I hope you all had a great week! We had some nice weather at the start of the week here in NY. It was nice to get out with my family and enjoy the warm weather while it lasted. But mother nature is back in a nasty mood and we're back to the gloom. Her husband must be a real jerk because she's been in a funk for a few months now. Jeez!
Random Thoughts
So last week I told you I'm still trying to figure out what I would like to yap about in my new weekly posts. After some thought, I figured I would share some things I've noticed or experienced during a given week. As always I'll try to provide value. But I'm sure some of the stuff I talk about will be nothing more than my brain farts. In any event, for those of you who find my ramblings as interesting as watching paint dry, feel free to skip down below to the job leads section. However I can't promise I won't be talking about you. lol
Well off to my rambling.
The State of Home Training or Lack There of…
Is it just me or are people becoming increasingly rude? I was under the assumption that most of us were raised with home training and not in a barn. But I'm finding that this is not the case, especially when it comes to email etiquette. I probably answer 50-100 emails a week regarding work at home or scams. It can be tough because it tends to be the same questions. But worst still is the fact that some people are clearly visiting the site but choosing to ignore the information I've laid out to answer their questions. But I digress. What's really getting my goat is that out of nearly 100 emails per week, maybe 2-3 will take the time out to say thank you for a response. This totally bugs me out and maybe it's because of the way I was raised. But what do you folks think? Are "thank yous" no longer in fashion? Did I miss the memo? Should I stop teaching my little princess home training?
The Rise of Negative Nancism….
For the most part we have a lot of like minded and positive thinking people that visit this site. Often we get spammers or self promoters but I usually delete their comments so it doesn't take away from the experience I'm trying to create here. But every once in a while we have some haters or negative Nancys that pop up. Last week was no exception. There were a few comments from people downing some of the low pay scale opportunities I've listed on this site. Now look, if you're a loyal subscriber, you already know I'm quick to point out cons of any given opportunity. Because there is no such thing as a perfect company. All of them have annoying flaws. So I make it a point to acknowledge them so you can make an informed decision. A lot of times I'm able to work through flaws and that's probably because I have the mindset that you can make lemonade out of any lemon if you work hard enough.
But what "fezzes" me up is when someone who has clearly never made a dime online bad mouths an opportunity because it's not "worth their time" or "doesn't pay enough". Everyone is entitled to their opinions but if it's not worth your time or doesn't pay enough, keep it moving. After all I always include links to traditional work at home jobs as another option if these low paying opportunities aren't appealing to you. I totally understand that some people need a so called "real job" right away to pay the bills. No argument here about that, do what you have to do and focus on the traditional jobs. However, why bad mouth these other opportunities and make others feel stupid for giving something legitimate a shot just because you don't feel it's right for you? I just don't understand what others gain by doing this.
Folks, if you come across one of these comments, please don't let them corrupt your mindset or feel bad for giving an opportunity a shot especially if it's legitimate. Keep the following statement in mind. A lot of the haters are usually people that haven't made a dime online. So entertaining their feedback is like asking your accountant for penis enlargement surgery. It doesn't make any sense. (By the way, I know nothing about this type of surgery. I was purely using this as a funny metaphor. Don't get any ideas. lol) Taking advice from someone that doesn't have a record of success in making money at home will only help you mimic their results.
When I first started getting into this work at home industry, I eventually stumbled upon a get paid to read email site. I was fascinated with the idea of getting paid for something I already did. I read the information and learned that it would be about $.01 cent per email. Obviously I knew I couldn't possibly earn a living like this. So it wasn't like I was going to quit my day job. But I just wanted to see if it would work. Sure enough I made a few cents within a day or two of signing up. To me this was huge! I just made a few cents doing something online that I do for free! It was mind boggling. Whereas my family and friends laughed at this. It opened my eyes to a whole world of possibilities. What else could I get paid for doing online? How would I go about doubling or tripling the effort that earned me the few cents? It was because of that mindset I spent the next few years absorbing all the information I could about various work at home opportunities. If they were legitimate I gave it shot. I went from earning a few cents to eventually earning thousands of dollars per month and finally quitting my job. Now if I would have listened to my family and friends I would still be working for the man like many of them are. And that's no disrespect to them. Because many of them have benefited from my efforts and I'm trying my best to free them from their grind. But the point is where people saw an opportunity that was allegedly beneath them, I saw gold in them there hills.
