Live the life you've always dreamed in 2010
Money Making Insider | 22 September, 2009 | Hot Topics:
Close your eyes. No, don’t do that. You won’t be able to read this.
Picture yourself enjoying your ideal retirement. What are you imagining?
Perhaps you’re standing knee-deep in a river, fishing for trout.
Or strolling through the cobbled streets of Prague, browsing art galleries.
Or reading a novel on the beach, listening to the sounds of children playing and crashing waves…
How does that feel?
Pretty good, huh? Well, today I want to show you how to retire into a happy, leisurely, and productive lifestyle. Anyone And I believe anyone can make this miraculous transformation — and make it fast. Much faster than the dummies who write personal finance books tell you. The world we live in today is different. For one thing, you need money to retire well. Lots of money. But even if you can sock away five million bucks (and generate a hundred grand a year to live on), I’m going to argue that you should banish the old-fashioned concept of living off a fixed income.
You see we’ve been duped into thinking that idleness is happiness by a myth that was spread after World War II. That’s when many men came back from fighting and went to work for large businesses that offered a devil’s deal. “Give me 40 years of the most productive years of your life, and we will give you a pension you can retire on.”
A good number of our family friends bought into this bargain. And some of them — maybe half — got the pensions they were promised. But none of this matters. Because the real hoax was not the promise of retirement income itself. It was the idea that we would be happy if we had nothing to do but wile away our time.
That’s not the way happiness works.
I am going to suggest an alternative retirement — one that can give you all the financial comfort you think you need plus something much more important: a feeling of self-satisfaction and worth that you will never get by doing nothing.
But to benefit from what I’m about to say, you have to understand the point I just made: Happiness in life comes not from idleness. It comes from working. Not working a job you hate. Not working for a boss you hate. Not working hours you hate. But doing something you love to do. And getting paid for it.
Think about that for a minute.
What sort of work would you really like to do? What sort of career would you choose if you had all the money in the world but wanted to work for the fun of it?
Maybe you’d want to be a writer. Maybe your secret passion is cooking gourmet food. Maybe you’ve always wanted to get back into astronomy or archeology or gardening.
Somewhere in your past is a neglected passion — a once-hoped-for career that you long ago gave up on.
What if you could reprise that dream?
I know a man whose dream was to be a professional pilot. After working 30 years in the wallpaper business, he took a friend’s advice and got himself a job flying part-time for a small airline. A few years later, he became a part owner. He’s making more money now doing what he loves than he ever made selling wallpaper. And he only “works” 20 hours a week.
The Internet has opened up a world of possibilities. I met a guy who trades vintage cigarette lighters online. I know another guy who makes his living selling old cameras on bidorbuy. There are plenty of other examples. You can become an Internet copywriter, an Internet editor, an Internet travel agent, or an Internet teacher. You can make money giving marriage or dating advice on the Internet, or even selling underwear. You can use the Internet to make a living based on your interest in wild roses, say, or your up-until-now useless knowledge about 19th-century swords.
The potential of the Internet is so great it cannot be exaggerated. Each year, tens of millions of new people come online. They’re eager to learn new things, buy new products, and develop relationships with people who have similar dreams.
And all of these people are potential customers for you.
So think back to your childhood and rediscover the buried dream you once had. Then put a date on your calendar: today’s date next year.
If you start now and take advantage of the practical, hands-on advice I’ll give you in future issues of What Really Makes Money. And if you’re not already a subscriber – then click here now to find out how you can become one and start living the life you really deserve.
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Chris Densley
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