Granted its not a long list, but its a start. If you can master just one of the three, you’ll escape the rat race a hell of a lot faster than working your way up the corporate ladder. How long? 1 year. What else are you going to do? Sit around the ‘lunch’ table with your buddies talking about your next meeting?

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One of the most popular post on the internet sits on Steve Pavlina’s website. Its titled, “10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job”.

They pretty much all make sense and he mentions what every person in America usually wants or at least thinks about doing, leaving Corporate America.

But how do you really start to work for yourself? You need a game plan to escape that cubicle.

First, find out what your really passionate about. For me, its helping business owners see the value, track their marketing, and show an ROI when it comes to marketing online. Whether its search engine optimization or web analytics, I simply love when a business owner sees the value and he profits in his bottom line. When they are rewarded, it always comes back to me. Thats how I make money.

After you find out what your passionate about you can start to put together a game plan. How much money do you need to start your business. Usually people need 6-12 months of living expenses to feel comfortable before leaving. Others are pushed out through job losses and only have one month of living expenses. Theres been many entrepreneurs that have become successful by being laid off. You sometimes here the comments, “Being let go was the best thing to happen to me. It really kicked me in the butt and spurred me into action”.

In the next 30 days, determine what you really want to do. Hopefully it will be internet marketing and I’ll show you how to start a business in online marketing and web development!

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Today I ran across a tweet:

Update: layoffs tomorrow/Thurs, atmosphere here is tense. My motto? Stay positive and get my job done – control what I can control.

Are you ready for layoffs?  You shouldn’t have to worry about layoffs if you’ve got your ducks in a row. Understanding how corporate America is run and how you need to ‘run’ your own business (even if you work for a corporation) is important to staying afloat.  Corporate America doesn’t give a rats ass about you, your family, and your health.  Its time you start realizing that.  Once you do, you’ll be that much closer to taking control of your future, your life, and your family’s needs.

Have you saved enough money to weather the storm?

This is a perfect example of why you need to take control of the situation right now.  Learning a profession where you can control your own hours, your own payscale, has never been more important than it is today.

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Are you safe? Do you feel safe?  If you’re reading this post wondering if you’re going to wake up tomorrow to find out if you’ve got pink slip waiting, then nows the time to act.  You see, while you’re wondering if you still have a job, I’m looking at my list of clients deciding on whats the best route to take to make their site stand out from the rest.  I’m trying to figure out what site we should target, call, and ask to place a link on their site to my clients.

What I do is not rocket science. In fact, I can point you to multiple ebooks to read to learn exactly what I do.  Once you’ve learned the latest and greatest techniques and strategies, you too can be successful in online marketing.  You won’t have to go to sleep wondering if you have enough money in your account to pay the bills.  I’m by no means rich. But everyone’s definition of rich is different.  For myself, it means not worrying about a 9-5 job.  Knowing I make over 3/4 of my income from clients and not from my ‘employer’ means I don’t have to worry about missing a mortgage payment.

Whats your goal?  Thats a broad question. But lets take it a step further.  What does it feel like to be safe? What will it take, financially, to make you feel safe?  Thats the question you need to ask yourself, and answer, until the next post.

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