You may have negative nancies in your life right now. Some of them may actually be your family members and friends. God bless them all because they usually have our best interest at our heart. But don't let them or any of the haters that may comment on this blog disuade you from giving things a shot or accomplishing your goals. If they haven't achieved the type of success you want in their lives then taking advice from them is as sound as Hillary Clinton becoming a stripper. I like Hillary but it's probably not the best move! Well neither is heeding the feedback of people who don't make money from home.
And that's the last of my random thoughts for today. Hopefully you enjoyed reading my babbling and you got some value out of it. If not, you probably already skipped down to the leads below and no harm was done. Cheers either way. If you have any thoughts on anything I've said here, feel free to chime in below. Until next week, love, peace and hair grease. 
Monday 3/8/10
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– Writers
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Wednesday 3/10/10
– Writers
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Thursday 3/11/2010
– Blogger
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Eddy, just a word on being thankful. Yes most of us was thought the golden rule but how soon do we forget. The world seem to strive on the negative things but ignore the positive or anything that make sense. Keep on doing what you do even if the ungrateful ones refuse to take a few seconds to say thanks. We all learn from your random thoughts, it is a gift. God bless you keep up the good works.
Well said Ben.
I totally agree with you. Don’t worry I never planned to stop because people are rude and have forgotten manners. I was just venting. The hope was it would get people to think about their actions and I see it has. So mission accomplished. lol Most of the people that visit here are very positive. So I feel very fortunate to be around folks like you.
God bless you as well and thanks for the supportive words.
Thanks Eddy for keeping it real! I found a business I am beginning to work at now but while looking, It was good to have a site I could go to and verify some of the crap that’s out there to see if it is legit or not. You do always put the pros and cons so I don’t think anyone should complain about the opps listed. I will still be checking it out to see what you have to say! Thanks Again.
RaNaye
RaNaye,
You’re quite welcome. At this point in my life, I don’t know how else to do it. LOL Thanks for the continued support and understanding where a brother was coming from regarding my venting. lol
Hello Eddy!
Great Article! Keep em coming. I’ve been trying to search on your website for an article regarding Commission Blueprint; I’m sure you probably have one and I’m just unable to locate it, but if you could tell me where to look that would be awesome. I’m interested to hear what you have to say about it.
Thanks!
Patricia
Hi Patricia,
Thanks for the kind words. I haven’t heard of that site. Just follow the steps in my scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams and you should get a better insight on that company.
Good luck.
Thanks for the great content. I’m always searching the net for content that will
give me some new ideas for my own blogs and legitimate home businesses.
Great blog and thanks for the great article.
Brad
Hey Ed,
Thanks for looking out for us totally clueless on what direction to ff with making money online, all of your advise helped. I’m doing it slow information overload just gets to you and makes you confuse. Advise you provided were valuable its easy now to screen out scammers and stick to those that has potential. Im in Asia and just staring to look around whats best. You have no idea how grateful I was when I stumble into your website all the advise I read from you site about online jobs (e.g. writing), surveys, shopping helped. Im not making money yet but I know I’ll get there with guidance and all the links in your website are different from the others. Mostly I get advertisement from them instead I guess thats just part of it. KEEP ON POSTING COMMENTS WHAT U DO IS HELPFUL. THANKS
Thanks G & Brad.
I’m happy to help.
Hello ‘E’,
Just wanted to chime in with an additional kudos for your continued stellar service. Hip..hip……keep on keeping on!
Best,
– ->dj.
Thanks DJ.
