You are not alone

I remember talking to an old friend, who was working at the time for this, big  

Multinational bank. He was serving as their Branch Manager and the pay was 

excellent. They'd given him a big car to use. He had recently come back from a 

4 day vacation with his wife, from Thailand. 

While catching up (I was meeting him after a long time), he asked me about my 

projects. He then mentioned how he'd want to start his own business, and quit his job. 

Quit such a well-paying job? Why?

Because I have no time for anything else, he said. With so much time committed

at the office, he did not see how the money he was earning can be spent by him! 

When I started thinking about it, it became clearer. But no one else seemed to be

talking about it. 

I thought I was alone.

I saw GLARING PROBLEM with how we - as a society - have chosen to value

our lives. 

I found it difficult to talk about the problem. It seemed HARSH. But it also seemed

to be TRUE.

And what was that glaring problem? 

It was that we spend 14 years or more on "educating" ourselves, our children,

paying for schooling, adjusting our schedules around the school... and for what?  

So we can be a servant? 

I told you it was a bit harsh. 

Note, there is NOTHING wrong with being a servant, please. 

But why are we TRAINING to be a servant? 

Should not that be a last-resort type of thing?

You may be earning the right amounts of money, but do you have time to pay

attention to other very important aspects of their lives, such as relationships, 

your own health, your contribution to society in general?

EVERYONE agreed that the best way to earn money is via your own business. 

Everyone agreed to that! 

STILL we persisted on TRAINING to be employed by others! Why? Was this

out of ignorance? Or was it out of fear? 

Shouldn't the money spent on "educating" me be used in teaching me about 

self-employment? About starting my own business? About dealing with money? 

About living a WHOLESOME life? 

I always thought I was alone in thinking like this. 

It turns out, hundreds of discussion, emails and email subscribers later, than I am not. 

I want you to know that it is my MISSION to HELP PEOPLE become self-employed. I want to encourage people to try creative ideas. 

I want to spread this message that it is OK to think differently, it is OK to find the

current system WRONG, and most importantly, it is NECESSARY for each one

of us to fix it in our own lives! 

I want you to know that you are not alone.