Amazon Go Is the Writing On The Wall

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Amazon Go is here

and the “writing on the wall” is:

prepare for the inevitable.

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The inevitable?

Technology will replace a ton of jobs … maybe even yours.

Amazon has just announced that it is developing a line of grocery stores that will allow you to shop and leave without ever standing in line to check out.

Now, at first glance, most everyone will say “Whew! That’s fantastic!” because we all hate standing in line to check out.

Have you used self-checkouts at Wal-Mart and grocery stores?  That was just the first step towards automation of the shopping experience. But now, Amazon Go has stepped across the threshold of a new frontier by eliminating the need for any check outs, any registers, any cashiers. You will just place items n your cart as you shop and then walk out the door.

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Amazon will definitely impact the grocery store business with this “Just Walk Out” technology.

In this article from the New York Post “Amazon Introduces Next Major Job Killer to Face Americans, we read:

The company wants to open more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores, compared with about 2,800 operated by The Kroger Co., now the nation’s largest full-service grocery retailer. Britt Beamer, president of America’s Research Group, a consumer-behavior research and consulting firm, estimated that Amazon’s cutting-edge technology had the potential to wipe out 75 percent of typical grocery-store staff.

No matter what you think about Amazon Go, it’s here, it’s coming to your area and whether you choose to adapt won’t affect the momentum and the changes that technology is bringing to all areas of our lives.

It’s the 4th Industrial Revolution and it’s happening NOW!

Here’s what Forbes recently reported about the 4th Industrial Revolution:

The first Industrial Revolution was about harnessing steam power so that muscle could be replaced by machines. The second was driven by electricity and a cluster of inventions from the late 19th century onwards – including the internal combustion engine, the aeroplane and moving pictures. A third revolution began in the 1960s and was based on digital technology, personal computing and the development of the internet. Industrial Revolution 4.0 will be shaped by a fresh wave of innovation in areas such as driverless cars, smart robotics, materials that are lighter and tougher, and a manufacturing process built around 3D printing.

 

For example, as automation increases, computers and machines will replace workers across a vast spectrum of industries, from drivers to accountants and estate agents to insurance agents. By one estimate, as many as 47 percent of U.S. jobs are at risk from automation.

Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, author of The Fourth Industrial Revolution  writes:

In this fourth revolution, we are facing a range of new technologies that combine the physical, digital and biological worlds. These new technologies will impact all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenge our ideas about what it means to be human.

Schwab said, “The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril.”

Amazon’s announcement of Amazon Go is a wake-up call to you –

IF you are concerned about job security and your future (and everyone should be.)

And if you haven’t considered creating your own economy, i.e., building your own business … it’s time.

The lure and enticement of being your own boss is the freedom.

  • freedom from working for someone else,
  • freedom from being evaluated and rewarded/punished as a result,
  • freedom from having to ask permission to take time off to attend your kid’s soccer game, recital, school program, etc.
  • freedom from having to weigh whether you should stay home when you’re sick or go in and work so you don’t get docked.

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Everyone wants freedom.

Not everyone is willing to do what it takes to gain freedom. Not everyone will see the writing on the wall. In fact, most people are actually afraid of being free. It’s unfamiliar territory. There are no guarantees. Thus, most people settle back into their comfort zone, deciding life is just going to be like it always has been.

Seth Godin, in his new book “What To Do When It’s Your Turn” writes:

There are three problems with freedom. Things don’t always turn out precisely the way we hope; resolution takes too long; and we might fail. And so, when it’s our turn, we take a pass. It’s far more reliable to stay where we are than it is to leap, to jump to a new place different from the one we’re in.

Everything you do in life has a risk or a reward.

Deciding to have kids is a huge risk, wouldn’t you agree?  You risk your health, you risk giving up your free time and sleeping in, you risk losing friends who don’t have children and therefore have nothing in common with you any longer.

And, there are no guarantees you’ll give birth to a perfectly healthy baby, no guarantees you’ll always know the right thing to do, no guarantees that your children will grow up to be well rounded, stable adults.

But the rewards of parenting far outweigh any of the risks. Ask any parent.

