How to Exploit Your God-Given Talents With Self-Directed Learning and Survive Losing Your Job and/or Home
Ξ November 19th, 2008 | → | ∇ Finance: personal finance |
“I never thought that would ever happen to me,” is what most people say who are being downsized in these difficult economic times. Others are fearfully watching as the number of their colleagues is dwindling around them at their jobs.
Another everyday phenomenon is that foreclosures are rampant and way too many people are losing their houses.
Is there a way of surviving these financial difficulties?
One good thing about crisis times is that they force us to step out of our comfort zone and search for new and better options.
Taking advantage of what is already in your hand is definitely one of them. Exploiting your expertise through self-directed learning is by far the easiest and most fulfilling alternative for creating an extra income or even for gaining financial freedom.
In the first place, God gave you that talent so you could exploit it and serve others with it. That means you have to develop it, further it and figure out how you can share it with others.
Additionally, there has never been a better time for reaching a huge market and gaining access to a lot of “how-to” information as there is now with the Internet. You literally have the world at the tips of your fingers!
So, if you are troubled with your financial situation, don’t look around you for help. Search inside. God has already given you the means to be fruitful. He also has an awesome plan for your life,–and it is much more exciting than living from paycheck to paycheck.
Granted, it will mean hard work to develop your expertise and to monetize it. Like in everything else, there is a lot of learning involved. You don’t get a college degree overnight either.
But if you determine to exploit what you are already passionate about, you’ll not only have a lot of fun in the process, but you will also change what your life will look like in a few years to come.