subject: How To Take Personal Responsibility For Your Financial Future! [print this page] The future for the Irish economy is bright for those who grasp the opportunities presented by the new world that we're all moving into, make no mistake about that. Now is truly a time of incredible transition. Yes, the internet arrived over 10 years ago, and the first crash has already occurred, and while some prospered and some didn't, the revolution has been pretty quiet.
It happened quietly to begin with. Initially, the change that it represented wasn't compelling or necessary enough for many to take the leap of faith and immerse themselves in what is without question the single most age transforming development of our lifetimes, bar none. The age that the we're living through, and right now in particular can be compared to the industrial revolution. Everything is about to change forever.
We're entering a new era where those who refuse to accept personal responsibility for determining the make up of their lives will perish. This shift has been happening gradually, over the last twenty plus years, however the following events have fast forwarded things big time, the credit crunch, failure of and challenges to many central banks, bankruptcy of small countries and the immediate realisation that big companies don't have the financial strength or certainty, nor the desire to look after you, no matter how good an employee you were. We know this.
I repeat, we must more than ever acknowledge that we are responsible for our financial destiny, as a part of our greater ultimate destiny. What this means is that we must seize the opportunity to create a prosperous and wealthy future that we can enjoy, and refuse to neglect this duty any longer, by abdicating this responsibility to "the boss".
You are the boss. Ignore this at your peril. You're the boss of you, your money, your finances, the role you play or don't in your family, your relationships, everything.
Lets start at the beginning. So what has changed, and how can the internet help me? The model of the world that you were brought up to believe in is over. Go to school, study hard, get a good job and work hard, and when you retire you'll have a nice pension, is no more. Its now do all of the above and then get made redundant, and by the way if you have a pension its probably worthless, because the stock market crashed, and we couldn't afford to contribute as much as we should have. We all see daily evidence of this new reality.
The internet differs in that you set it up, either learn how to, or pay someone to. You learn a new skill, and this is essential because the internet, like every other facet of our lives (even though we pretend they don't), is guaranteed to change. You learn how the different pieces of the jigsaw fit together and by diligently figuring it out, either on your own, or with the help of others you will begin to make money. A little to start with, and then the amounts will increase. That's just how it works.
