Ever felt like you were going no where in life?? At times I really don't understand how my parents generation became so successful. People my age never seem to have any extra spending money, in fact most my friends are just struggling to pay their mortgage and put food on the table. Seems like most people that are successful and are my age have either gotten lucky with sports or entertainment, or their parents have helped them out, by either paying for school and paying for their everyday needs so all the had to concentrate on was school, or handed them a family business, or used their business to start funding a similar business. So how do I as 28 year old man get a leg up in life? I've been told "you gotta save save save until you have enough money to make a profitable move, when one comes along" but where in the hell do I get this savings money when my bills are almost as much as I make???
This part one of this rant, leave me your suggestions and ideas, I really want to know what you think...til then make sure to subscribe to my blog and check out my other pages!!
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Well Chris, our generation is passive, we think jobs will open up to us and opportunities will reveal themselves to us. We allow chance to dictate things, it's a big gamble that a resume and a job submission will do much. Our generation has been told to find something to do and mold ourselves to that thing. I call BS on that! We need to find what we are best at, based on our personality and natural strengths and then MAKE things happen, get out and network, etc. This is what I am hot about now so I'd love the convo with you. I think we are a creative generation, but we are lazy so just try to reproduce what others have done instead of putting in the hard work of figuring it out for ourselves.
I agree, but it is very hard to find out what your really good at once your already locked into so many responsibilities. How do suggest doing this while still providing stability for your family??
find a career counselor ASAP. You keep working and doing your thing but meet with this person regularly to discuss what you should be doing. Once you find out make a plan and act on it, aggressive.
Are you currently doing this???...check out part 2 want to see what you think about that.
Sure am, I've been networking my tale off and it is paying off. Email me sometime if you want to hear more man, it's been an amazing journey! And yes, you are being a bit whiny. :) I think we should look at any experience as a chance to learn and grow. You just have to find out what it is this experience or time of life is teaching you. I think it also takes only one person more energized than his circumstances to change that cycle of rich getting rich and poor getting poorer.
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