What’s Your Favorite Way to Earn Money?

One thing that a lot of employee-minded people suffer from is opportunity blindness. They’re surrounded by fun and expansive ways to earn plenty of money, but they have a hard time seeing those opportunities. They’ve been socially conditioned to think that getting a job is the one and only way to earn money for them. They complain about a lack of opportunities. But the reality is that they’re blinded by their own limiting beliefs and an inflexible attitude. Earning money from a straight salary is just one of many ways to generate income. There are many others though. Here are some ways I’ve earned income in the past (some of these are still active for me): straight salary tutoring cash for simple jobs shoplifting buying and reselling products (buy low, sell high) web consulting contract programming and design personal coaching advertising sales (direct) advertising sales (commissions) affiliate commissions joint-venture deals licensing (software) royalties (computer games) book royalties cash advances from publishers donations paid speaking barter interest on bank accounts certificates of deposit stock investing stock trading (short term) mutual funds direct sales (online products) direct sales (physical products) live events (selling registrations) co-creative projects (split the income) I’ve probably forgotten a few others, but suffice it to say that I’ve experimented a lot with different ways to earn income during the past 22 years. So...
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