http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/31830
A Few Lessons from the Road
by Ben Stein
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2007, 12:00AM
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What’s the lesson here? Learn skills that can’t be defeated by foreign competition. The doctors in Detroit still make money. The finance people who manage the doctors’ offices still make money. And the people there who have substantial savings invested all over the world are doing fine, too.
More brutal than that lesson is that capitalism requires flexibility. Autoworkers who were being paid $50 an hour are getting laid off, it’s true. But in Indian Wells and Palm Desert, Calif., men and women who can lay tile or install plantation shutters or plumb toilets are getting $50 an hour and can’t keep up with demand.
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Remember the four part strategy: ruthless financial discipline, white collar job, blue collar skill, and a web biz.
Capitalism may require flexibility according to Senor Stein. But, the seeker “fighting” under today’s rules of engagement better have their own version of “flexibility” in mind.
Use your spare time wisely. Learn a language. There are things that are timeless and competition-proof. I’ve never met a poor plumber!
Reinke Faces Life 