How are you Surviving? - Part 2

Last week we briefly questioned how you were surviving. We also identified the difference between a job and enjoying what you do to earn an income. Tonight we are going to cover some places you can go to find other business opportunities you can get involved in without having to give up your current working job.

As we talked about before, working for someone else is not necessarily the most lucrative thing you can do and usually not the best way to make your money work for you. You have most likely heard many people talk about having your money work for you, not you work for your money. In Robert Kiyosaki's book, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", he talks at length about how most people who work for someone else will not really be able to acquire wealth of their own. Once you have learned what he terms "financial literacy" you then begin to understand how to make money work for you.

The key though, is to not always work for someone else and expect to become wealthy. A job will keep your bills paid (mostly) and a roof over your head (most of the time), but you need to find other means to make money work for you. One way to make money work for you, according to Robert Kiyosaki, is in learning and working the real estate market. Even in this current economy and the massive foreclosures that have been going on, there can be money to be made in the real estate market. Just now, you really need to know what you are doing and when to purchase.

Some other ways that you can possibly earn additional income without picking up a second, or third job is to find a home based business. The start-up costs for many home based businesses is much less than the cost of purchasing your first real estate transaction. Some home based businesses can have you up and running for around $200 (not monthly, a one-time investment). The key here is not necessarily the start-up costs for a home based business, but your desire to work in that particular area.

If you look around, there is a myriad of different home based businesses that you can get involved in. If you have a large group of friends who love to get together for informal parties, there are businesses that cater to that type of socializing. There are also businesses that can be run predominantly from your computer. What you have to decide, is if you believe in the product you are to be selling or providing, and if you believe in the compensation plan.

It is wise to investigate as much as you can into the home based business opportunity before getting involved. You have most likely heard many horror stories about some business opportunities that took people for all they had. It is critical, when looking at small home based business opportunities to do as much homework on both the product and the company as you can. You do not want to get involved in a company that may be "the next best thing" only to discover that they are closing their doors after the first 6 months of being in business. Looking into business opportunities may sound like a daunting task, but, if you have figured out what you want to do (basically what niche you want to be in) and why you want to do this new opportunity, you will discover that the research can be exciting and fun, especially once you have found a company and product that you are happy with.

If you have wanted to be in business for yourself, but are wondering where to begin, the best thing to do is to find a small business person you can trust and start asking questions. You may be surprised by how many people you know at your work that are actually in some form of home based business outside of work.

If you are not sure who to turn to, we may have some ideas on our website, www.hawgwash.net. The opportunities on our website do not represent anywhere close to the depth and breadth of opportunities out there, these are just opportunities that we have first-hand knowledge of and have found to be very reliable. You can also e-mail us with your questions, even if we do not have the opportunity on our site that you are interested in, we have a considerable database of other opportunities that may be more along the lines of what you are looking for. (P.S. - if you are wondering, we do not charge for any advice or suggestions for other business opportunities - we want to see everyone become successful). Our goal is to help people become more financially independent. The logic behind this concept is that if more people are financially independent, this great country of ours will become stronger and healthier so we all end up winning. So, the question tonight is, how are you surviving? Are you happy with where you are headed? If not, start asking yourself, what do you want and how badly do you want it.

Tomorrow we will bring more fun trivial facts to light so you can continue to amaze and frighten your friends.

Until tomorrow...