And great commentary on the role of your employer and just getting started.

All in all, probably better than what I wrote

I would add to the list of “getting started” motivational books is Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. He groups people into 4 “quadrants” – E for employee, I for investor, S for small business owner or consultant and B for business owner. Where this book excels at is helping you identify your current mentality and status and help you move out toward the quadrants that build real wealth, i.e. B and I.

Keep in mind it’s always your employer’s job to give you just enough money and satisfaction to keep you showing up to work but never enough to completely satisfy your wants and dreams. As I said in a previous comment here, one needs to give up the idea of the Ferrari’s and big homes for the moment and just take a single step. That step can be as simple as turning off the TV and loading wordpress on a domain or as extreme as firing your boss but it all starts with a single step.

Thanks for some great Saturday morning coffee; another great post. I recently discussed this topic with friends and family. Oftentimes, we are conditioned to to work within our communities. That is to say, that we are socialized to work for “a company” or someone else rather than ourselves. It is very difficult to implement a sweeping paradigm shift to the older generation, but fortunately the younger generations get it.