Successful ways to work from home and become wealthy (I hope).
My goal: gain $2,000,000 in 3 years and chronicle my progress.
Just to let you know, I am a researcher. I am in complete heaven when I take a topic (such as wealth) and research the hell out of it. Weeks can go by and I am content learning, more and more and more about a particular subject. This happened recently when I decided to learn about the topic of wealth, and in my searching, I've gained some wonderful insights that I would like to share with you.
My mind-set in the beginning: Wealth = a whole lot of money.
Which turned into: "Having a plentiful supply of material goods and money" (http://wordnet.princeton.edu)
Wealth is not money. Wealth is what money buys. (In a dark alley at night, would you rather have a ten-dollar flashlight, or a ten-dollar bill?) Money isn't wealth; it's a claim on wealth. Money is just the solvent that makes it easier to create, obtain, and exchange wealth. (Money I've earned is just a bunch of certificates that say I've created a certain amount of wealth, turned it over to others, but haven't yet acquired an equivalent amount of wealth produced by others. Money is a time-shifting mechanism. Money I've earned says, "This guy produced wealth of this value, but he hasn't exchanged it for an equivalent amount of wealth yet." )
" . . . the word wealth comes from the Old English words "weal" (well-being) and "th" (condition) which taken together means "the condition of well-being?" Did you also know that the word "economic" comes from the Greek oikonomia meaning "the management of the household." When have you heard a report from economists or business analysts talk about conditions of household living and management? Instead we have become immune to strong language like the word "mortgage" which literally means in French "a pledge unto death" or what I call "a grip of death!" How we have twisted the meaning of words."The Meaning of Wealth by Mark Anielski
(warning: links to PDF file of the full article -- but it is an article worth reading!)
It bears repeating: WEALTH = The abundance in ALL realms of life -- emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, and maybe as an afterthought . . . financial.
"Personally, I dont think being wealthy has too much to do about money. One can be money rich and spiritually a pauper, end result MISERABLE life. I have seen and met a lot of people who had barely enough for daily needs but were happy and there were people who were rich and very unhappy."Comment by Robin Bal on "What is Wealth" posted on SmartWealthyRich.comWealth is not measured by the size of houses, the speed of cars, the price of handbags, the trendy eateries and lounges frequented by celebrities, or the purity of the drugs that those who consider themselves fashionable funnel up their noses. That sort of wealth can be attained by simply being born the son or daughter of financially wealthy parents, climbing dirty ladders, or marrying someone.
Our acts determine our true wealth.
When someone says that they love you, and you know that they mean it to their very core, that there is no doubt in any cell in your entire body that they are unconditionally sincere – then you are wealthy.Wealth by Matthewgood.org
(A MUST READ!)
Wow, I was not aware that so many people collect change in this world and how it has changed their lives -- often for the better. May goodness, I did some math the other day and if I had picked up and saved all the change that I encountered in my young life . . . I would already by a millionaire. I mean do the math . . .
Anyway, I'm devoting this post to all the bloggers out there that collect change and in that change, changed their lives and my life as well. Carry on my good people!
Thoughts from the Change Race
One Coin at a Time
The Changepot
Change is Good
Penny Squishing
Race of the Century
Piggy Bank
Believe it or not, ALOT of these people are actually FINDING $200 - $500 a year by just picking up coins on the street and in stores and what-not. Do you realize that if you picked up $200 a year and invested it in a safe money-market account giving 4.5% interest, you would have . . . $1,392 in five years. Five years of simply looking down and picking up change! Let's say you take that $1,392 and put it in a mutual fund gaining you 7% interest for the next five years (adding $200 a year in coins that you find). Within 10 years you now have $3,183. Now watch this . . . let's just say you keep it in there for another 5 years (adding $200 a year) -- $5, 695 . . . just from picking up pennies!
Over $5,000 in 15 years, just from picking up pennies and dimes and such? I can do that!
Look, I'm trying to keep my nose to the grind stone. I'm working really hard to make my millionaire dreams come true. I'm saving every damn penny . . . sweating over this dog-gone keyboard . . . selling my soul to the devil. And then Apple does it to me again.
I saved exactly $300 from my efforts last month and then what do they do? Offer the iPhone for $199 . . . urghhhhhh! You KNOW I want an iPhone. You KNOW I do. Now, mean ole Apple has made web surfing faster, it has G3 network technology, it's got even cooler new applications and GOOGLE geo-maps to put the period on the sentence . . . DAMN. This is so unfair.
Seriously, the only thing stopping me from pre-paying for a new iPhone in July is the rumors that AT&T's price for data service may be the same or "more" than Blackberry users and I can't even think of affording that cost right now.
[Sigh] Oh well, maybe Google's Android (their new phone coming out soon) will give me an alternative . . . but I really want an iPhone damn it.
Okay, just in case you guys want to know and because it's only fair -- I'm going to outline my efforts to gain my millions and millions of dollars. I'm not listing gains from my actual "job" because that money is used to take care of family, household, etc. This list of gains strictly goes toward my millionaire dreams. So here it goes (rounded out for convenience).
eBay $400.00
Blogging & Writing $100.00
Advertising Revenue $35.00
Affiliate Revenue $39.00
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Total 2 Month Gain $574.00
I can hear you all saying, "Is that it?" All your work and you just made a measly 574 dollars? Well, yeah. It'll be more soon. Those that shoot me down because this experiment has started off slow (and feels like it will forever remain slow) obviously are oblivious to the concept of exponential growth.
[For those of you that have no clue what exponential growth is . . . hold on, I'll have an explanation about this type of growth in another post. Stay tuned.]