Just took your words to heart, and if I haven’t thanked you for all the time and effort you have put in for the rest of us to benefit from here it is! Thank you very much for the amazing amount of information that you have compiled into one place and don’t charge any of us a dime for. This is a wonderful site and I hope you are greatly blessed for your time and effort! Thanks for the changes you have helped so many people make in their own lives simply by following your site.
Mindy,
Aww thanks. I hope you don’t think the shots were aimed directly at you. lol I think most of the people that follow me regularly do appreciate the effort. Because they tend to participate here. I was really taking shots at those folks that randomly email me out the blue making demands of me and then not having the decency to say thanks for the advice. That being said, I still appreciate your kind words so thanks for taking time out your day to share them with me.
I am fairly new to your site and have been enjoying your posts since last sunday. I don’t know how I got to your site, but I’m sincerely enjoying it. You honestly rock!!! Not only do you give great insight about opportunities but you do it in an entertaining manner. You made my day with the penis enlargement joke. I have been wondering about Wealthy affiliate for sometime now but now thanks to you, I have a better picture of their program. Thank you for these great posts.
Don’t drink the Kool-aid people. Ignore negative people and their comments. Keep up the good work Eddy because you not only are a great encourager and an inspiration, you deposit good things into the minds of anyone who can keep an open mind. I know you were joking about stopping teaching Princess manners, and I sure do wish all parents would do the same. I used to work in a children’s clinic and about 90% of the children and their parents who came to this clinic had some of the worst manners you could imagine. Rudeness is become more the norm than the exception and how long does it take a person to reply with a simple “thank you” after getting their questions answered? You’re doing a tremendous service here; and your sense of humor is just the icing on the cake because it really makes my day whenever I can get a laugh, a smile or even a small chuckle because there already is enough to “cry” about on any given day.
HI EDDY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ARTICLES AND WEBSITE, IF IT WAS’NT FOR YOU I WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND WEALTHY AFFILIATE AND BECAME A MEMBER AS OF 03/03/2010. I MADE A DECISION IN MY LIFE TO CHANGE AND BE WHO I WANT TO BE, AND NOT WHAT OTHERS WANT ME TO BE. I WANT TO BE MY OWN BOSS, WORK FROM HOME AND BE FREE TO DO AS I CHOOSE. THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY IT CANT BE DONE, BUT I KNOW BETTER, YOUR LIVING PROOF THAT IT CAN. AND IF YOU CAN DO IT SO CAN I. I HAVE A DREAM! AND I’M LEARNING THAT DREAM INTO REALITY.I KNOW I WILL GET THERE SOON ENOUGH WITH HARD WORK, PATIENCE, AND PERSISTANCE. START SMALL WIN BIG.
Becky,
Thanks for the kind words and the ENTHUSIASM (ALL CAPS expresses this by the way. lol)! I really do appreciate it. It’s always good to hear when I’ve inspired people to take control of their lives and try to be their own boss. I know too many of us have been told we couldn’t. So I’m glad you realize that you can! The fact you’re up to the tasks means you will succeed in time. I look forward to hearing from you when it happens! Keep it up!
Big Sis (Ms. Edrena),
You of all people can definitely testify to the lack of home training out there because of your past jobs. And you already know I would never stop teaching my daughter good manners. I know from personal experience that because I’ve always had good manners and nice disposition, I would often receive favor when I may have lacked things in other areas. Being nice and courteous can take you so far in life. The sooner people realize that, the better the world will be. I’m happy I can bring a smile to your day. I really hope there are less days of tears coming your way. Lord knows you deserve joy and lots of it!
Steph,
I’m glad someone got a laugh out of my penis enlargement joke. lol I had my wife go through the article and she was rolling. She said you really love acting a fool, don’t you. lol In any event, I’m glad you’re finding the information useful. I appreciate your continued support.
Wow, sorry Eddy!
I wrote a really long and heartfelt thank you to you as well as some experiences I dealt with. I submitted the comment but it never showed up! I’m sorry you didn’t get to read it, and don’t ask me to repeat it because I wrote like 8 paragraphs lol!
Thank you for everything and I finally subscribed after months of lurking!