Born4This

1. If you can help it…don’t fly for an airline that doesn’t have (or isn’t a part of) a flight attendant union. Don’t do it. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…. My airline belonged to the AFA (Association of Flight Attendants – the largest F/A union in the world), and I TDY’d as a F/A recruiter several times, so I know what I’m talking about.

2. On your interview, it doesn’t matter what else you say, but when asked to speak on a topic the only thing you have to remember is DEPENDABILITY! DE-PEN-DA-BI-LI-TY! Whatever your topic is, remember to throw in a dependability story. It will earn you major brownie points.

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Hi everyone… I worked as a flight attendant for the 2nd largest airline (when I began we were the largest) for eight years and TOTALLY LOVED IT. I don’t know of any other job where you periodically catch yourself saying out loud: Boy do I love my job!

It’s hard to get hired (for the majors it takes a few interviews), and even when you do the training is tough and usually lasts for around 8 – 12 weeks (for the majors), less for 2nd tier airlines; but it’s totally do’able, and definitely worth it. Just don’t give up. I got hired by (at the time) the largest airline in the country on my first try, having had no prior customer service experience, and no foreign language. You just have to know how to sell yourself. Be confident. Look the part (please wear navy blue to your interviews). And remember….DEPENDABILITY!

Training can be tough, but if you go with an open mind and a willingness to work you’ll be fine… and you’ll make many life-long friends there.

Anyway, that’s my two cents. Have fun and take lots of pictures once you’re hired. :-)

I finally started working on achieving my goal of a Financial Freedom Day – a day when I am free from financial worries and can simply focus on how my money is working for me, instead of “how long do I have to keep working to make some real money”.

Three weeks ago I took almost all of the money out of my savings account, opened up an online stock trading account, did some research on a few fast moving stock, and dumped most of my savings into 3 of them.

Yeah…risky, I know. But, as I am slowly learning: without risk there can be no glory. Basically, I can’t win if I don’t play…. and by playing – moving my money from my savings to the stock market, I was able to make (in the last 3 weeks alone) over 4 times what I earned in interest over the entire last year from my basic savings account. No joke. I now understand why the rich play the stock market.

My inspiration: Well, a friend of mine began investing back in 1985 – buying $1200 worth of stock every year (approx. $100 per month). Today his portfolio is worth over $100,000. If he had placed the same amount of money each year into a regular savings account his balance today would be less than $38,000. Over $60,000 less.

If you want to take a crack at it just make sure you do lots of due diligence first, because the risks are high, but there is money to be made if you do your homework, and move up one level to play with the big boys.

I’m sticking with it. Market trends go up and down, but hopefully my decision to diversify will offset any periodic dips in the market.

Here’s my advice: Stop trying to do it… stop wanting to do it… just do it!

Well, here it is: I finally started working on achieving my goal of a Financial Freedom Day – a day when I am free from financial worries and can simply focus on how my money is working for me, instead of “how long do I have to keep working to make some real money”.

Three weeks ago I took almost all of the money out of my savings account, opened up an online stock trading account, did some research on a few fast moving stock, and dumped my savings into 3 of them.

Yeah…risky, I know. But, as I am slowly learning: without risk there can be no glory. Basically, I can’t win if I don’t play…. and by playing – moving my money from my savings to the stock market, I was able to make (in the last 3 weeks alone) over 4 times what I earned in interest over the entire last year from my “high interest” savings account. No joke. I now understand why the rich play the stock market.

My inspiration: Well, a friend of mine began investing back in 1985 – buying $1200 worth of stock every year (approx. $100 per month). Today his portfolio is worth over $100,000. If he had placed the same amount of money each year into a regular savings account his balance today would be less than $38,000. Over $60,000 less.

If you want to take a crack at the stock market just make sure you do lots of due diligence first, because the risks are high, but there is money to be made if you do your homework, and move up one level to play with the big boys.

I’m sticking with it. I’ll let you know how it turns out.