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Many people will tell you “don’t be lazy.”
They’ll tell you lazy people never get anything done and never amount to anything. Well, they’re wrong. Lazy people are actually some of the most efficient and successful people and you should aim to be lazy. Every invention ever, since the wheel, has made man kind more lazy. Think about, if we didn’t have modern vehicles, you’d be walking everywhere you want to go. No bus, no train. No driving in your car. You’d have to get those feet moving and travel miles. That’s a lot of time and effort that you don’t want to deal with. It’s easier and not to mention more time efficient to sit down and press your foot on a pedal or hop on bus for a few minutes as opposed to walking around for hours. Likewise, if we didn’t have cell phones, if you wanted to get in touch in with somebody, you’d either have to show up at their door or write them a handprinted letter. You’d have to gather some papyrus, a feather, ink, and a small bottles, sit down by the candle light, and scrawl out your message. That’s more effort than seems worth it. No thanks, I’ll just go to the concert myself. I mean we can even fastforward a few centuries to the point where we have regular telephones, you know, landlines. But for those, you had to be at yours or some one else’s home or carry around change in your pocket so you could use a PayPhone. Carrying extra weight of metal in your jeans is uncomfortable and not everybody is going to let you in their home to use their phone, especially when you had to pay per minute. Now you can just press a few buttons and boom, in a few seconds the person on the other end gets your message. And the best part is, you can do this from anywhere (well, as long as there’s cell service anyway). Hell, you don’t even have to type it out anymore. Just talk to Siri Google Now. Okay you could argue that the speech recognition is not perfect and often hilarious, but that’s besides the point. The point is this: what do we trade off for laziness? Efficency and convenience. I remember back in the eighth grade, I had a very strict math teacher. Anyway, I remember doing the math, taking the tests, and literally getting all or most of the answers right on every single test, but I still got bad grades. Why did I get bad grades when I was solving the answers? No, she didn’t accuse me of cheating. She accused me of being “L-A-Z-Y. “Literally she would say that, spelling out each letter. See, I had found a creative way to solve the math problems, using a quicker and more efficient method -- a lazy method. She wanted me to solve the math problems using her way, the way she taught. She wanted me to write out step by step each math problem in her elaborate fashion. I went to Catholic school, by the way, which is basically child prison. I feared the punishment of not following her instruction and decided from then on to solve all my math problems her way, which was honestly the long and hard way. It’s a shame I had done that, because I lost my motivation in math class. I could probably be a real math wiz, but I just didn’t practice math in the way I did when I was figuring out cool and creative ways to solve things. I liked math when I could find a lazy solution, that is find the answer in the least amount of steps possible. I believe I found other ways to express my creativity though that I actually enjoy more than math, In his essay, A Mathmatician’s Lament, Paul Lockhart, compares the current mathematics education system to having an artist learn the different colors, brushes, and patterns before ever being able to paint and when they finally are able to paint, they paint by number rather than actually expressing themselves. Oh and it’s only gotten worse. Have you seen “New Math”? I only want to think as hard as I have to. I don’t want to solve unnecessary complex puzzles. Does that mean I won’t solve complex puzzles? No, it means I won’t solve it if it doesn’t seem efficient in my goal. I don’t want to jump through a ring of fire, lift a hundred pound dumbell, and throw it through a concrete wall, just to activate a switch that’ll open a drawer and allow me to change my underwear. You get the gist. Plus, if I’m forced to think a certain way, that limits my creative thinking, imagination, and expression. Thatsaid, the successful online money maker is lazy. It is certainly more convenient and efficient to make money at home doing tasks/maintenence for a total of about an hour each day than to commute to a place of work and do a full 8 hour shift. Oh and not to mention you can eat, drink, and piss whenever you want to. You’re your own boss. Now there is a fine line between being lazy and being unmotivated, but we’ll get into the details of that in future on this blog. For now, just be lazy and do it later. -N8
