He calls the Forever Recession is the result of the end the Industrial Age. The jobs and those skills are going away and not coming back. It’s like horse carriage makers at the beginning of the 20^th Century.  As cars replaced horses, the market for the carriage makers disappeared.

During the last 80 years, people could do as they were told, get paid average to above average wages and retire. That is no longer the case. Layoffs, mergers and shutdowns mean that people can lose their jobs through no fault of their own and it will be very difficult to find the same type of job elsewhere.

The other concept, the Race to the Bottom, has its hand in this as well. It the concept that companies are forced to find ways to cut costs just to stay in business. Their competitors are now global and they have to compete or shutdown. In the process of improving efficiencies, often jobs are shed in the process of automation.

What does this mean to you? The first thing is you either have to be different or the cheapest in order get the work. You can survive and thrive but not by being the cheapest worker out there. Be different.

One of the ways to be different is to create your own business. Having a home based network marketing business is one of the cheapest, most effective ways to do so. With the company’s starter kit, you get a business in a box while they have all the risk in product creation, order fulfillment, systems, training, etc. All that you supply are the customers.

I’m not saying it’s the easiest thing in the world, but, there is no upside limits and it’s under your control. You work with partners that have a vested interest in your being successful so they teach you and support you.

Here’s Seth’s video.

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The first step is to decide what you want. I suggest at least one from each of these categories: finance/professional, health and relationships.

A finance/professional goal would be to bring in at least $300 more per month. This can be accomplished in many ways such as starting a home based business, learning a new skill which will get you a pay increase or promotion or even cutting out $300 worth of expenses.

A health goal may be to lose 10 pounds, give up smoking or cut down drinking. Giving up bad habits can also improve your money situation as well. Losing 10 pounds in a year can be as easy as walking 30 minutes a day consistently, giving up or cutting back on high glycemic foods or drinking a glass of water before meals to make you feel full faster.

A relationship goal could be to have dinner with my family at least 4 times a week or to leave work at work. Often people get the saying backwards – you should actually spend quality time at work so you can spend quantity time with your kids.

Once you have down what you want, you will have to sell it to yourself until you buy it. That is, do it consciously until it becomes the habit or the norm. Until you buy into the goal, it will be easy not to do.

When you accomplish your goals or even before, you will also gain many other benefits. These things include increased self esteem, self empowerment, a sense of well being and the belief that you can accomplish even greater goals.

The best sale of the year will be the sale to yourself that your life can be better.

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Most people accept what comes their way. They work in the job that was available in a field that was available and keep doing it as long as it’s available.

What if you applied your vacation attitude to your life? In five years, where do you want to be? What do you want to be doing? Who do you want to be doing it with? Take some time, sit down and do this without restricting yourself with “realistic” goals. There’s a saying that goes that people usually overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in five years.

Once you have a destination in mind, next comes the logistics – how do you get there from here? Do you need more money? Do you need to change your profession?

If you want to have a better year next year, start the planning now.

If you have financial challenges, are you looking at the potential problems (the wall) or solutions (where you want to go)? Most people will look at the problems and when those problems materialize, they wonder what happened.

Some will call it Law of Attraction. Some will say it is your Reticular Activating System (RAS) filtering things. Others will point out that the problems are the result of the past, which cannot be changed, while the solutions are the future which can be changed by your present actions.

Years ago, when I was laid off, I was at an age where getting another job in my line of work was a challenge in the best of times. I had a choice. I could either lament the recent problems, wonder how I was going to put food in our mouths, keep a roof over our heads, etc. or I could choose to figure out where I wanted to go from there.

I chose to take my own future under my control and make money from home. Have things been wonderful since? Not always. There have been bumps and skids but, I always kept looking where I wanted to go and it has made all the difference.

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With the change in seasons comes a change in thinking. Instead of trying to avoid the heat, people around here are looking forward to the State Fair, crisp mornings and Halloween with Thanksgiving around the corner.

This could be a season to change how you think about your life. Many people look towards others for the major requirements in their life. A job, either having one or looking for one, to pay for the things you want gives your power to other people. This is especially acute when you are looking for a job in these times. Like Blanche DuBois, you are dependent on the kindness of strangers.

This dependency shrinks your dreams. You shrink them to fit your income. You take a “staycation” instead of a memory making vacation with loved ones.  You drive a car that fit your budget, not your fancy. Your living accommodations are “cozy” instead of breath taking. All the while, you rationalize to yourself that it will get better “someday”.

