Reader Daniel asks the doomsday question:
Do you have an escape plan for leaving the country if it gets too bad here?
If so, where would you go?
My online business is blowing up and I’m probably going to be making $400k-$500k this year ( made 303k in 2018). I’m thinking of using that money to get out while the getting is good.
But I’m wondering if perhaps I’m too paranoid. Or ungrateful.
Would love your perspective on this.
Maybe could even be an email!
My thoughts on this are:
1. I have no plan to escape the US
2. But I do believe the US is likely to break up into multiple countries, probably in the next 15 years, and certainly when the politicians inevitably get rid of the electoral college
3. I suspect my state will go even more insanely leftwing than it is now, but there is a small chance the part I am in will “break off” into something of its own and much more along the lines of where I’d want to be
4. I do not know exactly how this will look overall, but I have my suspicions I’ll keep to myself for now
5. Whatever happens, wherever you go, you cannot go wrong learning, honing, and mastering your ability to produce
6. For me, that ability to produce is not gardening, fishing, gathering, etc (all of which I suck at) it is selling
7. Thus, I am more focused than ever on that
8. The way I see it, wherever I end up, here, there, or anywhere… there will always be a need for people who can build businesses, sell products & services, and persuade & influence in other ways
So that’s my 8-part answer.
But since the lights are still on, the indoor plumbing still works, and the politicians in my state haven’t yet reduced my standard of living to 3rd world status (give them time…) with their inane so-called “woke” policies and legislation and the horrifying unintended consequences of such, let’s get on to the business:
The September “Email Players” issue goes to the printer next week.
The skill it teaches can be used anywhere in the world that still allows commerce to build a brand, a business, a list, and an audience of people who look forward to hearing from you, buying from you, and associating with you.
It also can help repel those you don’t want to deal with.
Very powerful info, in my biased opinion.
And, it’s all wrapped up nicely in a tidy 17 pages of content.
Here’s the link to subscribe before the deadline:
Ben Settle
