I should make something clear at this point I am not proposing that you establish a business whereby you sell a service direct to the masses. That in itself is a highly speculative venture (although not one that you should necessarily avoid in the long term). I am talking about having a skill that is in demand, and that people will pay you for, on an ongoing basis. If your initial endeavors are successful, the next natural step is trying to exploit that same skill through some sort of service provision.
For instance, if you are a good graphic designer, you can look to get some regular paying jobs with design companies that perhaps have more work than their fixed staff can handle. In time, you can generate a healthy income from this, and produce your own video course and accompanying resource pack, entitled How To Find High-Paying Design Jobs . That in itself could become a source of passive income.
Finding your asset and figuring out how you can monetize it can be more than just a step towards leaving work behind. It can be the step .
I am not saying that what you do now has to shape your whole future. That's the beauty of working for yourself. You can freelance for six months, and if it isn't working out for you, you can look to step into something else. You can reduce your hours down in order to give yourself more time to focus on more speculative business ideas. You can afford yourself the kind of flexibility that a normal job would rarely give you.
In short you are in control of your destiny. Once you have set up a basic means of generating an income on an ongoing basis, you can then customize your workload as much as your bottom line permits.
Not only can freelance work present you with a viable means of quitting your job right now. it can also give you the flexibility of time to accelerate your speculative business endeavors far beyond the rate at which you are currently going.
Can anyone say winning ?
This guy sure as hell can.
