In an uncertain economy, there are key questions you should ask yourself to be better prepared for the future, said Cody, Wyoming-based entrepreneur and journalist Mike Johnson.
“Look at a good definition of your wealth. It’s not just money, and not just digits. It’s not just dollars, it’s not just stuff, it’s time,” Johnson told members of the Freedom Circle men’s community. “How can you sort your life so you can have more time?”
“Are you going to spend more time with your family?” Johnson asked. “How can you connect with your God better? How can you increase your freedom with what you have now? How can you make yourself more self-sufficient?”
Johnson continued, “What if the job goes away tomorrow; what are you going to do? What skills could you gain? Maybe you already have a skill that you don’t use in your job that would generate income in a grid-down scenario or a bad scenario or a job loss scenario.”
“If you put some brain power into those things in that first hour in your morning,” he said, “you’re going to feel a little more prepared physically for whatever may come your way.”
Johnson is a writer, entrepreneur, and former journalist. His Web site says he has been “social distancing since 1957” and that he “learned how to retire early and does his best to help others escape the employment wheel.”
He claims to have “sold more than two million words” as a writer since 1991, and he and his wife, Margie, have started and exited multiple businesses, including the creation of Cody Trolley Tours and a thriving mobile home park investment business.
The Freedom Circle men’s community is run by Sedona, Arizona-based CEO, entrepreneur, and author, Curt Mercadante. Mercadante is CEO of Advantage Informatics, LLC, and founder of Freedom Rising Enterprises. He is author of the bestselling book, Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle.
