The cliche "The only constant thing in life is Change" holds truer today than any other time in human history. Right sizing, down sizing, re-sizing and what not are the parlance today in the word of business. Big corporations are not left out of this - actually they, more than anyone else are the champions of these mantra. And the populace that have placed seemingly eternal hopes on them are being jolted out of their sleep - some to great deal of uncertainty.
Benefits that were taken for granted are now slipping out of the reach of many. Retirements benefits are eroding; health plans are now mirages, etc. A cursory look around tells the same sad story. These are some of the problems, what are the solutions? How do you as an individual handle this?
I don't claim to have all the answers but taking ones destiny in ones hands is (what they actually gave up in times past), for me, the best option available today. People are today rising up to challenges that these various kinds of sizing has brought upon them.
The New ways of doing business in the 21st century is what - in my opinion is the solution to this big problem. In the world of business, no marketing/sales method has outdone Direct Marketing. These days it comes with various terminologies; MLM, Network marketing, Word of Mouth sales, etc. Whatever it is called, it involves a distribution network that eliminates all the middle men and gets the finished product to the end users. In this way, lots of cost are cut off and the manufacturing company shares the gains with the marketers by various kinds of compensation.
As soon as you read this, look around in your neighbourhood and see which ones are available and attend any of their meetings.
In the next post, we will look at how to go for the ones that will not get your finger burnt.
Till then,
Cheers.
