The first thing you have to do is
change your mindset. You have to start viewing your skills and experiences as money
making resources.
You have to stop underestimating your
ability to help someone with what you can provide — whether that’s information,
a service or a physical product.
When you’re first getting started
making money on your own, the best way to get started quickly is to understand
the different ways you can make money, and which one will work best for
you.
Generally speaking, there are 3 ways to
make money:
- Providing a service to someone
- Providing information (really a subset of services)
- Selling a product
All 3 of these can be very lucrative —
it just depends on what type of business you’re most comfortable with, and what
type of work you want to do.
There’s nothing more important to the
growth of a service company than the quality of the people that you bring on
board. But while it’s a good idea to hire people who are technically great at
what they do, that shouldn’t be your number one priority:
“Over my years in business, I have had
a saying when it comes to hiring: Hire character and train skills. Everything
worth doing is done on a foundation of integrity and honor.” -Ross Perot,
Founder of EDS
Integrity, honor, reliability, work
ethic, adaptability, passion, and the desire to learn cannot be
taught.