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Why It Is Impossible To Raise Your Standard Of Living Working A
Job The Case For Becoming A Passionpreneur! by Walt Goodridge,
author of Turn Your Passion Into Profit approx 600 words
Everything in nature has been endowed with what it
needs to survive. There is no living thing that isn't inherently
equipped with the skills and abilities it needs to secure its
continued existence. Whether through instinct, size, camouflage
or speed, no gazelle, lion or giraffe has to go to trade school
to learn how to survive. That’s the beauty of the divine plan.
We, as humans, are part of this plan and each one of us is given
something that sets us apart from everyone else; something that
we can use to ensure our own survival. Before industrialization
sent hoards of us to the cities to work on assembly lines in
factories, we all used something we did or owned to exchange for
the things we couldn't do or didn't own. Experts say that before
the Industrial Revolution, 80% of us where entrepreneurs.
Unfortunately, because we now live in a capitalistic
society, we rarely have a chance to be rewarded for the
extraordinary potential we bring to the universe. Instead, we
are rewarded for the lowest common denominator--something we
share with just about everybody else; our time and your
presence. Think about it. You're paid simply for showing up to a
job for a certain number of hours to do a job which somebody
else could just as easily do; It's this replaceability that
ensures that the big business—which competes on price—can stay
in business. If people were compensated based on the real value
of their "talents" big business couldn't survive.
So even if he or she wanted to, no employer can or will ever pay
you what you're worth. You can beg for a raise every year, work
more hours, or go on a constant quest for the next higher paying
position in an effort to improve your life, but conditions will
invariably stay the same. The only way to really raise your
standard of living is to leverage your talents, your gifts, your
interests and your hobbies to create a product or service that
you can sell to increasing numbers of people and free yourself
from the cycle of trading time for money. You need to become a
passionpreneur and turn your passion into profit! By taking this
bold step, you’ll join the ranks of a unique group of people I
call “Passionpreneurs.”
Passionpreneurs are men and women of every age, ethnic group,
educational background, profession and religion. They include
housewives, inventors and artists. They are a diverse group of
people from every corner of the globe. However, Passionpreneurs
do share one common trait: they’ve all found something they
enjoy doing and have decided to keep doing it.
More significantly, not only do Passionpreneurs enjoy what they
do, they get paid to do it! They’ve found the hidden value in
their talents, interests or pastimes, offer that value to the
world in the form of unique products and services, and do so for
profit. In other words, they’ve created businesses that allow
them to make money doing what they love. As a result, many have
walked away from frustrating jobs to live what I call a Passion
-Centered lifestyle. They set their own schedules and control
their time. They live according to their own personal value
system rather than someone else’s. Furthermore, Passionpreneurs
experience the joy, empowerment and unique satisfaction of being
compensated for being who they choose to be, honoring what they
believe in, and doing something they feel divinely called to do.
So why should you become a passionpreneur? I can think of no
greater case one can make than simply happiness.
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