Author: Ronald Newton
You’re still stuck in a dead end job going nowhere fast. The economy is moving against you. What you used to be able to afford last year cost too much this year. The wife is irritable trying to cope and pull down a job too! You know more about the job than anyone but no one listens. As soon as you mention a good idea someone takes it. It’s like the job is marked yours to keep.
You shouldn’t have dropped out of high school but the money was good then! Now you know what was important to know back then. Opportunity does knock on doors when doors exist. Promotions are easier when you are noticed without stereotypes of education or class. We all have a brand to sell called me. That brand has an image which hopefully attracts customers. Customers want to buy from friends or people like them.
Improve your language, write persuasively, have a good head on your shoulders and you too can move up the ranks. Yep, it all sounds like a jaded old motivational seminar for salesmen. But the GED is the spark plug for powering the engine that’s going to drive you and your wife into a new life of choices. Junk the old barriers in your life and change by getting your GED.
Get out of that old “Catch 22.” You can’t get a better job without a high school diploma. Now it’s too late for you to get a high school diploma.
Yes, to get an interview you need to be able to put something other than blank in the square for education on the job application. A GED will fill that square nicely! Then you’ll get an interview and the employer can see what you can do. There is nothing wrong with a little consideration between employer and potential employee.
A GED says that you can:
- Finish what you start.
- Can read.
- Can express yourself.
- Perform mathematics through algebra.
- Understand basic science principles.
- Understand government and economic theory.
- Have a desire and will to improve yourself.
Of course getting the GED means work! You will start learning again and the journey is all on your shoulders. The wife and kids still support you. You don’t want to let them down or see disappointment in their faces if you fail.
Your day is crowded and weekends yield even more hours of study. Quitting isn’t a choice for you or your family. You don’t have to imagine a life without a GED. You’ve lived it and you’re tired of living it! The time has come to put it aside and live a more abundant life.