Deciding to build your own business to create your freedom is a risk. You risk failing at it several times; you risk money you need to invest in your business; you risk losing your stance among friends and family who now think you’re crazy for giving up such a good job to work from home.

You are not guaranteed success and you WILL have to work at this, you WILL have to learn and apply what you learn (unless you foolishly listen to the push-button-easy, get-rich-overnight hype that many use to attract you to their opportunity.)

You are not guaranteed success. But, I can guarantee you this … you’ll never know what you can do, until you start.
You’ll remain stuck where you are, depending on the good graces of a boss to keep you employed … until technology replaces you anyway.

And the reward of building your own business, of working from home?

The reward comes from making a decision for YOU.
Deciding that for once, you’re going to do something for yourself,
for your family … that no one can take away from you.

Not a boss. Not technology. No one. No thing. Nothing.

What will you do?

Will you see the writing on the wall?

Will you decide that it’s time to learn new skills so that you can create your own income?

Or will you decide to just let things happen as they may and deal with a job loss when it happens?

Amazon Go is just the beginning turn towards job losses due to automation.

A report from the World Economic Forum states:

Across the countries covered by the Report, current trends could lead to a net employment impact of more than 5.1 million jobs lost to disruptive labour market changes over the period 2015–2020, with a total loss of 7.1 million jobs—two thirds of which are concentrated in routine white collar office functions, such as Office and Administrative roles.

What will you do to protect your future? What will you do to create your freedom?

The jobs of the future will require new skills in Computer and Mathematical and Architecture and Engineering related fields, as reported by the World Economic Forum.

That’s great if you’re young, still in high school or your early twenties. There’s a wide world of opportunity available to those who have not spent their entire lives working for a company that could at anytime automate and eliminate most of its work force.

But, if you’re not young, if you’ve been working for years and years, hoping to make it to retirement with a substantial savings or retirement fund to finally enjoy life, it’s a whole different scenario. Rather than trying to be re-educated (at a great expense and time factor,) you can decide to take control of things and start on the path to your freedom, your future.

You’re going to need to re-educate yourself no matter what. Instead of spending thousands going back to college to get a degree that will prepare you for this new age of technology, why not use technology available now to get the education you need to start your own business.

Yes, I said start your own business.

Is it scary to do this?

Yes, because as I already said, no one can guarantee your success.

Is it wise to do this?

Oh hell yes! For so many reasons, but most of all because it puts you in control
instead of keeping you under the thumb of the higher ups
who make decisions based on numbers, not people.

Is it something anyone or any age can do?

Absolutely! When you have the right tools, you can get started
from where you are right now, learning the skills
that will build your business, build your presence online
and create your own economy, free from any worries of a pink slip

The Naked Hippies have always been about creating freedom, for ourselves and for others. We teach and share what we do to fund our freedom, knowing with full confidence that anyone who thirsts for their freedom will be able to follow the steps and the training to get going and get growing their business NOW.

We don’t wait for technology to catch us unaware, we use technology to live on the road, in our camper, fulltime.

The training we have available will train anyone, whether a newbie to this industry, or a seasoned veteran …
it will take you step by step, all without having to figure anything out or doing anything crazy, complicated or technical.

So now, it’s time for you to decide.

Either stay where you are, working the 9-5, worrying about that damn pink slip, or jump on board with the Naked Hippies to start on your roadtrip to freedom.

Your choice. Your decision.

I’ll see you on the inside … after you click the button below.

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Love and light and … freedom,

Trisha Barnes

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If You Think You Have Job Security … Think Again!

Now, more than ever it’s vital to your future to quit your job and become your own boss.

It’s inevitable … technology is eliminating job security.

So much has changed in the last thirty years and it’s changing at a more rapid pace as technology replaces the human services we once relied on.

Look around …

Automation is replacing once needed service personnel. We now scan our own items at self-checkouts;

we use ATMS for banking transactions;

we pump our own gas;

we pay bills online rather than use the postal service;

we call TeleDoc for a diagnosis and prescription;

we buy airline tickets, reserve hotel rooms and rent cars online. 

