Two Worlds, New Worlds

Thousands of people are losing their jobs, and they don’t have the faintest idea how they’re going to get by. Thousands more are quietly, desperately going to work each day wondering if and when the axe will come down on their necks… and they’re not doing anything about it.

There is this whole other world, but it may as well be in another dimension. This is the world of online business and marketing. This is the world that you and I live in. As far as most people are concerned, we as well be from the distant future.

We can–and we must–reinvent ourselves and the ways we do things if we are to have any hope of succeeding. Many of you feel this is the truth, and you’re struggling to get at that truth. You’re struggling to “figure it out” because you know that somehow you can “make money online.”

It’s good to be on the cutting edge. If you not there, yet, you may need to run to try and catch up. I read years ago that Tom Peters said 90% of all white collar jobs are going to disappear. If you think that’s preposterous, I would like to humbly suggest you’re not paying attention.

If you need help doing this, wrapping your head around all this stuff, figuring out your game plan, you can do two things:

  1. Watch how other people do it and learn from their example.
  2. Get help.

It’s a new world out there.

Your thoughts? I’d love to hear what you think in the comments.

  • Hi Michael,

    It is certainly scary out there(especially here in the UK). BUT, even though times are tough and people are scared of losing their jobs, it is also a time of opportunity if people would think out of the box and look around them more.......

    With jobs so hard to come by these days many people are beginning to start their own small businesses to bring in extra income or start a whole new life.

    I personally feel that many people will start their own businesses in the next 1-2 years because people will struggle to get jobs after losing their old jobor they will struggle to get the kind of money they were on before and hence a business is the obvious solution.

    I remember hearing Duncan bannatyne the famous UK entrepreneur speaking not so long ago and he said this; "I was down and out, I had no qualifications, would struggle to get a job, so I knew I had to use my skills to make a business work" The rest is history because he is now worth over £200 Million.

    My whole point is that I think the here and now is one of the best times to start a business and change your life for the better.

    And a saying to finish the post...."If it's meant to be it's down to me"

    Grant
  • In your comment to Alysson you say you have to "know what you can do and offer". As for me, I'm currently working to figure that part out. I think it's central to success online, and the piece of they pie so many lack when they try "making money online".
  • This is certainly an unprecedented economic environment and a fundamental change to the world as we have known it to this point. All is not lost and it will provide many with the opportunity take their lives in a new direction.

    The real question is: can you hear the knock or have you been deafened by the sound of slamming doors?
  • @Alysson - The opportunity is MEGA. But you have to know what the landscape is, know what you can do and offer, and make it happen. I love your question, but I think different people will interpret that "sound" in different ways: what sounds like the knock of opportunity to some sounds like the slamming shut of a door to others.

    Remember how in the 70s and 80s a lot of manufacturing jobs were lost? We saw that coming a mile away, but how many people were proactively seeking to get in on the next wave? Sound familiar? Office workers are now in that same boat.
  • Hi Michael,

    I imagine that there will be a lot more new people interested in blogging, the internet and making money online as the economy continues to deteriorate.

    And believe it or not, I am actually excited about it because I bet that in upcoming years there will be more innovation and creativity.
  • @Leo - Great points. It's not too late to get started. You can't start too soon. Hell, I wish I had started sooner and I've got a huge jump over anyone who starts now. You can get an online business ramped up fairly quickly if you forget about blogging. :)
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