U.S.Postal Service is headed for some big changes!

The Postal Service has been around for a long time, it has gone through some drastic changes over the years and is about to see some more changes in the very near future. Fiscal year 2008 the Postal Service stands to lose about 1.1 billion that’s billion with a capital “B”.

Some little known information about the post office.

Benjamin Franklin was it’s first Postmaster

Unions within the Postal Service do not have the right to go on strike, just the right to collective bargaining

Is the largest retail company in America

Has over 700,000 employees

Has one of the largest fleet of vehicles in America

Has won awards for being ecological in it operations

Before it became known as The United States Postal Service it was called the Postal Department

It is not a Government agency anymore, its an independent organization governed by a board of postal governors (non postal employees)

The Postal Service has seen some drastic changes over the years, from the various types of vehicles it has employed over the years to automation . It is a very unique organization, they deliver mail to every address in America no matter where it is located, from the large offices located in big cities that are almost a city in itself to the little post office located and operated out of a small town general store. A piece of first class mail can go anywhere in the United States in three business days in most kinds of weather. Mail is being transported and delivered in a variety of ways. Mail is flown to destinations all over the world. In some parts of the country it still travels by train. The post Office delivers mail by trucks, postal vehicles such as the LLV’s (long life vehicles) FFV’s (flexible fuel vehicles) old style jeeps, privately owned vehicles, bicycles, hand pushed carts, even horses.

The Postal Service is very much automated, processing the majority of the mail by machines. It has set up in numerous locations automated postal machines where you can buy a book of stamps, weigh a package affix postage to it and drop it in the bottom of the machine. You can even buy stamps over the internet. Yes it is very automated, but very antiquated. Like I said previously it still delivers mail by horse in some locations. Walk into a post office in small town America and one in a big city and you know what I am talking about.

There are some big changes ahead!

The Post Office has never had layoffs, but with the prospect of a loss of 1.1 Billion you would think that something has to be done. The Post Office will be offering early retirement probably by the end of 2008. They project to trim 50,000 people from it’s work force nation wide. Part of that will come from early retirement but most likely they will layoff what they need to trim that by 50,000, since anyone with less that 3yrs are not protected from layoffs.

Rising fuel costs, loss of revenue, paying bills through the internet, stiff competition from UPS, FedEx, a troubled economy have been some of the contributors to the financial fix they are in, not to mention the waste within the Post Office not unlike any other government agency or quasi government agency. Even though they are not a government agency they still act like a government agency.

I for one would like to see the Postal Service go on forever. It is a great American institution. It is still the greatest Postal Service in the world. Drastic changes need to be made for it to survive. I hope that the powers that be can have courage and do what is needed .

 

Home based buisness.

Why would anyone be looking for a Home Based Business? or starting their own Business? No commute to work, no boss, no one controlling your time, time freedom, maybe in time financial freedom. For mothers it’s more time at home with their children and not taking them to day care, or maybe for those folks out there having to fight the corporate jungle, you can set your own hours, schedules. Has a nice ring to it doesn’t it?  Is it easy?  Not really. It takes effort.

As i have stated before i work for the United States Postal Service looking to escape from that organization, not because the Post Office is a bad place to work, there are alot of hard working people working there that love their jobs, it’s just that i want something better for my life. I want time freedom. Want to travel more, see the world, to be able to volunteer anytime i want to my local church, spend more time with my wife, see my grown children more and my future grandchildren, not have to worry about living on a fixed income like my parents or grandparents. I think this is a worthwhile endeavor and attainable.

I am just a average hard working man who loves his Lord,  wife, children. I am not trying to tell you that starting a home based business or starting to work from home is an easy thing to start to do. It takes effort, takes time, you have to know why you want to do it and don’t loose sight of that reason. Ever!

About a year ago i started on my quest to escape from the Post Office, i partnered with a company that is not Internet based but has been in business for 30 plus years(the company will remain nameless for now because it is not my intent to write this post to promote any business venture or anyone particular Internet site or anything like that). I have just recently started this Blog and some other stuff on the Internet to try to learn more and to be able to set myself up for future success.

There is allot of information on the Internet more so than i thought. There are allot of sites claiming to make you millions in a very short time. Get rich quick schemes, as I’m sure anyone reading this post has probably experienced.  It was easy for me to start this venture because i knew why i wanted to do this. I knew “MY WHY” as they say. The company i partnered with i believe in.  There are ways to make my business work in more productive ways using the Internet. I have found them (more on that later).

In my spare time i am a Legal Broker and Internet marketer, working full time at my J.O.B., part time on my fortune (quoting from one of my favorite authors Jim Rohn). 

Whatever business venture you are thinking about or getting ready to start, whether it be Internet base or not, be very careful to do your home work first.  Now I’m not an expert or anything but a person can waste allot of time, energy, and money on not being focused on the main thing.  What i mean by that is when i first started i let allot life get in my way, life is allways going to get in the way but you have to stay focused.  Find what you want to do, figure out how to do it and just START. You have to treat it like a business, if you don’t you will not succeed. Anything worth having takes work and effort. You can still learn as you go but stay focused on your business, treat it like a business, remember WHY you are doing it and don’t give up, if you do you will never get what you truly want.

