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Why It\s Impossible to Raise Your Standard of Living Working a Job...and What You Can Do About It!
Before I share why it is impossible to raise your standard of living working a job, let me lay some groundwork. Think about this. Everything in nature has been endowed with what it needs to survive. There is no living thing that isnt inherently equipped with the skills and abilities it needs to secure its continued existence. Whether through instinct, size, camouflage or speed, no gazelle, lion or giraffe has to go to trade school to learn how to survive. Thats the beauty of the divine plan. We, as humans, are part of this plan and each one of us is given something that sets us apart from everyone else; something that we can use to ensure our own survival. In fact, before industrialization sent hoards of us to the cities to work on assembly lines in factories, we all used something we did or owned to exchange for the things we couldnt do or didnt own. Experts say that before the Industrial Revolution, 80% of us where entrepreneurs.
Unfortunately, because we now live in a capitalistic society, we rarely have a chance to be rewarded for the extraordinary potential we bring to the universe. Instead, we are rewarded for the lowest common denominator--something we share with just about everybody else--that is, our time and our presence. Think about it. On a job, youre paid simply for showing up for a certain number of hours to do a job which somebody else could probably do just as easily; Its this replaceability that ensures that big businesswhich competes on pricecan stay in business. If people were compensated based on the real value of their "talents" big business couldnt survive.
So even if he or she wanted to, no employer can or will ever pay you what youre worth. It would violate the basic laws of business and everything would crash.
So how do you raise your standard of living while working a job? First, its necessary to understand that the only way to make more money in a capitalistic society is to sell more, or charge more. So, since what youre selling are your hours, you can work more hours (obviously theres a limit to this), or you can beg for a raise every year, or go on a constant quest for the next higher paying position that will pay you more for those same hours. Many people make this constant effort to improve their lives, but find that conditions invariably stay the same. Thats because the only way to effectively raise your standard of living is to leverage your talents, your gifts, your interests and your hobbies to create a product or service that you can sell to increasing numbers of people and free yourself from the cycle of trading time for money. In other words, you need to turn your passion into profit!
By taking this bold step, youll join the ranks of a unique group of people I call Passionpreneurs.
Passionpreneurs are men and women of every age, ethnic group, educational background, profession and religion. They include housewives, inventors and artists. They are a diverse group of people from every corner of the globe. However, Passionpreneurs do share one common trait: theyve all found something they enjoy doing and have decided to keep doing it.
More significantly, not only do Passionpreneurs enjoy what they do, they get paid to do it! Theyve found the hidden value in their talents, interests or pastimes, offer that value to the world in the form of unique products and services, and do so for profit. In other words, theyve created businesses that allow them to make money doing what they love. As a result, many have walked away from frustrating jobs to live what I call a Passion -Centered lifestyle. They set their own schedules and control their time. They live according to their own personal value system rather than someone elses. Furthermore, Passionpreneurs experience the joy, empowerment and unique satisfaction of being compensated for being who they choose to be, honoring what they believe in, and doing something they feel divinely called to do.
So why should you become a passionpreneur? I can think of no greater case one can make than simply happiness.
But I can hear you asking, "How can I discover my passion?" But before you answer that question, there is an even more important first step you must take; and that is you need to find your purpose. It is one of four major steps/questions that you need to have clear before you can successfully turn your passion into profit. The four steps, in order, are PURPOSE, PASSION, PRODUCT & PROFIT. (On my website, I offer additional insights into the other steps.)
The key question associated with step one is: "Why am I here?" Unless you first align yourself and your life with your purpose, any pursuit of passion will be fruitless because it will not be providing the fulfillment you need to feel completely valuable.
Theres a test you can take to discover your purpose. But even without taking the test, ask yourself which of the following four words resonates with you: CREATOR, SAVIOR, GURU or GUIDE. Are you here as an artist/creative type? Are you here to heal/fix/save people? Are you here to teach/instruct? Or are you here to guide/lead others en masse to a new way of life?
So even before you ask yourself "whats my passion?" knowing your purpose will help you move in the right direction as you seek to create a business around it. For more on the process, visit http://www.passionprofit.com
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Walt F.J. Goodridge is a career coach known as the
"Passion Prophet." He is author of 10 books including
"Turn Your Passion Into Profit" and the "Tao of Wow".
Walt helps people become "passionpreneurs" making money
in business doing what they love! Take his revealing
personality test at: http://www.passionprofit.com
to discover your Passion Profile, or
email Walt at: mailto:Walt@passionprofit.com
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