I used to work for the Government. I was a school teacher. I thought my job was safe, my paycheck stable, my future secure. Then one day, out of the blue, elected officials decided our school district should consolidate two high schools into one.
Just like that, my “good” job disappeared.
They didn’t care about my family, our bills, my work history, or anything I had done in the past.
They cared about their political agenda. Collateral damage be damned.
I have a number of friends and family members who work for the federal government. As I watch them struggle without paychecks during this ridiculous government shutdown, it further validates our belief that owning your own business is the only true security in this economy.
Neither party cares if you get a paycheck, they only care if they score political points and stay in power.
They don’t care if you can pay your mortgage, make your car payment, protect your credit or write the check for your child’s tuition…
Heck, I’m not even sure if they care about you being able to by groceries.
So my question is, why would anyone put their family’s future into someone else’s hands?
TRUE security isn’t a “good” government job, or even a “steady paycheck” from some nameless faceless corporation.
TURE security is found in your side hustle, in your own business, in the money you generate with your mind, your mouth, and your hands!
Our family learned this the hard way many years ago.
We put our faith in a government job…only to watch it vanish overnight.
Hundreds of thousands of families are learning this hard lesson today as politicians fight over a wall.
Imagine if those furloughed workers, had an online business, even just a side hustle, that was making $1000, $2000, or $3000 a month?
Maybe they love their job, fine, keep it, but create a little security to go along with that steady paycheck.
How much easier would it be for them to ride out the storm?
Or what if those families replaced their income with an Internet business, and didn’t have to live paycheck to paycheck anymore?
They’d tell the politicians to shove that job right down their lying throats.
I’ve said it many times, I’ll say it again.
I don’t care if you have tenure, if your a veteran at work, or even a valuable member of your team.
I don’t care how much your boss likes you, or how incredible you are at your job.
Any employer, can stop paying you at any time. And that’s real world truth right there.
Then what?
When you work for someone else, you put your destiny in their hands, you give them control of your family’s future security.
Some people are willing to make that trade.
That’s fine.
We all make choices.
But, if you make the decision to start a business of your own, to make money online, to be self-employed…
Then YOU control your destiny.
Not them.
I would encourage everyone suffering during this shutdown to remember this:
You DON’T need them.
And this moment may be your opportunity to choose a different path.
Because you always have a choice when it comes to what your future looks like.
Flip Your Life.
-Shane
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