2020 is the time to start thinking outside the box.

I was just reading a New York Times article about the despair graduates are facing entering the market during extenuating circumstances. But to be honest, most highschool and college graduates have been stressed out to enter the market for many years.

College graduates have a whole lot of weight on their shoulders with all their debt. Holding a degree that does not guarantee them any success in their chosen profession and industry.

High school graduates are either freaking out about all the debt coming their way, or about the life of low-paying jobs ahead of them for the rest of their lives.

But there is a whole world out there. A whole lot of money being moved around. A whole lot of money being made. What we need to teach these kids, instead of panicking with them is, to think outside the box.

Instead of keeping a closed perspective, eyeing the same industries that are currently crashing, the jobs that are currently gone, the same old ways that have people working 2 jobs, accumulating more and more debts and working until they die because they can’t afford to retire… Think outside the box.

How? You might ask me. And I will tell you, start thinking like an entrepreneur. No I don’t mean the motivation filled and non-sense filled type of approach. I am talking about, the practical, work smart, and open your eyes type of approach. How do you do that? Well, we all learned in school about markets and demand. But we just didn’t learn how to look at it and try to understand it to our benefit.

With that said, I need to make a remark, from here on, as you continue reading this in look for answers, EMPTY YOUR CUP. You can’t continue looking for answers if you think you have them all. You have to let go of what you think you know, to be able to see all of what you do not know. Because the only thing we do know is that the system is currently broken and that’s why there is so much despair, struggle, and unemployment.

Ok, so back to thinking like an entrepreneur. The first thing I want to point at is that by definition an entrepreneur is not looking for a job. Because he understands his value and the value of his work, and he wants to be able to keep and grow that value to make money for himself, not for any random, arrogant, power-tripping boss, nor for any corrupt corporate mogul for that matter.

That understanding right there just gave you your power back, your freedom, your value. You are a lot more valuable than the system makes you think you are, and the reason for that… well, the system rather not pay you a lot, so it’s easier that way.