The list goes on and on. The services that used to be performed by humans are no longer needed.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.The working class. Most jobs that existed 20 years ago aren’t needed now. [Source}

W. Brian Arthur, a visiting researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center’s intelligence systems lab and a former economics professor at Stanford University, calls it the “autonomous economy.” It’s far more subtle than the idea of robots and automation doing human jobs, he says: it involves “digital processes talking to other digital processes and creating new processes,” enabling us to do many things with fewer people and making yet other human jobs obsolete. [Source} 

“Software substitution, whether it’s for drivers or waiters or nurses … it’s progressing. …  Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. – Bill Gates [Source]

One recent study by academics at Oxford University suggests that 47% of today’s jobs could be automated in the next two decades. [Source]

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Become an entrepreneur.  Be your own boss. Take control.

Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur: an ability to fail, an ability to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on those ideas, and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next adventure.
James Altucher

WHERE DO YOU START?

Internet marketing is the best way to create job security.

1. Make the decision to create your own job security by using technology for your gain – become an internet marketer.

2. Realize you will need to invest time and money to launch your new career.

3. Avoid the “easy money” opportunities that will flood your search.  It’s not easy, it takes work and commitment and perseverance. Not easy, but so worth it.

4. Never stop learning. Learn from leaders, learn from your experiences, learn from those who are doing what you are doing.

5. Have a support system in place of people who will guide you, train you and most of all be there to help you navigate through this journey.

6. Grow yourself personally. Being successful in building your own job security is an inner game; it’s about the person you have to become in character and mind in order to be successful.

7. Be patient and steadfast.  This is not a lottery ticket, this is the rest of your life. Every decision you make to act in spite of fear, or worry, or doubt, or inconvenience or even when you’re not in the mood will push you faster towards your success.

If you are still reading this, it means what I’ve shared has triggered a “knowing” within you that something has to change in your life. You see the writing on the wall.  Good for you!

Here’s to your freedom … you job security … the best of your life.

Oh, and by the way …

We took that big step nine years ago. It was exciting and scary.

Now, we are living our dream and teaching as many people as possible how to create their own cash flow online so they can build real freedom and job security for themselves and their families.

If you are ready to begin to create something purposeful and something that could change the landscape of your family forever…

let me introduce you to what we do …  that anyone can learn  … to create the financial stability and job security you desire. Click the banner below.

Create job security using the Simple Freedom way!

 

Trisha Barnes
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P.S.  Highly recommend these articles and ebooks:
How the Middle Class Got Screwed
Ten Reasons Why You Have to Quit Your Job This Year

No one wants to hear it or believe it, but Social Security is going to fail. What can you do to protect you and your family?

No longer a conspiracy theory – Social Security is going to FAIL

Social Security is going to fail. 

We’ve been dancing around this issue for years, not wanting to believe it will happen, hoping it was just all a conspiracy theory but in this recent report, Simon Black gives the grim news.

Black writes:

Social Security’s various trust funds currently hold about $2.7 trillion in total assets; yet the government itself estimates the program’s liabilities to exceed $40 trillion.

In the 2015 report of the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees they state very plainly:

“Social Security as a whole as well as Medicare cannot sustain projected long-run program costs…”, and that the government should be “giving the public adequate time to prepare.”

Time to prepare?  What does that mean for you and your family?

Pretty much, it’s time to take control of your future.

It doesn’t matter if you are twenty, thirty or sixty … Social Security should not be your plan for financial support when you retire.

The average monthly benefit for someone who starts taking Social Security at age 62 in 2014 is roughly $1,992 — not even enough to keep them above the federal poverty line.
[full article here]

It was never designed to be a main income source, but according to the  U.S. Social Security Administration,  nearly one in five married retirees and one in two unmarried retirees say they rely on Social Security for the bulk of their income.

It is definitely time to do something to protect your future.

But what?

Create your own streams of income that are not dependent on the government or job security or 401ks or pensions.

We call that entrepreneurship.

Becoming your own boss. Creating your own income.

It’s never too late or never too early to start.