I am an Internet Network Marketer and Legal Broker, I will ESCAPE from the Post Office and I WILL NOT GIVE UP!

Quit Complaining!

   It’s easy for alot of folks to complain about there lot in life.  What I mean to say is so many complain about the way they look, talk, act, the way their parent’s treated them, they are getting a raw deal at work, their Boss is a Jerk, its the Governments fault, its my Husbands (wife) fault.  QUIT BLAMING ANYONE BUT YOURSELF!   LOOK IN THE MIRROR FIRST!

    If you change your attitude FIRST, I guarantee the way you look at everything around you, you will look completely different!  How much time do you spend reading? Do you watch TV more than any other activity?  Do you say there isn’t enouph time in a day?  Why do others have the time and you don’t?  When was the last time you read a good book?  Not a comic book, “How To” book, sports magazine, romantic novel (you get the picture). Start reading some personnal development books.  The Bible is the greatest book ever written (great place to start), How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Books By Joel Osteen (great personnal Development books), and any book by Jim Rohn.  My favorite book to start with is “The Slight Edge ” by Jeff Olson.

      Quit Complaining about everything around you! Change YOURSELF first, then things will change for you!!

Is There only one way out?

    I would venture to say that most would agree that working hard, studying through school and getting good grades, landing a good job after you have gotten that Degree you would call yourself successful. Right?  I think that most would agree. In fact I would tend to agree with that myself. In fact I have thought that for most of my life. What happens to the guy that gets a degree lands the good job,  works for two or three companies in his career and at age 52 gets replaced by some 25 year old hot shot?  Maybe he’s too old to land any decent job. Past his prime? Cut loose right before his golden years were about to start!  Such a shame! Should that same person years earlier start his own buisness?  Nah! too risky…don’t have the time.  Should he have looked into that?  Was he saying  “No, I have the job I have always wanted” or “They can’t get rid of me, I’m too valuable”  or  ”People that start their own buisness most of them fail, it would be stupid of me to try”.

  There are the Donald Trumps, the Robert Kiyosaki’s, the Napoleon Hill’s of the world that would disagree. Who is right and who is wrong?  It’s easy for them to say  “Do this and do tha  and you can be as successfull as “I”!   Nonsence!  Not everyone can be a Donald Trump!

   Have you ever looked on the internet to see how many sites that are offering to make you rich overnite?  Is there anything to all of this “Home Based” business stuff?  There must be.  But which one is the best?  With so many to choose from how is one to find the right one?  I have heard many presentations from very successful men and women who have all the answers on how to do it their way and you will make all kinds of money.  There are alot af scams out there.

       I do believe that working your 9-5 Job will never truly give you freedom or make you the kind of money that you can set your own schedule to or have your own lifestyle… like working for yourself.  More on this later.

Even Anheuser-Busch could see big changes

      Pretty amazing to me that more and more we are seeing American companies being sold or moving overseas. The latest news in this area is St.Louis based Anheuser-Bush has been offered to be bought by a Belgium-based brewer…”InBev SA”. It is hard to believe that could happen.  Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewery in the US and it is one of the oldest also.

     I have to wonder why this is happening. What is this saying about American Industry?  In my lifetime (of 51 yrs) so many businesses have either closed down, moved their operation overseas, or sold out to foreign interests.  I also have to wonder where this is heading.  We haven’t been conquered by any foreign enemies. Is the way that we are going to emplode,  by everything we do?  Buying,  selling,  or trading is going to be decided by another country or a group of other countries ( European Union perhaps).

      I don’t want to get too emotional over this or anything, but losing Anheuser-Busch to a foreign company even if the Brewery’s name isn’t changed will be quite a change. There is a lot of things that will be different. The Brewery does a lot for the community… more than even most residences of St. Louis realize.  I doubt if the Belgium company will care too much about the locals.

Just a note on what is going on in the world around us.

  Commenting on the recent death of “Meet the Press”  host Tim Russert… I used to watch the show very religiously until  a few years back.  I even used to tape it.  I loved the show and thought Tim was very good at directing the tough questions to everyone. I think he was on the liberal side of the political spectrum, as I am a conservative republican,  but will miss him just the same.

Life after the U.S.Post Office

I have been working for the US Post office for the past 24 years. The Post Office has experienced many changes over the years, not unlike anywhere else of course, some good and some bad. For a few years now I have been working on trying to escape from the cluthes of the United States Postal Service. I have been a Letter Carrier, Clerk and  now am currently a Supervisor. I have worked in New Hampshire, Massachusets and now in Missouri, where I was born and raised. I have started a couple of home based buisnesses and hopefully I can escape from the USPS before I retire.   Sound crazy?  I WILL ESCAPE!!!!

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