of you who are contemplating a change, consider looking over your shoulder and telling me what you see. For want of a better term, let’s call it your own death. It’s never far away, and it certainly will not skip you when it’s your time. For some of us, that is a scary concept, and for others, it is what has been the driving force to live as much as we possibly can in this little speck of time we might have (80 or so years if you’re really lucky) The time for change is now, because later doesn’t exist. Not many men on their last day of life have pondered in remembrance of the great time they had working those midnight shifts every Christmas or Chanukah or whatever it is that you celebrate (or worked while others celebrated) while your child’s first birthday comes and goes, and you’re still working around the clock just to get by. I speak from experience when I say I have missed every holiday for the last 13 or so years, in order to make my boss or some appointed political hack, who was home with his family every holiday, a rich man.
A friend of mine told me that nobody is handed freedom. When I first heard that, I thought of military forces fighting and things of that nature, but now I understand what he meant. Since becoming my own boss, I have discovered something that an ancient philosopher once wrote; that, “no man is free who is not the master of himself.”
Take a moment and think about what it is that you really want out of life… is it to be alive, work, sleep then die? Or do you have other plans? Try to remember the last time you had an intimate moment with your loved one, or the time you vacationed in the Caribbean. Who was pulling the strings of your life while you were lying on the beach and watching your children play carelessly in the sand? Did the dread of returning to your drab life in the office or working in the security booth, or sector car thunder so loud in your head that you could not hear what was happening in your present moment? Sadly, many of my former colleagues are still experiencing that same depressing reality, while I am reliving that vacation every day. Being your own boss in a successful business gives you the freedom to relive those days, and the best part is that you can start right now! Don’t waste another minute of your life earning minimum wage. Give your family the life they deserve.
For those of you who are contemplating a change, consider looking over your shoulder and telling me what you see. For want of a better term, let’s call it your own death. It’s never far away, and it certainly will not skip you when it’s your time. For some of us, that is a scary concept, and for others, it is what has been the driving force to live as much as we possibly can in this little speck of time we might have (80 or so years if you’re really lucky) The time for change is now, because later doesn’t exist. Not many men on their last day of life have pondered in remembrance of the great time they had working those midnight shifts every Christmas or Chanukah or whatever it is that you celebrate (or worked while others celebrated) while your child’s first birthday comes and goes, and you’re still working around the clock just to get by. I speak from experience when I say I have missed every holiday for the last 13 or so years, in order to make my boss or some appointed political hack, who was home with his family every holiday, a rich man.
A friend of mine told me that nobody is handed freedom. When I first heard that, I thought of military forces fighting and things of that nature, but now I understand what he meant. Since becoming my own boss, I have discovered something that an ancient philosopher once wrote; that, “no man is free who is not the master of himself.”
Take a moment and think about what it is that you really want out of life… is it to be alive, work, sleep then die? Or do you have other plans? Try to remember the last time you had an intimate moment with your loved one, or the time you vacationed in the Caribbean. Who was pulling the strings of your life while you were lying on the beach and watching your children play carelessly in the sand? Did the dread of returning to your drab life in the office or working in the security booth, or sector car thunder so loud in your head that you could not hear what was happening in your present moment? Sadly, many of my former colleagues are still experiencing that same depressing reality, while I am reliving that vacation every day. Being your own boss in a successful business gives you the freedom to relive those days, and the best part is that you can start right now! Don’t waste another minute of your life earning minimum wage. Give your family the life they deserve.
Take a hard look at yourself. Are you a slave to your job? Does your job (your boss) decide when you wake up, what days you can have to yourself, what you must wear, how you answer the telephone, the customer is always right etc..? Does your boss demand loyalty from you, and in the next breath, he threatens to fire you? The misuse of loyalty in our society is literally a killer. It will fill your life with stress, tension, anxiety, and worry, and it will put you in your grave long before your time. The things that really matter to you (such as that vacation I mentioned earlier) will always be pushed aside in favor of some task which “must” be accomplished yesterday, and all of the push-pull, wear and tear, endless trials and tribulation will be defended in the name of your duty to make another person rich. In the end, the very thing that you devoted your life to will be your murderer. Interestingly, you will have used the rationalization of all of the fools who have lived before you, who have claimed the glory of "such and such corporation" is more important than your’s and your family’s happiness. Go ahead and buy that non-sense if you must, but understand that you are the biggest victim of all when you misplace your loyalty in the name of "such and such corporation" or the tasks it demands.
Remember that life is a marathon, not a race. Live it as you choose, not as you are told. This pertains especially to my colleagues in the law enforcement and security professions. If you’re in a race to become rich or to achieve some sort of title (PhD, CEO, and the like), try to remember that you are going to create a wake of destruction that your loved ones will inevitably drown upon if you don't make a change today. A man that I have grown to envy puts it like this, “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.”
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