{"id":612,"date":"2008-04-18T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/money-and-secur\/"},"modified":"2008-04-18T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T04:15:00","slug":"money-and-secur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/money-and-secur\/","title":{"rendered":"Money and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our careers (especially in America) we&#39;ve been given the false impression that money equals security.&#0160; In many ways, we&#39;ve turned the impression into hyperbole.<\/p>\n<p>Money can provide security-the temporary kind.&#0160; But it lacks the cement that so many want it to be.&#0160; How many times have you said to yourself; &quot;once I pay this off&quot; or &quot;when the stock hits X, I&#39;m going to cash-out.&quot;&#0160; Something in you just feels better and safer at the thought.&#0160; It&#39;s ok, we&#39;ve all been guilty of doing this.&#0160; A natural hope to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we give so much attention to security of the temporary nature, that we ignore the security that matters-and lasts.&#0160; Like the man or woman who complains of no career options, while three recruiters wait on hold.&#0160; Our pursuits inside our careers and out may be the main culprits.<\/p>\n<p>Here are what I consider to be the pursuits that provide long-term security:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your work.&#0160; Not your employer or business (for the entrepreneurs).&#0160; Your work goes wherever you go. <\/li>\n<li>Love (the <strong>real variety<\/strong> stays even when you find yourself on the outs). <\/li>\n<li>Your destiny.&#0160; Once you find it, I can say this from experience, your destiny will never leave you alone. <\/li>\n<li>Perseverance.&#0160; The vital element of a no-giving-up mindset. <\/li>\n<li>Faith.&#0160; The belief in the unseen.&#0160; The eyes that can see a better future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The pursuits above will not be mastered overnight-in a career or life-and will create some short term pain.&#0160; But I am an endorser who is living out the reality.&#0160; Ironically, if you embraced the five pursuits above, you&#39;d find all the money you need because your definition of value and security would be rightly ordered.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead and cross the Rubicon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our careers (especially in America) we&#39;ve been given the false impression that money equals security.&#0160; In many ways, we&#39;ve turned the impression into hyperbole. Money can provide security-the temporary kind.&#0160; But it lacks the cement that so many want it to be.&#0160; How many times have you said to yourself; &quot;once I pay this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-development","category-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}