Before investing your time, money, and energy, ask yourself: Will this business help me live the life I want, or will my life become a slave to the business? Because the purpose of a business isn't simply to make money. It's to facilitate the life you want to live. My 30-Day Business Test. My first test is simple: Can I generate income from this idea within 30 days? Years ago, my wife and I started selling at a flea market with practically nothing. We sold unused wedding gifts from our closet and raised about $100. While there, we observed what people were buying. Costume jewelry caught our attention, particularly earrings. We found merchandise that differed from what others were selling. When items didn't sell, we discounted them rather than letting inventory become obsolete. Our objective was a quick turnaround with at least a 50% return on investment. Three years later we sold tht business for $10,000. The lesson? Find existing demand, differentiate yourself, start small, and test quickly. If an idea doesn't generate income within 30 days, I move on. That doesn't mean it's a bad idea. It simply doesn't meet my criteria. But Profit Isn't the Ultimate Test. Here's something that might surprise you. I don't necessarily have to enjoy making money. I want to enjoy living. As long as generating income doesn't create unnecessary stress or interfere with the life I want, I'm willing to consider the opportunity. So before pursuing your next business idea, ask yourself: - Is there an existing market? - How can I differentiate myself? - Can I test it inexpensively and generate income within 30 days? - Most importantly, will this business support my life or consume it? At Self-Sustaining Life Lab, we explore ways to create income that supports the life we want, rather than postponing that life to make money. Remember, there are many ways to make money, and you can choose the life that you want.

If you have a community here on Skool and you would like to promote it and get visibility then this is for you. The Visibility Vault is a a new Skool community that is designed to give visibility to others. The community is free to join and promotions are free as well. There may be some restrictions, but that's to be expected because you are on somebody else's Community. Take a look at it if you are serious about growing your community. I highly recommend it

I’ve been thinking about this whole idea of retirement. It actually made sense once. You went to work for a company, stayed there for 30 or 40 years, and in exchange for your loyalty, the company basically said, “You take care of us while you’re working, and we’ll help take care of you when you’re done.” Your job was your retirement plan. You didn’t have to become an investment expert. You didn’t have to figure out how much money you were going to need when you were 75. But somewhere along the way, that deal changed. Companies stopped promising to take care of you for the rest of your life. But here’s the strange part. We changed the system, but we kept the idea. We still try to spend most of our lives working so that someday we can finally stop working and start living. There are SEVEN days in a week. SOMEDAY isn't one of them. Maybe it isn’t that we haven’t saved enough for retirement. Maybe retirement itself is an outdated idea. What if, instead of spending 40 years building a retirement fund, we spent those years building a self-sustaining life? A life that creates enough income to support the way we want to live. Then you don’t need to retire from your life. You just keep living it. Your Weird becomes your Superpower that funds your life. On Friday, Sept. 25th I am doing a Masterclass in @Adam McCollough's Community at 11:30 AM EST exploring the idea. https://www.skool.com/live/LYLmnY6YkZx What is your Superpower? Can it fund your life? Comment below 👇

We 've three people join in a past few days and I'd like to properly welcome them, and I hope you enthusiastically join me in welcoming them as well. First, There is @Melissa Powell who even self introduced herself >> Here << In her own words: I specialize in building financial strategies that protect income, reduce taxes and create long-term financial stability. Next, we have @Maz Davis who is a Shamanic Practitioner in Training in her own words. And finally, we have @Gwynne Conlyn who describes herself as How to heal life's heartaches. https://www.skool.com/the-divorce-survival-guide-3306/about https://fiveweddingsandafuneral.substack.com/publish/home obviusly she is not shy about promoting herself Welcome Home, Weirdos

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