The Price of Security and the Price of Freedom in a changing world.

I read a book by Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and in one chapter he discussed the Price of Freedom and the Price of Security. In this chapter he discussed a different take on the common platitude that a job provides security, but the price is freedom. The second part of that platitude is that a business provides freedom, but at the cost of security. That platitude is well known and well worn to the point of being threadbare.

But he has a different view. He feels a job traditionally provides security, in exchange for freedom, but the modern job doesn’t deliver on its promise. Recent polls of employees in various industries reveal that job security is rare and many employees live in fear of business failure, job elimination or outsourcing. The secure 20 year job with retirement pension appears to be a rare commodity. Many young people report changing jobs twice in their first four years out of college. It appears that modern employees are paying twice. They surrender their freedom in exchange for freedom, but then are forced to live with job insecurity due to modern hiring and firing processes. So they also pay the price of emotional insecurity.

I thought that the uptick in entrepreneurship of the last 20 years followed a logical thought process where people who traditionally trade their personal freedom for job security feel that since businesses no longer uphold their end of the bargain, the prospect of obtaining personal freedom by giving up this practically non-existent of job security, no longer seems like a high price to pay and more like a trick question.

Mr. Kiyosaki sees this as part of Newtonian physics; for every action there is an equal reaction. I think he’s right. The employers “action” of providing real job security to previous generations resulted in the “reaction” of everyone going to school to learn to be a good employee. I think that employers current new actions are leading to the current new reaction.
Basically we talking about a revolution. Those employees who fail to recognize the new economic rules get hurt. Those that recognize the new rules thrive.

Adapt, change, survive and thrive. You must continue to thirst for knowledge , as it is the path to wealth and freedom.

Stay thirsty.

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