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for what they will learn, more than what they will earn. Look down the road
at what ; skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession
and before getting trapped in the “Rat Race.”

Once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they 1
become like those little hamsters running around in those little metal
wheels. Their little furry legs are spinning furiously, the wheel is turning
furiously, but come tomorrow morning, they'll still be in the same cage:
great job.
In the movie Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise, there are many great
one liners. Probably the most memorable is “Show me the money.” But

there is one line I thought most truthful. It comes from the scene where Tom
Cruise is leaving the firm. He has just been fired, and he is asking the entire
company “Who wants to come with me?” And the whole place is silent and
frozen. Only one woman speaks up and says, “I'd like to but I'm due for a
promotion in three months.”
That statement is probably the most truthful statement in the whole

movie. It is the type of statement that people use to keep themselves
busy working away to pay bills. I know my educated dad looked
forward to his pay raise every year, and every year he was disappointed. So
he would go back to school to earn more qualifications so he could get
another raise, but again, it would be another disappointment.
The question I often ask people is, “Where is this daily activity taking
you?” Just like the little hamster, I wonder if people look at where their hard

work is taking them. What does the future hold?
Cyril Brickfield, the former executive director of The American
Association of Retired People, reports that “private pensions are in a state
of chaos. First of all, 50 percent of the workforce today has no pension.
That alone should be of great concern. And 75 to 80 percent of the other 50
percent have ineffective pensions that pay $55 or $150 or $300 a month.”

In his book The Retirement Myth, Craig S. Karpel writes: “I visited the
headquarters of a major national pension consulting firm and met with a
managing director who specializes in designing lush retirement plans for
top management. When I asked her what people who don't have corner
offices will be able to expect in the way of pension income, she said with a
confident smile: ”The Silver Bullet.'
" 'What,' I asked, 'is The Silver Bullet?'