Play Financial War Games
April 22nd, 2008 | Published in Uncategorized
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by Jason Proe
The military uses war games to train for worst case scenarios. These war games purposefully place personnel in tough yet likely scenarios to study how they will react and train them to react when things get real. Imagine how prepared you would be if you trained for life events in a similar way? Trent of the Simple Dollar presents this scenario: On Friday You Get Fired.
How would you react? What steps would you take to find a new job? How would you live, pay your bills and take care of your obligations? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a plan in place just in case. Trent’s post provides several suggestions including:
- Firm up your social network
- Update your resume
- Start a legitimate side hustle
You can check out the other great tips here. What steps would you take if you lost your job? Let us hear about them in the comments!