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ahimel · 11-05-2006, 05:18 AM

I recently quit my job, and have been trying to generate multiple streams of income. Mostly I've been failing. Things that I can see that make money I can't do, and things I can do I can't figure out how to make money from them. Steve says I have things of value that I can provide to people -- everyone does -- and I can see how that might be true. I'm pretty good at organizing things into a logical arrangement, and setting up systems. I have excellent (although not super-scary) excel skills. I'm good at looking at things from new perspectives, and coming up with ideas. But I can't see how to make money off of any of that.

So I'm curious to know how other people generate passive income. We all know that Steve has a high-traffic blog that generates ad revenue and referral fees. He also has affiliate programs, does some public speaking, and his wife runs a magazine. I don't know that any of those would apply to my situation.

But now the forums are up, and I can ask LOTS of people how they generate income. Maybe some of those methods will work for me.

So where does your money come from? Do you exchange it for your time, or have you figured out a way to provide value without being personally present? What ideas do you have for generating income that you haven't tried?

11-05-2006, 05:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
ahimel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 398	How do you generate income? I recently quit my job, and have been trying to generate multiple streams of income. Mostly I've been failing. Things that I can see that make money I can't do, and things I can do I can't figure out how to make money from them. Steve says I have things of value that I can provide to people -- everyone does -- and I can see how that might be true. I'm pretty good at organizing things into a logical arrangement, and setting up systems. I have excellent (although not super-scary) excel skills. I'm good at looking at things from new perspectives, and coming up with ideas. But I can't see how to make money off of any of that. So I'm curious to know how other people generate passive income. We all know that Steve has a high-traffic blog that generates ad revenue and referral fees. He also has affiliate programs, does some public speaking, and his wife runs a magazine. I don't know that any of those would apply to my situation. But now the forums are up, and I can ask LOTS of people how they generate income. Maybe some of those methods will work for me. So where does your money come from? Do you exchange it for your time, or have you figured out a way to provide value without being personally present? What ideas do you have for generating income that you haven't tried?