Over 50?  According to the Kauffman Foundation’s Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, 23.4 percent of entrepreneurs are between the ages of 55 and 64, up from 18.7 percent a decade earlier. [full story here]

In your thirty/forty something years?  According to the recently released Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s 2013 United States Report, the best time to become an entrepreneur is between 35-44. [full story here]

In your twenties?  Hold on, this will motivate you. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs started in their 20s:

  1. Founders of Google  Sergey Brin (25) & Larry Page (25)
  2. Founders of Apple   Steve Jobs (21) & Steve Wozniak (26)
  3. Founders of Microsoft:  Bill Gates (20) & Paul Allen (22)
  4. Founder of Facebook:  Mark Zuckerberg (20)
  5. Founder of Wal-Mart:  Sam Walton (26)
    [full story here]

No matter your age, just do it.

Forget what’s happening with Social Security. That’s a done deal, it’s going to fail.

Instead, step into your greatness and create, design, innovate and build a business to fund all that you desire in life.

Here’s a great way to get started now:

Social-Security
It’s the only way to protect you and your family’s future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whatever you dream of doing when you retire … do it now.  Life is too short to wait.

25% of Americans have negative networth

 

 

 

 

Trisha
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The Real Cost of Raising Minimum Wage

What is the real cost of raising minimum wage?

It seems like the right thing to do – raising minimum wage to help those who are barely making enough to make ends meet.

But, someone has to pay the price … somewhere the increased costs for salaries have to be covered.

The Los Angeles city council just approved a measure to raise the minimum wage in LA to $15 per hour over the next five years, following the decisions of companies like Walmart and 29 states, plus the District of Columbia who have set their minimum wage above the federal mandate of $7.25 per hour.

From the perspective of a minimum wage earner, this is great news because their income from a 40 hour work week would increase from $290 to $600.  That $310 would really help a household pay for groceries, utility bills, etc. and maybe even allow a real family vacation.

From the eyes of the guy making lattes at the local coffee shop, this is going to be a great boost for his personal economy.

Proponents argue that raising minimum wage will benefit the whole U.S. economy … but the figures do not support this claim:  If 100% of this income (increased minimum wage) was spent on products and services, it would only equate to 1.25% of total U.S. GDP. [source]

Who will pay the price of raising minimum wage.  Who bears the brunt of this? Who covers the cost? 

Actually, we all will pay the price, including those whom raising the minimum wage is supposed to help.

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We pay it in the form of increased prices at your fast food restaurants and grocery stores, Walmart, Lowes, Barnes and Noble, Target, movie theaters, Disneyland, and well, anywhere minimum wage earners are employed.

We pay it in the form of layoffs and downsizing.

We pay it in the form of reduced hours and reduced benefits.

Of course, this is not what you hear from the proponents of raising minimum wage.  You will only hear that the poor deserve to be paid more so they can improve their standard of living.

Once people stop to think about it, they begin to realize where the money for a minimum wage increase will come from: mostly from workers and customers. [source]

So, what’s the solution?  How do we help those who are struggling, the moms and dads who are working two or three jobs to feed their families?

We do it by returning to the roots this country was founded on … where everyone had the opportunity to rise, to explore, to discover, to create, to invent, to succeed.

Forbes’ contributing author Mike Patton writes this:

“A minimum wage job, after all, should never be the end game. Rather it should be a beginning step in the career path for those inclined to improve their circumstances. Unfortunately, we have a country filled with individuals who are satisfied with a welfare check, but who are fully capable of working and becoming a productive member of society. If government really wants to help our economy, it’ll focus on getting people off of entitlements and back to work.” [source]

As long as we are dependent on anyone or anything outside of ourselves to provide for our basic needs, we are nothing more than caged animals in a zoo where we wait for the next feeding,  spending the day hanging out with all the other caged animals thinking “this is all there is to life.”

Every person has the potential to rise above their circumstances and change the direction of their life.

Every single person, no matter where they have come from, where they are right now. The opportunities for learning and gaining skills are available.

Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the internet marketing industry or online marketing.

Anyone who desires to change their financial struggle can access endless opportunities to begin as an online marketer.  No college degree is required, no job uniform necessary … just the willingness to learn, the determination to take action, and the belief that you are worth so much more than what a boss or the government says you are.

I have met many online marketers who dragged themselves out of the pits of hell to rise to a level of income that surpasses the income of many CEOs.

