Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There’s only one problem with it. It’s stupid! It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies.
Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you’re working. Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working? Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working? Who taught you that you could only earn income while working? Some other brainwashed employee perhaps?
Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating, sleeping, and playing with the kids too? Why not get paid 24/7? Get paid whether you work or not. Don’t your plants grow even when you aren’t tending to them? Why not your bank account?
Who cares how many hours you work? Only a handful of people on this entire planet care how much time you spend at the office. Most of us won’t even notice whether you work 6 hours a week or 60. But if you have something of value to provide that matters to us, a number of us will be happy to pull out our wallets and pay you for it. We don’t care about your time — we only care enough to pay for the value we receive. Do you really care how long it took me to write this article? Would you pay me twice as much if it took me 6 hours vs. only 3?
Non-dummies often start out on the traditional income for dummies path. So don’t feel bad if you’re just now realizing you’ve been suckered. Non-dummies eventually realize that trading time for money is indeed extremely dumb and that there must be a better way. And of course there is a better way. The key is to de-couple your value from your time.
That is from a most worthwhile blog post - 10 Reasons You Should Never Get A Job. Be sure to read the rest of it.
See also - Book Review - The 4 Hour Workweek.
8 comments:
great post. Wish I could say the same about your *new* blog. Did you *whuss* out or something? Remember, a long, long time ago, you used to bash tools on this blog? Think waaayyy back.
not a fan of the new colors either.
oh, remember way back, you were talking about how to bid/offer like a professional - start pretty dang close to your final price and have back up/support for your price. It is official, that is the correct way to go. None of this high/low crap - amateurs.
wct,
Good to hear from you!
Tell me, why does your IP address say "Beverly Hills"?
Did you marry that outgoing *actress* chick or something?
while I agree with the sentiment of this post, this guy is a huckster in the mold Robert Kiyosaki and Tony Robbins.
I question his claim that his website generates 40K/month in passive income. Sales of his overpriced workshops and products might. But I would think the web site itself generates closer to nothing passively. And I'm sure it takes up a whole bunch of his time.
So, we are basically talking about starting a business, which is a hell of a lot different than the hammock on the beach picture he is painting...
JT,
I agree. He's a huckster that is not making his $$$ directly off the site.
Still, there's some good stuff that post.
Nah, no marriage yet...I would have invited you.
Beverly Hills - I'm movin' up in the world, didn't I tell ya?!
Nah, no marriage yet...I would have invited you.
Beverly Hills - I'm movin' up in the world, didn't I tell ya?!
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