Escaping the nine to five

[Monica]

acceptance that I may have to spend most of my time doing a meaningless job for a corporation that serves no meaningful purpose for the majority of this incarnation with 80-90% of my incoming going to bills.

I think each of us must seek our own personal guidance as to whether it's appropriate for us to accept our situation in a 'meaningless' job. If one is learning, growing, and serving others in that environment, then it's not 'meaningless.'

Surely, some who are awake may be called to work in a 'meaningless job' because, for them, while the job itself might be meaningless, they are still able to service the people in that environment, in which case, they will know if their light is shining the way for others and actually doing some good in the world.

For example, the cheerful co-worker who always brightens everyone's day, and provides a compassionate shoulder to cry on for his/her co-workers...such a person might make a tremendous difference in that 'meaningless' job environment.

For others, however, such as myself, although I tried to be that cheerful person, and did succeed somewhat (my co-workers at one of my jobs called me 'Sunshine!'), there was simply more for me to do; I had important work elsewhere that was calling to me, and I finally found it.

If one feels a pull, a call, a yearning to participate in moving mountains and truly being involved in transformational projects, there are plenty to choose from. It just takes a leap of faith, and our higher-realm friends will help us accomplish it.

I now feel it a delightful opportunity to have an extremely fruitful incarnation of learning, polarizing and simply helping others.

Wonderful! I'm glad to hear you have found your niche and are at peace.

The world seems to have much promise in improving in general in several different areas which would improve the plight of needing to work for a living. I know it might sound like gadgetry, but imagine a device which would provide 3-4 kilowatts of power for your home and your electric- engine car. You would only have to purchase the unit, then pay maintenance on it to enjoy a benefit of virtually non-existent energy costs. Also, the added benefit of making virtually no air polution for powering your house and your car.

Or imagine services like Google Fiber coming to every city in the US (or maybe the world?) the option to pay a fee of $300 (or $25 for 12 months) for installation of 5megabit internet which will have no monthly fee. In combination of the last two examples, if you also own your residence, you would only need to work in an extremely reduced fashion since your bills would be very low.

I've heard of such devices but don't know which ones you are specifically referring to. Are these companies that you are considering getting involved in, or just things you've heard about and found intriguing?

Many cutting-edge products and services that have the ability to transform society are often sold via direct selling/referral marketing companies, whereas 'mainstream' products that continue the status quo for the powers that be continue to be sold via the '9 to 5' corporate business model. Even the model of direct selling/referral marketing is hugely transformative!

I am hopeful but not "needing" of society to improve in any area just mentioned.

Oh it's already happening! Just as more and more people are turning to alternative healthcare, to the tune of billions of dollars, so too are more and more people turning to direct selling/referral marketing businesses. In fact, a very high percentage of new millionaires in the last couple of decades, did so by becoming independent business owners of their own direct selling/referral marketing businesses!

And the best part is that, unlike franchises which require hundreds of thousands of dollars to invest in, or conventional 'brick and mortar' businesses which require a lot of overhead and 90% fail within the first year, direct selling/referral marketing businesses require ridiculously low startup costs: anywhere from $50 to $5000 (as compared to $50k to $500k for franchises).

So for a very small startup fee, one can enjoy a decent income, usually while working part-time. For those who are really serious about it, a 6-figure income within 1-2 years is the norm, again, working part-time.

Of course, not all direct selling/referral marketing companies are good opportunities. Just as with anything, there are good ones and bad ones. So it's important to really check out the company and product you're considering getting involved with. There are some helpful guidelines when choosing a company: the viability and quality of the product, the marketing approach, the stability of the company, etc.

Here is an excellent, educational video by $$ guru Robert Kiyosaki:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BiVP0meTNo

It's generic - not promoting any particular company, but just the business model.

I'm a huge fan of Robert's.

I'm not such a fan of his good friend Donald Trump, but just f.y.i., Trump is also a fan of direct selling/referral marketing. These 2 successful men both say it's the fastest, best way to become financially independent.

This is how my particular company's business model works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1U8qFecxA

The 'black box' is the device I mentioned earlier, that is helping people get off their meds, get out of pain, get out of their wheelchairs, etc. I like selling black boxes that help people, but the concept can be applied to any product. The numbers will vary, depending on the product and the particular company's marketing/compensation plan. My particular company pays bigger than any other that I've seen, because we sell a medical device that is now available for home use.

Other companies, that have products like berry juice drinks or cell phone plans, pay very small amounts, but depend on large numbers of people growing exponentially.

Either system can work well; it's just that the structure is different. Some are much easier than others. Some, like the one I do, pay very well very quickly. I replaced my IT income very quickly with this business; whereas back when I sold a health food product, it took a few years to get to the level of income we could actually live on.

As with anything, a bit of homework is required, to be sure one is choosing well and understands what's involved in being successful. The legitimate opportunities are NOT 'get rich quick' schemes but viable business opportunities.

There is a difference and it's important to understand that difference. How to know? The scams don't have viable products, and pay commission based on membership or subscription fees. Whereas, the legitimate businesses pay commissions when actual products are sold. That's how you know.

All that aside, I certainly wouldn't mind a job coming my way which aides others in some way. I am limited physically by my inability to stand for extensive periods of time, so it would have to be a sit down job. /shrug

I do my business from home. Most of my work is done on the computer and/or the phone. My husband teases me whenever I go out: "do you still remember how to drive?"