Is it easy to do this?  Hell, no!  It takes work, it takes focus, it takes determination.  But they did it – starting from ground zero and building their own economy, step by step.

But, it sure beats living like a caged lion waiting for someone to toss the next meal to him.

It’s when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached. –Mike Huckabee

America still is the land of opportunity.  Heros arise every single day.  Success is achieved, wealth is created, families are pulled from the pits of poverty to a lifestyle of freedom through the wonder and capability of internet marketing.

Raising minimum wage does not cure the problem, it only increases the mindset of entitlement.

It’s time to rise up and claim your entitlement to build your own economy and provide for your family, as our ancestors did.

What’s your take on raising minimum wage?

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Trisha Barnes
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How to Find Your Purpose in Life – Why am I Here?

Most people want to know how to find your purpose in life … why am I here?

The question churns through your mind constantly.

What am I supposed to do with my life?

It’s a great question to ask.

There is a sure-fire way to tell if you are truly following your purpose in life.

Before you finish reading this article, you’ll know what it is.

At one point or sometimes several times during life… there comes a time when you are faced at the fork in the road.

You have two choices …

You can choose the well-worn path that the multitude follow and continue on in life.

It’s the path of least resistance – the way to please others, do what they expect or suggest, the robotic, day after day routine, the this-is-all-there-is-to-life kind of existence.

It’s so well worn that you can walk it blindly; in fact, many do.

But, that’s not living up to your true self. 

Your true self seeks expression, seeks freedom, seeks so much more than the status quo.  Unless you allow your true self to be expressed and to create the life that ignites the fire within your soul, you are denying a life of fulfillment – both for yourself and all the others who will be touched by your passion.

So, there is another choice.  It’s the other path … the road less traveled.

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Take the path less traveled …

 

So, how do you find your purpose in life?

It all comes down to this:  what can I do with my time and knowledge and skills that would contribute to my life and the life of others?

These questions will help you drill down to know exactly why am I here?

1. What is it I love to do that makes me jump out of bed every morning?

If the work that you are doing now is not a drudgery, you’re on the right track. But, if you find yourself slamming the alarm clock, dragging yourself out of bed every single day … it’s a sign that you are not living a life that is fulfilling.  (I know – you’re saying DUH right now, but too many people assume they have to play the hand that was dealt them – and don’t realize how it doesn’t have to be this way.)

2. What am I really, really good at doing?

Take a quick assessment because you do have skills that will contribute to your purpose in life. What are those skills?  It could be you are technically saavy; or a great writer; or a visual artist; or one who people turn to for counseling and advice.  What are your amazing skills?

3. What am I interested in learning more about?

You will never stop learning , or at least, you SHOULD never stop learning.  What do you study? What do you crave to learn more about?  What could you spend hours studying- so absorbed that you forget to eat?  What drives your curiosity and intellect?

4. What is it I do that makes time disappear?

You know how it is when you are having a really great time and when you look up at the clock, hours have passed without you realizing it?  No, not the hours spent walking hand-in-hand along the beach with your beautiful spouse … the hours you spend working at something without realizing the sun came up and set and it seemed like you just got started.

5. How do I want to be remembered?

A great way to answer this question is to take time to write your eulogy.  Your eulogy as it would be written today … and then your eulogy as you would like it to be written.  If there’s no difference between the two – you are living your life’s purpose.  However, the majority of people are never really done with being, doing and having more in life.  Write both eulogies and see what comes up in the second one.  That will be a clue and a catalyst for finding your purpose in life.

HOMEWORK TIME!

Take some time to answer these questions. Pick a time to get away from everything – this is serious work to do.  Find a quiet place where you can be totally focused on seeking your purpose in life.

In the stillness, the quiet, search and reflect on your answers.

After you have done this, write your statement of purpose that encompasses all that you believe defines your vision and purpose.  It doesn’t have to be long; in fact, brevity is better because you will soon have this memorized so that you can repeat it to yourself often.

Need further help for clarification of finding your purpose in life?
This video will help you with finding your purpose in life in five minutes:

 

 

One final piece to this amazing discovery of your purpose in life is to lay its foundation in your subconscious mind.  Many find the following Self Confidence Formula from the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill to be the perfect affirmation of their purpose in life:

First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.

