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Conversations with The Barefoot Millionaires presents #73: Employee = Sucker

Written by: Richard Knowles

Article Overview: The most terrifying and dangerous thing about being someone’s employee is that your future is entirely in their hands. Are you crazy?! I’m honestly asking! Why would you ever give someone that kind of power over you?

Conversations with The Barefoot Millionaires presents #73: Employee = Sucker

Think about it; for any number of reasons that have nothing at all to do with your job performance, you could be fired without warning. Boom, "Put your stuff in a box, appreciate the last fifteen years and all, but you know this economy." Imagine that long ride home, going over and over in your mind how to break the news to your spouse, what the hell you're going to do now, wondering how fast the unemployment checks kick in.

You're an intelligent person, one who obviously wants more out of life, so why do you leave your fate at the whims of your "superiors?"

BS excuse #1: I'm not trained to do anything else!

Millionaire's response: What if I showed you, from A to Z, everything you need to know to run your own successful business?

BS excuse #2: I don't have the money to start a business!

Millionaire's response: You got four hundred bucks? I'll make you wealthy.

BS excuse #3: Why four hundred bucks?

Millionaire's response: Forget it. Go back to work, you're not ready.

BS excuse #4: I'm afraid.

Millionaire's response: Damn right, and you should be. You should be afraid of waking up in forty years with a hunched back and a gold watch. What you shouldn't be afraid of is starting your own business. It's no great mystery. The steps are there, I'll show them to you.

The truth is simple. You won't get rich working for somebody else. It just doesn't happen. Why not do exactly what I did? You'll get the same results, and at the same time you'll get your life back. No more cubicle, no more cheap chair, no more asking for permission to go on vacation.

Listen, we're here for a total of eighty years, give or take. How much time do you have left, and do you really want to spend it at the office?

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