Damn, i still feel like i was busted by my Mom stealing cookies from the jar, the one she used to put up there...far from reach...the one i used to look at and say "Gets higher everyday...". Good old up to the chair, to the counter, to the cooooooockies! Why she kept them up there? I don't remember my Mom saying to me "Here, have a cookie". They were always...out of reach. Nowadays, i think of the obstacles i had to overtake to get those cookies. And, thankx, Mom, it thought me to fight for what i wanted. Want a cookie? Work for it (drag the chair, climb, reach, get rewarded for my effort). Not even the good old (and very often) slap-in-the-bum would make me stop trying to get them. As for everything in life, i must work for it and take risks. The longer i wait, the longer it'll take for me to have it, so...why wait? But i always take my time thinking of consequences, possible results and illusions...you noticed already, i make a living out of the internet. You also noticed the get-rich-quick schemes that flood the internet. You can't even browse for "pubic hair", you'll find on of those schemes, either pyramids, mlm's, affiliates, whatever. One thing that's proven is that you won't get rich over night. Period. There is no "simple" way to make money online. Period. Every internet-based money making method, done legally of course, takes time AND work. If not, wouldn't we all be wealthy? We must choose the chair (usually it's the one closest, but might get dirty easily), we must climb to it (but it might not support our weight), then to the counter (but it might be wet, making us slip, scaring us) and finally reach for the jar (but it might be empty). Consequences, possible results, illusions.

95% of the people that buy e-books on get-rich-quick never read them. That is why they are so profitable. People buy thinking they found a secret that no one else knows about (except the author), but never apply what they learned, if they actually managed to retain any info. And then they ask for a refund (this is like 1-2% of the people that buy those e-books and remember that there is a returns policy), because it didn't work for them. They don't even try. When they realize that they need to, for example, make a website, they close the e-book and go check their e-mails and spend the rest of the day reading those shitty chain-mails their friends send them, full of "i love you, i miss you, my friend, blablabla". When i get that shit on my mail box, i grab my mobile, call them and ask what they want. They usually say they just thought it would be nice and then i say "nice, is to hear your voice or to meet you over a coffee". Be more personal with who you care for, don't generalize them with crappy e-mails with powerpoint presentations. Unless, of course, you have an affiliate link in your mail signature, that they might clik on it and generate some cash for you. Yeah, that's a tip. Remember, those e-mails will be forwarded to other people on their friends-list.

"For a living, do something you'd do for free, for the rest of your life. Then, profit from it".

Want an example? Stand-up comediants. Those guys, and girls, would tell jokes for free for the rest of their life. At a point, they managed to profit from it. Me, i would use the internet for free for the rest of my life. Today, i profit from it. What would you do for free for the rest of your life? When will you start profitting from it?

There is no such thing as "free", in the internet. Sometimes, "free" means "free download", you must pay to use. Sometimes means "free trial", use it for a couple of days, then pay. Sometimes means "free to join", but not to use. Sometimes "100% free" means you'll be flooded with 3rd party e-mails of who's the 2nd party is affiliated with. If you like reading blogs, i'm sure you won't have a problem reading the Terms and Conditions. Like in everyday contracts, it's the small letters that have the real meaning, not the advertizing big ones. The big ones are the bait, the TaC is the hook. Does this ring a bell, fisherman wannabe?

Choose a chair...