The recession has a lot of people thinking about what they do for a living. Many people have never felt so vulnerable. There is a lot of press about the demise of the middle class and the power of corporations.
There is a way for some people to gain freedom from some of the worries of our economy. We are all affected by the ups and downs but we don't all have to feel like the end of a whiplash.
Many of us can become self employed. If your idea of self employed is get rich quick, create a giant corporation overnight or take part in one of those fly-by-night schemes that quick talking salesmen hawk on TV, then you should quit reading right here because that is not what I am talking about.
Many people have skills and interests that can be marketed to generate a living.
I work with entrepreneurs; people who had an idea, developed it and brought it to market. These are people with a physical product to sell, but there are other ways to market yourself, your knowledge, your service, what you have to offer.
There are many people online offering information, ideas and even a cheering section to help others become successful.
Facebook, blogs and other forms of social networking are good sources of information; like any other source you have to separate the salesmen selling charm from people who actually have good advice to offer.
Marketing yourself as a second job can let you figure out exactly what you want to do, keep the security of your current income and use the freedom to experiment to find a niche where you can be self employed.
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