If you are just starting to work or are curious about what you might have missed -- below are some of the basic facts of work I want you to know NOW.
Will these facts help you get a promotion tomorrow or next week? Probably not. But they will help you start looking beyond the next payday and maybe find a few good reasons to take a good, hard look at how much you love what you do for a living,and ask if what you are presently doing can secure your financial future and also to get a PLAN B NOW before it gets too late
So here are a few simple truths ...
1 -The reality is that most people have to work.
Unless you inherited a trust fund or recently won the lottery -- you need a way to earn to buy the necessities and luxuries of life.
2 - If no one goes to work, the world stops.
If farmers do not work, no one eats. If teachers do not work, no one learns. If nurses and doctors do not work, no one is cured. In order for our modern world to work, someone still has to fix the phone lines, stock the grocery shelves and refill the ATMs. So even if everyone won the lottery tomorrow, most of us would still need to show up for work.
3 - You will spend at least 60% of your life working.
That includes the time you spend at work, as well as all the time you spend preparing for it, looking for it, commuting to it and recovering from it on the weekend.
4 - Even with a well paying job, you will probably still have to work for a majority of your life.
Most people live at the highest level their income will allow. (Simply put, they spend everything that they make.) And since most people also want to live at the same level after they retire, it takes roughly 40 years to save enough to comfortably retire.
5 - You cannot earn a high income just by showing up on time and doing an average job.
People who do average jobs get paid average wages. Doing a good job earns you a good salary. But to get paid a high income, you need to offer your employer or clients work they value highly. Exactly what that is and what you really get paid for is not always listed in your job description.
TO BE CONTINUED.....watch out.
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