The tradition

The traditional way of making money is waning fast. We have seen automation

replacing the manual human labour in the workplace such as factories, farms,

clothing and textile industries and many other areas since the late 18th

century. The most basic of manual labours by human effort such as the

traditional farmer with a machete, hoe and fork used on the farm for clearing,

preparing and ploughing the land has long been replaced by machines that gets

more done in a shorter time thus increasing output and profit margins.

At the turn of the 19th century, when companies sought ways to maximize

the output of their factories, getting to running them 24/7 was key. To make

things more efficient, people had to work longer periods. In fact, 10-16 hour

days were the norm. These incredibly long work days weren’t sustainable and so

a genius named Robert Owen began a serious campaign to have people work

no more than 8 hours per day. Business owners had a hard time digesting these

changes and thought that this move would see them losing rather than gaining.

The age old 9-5

Now the brilliant idea of instituting the regular 9-5, eight hour per day

40 hour work week was born and was scarcely accepted until the Ford Motor

Company implemented it and saw their profit margins soar to new heights.

Since then we have institutionalized the 9-5 method and have come to accept

it as the norm for the workforce of many nations.

After all this time however, who benefits mostly from this paradigm shift.

You guessed it, the business owners were able to maximize on their output

and income but did the workers situation improve. Well yes, they were working

under a more structured time system and their output increased but did their

standard of living increase. Did their family life relationships improve

in that they were able to devote more time to their families well-being.

Devoting 40 years of your life to a 9-5 job for a meagre pension and sub-

standard living as a golden ager has the workforce trapped in a cycle of

meagre existence while the business owners and their families to which

they have devoted their lives enjoys high standards of living. There is

just no balance or equity in this arrangement. In my opinion the benefits

should see a more equal distribution of the gains realised across the board.

This is the traditional way of making money that we have grown accustomed to.

The business owner comes up with the idea for the supply of goods or services

but is unable to supply the quotas all on his own so he has to hire. According

to the local labour laws, the time that the worker devotes to his work and his

payment are gazetted by governments to secure their benefits. The worker does not

own his job and therefore his salary is not guaranteed.

Don’t get me wrong, I have the greatest respect for business owners, myself being an

employer. There need to be a way to find a balance between the devoted hours used

in production of goods and services by the workers and the gains he realises for his

labours that can improve his standard of living. Instead of traditionally towing the

line like his fore bearers he needs to make his own money.

People need to find more creative ways to upgrade themselves and improve their

earnings for a better life. In fact Governments need to stop the exploitation

of their people and their natural resources, Educate and empower them with the

needed tools for prosperity and enrichment. There is an abundance of resources

on the planet to comfortably achieve equity among all its’ citizens.

Earn your own money

Do not hold your breath however because Governments get easy money from the

traditional means and will not change the status-quo. Individually though,

we need to shake off the dust of tradition, uncertainty, doubt, fear and

begin to search for ways and means to EARN OUR OWN MONEY. Look around your

community, there might be opportunities to start a business. Be creative,

provide a needed service, invent, build or construct simple machines

to make someone’s life easier and eventually improve your situation.

This will take some time to implement and some of us might not be able

to make that shift in an instant but if we must change we need to stay where

we are and chart a different course for our own benefits and improvement. We

need to in some areas educate ourselves to earn more for to be promoted to

a higher level of employment in the traditional sense. For others we might

be able to search and identify the possible hundreds if not thousands of

opportunities  in our community where we can improve the lives of others.

When you freely give of yourself in the service of others, you are setting yourself up

for recognition in the marketplace. Almost everything including THE CREATION OF

MONEY was created or born from just a mere thought. The thought then germinates

and takes on a process (gathers flesh). This is where the thought becomes active and

starts to influence your behaviour whether it be negative or positive thoughts and

start  to demand of the universe and its’ surroundings the means by which to

start shaping that thought into something tangible.

Business Opportunities

Believe it or not, most big businesses started out as home based or cottage industries

then develop into full blown entities over time. Some of these are listed below and

they may hold the keys to start the improvement of your life if researched planned

and carefully implemented.

Bottling and marketing fresh juices

Bottling Fruit preserves

Bottling Spices preserves

Baked products

Condiments

Chips and small packet snacks

Catering

Lunch deliveries

T shirt printing

Light garment manufacturing

Car wash

Small appliance repairs

Baby sitting

Pet grooming

Invention of simple machines

Grocery shop

Convenience shop

More Business Opportunities

There are countless job and employment opportunities on the internet in recent

times. You can even earn a degree online and stay home while you do it. You can

Write articles, on topics you have an expertise in and Create blogs, Take surveys

where large companies pay you to test their product and pay you for your opinion.

Create e-books, Write short stories, Market affiliate products both online and offline

on just about anything under the sun. There are opportunities to Market your own

products online too. The possibilities are endless so you should easily be able to

find something that suits your interest and expertise.

Billions of dollars exchange hands every single day online. I stress the internet

because it is so much easier to provide a service based on your expertise in a digital

format that can be downloaded by the recipient in a flash. Physically tangible

products can be bought online repackaged and shipped to others without you

having to warehouse them and tie down your capital. Start making your own money

now. Forget the alibi and meaningless excuses.