Three Ways To Start Making Money Doing What You Love
When it comes to the way to make money there's a saying, "The person who loves what they do for a living will never work another day in their life." Yes, making money is everyone's goal. But to earn it doing what you love has to be the closest thing to heaven on earth. We affectionately call this... The Comfort Zone Success.
For example, such industry giants as Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and others have long admitted, this simple fact. The secret to their success isn't just talent, intelligence or even luck, it's passionately loving what they do. A powerful secret, so simple millions of people miss it every day.
Why Loving What You Do = More Money:
People who love what they do stay healthier, work longer hours and their careers last longer. And the benefits continue to pile up in favour of people who learn how to make money doing what they love. In fact, more people discover simply changing careers that involve their passion have improved their health, marriage and finances.
Examples of Success:
The numbers continue to grow with examples of people who quit the rat race of high-pressure careers for something they love to do. For instance, Seun the founder of Nairaland transformed his programming skills and created the largest forum in Africa,
We studied many examples of people who found ways to make money doing what they love, here are the top, 3 traits they all have in common. Using this valuable information will help anyone make money doing what they love.
Here are The Top 3 Ways To Make Money Doing What You Love:
1. Identify What Invigorates and Energizes You:
This is perhaps the most important quality for making money doing what you love. This is the key that keeps a person persistent until a goal is achieved. This is what keeps a person going when nothing else is working out. This is what keeps a person motivated without the need for constant pep talks and encouragement from others. When a person finds an activity they love doing, even if they didn't get paid for it. That describes an activity that invigorates or energizes that person.
2. People buy things that are useful, that solve a pressing problem they will pay money to solve.
Unfortunately, no one will pay you for something just because YOU love doing it. Because it's YOUR passion. You may have the greatest product or service in the world! But if it doesn't solve someone's immediate needs, you most likely will not make any money. People buy solutions to their most pressing problems. Your passion is what creates raving fans and keeps them coming back for more!
So, you've got to think about other people's needs first, ahead of your own. Your passion is the cherry on top, but that's not why people plunk down the ka-ching.
Let's take Steve Jobs for example. He's widely admired for building an empire doing what he loved. But the money didn't come FROM his passion alone. The money came from other people because his products solved some really nagging problems they had. Let's take the iPod for example. Yes, it was sexy when it came out. Yes, Steve Jobs nearly combusted onstage with passion as he revealed it to the world. But remember, at the time it came out, people had tons of music on their computers. But they couldn't take it with them. The iPod solved all of this. His products are all designed to be intuitive and solve pressing problems that his consumers have in real time.
Your passion is great but when you combine it with a solution to a need people have, you start to earn income from it.
Ask yourself: What are some problems people have that I'm really passionate about solving? What problems have I solved for people in the past that got great results?
Start small and leave the Magical Thinking behind.
Just like how I started this my profitable business, I took it as fun at first when I helped people sell their products. I later started collecting a commission for as high as $50 per product.
But it can be much simpler. The key to making your first chunk of change is to start where you are and do the obvious: Get out there and tell people in your world what you're doing! Tell them with enthusiasm and passion what you do and who you help! Tell people what problems you solve. Ask them to keep an eye out for anyone who might need your help. You will be amazed at how many people want to help you and refer you to friends.
Then, once someone raises their hand and says: "YES! I need your help!" feel free to charge a little bit of coin. (Note: You might be tempted to give it away for free. Don't do this! Charge a little bit since people don't value what they don't pay for!)
Finally, revel in the fact that you were just PAID to do what you LOVE. You've actually done it! Let that feeling just overwhelm you for a bit. Now, you won't be able to support yourself just yet but you have crossed a huge milestone. You just experienced what it's like to get paid to do what you love.
Ask Yourself: Who can I tell about my product or service? Who do I help? What could I create right now to help these people immediately ( A class? A program? An App? A Website? A service?)
So your three-step plan to making your first chunk of change doing what you love:
1. Identify which of your passions solve a pressing problem for people.
2. Get out there and offer it to the people in your immediate circle.
3. Charge a little bit of coin to validate the work that you do (you can always increase this amount later).
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