Second. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture.

Third. I know through the principle of auto-suggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it, therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Fourth. I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and I will never stop trying, until I have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.

Fifth. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with full FAITH that it will gradually influence my THOUGHTS and ACTIONS so that I will become a self-reliant, and successful person.

Taking the road less traveled and discovering your purpose in life is the path to freedom.

  • Freedom from struggle.
  • Freedom from being controlled by other’s perceptions of you.
  • Freedom from regrets.

How will you know when you’re there?  You’ll know you have found your purpose in life when at the end of your day’s work, you feel energized instead of drained.

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May you find the courage to step on that less-traveled path and allow the amazing spirit of YOU energize, create and live a fulfilling life.

What would you do with your life if you had no time or money restrictions?

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Trisha
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What Is It You Plan to Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
― Mary Oliver

 

If you asked me that at age 8, my answer was, “to be Miss America!”

What about you?  What did you used to imagine and dream of being?

Do you remember how it was when you were eight years old and you had the belief that you could be, do and have anything you wanted?

What happened … to our imagination, to our invincible, daring beliefs?

You got suckered in, that’s what happened.

Suckered in by other peoples’ beliefs, indoctrinations, manipulations, ideas and control.

Once you entered school you were bombarded with the message to go to college because that was the only way you would ever get a decent job.

And then reality hit.  It’s hitting even harder now to the younger generation.

The reality that a piece of paper that cost you thousands of dollars (which you will pay for the rest of your life) is not a guarantee that you will be paid what you are worth.

In fact, you may be a college graduate working at McDonalds because that’s the only job you can get right now.

If you are of my generation, the Baby Boomers, you may have secured that fantastic job and worked your way up for two or three decades when reality hit.  When you got the pink slip because the company was downsizing.

Sometimes, we think about what we would have done differently – if we knew then what we know now.

I’m pretty sure there are many who would have skipped the college loans.

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It’s a HUGE elephant in the room!

So now what?  The elephant in the room is HUGE.  Call it the matrix, call it corporate, call it the way of the sheeple … whatever you call it, it’s enormous.

It’s so gigantic that there’s hardly any room to move.  You have to watch your back all the time because one move and you could be squashed.  To survive being in this room with the monster elephant, you have to learn to move with the crowd, follow the pattern, stay in line.

There will be times you feel like you can’t breathe. Some days, others will push you out of the way so they can get to a better spot in the room.

You’ve got two choices now. 

1.  You can stay in the room with the elephant and learn to cope with the cramped and stifling space you are in, OR

2. You can find a way out.

There is a better way to live your one wild and precious life.

It’s to live it on your own terms, by your own design, where everything that you do adds increase. Increase into your own life and also into the lives of others.

It’s becoming a network marketer, being your own boss, working online to create your freedom.

In this video, Eric Worre gives compelling reasons why Network Marketing is the better way:
 


 

I got away from the elephant two years ago.  It wasn’t because the job was an awful job or that my boss was horrendous.  It was because the call to be and do and have more was never silent.

I had a choice … survive or THRIVE.

Has it been easy?  Not at all.  There have been times I hit a wall and felt like nothing was going to work.

There have been times of extreme success and also times of falling back down.  Times of drought and times of bounty.

There have been leaders who misguided and companies who closed their doors.

Has it been worth it?

Oh, hell yes! Every single bit of it.

All the experiences were stepping stones to more.  More growth, more confidence, more lessons.

That little eight year old who wanted to be Miss America is now more alive and more fulfilled than ever before.

If there is a spark of desire in your heart to break free from that dang ol’ elephant … just do it.

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I’ll keep asking you that question … until you find your answer.

With all the opportunities available, you will find one that resonates with you. You’ll find someone to work with who shares your vision, who believes in you, who walks beside you on this powerful journey.

Maybe that will be me.  Maybe not.  Doesn’t matter who it is who helps you. All that matters is that you get started now.

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Freedom feels like riding a wave, dancing in clouds. It feels like floating on air and walking on water.

Get out of that room.  Breathe in the fresh air of freedom.  Take control of your life.

I believe in you.  Others do, too.

what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

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Trisha
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