Start working towards vocation - that is doing work which you really love which will last a lifetime.
What would this be for you? Start to produce something! Or start a service! Find just one customer. Prove to yourself what you have is valuable.
If everyone did this, we would take America back. We would once again be a country which produces. If you don’t want to do it alone there are many smaller firms which would love your ideas.
Do you know that over 80% of all firms in America have less than 10 people?
Do you know that over 99% of all firms in America have less that 500 people?
Do you know that 50% of these businesses are home based!!
Here are some things that organization do in this crisis.
First, stop laying-off people. I wish firms were penalized 1 million dollars each for each person laid-off.
This might turn around the focus a bit on people development rather than to lay-off people and then rehire those same positions one year later at twice the costs. With new job security people could again focus on work without fear.
Make people development a larger priority than profit. That’s right, people over profit. We tend to roll out programs to motivate people to do more of what we want them to do. Instead if we invested time to teach people how to motivate themselves.
They would be happier, more joyful and in turn their organizations which they worked for would benefit as well.
We are waiting for the other financial shoe to drop. It will, and soon. Our greed for making money out of thin air has not stopped and unless we change behavior our current economic crisis will only get worse.
First, how many people really want to work on construction projects? The smarter approach is to fund people and programs directly to teach people how to have vocation – the work which will last their entire lives.
You can start to take back America and be a role model right now.
What services or products can you create and sell to others which would be useful and earn you an income. Even if you work for someone else thinking like an entrepreneur is what America needs right now.
150 years ago bartering was popular – people helping out each other. Guess what? In this down economy you can again find bartering clubs starting up again. The plumber donates 20 hours a month as the dentist does. They exchange services and help each other. No money is exchanged.
