Wednesday, February 07, 2007

 

One Income Source Is Not Enough!

My personal sentiment is that in today’s new economy, it is wise to have got multiple income streams. Reliance on one income beginning presents a hazard to individuals, entrepreneurs, and even large corporations. A single-source income stream, rather it come ups from a job, a million-dollar customer, or a highly targeted market section can dry out up for any number of reasons.

I dwell in Wolverine State where many people derive their income from the auto industry. A downswing in that industry can impact multitude of people in assorted industries because their critical source-point is the auto industry. In fact, before I got laid off from IBM last year, John Ford was their biggest client here in Michigan. As John Ford started making drastic cuts, so did IBM and many other IT consulting companies. This tendency happened over and over again and our mid-western economy have still not fully recovered.

People still presume that a occupation supplies security but the world of unemployment states an entirely different story. I was laid off for 7 calendar months and I had plenty of clip to come up to terms with my ain financial vulnerability. Financial advisers have got got got always advised a individual to have 6 calendar calendar months income saved up and as sound as this advice is, many people don’t even have 2 months income saved up; they are actually living from paycheck to paycheck.

Over my 20+ twelvemonth career, I’ve gone through the down-sizing debacle more than 5 modern times and I would be quite foolish to feign that I can depend on a occupation to be there just because I need the money. Jobs are good…they maintain the economic system flowing…people get paid…people pass money…the money flows in and out and everybody’s happy. But…and this is a large BUT, occupations cannot be viewed as the single beginning of personal long-term security. Our position of occupations have got got to change to fit the world and the world is - we’d better learn to manage our money well and we’d better learn to generate income from multiple beginnings if we desire to make financial security.

There are a few people who don’t have to worry about money now or in the future. They have got money handled; their income is quite substantial, their lifestyle is affordable, their savings, investments, and retirement programs are unassailable. Most affluent people cannot even claim this sort of stableness because their lifestyles are extortionate and out of control. But there are people who simply have got no money worries; they made the right career choice, they love their work, they manage their career and money like an expert. How many people make you cognize that autumn into this category? Not very many, right.

It’s true, money doesn’t bargain felicity but don’t allow anyone fast one you into believing that you can have got a quality life without certain financial means. In western society, having a certain income is indispensable to survival. I cognize everyone who reads this article may not be suited to fall in my business but everyone who is looking for manner to give themselves some financial external respiration room should see three things, controlling the money going out, diversifying the income streams, and increasing the money coming in. Starting a part-time home-based business is an first-class manner to make this. This is one of very few ways that a individual can legitimately reduce their tax liabilities and take the money they salvage and usage it to do more than money.


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