How To Enjoy Life Unemployed Over 50 (or any age)

Q: Job Swami, my father just lost his job. He worked for a very large printing shop and given the economy he can’t find a similar job. He is getting frustrated and he doesn’t know what to do?

Before I get into the rest of the question, it made me think of another man I met a few years back when we were looking at buying a business from a man retiring.

The man retiring was Age 75. He had actually retired 10 years prior at age 65 working in a limestone rock quarry for 40 years. [Talk about hard labor]. He didn’t hate his job but he was tired when he retired. What he loved though was talking to customers, particularly farmers. Over the years he found out that chicken farmers needed something from his quarry for their chickens. Calcium! To make a long story short at age 65 he began career #2. He worked out a deal with the quarry to sell their stone to him and he sold it to chicken farmers {with a large profit} and built a multi-million dollar business. All AFTER THE AGE OF 65!!. This man told me he made more money between age 65 -75 then he did all 40 years working in the quarry and decided he’d work a few more years before selling because he enjoyed it so much.

Back to my friend. Here’s how the conversation went.

Swami: What does he enjoy doing?

Friend: He loves cars.

Swami: Awesome. So what skill does he possess? What makes him really unique?

Friend: He’s a great artist. He can really draw.

Swami: What career can pull together his love for cars and his Unique Artistic Ability?

Friend: Well, I think he’d be great at auto decaling, auto striping and painting.

To make a long story short, this was in 10 minutes of talking we came up with one great idea.

Now the father has to see this and will probably need someone to guide him into this step by step, but this is a huge business with great upside. He can be a freelancer to body shops or go to work for one. Where we live there are a number of opportunities in this field.

Think of it. What if you could take the things you love to do (sports, boating, photography, writing, etc..) and combine with with your natural unique ability. Wouldn’t life be great? Well, I need to tell you. When you combine these two things, you will be more successful than you have ever been because it won’t be work anymore. You will be loving life.