Are you JOBLESS? - Then read this!!!

Unemployment is the state of being without any job or work that earns you wages or salaries. Unemployment is one of the leading problems facing today’s young people in the 21^st century. I have been through it before and it is not easy at all.

I will like to elaborate on five (5) techniques on how to handle unemployment while you are still looking for employment.  

Technique No.1 – As a youth, try your best to read more about who you are and what you want to do. Find a library in your community or nearby college and go and read about your career choice in order to expand your horizon on that particular subject. You can also check for more information on the internet. 

Technique No. 2 – Write down your reasons for why you want to do that particular job or work, it helps in planning your career path, while still looking for a job; 

Technique No. 3 – Ask people around you what is happening at their workplace, ask them about their job description, that is the kind of job you want to do; it helps to prepare your mind on what to expect when you are employed.

Technique No. 4 – Talk to the self-employed “vocationally-skilled” youth around you, this enables you to get alternatives, that is whether you will want to go into a “white-collar employment” or use your vocational skills (e.g. sewing, writing, designing, etc.) to start your own business.

Technique No. 5 – Search the internet for job opportunities online; now there are a lot of companies who want people to work for them from home. You can also get access to money making websites where you just sign up and follow the directions  given and will start earning money. 

In conclusion, it is good to look for other alternatives when you are unemployed and looking for a job. 

How to develop the Habit of Continuous Learning

“To earn more you must learn more.”Jim Rowan says: “Work at least as hard on yourself as you do on your work.”

a)  Read in your field 30-60 minutes each day. This will translate into one book per week, 50 books per year.  

b) Listen to CD’s in your car as you drive from place to place. This will amount to 500-1000 hours per year.  

c)  Attend seminars and take courses given by experts in your field. One idea from one course can save you years of hard work.  

d) The average income in America increases at 3% per annum. With compound interest, the average person doubles their income every 22 years. 

e) With the additional knowledge and skill you can apply to get better results, you increase your income at 10%, 15% and even 25% per year.

f)  10% per annum increase means that you double your income in 7 years and 2 months.  

g)  25% increase per annum means that you double your income in 2 years and 8 months. (Credit; Brian Tracy) 

Work on yourself as if your future depends on it, because it does. Continuous learning will make us to sacrifice our time for sleeping, leisure and family, however, the long term benefits far overrides the sacrifices we may go through today.  

Go ahead start reading that book, sign up for that online course; start listening to the language audio CD today and see where you get to by the end of this year.  

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How to start the Habit of Saving and Investing

Resolve today to get out of debt, stay out of debt and become financially independent. 

Your goal and everyone’s goal is to achieve financial independence as soon as possible in life. This requires continuous financial dis­cipline with every dollar you earn. The key is for you to save 10%, 15% and even 20% of your income throughout your life.  

a)  Because you are probably in debt already, begin by saving 1% of your income and discipline yourself to live on the other 99% until this becomes a habit.  

b)   Increase the amount of monthly savings to 2%, 3% and eventually 10% and 15%. Discipline yourself to live on the balance.  

c)  Rewire your thinking from “I enjoy spending” to “I enjoy saving.”  

d)  Delay; defer major purchases for 30 days.  

e)  Investigate before you invest. Two thirds of investment success comes from avoiding mistakes. Invest as much time in studying the investment as you invested to earn the money in the first place.

f)  Pay cash for as many things as possible. Get rid of your credit cards. When you pay cash, the amount you are spending is far more visible and painful.

“If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you.”

W. Clement Stone

Dear friends and fans, cultivating the habit of saving and investing is a necessary discipline if we want to succeed and become wealthy. Therefore start investing today!!!

How to Cultivate the Discipline of Hard Work

Goal: Develop a reputation for being a hard, hard worker. 

“The harder you work, the luckier you get.”- Thomas Jefferson

a)   The average work week in America is 32 hours. 

b)   The average person wastes 50% of the workday in idle chit-chatting with co-workers, extended cof­fee breaks and luncheons, personal business, reading the newspaper and surfing the internet.  

c)    Rule: Work all the time you work!  

d)   Start one hour earlier, and immediately get to work.  

e)   Work harder, through your lunch hour, all day long; don’t waste time.  

f)    Work one hour later; be the last to leave. Use this time to wrap up all your work and plan your next day.  

g)   Three extra hours of work will translate into 6-8 hours of productivity.  

h)  Ask; what is the most valuable use of my time right now? Whatever your answer, work on that every hour of every day. 

i)    If you get distracted, or interrupted, repeat over and over, “Back to work! Back to work! Back to work!” (Credit: Brian Tracy)

Working hard will not hurt or kill us as individuals and employees. Therefore in order for us to succeed and become wealthy, fulfilled individuals, we need to work hard at whatever we are doing.  

Dear friends, in order for us to make it in this life, we need to be hard working and develop the habit of managing our time daily.  

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