Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Are you driving or riding?


Do you get up every morning and know that you have a JOB to go to? Do you wake up every morning wondering if you have a JOB to go to? Does the end of every quarter make you sick to your stomach because you know lay offs are coming? Do you work 60-70 hours a week and only get paid for 40? If you answered yes to any of these questions than you are riding! What the heck do I mean by that, well you are riding in the car with a one way ticket. Every body who works is one day away from getting laid off or downsized. People worry about this every day, I know from talking to my parents they could be with the same company for 30 years and they had no worries. Now its people my age in the 30's who are one day away from getting let go.

So, how can we be different from our parents.... we can drive. What do I mean by driving? We can take control of our lives and our financial success. When I ask someone what they do they automatically tell me about their job. So, I guess their job defines who they are. When someone asks me what I do I tell them I travel, ski, workout, run and enjoy time with my family. I define my life by who I am not what I am a part of. I am driving my life and so can you.