What kids Don't Know

Well I had a very surprising talk with my stepson last night and I am very concerned about this young generation. We were talking about what he was studying for in college. he has been in trade school for two years and after each year he decides he doesn't like what he has chosen to do. Well now it is the end of the second year and he failed his final exam. his excuse for that was that he only took that because his DAD told him he cold make lots of money doing it.
Well some of you know me and know how I treated that I asked him if his dad was rich or still working, he said still working. Next question I asked him is your dad happy doing what he does, he said no. Then I had to ask him why do you want to do something that makes someone miserable. Why do you want to do something you have no interest in for the the rest of your life? His answer was well because if I don't my dad will yell at me because I didn't do what he said.
I asked him what he wanted to do and what made him happy. He didn't know how to answer that question. He told me he just wanted a good job that he could have a million dollars in the bank by the time he 65 years old so he cold retire. Well I am not sure that working a J O B you can ever have a million dollars in the bank. Well let me say this I know a lot of people that make a half a million dollars a year. Strangely enough those people have less money that I do. They are always stressed out and unhappy.
We got to talking about time management, he asked what is that? I tried to explain it in a way that he could understand he is 25 years old and will play video games 24 hours a day. So I asked him how long he slept every day he said about 10 hours a day. I told him that leaves you 14 hours a day to make your million dollars. Now he does a lot of text messages he figured about 2 hours a day for that so now he is down to 12 hours a day.Then have the personal care now you are at 11 hours a day. Then you have meals that is another three hours a day so now you have8 hours a day. then now we are getting to the time consuming stuff.I asked him how long do you play video games he said average of 4 hours a a day now you are down to 4 hours. The the other time stealer how much TV do you watch about an hour a day, now he is 3 hours a day. Now he has to get to classes and back home that takes about a half hour drive each way. He only Has 2 hours a day to focus on his school and wonders why he can not pass.
This new generation has no idea what it takes to obtain success they know they want it. They don't know what it is. If you think having a million dollars in the bank is success well your wrong.that is not success that is having money in the bank. Most people that I know making enough money to actually save that much money if they lost there job would be dead broke in a year of less. For the simple they have no plan for the future. They are working to build someone Else's plan. I told him he had less than two hours a day to make his million dollars and asked him how long it was going to take him at two hours a a day to get to where he wanted to be. It was like a slap in the face to him. He then asked what he needed to do to reach is 1 million dollars. I told him to stop worrying about the million dollars and focus on what your going to do to do to make your self happy. I told him unless you are happy it doesn't matter if you have money in the bank or not you will never be successful. You can not measure success by the amount of money in the bank. the youth of today think that working for someone making big money is going to make them free. Well the problem I have seen with every one of those people are they spend what they make. When there boss says they are fired they have no money saved because they didn't think they would ever get fired and all this money they were making would always be coming in.Bosses use you until you become a burden to them, either you are costing them too much money or they have gotten all the knowledge that you have to offer. then it is on to fresh ideas and cheaper salaries.
I know this was a long story but condensing it would not have made the point. Every one of us here know that we can never become successful working a JOB. With out time management there is not much chance that we can become successful either. So the next time you see a kid in college I challenge you to ask him a few questions and see if he knows what it takes to become successful in life. I almost bet you that you hear the same answers I got.