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Do you live a free social life??

Many people treat their jobs as their primary social outlet.  They hang out with the same people working in the same field.  Such incestuous relations are social dead ends.  An exciting day includes deep conversations about the company's switch from Sparkletts to Arrowhead, the delay of Microsoft's latest operating system, and the unexpected delivery of more Bic pens.  Consider what it would be like to go outside and talk to strangers.  Ooooh… scary!  Better stay inside where it's safe.

If one of your co-slaves gets sold to another master, do you lose a friend?  If you work in a male-dominated field, does that mean you never get to talk to women above the rank of receptionist?  Why not decide for yourself whom to socialize with instead of letting your master decide for you?  Believe it or not, there are locations on this planet where free people congregate.  Just be wary of those jobless folk — they're a crazy bunch!

Can you do what you want??

It takes a lot of effort to tame a human being into an employee.  The first thing you have to do is break the human's independent will.  A good way to do this is to give them a weighty policy manual filled with nonsensical rules and regulations.  This leads the new employee to become more obedient, fearing that s/he could be disciplined at any minute for something incomprehensible.  Thus, the employee will likely conclude it's safest to simply obey the master's commands without question.  Stir in some office politics for good measure, and we've got a freshly minted mind slave.

As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on.  We can't very well have employees thinking for themselves, now can we?  That would ruin everything.

God forbid you should put a plant on your desk when it's against the company policy.  Oh no, it's the end of the world!  Cindy has a plant on her desk!  Summon the enforcers!  Send Cindy back for another round of sterility training!

Free human beings think such rules and regulations are silly of course.  The only policy they need is:  “Be smart.  Be nice.  Do what you love.  Have fun.”

Is this really you??

Have you noticed that employed people have an almost endless capacity to whine about problems at their companies?  But they don't really want solutions – they just want to vent and make excuses why it's all someone else's fault.  It's as if getting a job somehow drains all the free will out of people and turns them into spineless cowards.  If you can't call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you're no longer free.  You've become your master's property.

When you work around cowards all day long, don't you think it's going to rub off on you?  Of course it will.  It's only a matter of time before you sacrifice the noblest parts of your humanity on the altar of fear:  first courage… then honesty… then honor and integrity… and finally your independent will.  You sold your humanity for nothing but an illusion.  And now your greatest fear is discovering the truth of what you've become.

I don't care how badly you've been beaten down.  It is never too late to regain your courage.  Never!

Are you still looking for a job?

If you're currently a well-conditioned, well-behaved employee, your most likely reaction to the above will be defensiveness.  It's all part of the conditioning.  But consider that if the above didn't have a grain of truth to it, you wouldn't have an emotional reaction at all.  This is only a reminder of what you already know.  You can deny your cage all you want, but the cage is still there.  Perhaps this all happened so gradually that you never noticed it until now… like a lobster enjoying a nice warm bath.

If any of this makes you mad, that's a step in the right direction.  Anger is a higher level of consciousness than apathy, so it's a lot better than being numb all the time.  Any emotion — even confusion — is better than apathy.  If you work through your feelings instead of repressing them, you'll soon emerge on the doorstep of courage.  And when that happens, you'll have the will to actually do something about your situation and start living like the powerful human being you were meant to be instead of the domesticated pet you've been trained to be.

Is there an alternative to getting a job? 

The alternative to getting a jo is to remain happily jobless for life and to generate income through other means. Starting your own business is the simplest and most accessible way. You won't have an easy start and it might take a bit more time to get going, but the freedom you have is easily worth the initial investment of time and energy. Everything you learn will pay you off. You can share with others to generate even more value. 

You only need to gather some courage. Rememeber the real value is rooted in who you are, not what you do. Whatever you do should express your real self to the world. During your job period you must have learnt all sort of lies but you would never have felt the true happiness and fulfillment until you summon the courage to do it anyway.

Next time if you are offered a Great Job then I expect you to say ”No, please… not that!  Anything but that!” 

I would recommend that if you have the courage and you are motivated to do better than your boss offers to you then start an online business. Believe me it really works! You will find it as a best way to generate income without a job. It worked great for me and hopefully it will work for you as well.