How The Bush Unemployment Insurance Extension Helps Infopreneurs

The Bush unemployment insurance extension signed today will help over a million unemployed and soon to be unemployed people today.  I look at that and think, that's all well and good, but the grim reality is the workplace has changed. 

The reality is that there are many people over the last few years who have been forced out of the workplace for a variety of reasons, and don't even show up in those unemployment numbers anymore.  People who have been forced into lesser jobs that have substantially reduced their standard of living that they once enjoyed through no fault of their own, or who have had to completely make their own job.  Many of those people--especially professional and managerial level employees still struggle to make what they deserve based upon their years of expertise.

It's likely that many of the current unemployed and soon to be laid off, downsized, rightsized or furloughed face the same issue.  I've been there twice myself.

So this isn't mean to be a downer.  I hope what it will be what I like to call a "light bulb moment" of empowerment for those of you kind enough to read this infopreneur blog post and pass it along to your friends and loved ones who could also benefit from this important insight.

There was a weight loss guru a few years back named Susan Powter whose core message was "Stop The Insanity!"  I want you to think about stopping this workplace insanity.

How?  If you are one of those unemployed people, or soon to be unemployed people who are going to be a beneficiary of the Bush unemployment insurance extension, of course you should do your best to look for a job.  One great site is from Jason Alba called JibberJobber.com.

But at the same time, do yourself and your loved ones the biggest favor, and consider this "employment challenged" period of your life as a wake-up call for your future!

View the unemployment benefit insurance payment as not just a way to help tide you over until you get another job, view it as a federal government "grant",in essence, to start taking what you know and using it for your own benefit too.  Start working towards having a side infopreneur business while you look for that next job.  Take the time in-between your job hunting efforts and learn to leverage what you know through infopreneuring--making money from your own knowledge. 

You can create your own, unique information products and services from the expertise you've acquired over the years, at a very low start-up cost. You can do this whether you like to write, speak, make videos, train, coach, etc.  It may eventually help you make some decent supplemental income on the side once you do go back to work, or it may someday allow you to throw away the corporate ladder for good.

 

Your Next Steps:

1.  Listen to my free weekly infopreneur podcast What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast--start with episode one What's All This About Infopreneuring?if this concept of being an infopreneur is all new to you.  Or skip ahead to other infopreneur podcastepisodes if you have the basics and want more advanced infopreneur ideas.

2.  Get a free copy of my ebook The Treasury Of Infopreneur FAQs CLICK HERE. 

(Yes I will ask you to sign up for my e-mail list to get it, but I promise it will open the doors for you to a ton of my unique knowledge you can immediately put to good use, and you'll get subscriber-only invitations to my free infopreneur teleseminar series on becoming an infopreneur, and my private e-mail address to ask me questions.  And I'll never sell or share your info with anyone!  Fair enough?)

3.  Let's get further connected and expand your network of contacts (always good for a job search or to build a business) that won't cost you a dime!  I hang out in three places:

Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/melaniejor

Submit a friend request on Facebook(include a personal note referencing this blog post so I will be sure to add you--you have the right one if you see me in a purple hoodie dressed as the coach that I am!)

Send an invitation to connect on LinkedIn (again, send a personal note)

More info on this topic:  Please see my prior post Laid Off? Becoming An Infopreneur Could Be Your Best New Career for more details

Happy Infopreneuring!

--Melanie R. Jordan, Everybody's Infopreneur Coach and Host of infopreneur podcast What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast Available 24/7 at http://www.WhatYouKnowIsWorthMorePodcast.com

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