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eBay has everything, except a 12 Step eBay Addiction Program. If there was one, I'd enlist my husband in it. No matter what I do, I can't get him to stop shopping from eBay and spending money that I think would be better suited to paying down credit card debt or better yet, paying into an investment program.
So, me being a creative little thing -- and knowing that there is no way my husband will stop -- I began collecting all the things in the house that we did not want (which was a lot of stuff -- I had no idea we had so much stuff). And began selling it on eBay to offset my husband's eBay obsession.
Guess what . . . now I'm addicted to eBay, as a seller. I'm selling things left and right. Things I never thought would sell, are snatched up for what I feel are ridiculous prices. I have friends over-seas now . . . customers that drop me a line to see how I'm doing . . .a mailing list with over 100 people waiting for my next auction to come up . . . and an obsessive goal to have over 1,000 listing up at one time.
I've far outpaced my husband's eBay spending and make enough money for his "habit," many of our monthly bills, and gas for the car. A couple more months of sleepless nights -- I can't sleep because I have to check on my auction's bidding amounts at least once an hour -- and we'll be out of debt.
I have piles and piles of stuff I'm selling all through the house. My relatives have truck-loads of stuff in their closets and are gleefully happy to dump it all on me -- as long as they can get rid of it. Now, my husband is complaining that I eBay to much. Payback is a mother, huh?
Signed,
the Queen of Passive-Aggressive।
*** Though I'm making fun of this topic, there are people that have a serious problem with eBay addiction. There are people actually losing their jobs because of their fascination with eBay. Actually, there is help out there for people who just can't stop eBaying -- if you or someone you know have this type of problem and need actual help, visit NetAddiction to learn more.
Hey guys, got another gig . . . I'm not giving up this one, just doing my thing trying to make my millions. Anyway, thought I'd share my ideas on teaching kids about credit. Check it out!
Look for a post in the near future, outlining all the things I'm doing to "make money" and try to accomplish my millionaire goals.
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Are you into GREEN Energy? Well, then this is the company for you! And they often have jobs that one can do from home (very green in my opinion). Recently, I check out their job opening entitled: Community Outreach, which allows the employee to promote clean energy and wind power in their own community. Check out their open positions here.
Are you into SEO/SEM? [Search Engine Marketing] Then, you will want to align yourself with the leader in Search Engine Marketing . . . which would be, Mega Rankings Inc. They have wonderful jobs -- sometimes those that can be done from home. They are based in Newport Beach, CA. Check out which jobs are open now.
Find out more about the company by clicking here.
Provides Wi-Fi telephony, netowrking soltions, internet solutions, voice and data cabling and e-commerce solutions to individuals and small business. They ALWAYS have remote positions open. Check out what they have to offer today. Careers.
For more information about this company go to: http://www.seektechnologies.com/
Did you score in the 99th percentile on GMAT? Then this company is for you! They in instructors (courses around the globe) and Telephone Instructors that help students prepare for the GMAT. Submit your resume now!
[http://www.veritasprep.com/employment.html]
Like pets? Want to know how to hang out with your favorite friends and STILL get paid? You should check out Fetch! Pet Care. Not only do they have have "regular" positions but they also have pet setting and dog walking positions. Check them out!
This is a financial news website that takes large news stories and provides fast bite-sized versions of these stories. It's great for people that like their financial news on the run (sent to their PDAs and cellphones, etc.) Sometimes they need writer and sales people which are positions that be worked remotely. Check out their job listings! Click on the job title that interests you.
Semphonic is a new company founded in 1997, it's a "leading tool-independent web and search engine marketing analytics consultancy. In real world terms, they help big companies count WHO's coming through, WHAT information is most popular and HOW they can make money utilizing information on their audience. They often have positions that can be done remotely (from home or anywhere else) . . . Visit their job page often.
Going through Motley Fool they had an article on how you can become a millionaire on $20 a day. Basically, if you can sock away $20 a day into a "low-cost market index tracker like the iShares S&P 500 (AMEX: IVV) exchange-traded fund" in about 26 years you will be a millionaire.
Okay, that sounds fine until you realize that $20 a day is $140 a week or $560 a month.
A lot of us don't have $560 a month in which to invest in anything, but I'm ready for the challenge. I pledge that as soon as my current money-making efforts create a regular salary of three times that amount ($1,680), I will dutifully put away $560 into an S&P fund and in 26 years I BETTER have a millionaire dollars in that account.
Don't worry, I'm still pushing for $2,000,000 in 3 years with my other endeavors.
Visit Chris and Mike at their website RAT RACE REBELLION -- they have some excellent information there!
Came across this website, it is wonderful. Gives you daily updates of jobs that you can do from home.
http://www.ratracerebellion.com/job_postings.htm
Found this nice article at How stuff works.com . . . entitled: How to Make a Million Dollars. I enjoyed reading it and if you are serious about becoming a millionaire you should check it out as well.
http://money.howstuffworks.com/how-to-million-dollars.htm
Yes, one should dream. One should always dream of some of the things that can be done, once the goal is met. Me, I like to look around at luxury living ideas. And every now and then I'll come across something to share with you.
This week, we're going to talk about ISLANDS. Did you know that you could rent a whole island to yourself? Did you know that you can rent an entire island for a week for $2,000?
I was amazed when I found this out. This means a hard working person like myself could save up for 6 months to a year and easily have enough money to rent an island for a couple of weeks (with full staff available).
Interested in the possibilities? Check out the Private Island Website.
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islandsforrent.htm
Very new blog called Make Money Online . . . talking about the best ways to make money online. I found the layout, kind of hard to read (busy, actually) but the information is really good. If you are thinking about blogging , websites and making money you should read the articles here. There are very few but give the guy a break, he just got started. Very promising site.
http://moneyonlinex.blogspot.com/
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