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How to Earn Your First Dollar Ouside Your Job, and Build Something That Lasts
Turn Everyday Work Experience Into Something People Will Pay For
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The one thing to unlearn is control. We are told to improve ourselves, wake up earlier, and become better versions of ourselves. That works for your health. It stops working when you try to build income outside a job. To grow, you have to stop making it about you and make it about the people you serve.
Here is how to go from your first dollar to a business that does not depend on you.
Step 1: Sell What You Already Know
Suppose you lost your business, your money, and your contacts, and had three months to make $10,000. The simplest move is to sell what you know.
Every business does one of two things. It fixes a pain point, or it gives people a better way to get a result. Your job experience has already taught you how to do one of those things. Package that knowledge into something that saves someone time…