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In this blog, I'll be teaching you how to make money the lazy way. Here' what you'll need to get started... 1) Internet Connection (and a damn good one!) Ah yes the Internet, a world full of bizarre fan fiction, flame wars, cute kitten memes...and of course about a thousand and one ways to make money. I'll be blunt, most of those "money making" methods are utter trash and you should avoid them. Most of those online money making "gurus" are liars who do make money online, but SPOILER ALERT: You don't. I'm here to break down the ones that DO pay and DO make you money. Now, speaking of Internet Connection, you're not going to want just any Internet Connection. So if you're still living like it's 1995 in the Dial Up age, it's time to upgrade. You're going to need fast, reliable Internet Connection, not to sound like you're annoying cable company. But seriously, you're going to need a solid speedy connection that is able to handle video streaming on multiple devices. The Internet bill is going to be a little "investment" into your "business". You'll be making enough money to not only cover the bill but profit! Now chances are you probably have some sort of cable Internet connection already. Awesome good for you! You can get started making money online. But to do this efficiently, keep in mind you're going to also need a high quality router, which you probably don't have yet. You're going to have to upgrade to something serious eventually. You want something that can handle lots of devices with smooth finesse. But for now, in getting started with online money making, your standard router will have to make do. I'll cover specific gear/equipment in detail in the future, but if you're really curious about what sort of router to look for, I'll leave this small list here for some suggestions. Recommended Routers ASUS RT-AC68U NetGear Ac1750 TP-LINK AC 3150 A low quality router is going to cause lagg, freezing, interutions/connection problems and ultimately decrease your income significantly. You want something that is going to bring in the most speed possible (read: bring in the most dough!) Like I said though, don't worry so much about the expensive router in getting started 2) A Smart Phone (or several) Chances are if you live in the 21st century, you own a smart phone Now you probably don't own more than one smart phone, but that's okay, you can take baby steps with just one phone. You're eventually want to own a "farm", as they call it. This is a large lot of phones (usually 5 or more, but I've seen up to 20) you own where you run income paying apps simultaneously. If you don't own a smart phone, get one. Seriously, go grab a cheap phone. Buy it used, damaged, bad ESN, etc. As long as it connects to WiFi, then it's not just good. It's good enough. I recommend the LG Optimus Fuel or ZTE Whirl. Both are cheap. Both can run the apps you will need to run to make money. You want an Android phone. Most of these apps tend to be for the Android platform. When you get deep into it, you may want an iPhone for a few opportunities, as there are some iPhone exclusives. C-7 Recycle is a good site to find very cheap used smartphones. They even have a section for "Income App Devices", these are phones that meet the minimum requires of the apps I'll talk about. By the way, this is important to note, I'm NOT, I repeat NOT going to mention any product, program, or service I don't personally use and recommend. Look I make my money online using many methods but sponsorship is NOT one of them. If I ever do get a sponsor, I would have to genuinely like what they're selling and I would make it absolutely clear to you that they were an advertisement/sponsor. So when I mention a product/service/app/whatever it's because I personally have used them and like them. And to clear the air...NO, you do NOT need service to actually use the phone. Let's look back at number one on this list! That's right -- Internet Connection. You can actually connect your smart phone to WiFi without a SIM card and without paying for any sort of service. It works like a really mini tablet. 3) A Computer Just like the smart phones, you don't necessarily need anything too fancy here. You do want something that is reliable though, something that can handle video streaming and browsing websites without crashing or lagging too much. Now eventually you're going to want something that can run multiple tabs streaming video all at once without freezing up. Personally, I have the CybertronPC Patriot AMD A4-6300 desktop. It's decently priced and has solid performance. Why not just use another smart phone? A lot of methods are more active than the passive earning you'll be doing on your smart phone. You don't want to be staring at a tiny screen for too long. Plus a lot of the tasks are just a lot easier with a keyboard/mouse as opposed to a touch screen and virtual keyboard. Also, there are some apps that are only available on the desktop. What about a tablet? There are a few earning opportunities that are tablet specific, but I wouldn't recommend purchasing one if you don't already have one specifically for the purpose of making money. It's not worth it. Could you use a tablet in replace of a deskop/laptop? Only if it's a Windows tablet. ---------------------------------------- Notice I didn't list "time" or "effort" as one of the things you will need to start making money online. That's because the methods I'm going to be teaching you in future blog posts (as well as podcast episodes) require little time and no effort at all. There is a fourth thing you need though, but this one is less of a physical asset and more of a mental one. You're going to have to adapt "The Lazy Mindset". I know and I mentioned what you need to get started, but haven't told you a single money making method yet. I'll be diving into the details of all that in upcoming posts. Feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have! - N8 |
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