I was always looking for jobs with independence and freedom. A few of the jobs I tried over the years included:
- Lifeguard
- Taxi driver
- TV Extra – Background artist
- Stuntman
- Trampoline coach
- Martial arts instructor
- Climbing instructor
- Modelling/photographic work
- HGV driver
- and a number of fill in jobs in offices, supermarkets, warehouses, on building sites and the rest (not recommended for freedom and independence!)
I wanted jobs with independence and freedom that would allow me to work when it suited me. Perhaps I was naive and wanted too much from a job. I was always broke and looking for the next “best thing”!
Jobs With Independence And Freedom
The trouble with a job is you are continually selling your time, which is a finite resource. When you stop doing so, you stop earning money. So unless you continually sell your time in a job, the money stops coming in.
I thought being a stuntman was going to be the ultimate of all jobs with independence and freedom – travelling the world and getting paid! However it’s a competitive industry and unless you’re continually scouring for future contracts, you can get left behind!
Even when work was good, I was selling my time. When the work stopped the money stopped too! Over the years I came to realise that the only way to build real freedom and flexibility into your life is to not need a job and to become financially independent so you aren’t anchored to a job at all. JOB = Just Over Broke! In an independent career, you’re self employed and finding work can be as challenging as working for an employer you hate!
Don’t Sell Your Time, Sell Products Instead
I looked for another way to make money without a job or a boss. I looked into eBay and found an ebook which taught me how to find cheap items to sell on the site. You can read about the strategy in my article “how to start a profitable ebay business“.
But the strategy was a slow one and I found myself either tied to my computer or queueing up at the post office to weigh items I was selling. My time was still not free and I was barely making a living! I knew the answer wasn’t “jobs with independence and freedom“. Even with a number of flexible jobs, I didn’t have real freedom. I was still struggling financially. I juggled a martial arts business, HGV driving and stunt work at one point but was still broke most of the time!
I ditched the eBay business and decided to create my own ebooks and sell them online. Struggling to make any sales, I put myself on a marketing course and discovered a clever business model known as affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is a business model which lets you sell other people’s products and services online for profit. What was better was that I could sell a $100 product and earn $40 – 40% of the profit! This was far better than trying to sell my own ebooks at $10 a time! So I dropped my ebooks and started learning about affiliate marketing.
Affiliate Marketing = Freedom
Affiliate marketing lets anyone sell other people’s products and services online for a share of the profit. Although affiliate marketing does take time to learn and get going, ultimately it can give you a passive income source.
You can use systems and technology to make sales around the world while you sleep! No job can offer this because you always have to keep turning up to keep making money. Only a job you absolutely love is going to have a lifetime of appeal! At some point you’ll want to stop working. But usually when this point arrives, you’re trapped with mortgage and family obligations to meet.
Affiliate marketing can give you both financial and time freedom because you’re using automation to sell products, and you’re not trading your time.
Jobs With Independence And Freedom
If you’ve been looking for jobs with independence and freedom, you might be interested in learning about affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing can give you time and financial freedom because you can eventually automate sales which happen online. It takes time and effort to learn affiliate marketing, but over the longer term, this is an investment which can ultimately pay off in passive income.
No job can offer this! To learn more about affiliate marketing and the different online business models available, access a free video series by clicking on the image below.
