“I work for a good company. I do what they ask. They pay me a salary. That’s just life—you do work in exchange for money. I can’t complain.”
Er…yeah you can. And you should. ‘Cause it’s not quite true.
This is the truth:
You don’t do work in exchange for money. You do work in exchange for a SMALL PERCENTAGE of the money that your role profits the company. And it is small!
If your role didn’t make the company any profit it wouldn’t exist would it? And the only way the company can give you your role is by creating a gap between the money you earn for it and what you get paid. The difference left over is theirs to keep.
And then you go home like a good obedient dog to wait for the next small chunk of profit they deem fit to give you. Meagre earnings in terms of the profit you give to the company.
Is this really “just life”?
And in order to get that £100/£200/£300 per day what do you forgo?
· Is it time spent with your children?
· Is it time to pursue your favourite hobby?
· Being able to travel?
Or maybe it is a less tangible expense. Do you give
· Your energy?
· Your libido?
· Your zest for life?
Is this “just life”? Really?
Here’s an idea:
What if you could build a business around your life?
By using the power of the Internet. The passion of your interests. Doing what you want when you want. There is a world of opportunities. Trust me on this. There are now billions of people on the Internet. Each one is a potential customer.
Carpe diem people. Grab the ****** day and never look back.
Stop spending 10 hours a day wishing you were doing something else. Don’t dream. Do it. You’ll enjoy it.
Plus you get to keep all the profit.
But people say:
“I’m not that interesting. I should just find a job.”
NO! What are you saying? You are. Of course you can’t be appealing to everyone, that’s impossible. The key is finding the right people. To these people you are tremendously interesting. There will be many others in the world you won’t think so. But who cares about them. They don’t matter. Only the right people matter. They are the ones who will support you. And pay for your wisdom.
But how do you find the right people?
Well we are lucky to live in the age of the Internet. Now we can effectively stand out in the crowd with a sign above our head saying this is who I am, this is what I do and this is why I’m good. We can be who we want to be and likeminded people will be flocking to support us. The right people. It’s mind blowingly brilliant!
Gone are the days where you were too small to shout. Where you had to stand in line to be counted. To be noticed by a big company. There has been a power shift. Now anyone can start a company and market it to the world. Before you couldn’t be who you wanted to be. You had to fit their mould. Their design. You were a resource (Human resources anyone?) . Nothing more.
Not anymore.
Carpe diem people.
You have the power. Go do it.
