This post is coming from my heart, because I’ve seen some bad things happen to people I know and love — people who believed in job security and what used to be “the plan” for financial success:
Finish school
Get a job with a reliable company
Stay there for years and years
Retire with a pension that will carry you comfortably through retirement
But the plan didn’t work. There is no job security.
Even if you think you have job security these days, what happens when you retire?
I saw people who did everything “right” lose their retirement savings
when the economy took a downturn. The medical benefits they counted on
were cut. I saw “retired” people having to look for part-time jobs to
supplement their Social Security. They can’t enjoy their retirement.
Hell, they can’t even eat what they want because there’s not enough
money for food, gas, clothes, property taxes, etc.
I’m not going to let that happen to me, and I don’t want to see it happen to you, either.
Let’s create our own job security.
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I had a conversation with my brother the other day about the current
state of the economy, what a challenge the last five years were, and how
it relates to our construction businesses.
For a little background, we grew up in Central New Jersey.
Our Dad who was an Italian Immigrant, had a Mason business. Being a
proud person our Dad insisted that we learn the mason business as well
(worked us like dogs!). Through the years, as much as I tried to break
away from it, I eventually married my beautiful wife. I decided that
since I knew the business, and was really good at it I would start my
own masonry company. A few years later my brother followed suit. It was a
good business, hard on the body, but I was able to be a sole provider
and that allowed my wife to be home and raise our four children (she did
an AWESOME job!). Again, my brother followed suit.
As the years went by, I grew my business in different ways. I took
chances, took classes, and diversified my business. I started doing full
additions, built a spec home, became an authorized dealer/installer for
a water softening company, and I continue to grow. My brother did not
follow suit this time. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great guy and is a
GREAT mason, and does really complicated brick paver driveways, and
amazing patios. He does the most BEAUTIFUL cultured stonework I have
ever seen. But the one problem is he is stuck in this notch. He did
however dabble in the DJ business for a while, but his main focus is the
mason business.
Back to the ENVY part of my story…
So the other day I was telling him that I was taking a marketing
course, and our instructor (who by the way just made over $500,000.00 in
our co-op venture) had an idea that our whole online class should join
an up and coming, incredibly successful online marketing company. The
facts were overwhelmingly exciting for my wife and me. After all…..where
can you get a 100% commission on a sale? Empower Network
is where! As I was telling him, he had questions, which is normal, even
smart, because like myself, no one wants to get burned. Then he says to
me:
"Well, you go ahead and try it out. When you start making
real big money, then maybe I’ll join. I don’t have that kind of money
laying around, and who am I gonna sell a “blogging” system to? You
should be careful and maybe reconsider your endeavors."
What immediately came to my mind was this really funny movie I had seen a few years ago. The name of this movie is ENVY, starring
Jack Black and Ben Stiller. The syopsis is basically the guy who Jack
Black plays has an idea to make a lot of money by inventing a product
which “gets rid” of dog poo. He names it “Vapoo rise” The character that
Ben Stiller plays is Jack’s best friend and he believes a 9 to 5 job
with good evaluations is the safest way of life. Jack begs Ben to “Go
All In” with him, but Ben scoffs and thinks Jack is a fool.
But now the ENVY starts……..
Jack does follow his heart, and becomes a millionaire, and Ben hates
this, because he knew he really should have supported his friend. Here’s
a funny clip from the movie Envy:
This is where I relate to this movie. I’m Jack Black and I have an opportunity of a lifetime. I KNOW this is going to be “The winner“!
My brother is Ben Stiller. He’s a bit pessimistic, a bit too cautious,
and thinks that working “just a little bit harder” is going to end his
suffering with this economy and his struggling business. I have had a
few other lucrative opportunities, and they were all winners! I guess I
just have a gift. I’m going to convince him, because he knows that I
rarely lose, and I love him!
So in closing, DON’T be Ben Stiller. Don’t fill your heart with Envy for others’ successes.
Be a WINNER! Come and Join us at Team BriteStar and join the Empower Network family of Jacks (winners)……Leave the Envy for others……Just sayin.
Even if you think you have job security these days, what happens when you retire?