Five Building Blocks to Construct a Path to Independence

The word independence anchors the mind of all mankind. We revere and believe that we can be independent if we follow the principles of:

· Self-Sufficiency

· Self-Reliance

· Self-Determination

· Freedom

· Individualism

We spend our life in a journey to construct a path to independence in spite of the fact that our very life is based in dependency. We are drawn into dependency from our very first breath. Our mothers' milk feeds us. The support of our family puts a roof over our head and the community trains us to be worthwhile members of society and the world of humanity. Then we are dependent on bosses, customers and social interaction to survive. Still we desire independence.

The idea of independence is a dream. A state impossible to attain yet always calling us to be, and we spend our life in a journey to construct a path to independence which will never happen. Yet we can construct a version of independence by:

1. Conquering fear

2. Building Confidence

3. Self Understanding

4. Consciousness

5. Response

Fear is a driving force in dependency and most fear is illusion. Fear creates competition and rivalry, then confrontation and conflict leading to dependence on others. Accepting "what is" is an affirmative step in conquering fear

Self-confidence takes us past fear to belief, faith, and trust in the certainty that nature has our back. Confidence gives us the self-assurance that we can depend on ourselves as individuals.

Self-understanding identifies how to see ourselves and absorb life as it is. It is an appreciation of who we are, where we come from, and the skill to sort out our mission here.

Consciousness is our perception of the "what is". Using sensitive insight, experience and observation to make assessments and form opinions to make positive independent actions.

Response is the final activity in constructing a path to independence. Often the human being reacts based on illusion instead of fact. Any perceived threat to survival has an invisible power that is reactive in nature, especially in life and death circumstance. The ability to respond instead of react is a powerful part of the independence equation.

· My biggest FEAR in life is becoming dependent.

· The idea of depending on my boss, a medical doctor, expensive insurance or the government for my health care does not feel right.

Are there Solutions?

The answer is YES

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Construction Partnerships That Don't Work

I was taking my daughter to a Girl Scouts event and needed to pick up two other fathers and their daughters. By the time I was done with the baseball game that we went to, I never wanted to see either one of these fathers again. Each one of them wanted to be my partner, but didn't have anything to offer.

They were telling me about all of the benefits that construction partnerships had, like I did know anything about construction or business partnerships. I knew that partnerships didn't work well if one of the partners wasn't carrying their fair share of the load.

One of the fathers was unemployed and the other father was a salesman, who sold products to our local supermarkets. This guy was truly unbelievable and unscrupulous. He was telling me about all the money we could make working together, using my money and my business.

I didn't want to have a bad time, so I let them talk and pretended like I was interested for quite some time. That's all we talked about on our way to the baseball game, at dinner, at the baseball game itself and on the way home. I couldn't believe what I was listening to, but neither one of them had anything of value to offer me, except for advice that I have already heard before.

Before I dropped the first father off, I told him that I wouldn't be interested in his proposal. He was extremely upset, but got a little bit of joy from the fact that I told the second father that I wasn't interested in his proposal either. The second father didn't take it as well as the first one. He started telling me about how much money I was going to lose and how stupid he thought I was. I suggested that he got his own contractor's license and prove me wrong.

Don't get caught up in the manipulation from other people who are offering you something that they really don't have. Neither one of these men were interested in doing any work, but were extremely interested in taking advantage of me, with out doing much work themselves. Sometimes these situations work, but most the time they don't. Live your own dreams and don't let overly aggressive personalities put you off course.

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