I challenge you to change your thinking. Expanding your income to fit your dreams is not only possible but so much more rewarding. You can be your own boss. You can have a carpet commute. You take back your power and control. If you want a raise, you can give it to yourself.

Look at starting a profitable home based business. You can do so for relatively little. Even in down times, people can be successful in business. In fact, down times often force people to come up with ways to be successful because of the lack of alternatives.

Some of the things it has brought me are the two most important things to people at the end of their lives – memories and relationships. Many parents feel they are sending a stranger off to college because they don’t know who their child has become. I have been involved with my sons’ lives especially during their critical teen years. Before that, I was working much too long hours. My youngest still remembers when I would come home when they were finishing dinner.

I have chaperoned a choir trip to Walt Disney World. I have chaperoned band trips. I am often the only dad that’s chaperoning. I have been there dropping them off at school and more importantly, picking them up afterwards. I have confidence in my son’s driving because I had the time to teach him and log the required 20 hours before he got his license.

I have built relationships with my sons and provided foundations for having great relationships with them as they mature into adulthood because I had control of my time and my life. That’s often called time freedom and lifestyle freedom.

I am urging you with the change of seasons to change your thinking. Interrupt the “get a good job” mantra and take control of you life.

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Having a definiteness of purpose is one of the major ingredients for your success. Napoleon Hill wrote about it in Think and Grow Rich. Having a definiteness of purpose is like a ship having a destination before it leaves port. It gives you a sense of satisfaction and control that once you taste it, you want more and more.

Have you ever sat down and figured out what you would really like to do? Or where you would really like to live? Or what car you would really like to drive?

Once you figure out the destination, you can map out how to get there. You can also plan for how much it will cost in time, effort and money. There is always a price to pay but there’s also a price to pay for drifting.

The drifting days of summer are coming to an end. Take control of at least some part of you life and work towards you goal with definiteness of purpose.

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With the Roaring 20’s and the 2000’s, the economy was very viable. Many were making money and people jumped on the bandwagon to do what every one else was doing in order to catch some of that good fortune for their own. The seeming good times minimized fears and worries. There was not such an urgency to think differently.

The current situation gave everyone pause. The old way of making money was not viable anymore so there was an abrupt change in the economic climate. Clearly, different ways to make money are called for. With unemployment at the highest it’s been in about 30 years, getting a higher paying job is not necessarily the easy ticket it once was.

Perhaps taking a closer look at a home based business could be appropriate for you now. At least you would know that you wouldn’t lay yourself off.

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A quote attributed to Albert Einstein is “The solution to a problem cannot come from the same level of thinking that created it.” In other words, in order to get a different result, you have to think and do things differently.

Many people have never thought of themselves as anything other than being an employee. People tend to stick to the familiar so when they get laid off at one place, they immediately start looking for another employee position. There are two things that need to be thought about: one is literally millions of other people are competing with you and being an employee gives away your control over your life.

One alternative is to become your own boss with a home based business. Many people often dream of this but lack the courage to actually begin to make this a reality. It has been my experience that you can judge the amount of desire to accomplish a goal by what stops the person from accomplishing that goal. Many let what other people may say about them to stop them in their tracks.

Many opportunities are built on people helping people. In network marketing, we offer training, support and camaraderie. You can earn while you learn. Your paycheck is under your control. The people that sponsor you become successful by helping enough people become successful so they will invest the time, training and advice that you need. You supply the desire and the ability to apply your training.

If you would like to know more, visit DiscoverYourOwnFreedom.com and sign up for the free, no obligation training course. You may just discover your economic recovery plan.

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RIP, Lady. You are sorely missed.

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That model has a lot of assumptions built into it. One is often unspoken but it’s the foundation. It can change everything that you’ve known about retirement. That unspoken foundation is that retirement is a function of finances, not age.

This can work for you or it can work against you. Many people in this economy are finding this out the hard way. They are having to postpone their retirement, sometimes indefinitely. Others are being forced back into the labor market.

How do you get the function of finances to work for you? One of the easiest ways is to work from home in a home based business. When you make money from home, you enjoy a whole host of benefits. You can have more control over your income. You can save a lot on your taxes. And, you can “retire” at any age.

Not all home based businesses are equal though. Some are based on linear income which means if you stop, so does the income. You need a residual income business. That’s where you build the income up and it continues to come in even if you go away on an extended vacation.

If you would like to know more about “retirement” at any age, please visit my site, http://StartLateFinishWealthy.com, where you can get free information with no obligation.

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