.. Financial Freedom for Folks! Hello everyone this is ‘The Sharp Guy” and for those who have never heard of me this is a brief outline of my story. I spent twenty years in the US Navy as an Aircraft Electronics Technician (AT for those of you who like to know military acronym designations). I traveled the world fixing aircraft and my last few years I taught how to fix aircraft. When my time was up I figured it would be easy to find a job and I was right! The problem I ran into is that the good paying jobs were temporary or by contract. When the contract was complete you may or may not have another one waiting. Not the kind of stability a man with a family and mortgage is really looking for. Then I took a permanent job fixing office equipment; copiers, printers and fax machines. This was a fun job for me! Drawback for the stability, I had to give up the big bucks of contracting. Well after a few years of working and searching I finally found the happy medium. I work for an engineering company making web based training for their technical equipment. Now I am sure you are happy for me but wondering, “What does that have to do with my own

.. World News from Australia (Opinion in Italics) Obama wants a stimulus package, Australia has had one it is not a permanent fix, we need jobs to help the economy more, rather than the cash which only helps for as long as you have the cash. That is not very long. Australia has a new giant discount store opening up called Costco Wholesales, down in Melbourne (bottom of Aus) which will be great to help bring the other stores down in prices, it will also bring in an immediate 225 full and part time jobs not including people to build the store. This will be a great boost for the economy and jobs for people and this will help more than a stimulus. France is supposed to fall another 3% this week in the economy steaks and that is not good as it shows more global down falls all over the world. Swine Flu is becoming very bad down in the southern states with 1300 infected mainly in Victoria large gatherings like football games are the worst for spreading them around and several schools have been closed down too. The World Health Organisation (Who) said a spike in the swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announcing the first flu pandemic in 41 years. Canada has a

Do You Do What You Want To Do or Have To Do? With the economy doing what it’s doing – virtually nothing – many people are experiencing a tightening up and a fear regarding their personal economic situation.  Most have been dependent upon a job which used to at least meet their basic needs but may no longer be so dependable.   They were taught in school that they needed a job and needed to follow the steps to be producers to maintain an income.  Their perception of what happiness is has been additionally formed by television and other ways of maintaining an illusion about what is important.   In the process, many people have ignored their inner yearnings to do whatever it is that really turns them on, what they love to create, what allows them to play at life while working on something they can offer of value.   This essence of what we love to do, and the subsequent questions that come up for us as we re-focus our attention on what we want to be doing, instead of what we have been feeling we have to do, causes many to wonder how they can switch their way of making their living to something they love.   In other words, how can I translate what I love

What If? What if, I lost my job? What if, they don’t like me? What if, I can’t? Why do so many live in the world of what if’s ? The individuals who ask themselves the what if questions on a consistence basis, usually ask the what if as a negative question. When these types of questions are asked to oneself, over and over again, one begins to worry themselves sick over their own worried thoughts. These individuals become afraid of the unknown. The unknown is actually the future one brings to oneself, within their own thoughts. Negative thoughts bring negative actions. Positive thoughts bring positive actions. You can make the decision to what your future holds, simply by your thoughts.