Childishly Earning Money
Sabrina posted a great meme today: “What early (before you were 10 years old) ideas did you have about money or finance that turned out to be totally (and amusingly) wrong?”
I’m going to do the same meme, the same way. If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. You don’t have to do a blog post and linkback; just leave a comment to this post. Easy!
If you want to see my answer, you’ll have to check Sabrina’s blog.
Everyone who responds here in the comments will get some link love!
I know that some of you don’t read John Chow’s site every day, but, even if you do, here’s a post that’s worth a first or second look: “Earn Money Online Just by Showing Up.” True, it’s not quite that easy, but you have little to no chance of success if you throw in the towel too soon or go about things halfway.
I pretty much manage to do #1, but am not quite there yet with #2. Numbers 3 through 5, well, I guess I need to work harder!
And, don’t forget that the root of all evil, John Chow, is giving away an $80 Waterman pen from the promotional pens maker, 1234Pens.com. To enter, you just have to blog about it, like this. Feeling a little deja vu?
I showed up- now pay me!
But, you didn’t answer the question!
Anyway, as soon as all these International Email Lotteries I’ve won begin depositing my winnings, I’ll send you a check.
Hey Dan,
You’ll be happy to know that I won 3 free cruises in one day. All I needed to do was send a cheque to a nigerian account…
I don’t think I’ve won any cruises. Just lotteries. I think I may have won a Disney vacation or something. And lots of people want to give me loans.
[...] or later, you’ll realize that showing up is just not enough. Sure, giving up assures failure, but the difference between the person not [...]