It should not be news to you that our economy is apparently a step above being dog poop on the sidewalk. Perhaps that is an exaggeration. However, when you’re discussing this with a jobless person that recently relocated to Minneapolis, and two months later they remain jobless… The exaggeration sounds just about right.
Who wants to sit around and talk about the deplorable state of our economy/job market? I don’t. It is not new and it does not seem to be getting better any time soon. Hopefully, though, the solution is as simple as change your approach. Or completely changing your goal. Tough times call for creative thinking, and creative thinking is what I do…
Right now, I am wishing the weather was appropriate for a lemonade stand to be setup outside. I want to hire some neighborhood kids to work my lemonade stand, pay them minimum wage, and pocket the profits. Just kidding…I would pay them in lemonade.
The new cool, hip phrase that kids in the neighborhood start saying is “Gettin’ paid in lemonade!”
Genius!
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Very funny, Drew.
I would never work for your lemonade stand. cheep ass. haha.
I’ve heard that the only way out of unemployment for a lot of people is to start their own business. I told you about my candle business. I’m working that. I also very recently started being a consultant for Southern Living at Home. Which means I host home parties for women to buy expensive products so I get paid commission. It’s actually pretty cool. And I know of someone who is doing pretty well doing Mary Kay. Maybe you could look up one of these home party kind of places that would work for you. A guy selling Pampered Chef stuff wouldn’t be too weird. And with the weirdo that you are anyway (LOL) you could take a Gordan Ramsey approach and use a british accent and tell people how their meals are going to taste like shit if they don’t use your products.