Why do many workers live paycheck-to-paycheck?

It might be disheartening to know that many workers live from paycheck to paycheck. But, why is it so? Living in this way is another way of saying that the person is broke! The working class, which should be considered the priviledged, has many of them broke. The working class is considered priviledged because they have income. However, this income becomes a source of addiction instead. If you doubt it, how can you explain that many people who are rich today, started with nothing? The question now becomes, how can someone who started with nothing become rich and someone who had a good income is struggling with money? The answer is simple. The one who had nothing understood that he is living in a capitalist economy and therefore, money is vital to everything while the one who has income thinks he or she is better than many and there is no reason to be desperate. What many do not know is that desperation is the fuel that takes you to another level because it shows that you are not satisfied with what you have. If one knows how to manage his or her income, the person will be rich in distant time. There is no business that others do that a salaried worker cannot do. It is a question of choice whether to do or not. There are different types of investments or businesses which you can take advantage of because you have income. Stop thinking about vacations you can take and the places you can visit when you are broke. What type of life is it that you should spend 2 years paying for 1 trip you will make in the future? That means that you spend more time thinking about things that don't give you money than thinking on how to incease your income. Becoming wealthy does not occur by accident. Think about it!         

How is your career going in 2021 1?

The question people often ask is: how is your career going? If someone asks you this question today, how will respond the person? Is it like photo 1 or photo 2? Please, write your comments on the comment section.

 

What are your strenghts and weaknesses?

 In this episode, we are going to look at your strenghts and weakesses. So we will start by asking you about your strenghts and weaknesses. What are things that make standout from the others? Is it your intelligence, your problem solving skills, your empathy, your leadership quality, your teamwork ability, your time management skill, or your result-oriented skill? The first thing you do is to discover where you excel. Although it took me time to find that, I recently discovered that I can express myself more by wting than speaking. How do I know that? I discovered that when I began writing books and blogs. Once I sit down to write, the information will keep on coming to the point that I don't think a lot about what I am writing on. You need to discover this about yourself. Why is this important? It is important because once you know it, you can use it to your advantage. The second reason is that you can leverage in such a way that you are the best in that. 

    The other side of the equation is knowing your weak points. This is easier to identify because your Human Resources Area generally gives you your performance feedback. Your weak points are the ones they tell you and reinforce them by offering you training for improvement.  

    However, there are two schools of thought in this area. Some professionals say that one should leverage his or her strenghts instead of trying to improve his or her weak points. The other side says that it is better to improve the weak points in order to be balanced. Some companies are using both methods now and that is why some companies have positions they call "specialists" today. These are individuals that are highly specialized in their area, but cannot do well in teamwork or in leading people. Since they are also assets to the company, they are recognized as such and work solely. 

   So, it is very important you know your strenghts and weaknesses, and depending on the type of company you work, you can go for improvement of the weak points or choose to work as a specialist. Do not let ignorance block your way of progress!       

Your Career and the COVID-19 pandemic

 How are you dealing with your career challenges in the midst of covid-19 pandemic? This happened unexpectedly. No one had ever prepared for a world-wide lockdown neither had a world-wide lockdown  happened before. Even large corporations didn't know what to do. One of the solutions adopted was to work from home or what is known as telecommuting. However, many employees found it difficult to adopt to that, resulting in many cases of depression. On the other end of the extreme were many people losing their jobs because there was a complete lockdown. The takehome from the whole episode was that employees need to be flexible and adaptable to changes. Although we know that the older one gets, the more difficult it is to be flexible and adaptable. The recommendation here is that companies should incorporate flexibility and adaptability training in their programs in order to prepare their workforce for situations like the covid-19 pandemic case.    

 I am Walter Okpala, the author of this blog. I am sorry for being too long without publishing anything. This is due to personal problems that I had all this time. I am now back to start publishing articles and I hope to see you back, read and enjoy them. Thank you once again and see you in my next post. 😂