It’s a good bet that if you think about your friends, neighbours or extended family members that you know someone who is out of work, looking for a job.
They may have been looking for a short time, or a long time.
Perhaps even a year or more.
If you have been out of work for any length of time you know that it’s not a very good feeling, starting out each day wondering what to do next, trying to follow up every possible lead, feeling your chest beginning to get tight and your stomach churning.
In the traditional job market, opportunities can be hard to come by, but the surprising thing is that in non-traditional areas, opportunities abound.
In fact, the times when there are actually the most opportunities is during periods of economic chaos.
(I think that this period most certainly qualifies as a time of economic chaos.)
So, what do I mean by non-traditional areas?
I mean situations in which you create your own job or your own business.
Not just working for someone else, but actually creating your own employment doing something that you love to do and that you find enjoyable.
Now, some people think that you have to have some special talent or be a creative genius to have your own business or work for yourself, but the truth of the matter is that pretty much anyone can do it.
Mainly because everyone has their own genius for something.
Everyone has something (or multiple things) that they are truly passionate about. Something that stirs the creative genius inside and generates an extra energy within.
Maybe you had that passion when you were young, but you had it sucked out of you when you were in school.
Our educational system is pretty good at stifling our own creative outputs and sticking us into a box of conformity.
We all know the kid who loved reading or writing or drawing who suddenly lost interest in it once they were being forced to read or write or draw subjects that they cared nothing about.
When these interests are rekindled however, those past passions can turn into a raging fire of personal genius and ability.
And that is where the best opportunities lie. When you tap into that inner-genius, that every person has, you tap into a tremendous source of power.
A source of power that not only gives you energy to accomplish more than you thought possible but also a creativity that opens your mind up and cuts through all of the clutter of everyday life to give you a clear vision and direction.
Take a look at the middle of this page to see examples of how nine other people put this genius into action and created new opportunities in their own lives.
Once you have tapped into this inner-genius, stumbling blocks become stepping stones, the path becomes an enjoyable journey and increasing your bank balance happens as a natural result.
Talk soon,
Ethan& Brett
