Saturday, October 31, 2009

101 Things You Will Have To Give Up When You Are Successful in the Trump Network

1. Your place on the freeway in the going to work morning commute
2. Your place on the freeway in the going home from work evening commute
3. Working overtime when you don’t want to
4. Working overtime when you do want to just to make extra money
5. Working at something you do not like to do
6. Missing lunch because you have to work through it
7. Missing breakfast because you don’t have enough time
8. Sending your children to the day care or babysitter for 10 hours a day every day
9. Babysitting someone’s kids for 10 hours a day so they can work and you can eat
10. Working late to impress the boss or to make sure something is done
11. Going into work on Saturday or Sunday to catch up because it is quiet
12. Worry about getting laid off
13. Looking for your next job
14. Getting paid less and working more than your co-workers or boss
15. Giving all the credit for what you do to your boss
16. Sitting through meaningless STAFF MEETINGS
17. Having to plan and run meaningless STAFF MEETINGS
18. Driving through the FAST FOOD to get something to eat because you are starving
19. Drinking diet coke because it is the only thing on the menu that doesn’t have calories or sugar other than water
20. Working all day with people you don’t like
21. Serving customers who don’t like you
22. Being around mean people because you have to work
23. Keeping your mouth shut because it is political suicide and career limiting to complain about the boss or the company
24. Putting up with inferior products for which you have to apologize
25. Not having enough time to be with your family and friends
26. Being overweight forever – never getting those pounds to go away
27. Feeling so tired and underappreciated and not worthy
28. Missing your child’s daytime school or sporting event because your work won’t let you off
29. Missing out on your grandchildren because your are still working and can’t afford to visit them
30. Having to continue working because you can’t afford to retire – another year, again
31. Avoiding looking at new cars because you know you can’t afford one
32. Telling your children no because you can’t afford it
33. Looking older than your age because you are tired, unhappy, and miserable
34. Worrying about income and security
35. Wasting time in a go no-where job
36. Looking at the Monster.com or Ladders.com or CareerBuilder.com for job opportunities
37. Telling yourself that it’s ok that you didn’t get your spouse a Christmas present because you don’t even want to think about the cost
38. Being late on your bills
39. Getting another credit card
40. Telling your adult child that you are sorry they have lost their job or are getting behind on their bills, but that you can’t afford to help them.
41. Having to ask your parents for money to pay your house payment or bills
42. Getting passed over for a promotion
43. Hating to pick up the mail because it is always just bills
44. Worried about the 20 – 30th every month and stretching out those dollars and freezer meals
45. Telling a good charity NO, sorry I can’t afford to give you anything
46. Wearing your shoes an extra couple of months because you really can’t afford to get new ones yet
47. Buying a bigger size of clothes this year
48. Avoiding the mirror, glass store front windows and other reflections of yourself
49. Overeating bad food over and over again
50. Not buying flowers for your mother or spouse because you don’t want to waste the money
51. Not going out to an expensive restaurant because you can’t afford it
52. Wondering what it feels like to feel secure in your job
53. Not hosting the big holiday meal this year because you can’t afford it all
54. Not flying your Mom over to visit you because you can’t afford the ticket
55. Taking on a job you really don’t want to do because you really need the money
56. Living on your credit cards because your customers haven’t paid you yet or unemployment hasn’t kicked in or your business went down
57. Going to work when you don’t feel well
58. Wondering if you should be taking a good vitamin supplement and not knowing what that is
59. Wondering what it would be like to meet Donald Trump
60. Wondering what it would be like to own your own business and run your own office
61. Wondering what it would be like to be feel successful
62. Searching through the car and the kitchen drawers for extra change on Fridays for an espresso
63. Having to bake something for the Friday potluck at work
64. Wishing you could take golf lessons but can’t afford the time or the instructor
65. Wishing you could buy new golf clubs or a new sewing machine or a new something
66. Watching the QVC channel and not being able to buy the great special
67. Doing your own yard work
68. Having to take another safety class at work
69. Having to take another sexual harassment training at work
70. Having to take another Covey class at work
71. Breathing the internal building air all day at work
72. Sitting next to someone who came to work sick and worrying about catching it
73. Having to miss an important phone call because you have no privacy at work
74. Wishing you could do something that would make your spouse be proud of you
75. Worried that you will go bankrupt and lose everything you have worked for with no remedy in sight
76. Saying no to a good business opportunity because of the uncertainty of the company
77. Feeling alone – that you have no friends who understand what you are going through
78. Not wanting to dream your dream about what you could be because you feel you have no chance
79. Keeping that old sofa one more year because it is too good to get rid of and you can’t afford a new one
80. Not thinking about or looking at a nice house because you don’t make enough to live there and know you never will
81. Accepting the criticism that others say about you and letting them limit you
82. Watching the news and thinking about how bad it is
83. Watching the stock market and feeling pain about your dwindling investments
84. Watching the price of food go up and up and having no remedy to keep up
85. Hanging out with friends that you really don’t like because you don’t have any others
86. Hanging out in your comfort zone because it is safe but feeling like a loser because of it
87. Canceling your vacation plans because you can’t afford it
88. Thinking success and happiness is for others - not you
89. Reaching for a beer instead of something healthy – every day for the rest of your life
90. Never getting to go skydiving because you know you will never be able to afford it
91. Getting too old too soon
92. Missing out on the best rise of the recession opportunity because you didn’t ever start it
93. Not believing in yourself
94. Missing out on meeting some great people who like you and want to help you
95. Not even thinking about taking your friends out to dinner or surprising your spouse with something fabulous
96. Wondering what will happen to you and your family
97. Needing stuff and not being able to buy it
98. Not taking a chance on yourself
99. Playing it close and thinking you are safe
100. Worrying about what others think of you
101. Choosing not to be a millionaire and never get to tell your story about it

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