How to Make Money

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Making money is simple. It’s not easy, but it’s simple. And it’s an unchanged process people have been using since the dawn of time.

How to make money hasn’t changed; only what unit the money is in and the technology used. (And the types of get-rich schemes and tricks people fool themselves into trying.)

The stupidly simple process for how to make money:

  1. Create value that people need.
  2. Find those people.
  3. Deliver it to them.
  4. Charge a price.

That’s it.

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How to Discover What You’re Good At

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Don’t know what you’re good at? Having trouble deciding what you should do because you don’t know where your talents lie? There’s an easy way to discover what you’re good at: do some consulting or freelancing.

It’s a no-pressure way to test out your skills. You offer your skills to others, and you see immediate results. When you’re able to give great value on a consistent basis, you discovered something you’re good at.

You’re Already a Freelancer or Consultant

Now, don’t be scared off by words like consulting and freelancing. They’re just fancy schmancy terms for doing things for others and getting paid.

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The U2 Method of High-Impact Writing

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I wrote a guest post about how you can use the U2 method to be a high-impact writer on the incredibly useful Write to Done. The idea is to make your articles stronger, your message hit harder, and easily catch the attention of readers from the very first sentence.

From the article:

“Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s indisputable that Bono and gang wrote some incredible, lasting pop songs. Tunes that become a part of people’s lives.

“One,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Pride in the Name of Love,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “New Year’s Day,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “With or Without You,” “Beautiful Day,” the list goes on…

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Productive Pooping

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Do you just poop? Or do you productively poop?

I mean, you can just sit there. And think about stuff. Or read. And that’s cool – it’s usually a quick in and out anyway (except after eating that spicy burrito you knew was a bad idea).

But did you know you can transform your poops into concentrated bursts of productivity?

I know it might seem weird. But it’s about getting things done during something you’d be doing anyway (in this case, going number two).

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How to Know When You Should Quit

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Do you increasingly dislike what you’re doing? Are the results something you no longer need? Then you need to quit. But when? There’s a stupidly simple strategy to how to know when you should quit.

The strategy reveals when you should quit at a point when it won’t be giving up but a beneficial action so you can start anew on the right path.

After all, you shouldn’t stick with something just because you started it. If you come to hate what you’re doing, or the results are something you no longer need (or worse, a soul-sucking combination of both), then why keep at it?

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