Making Money

I read a lot of magazines and e-mags related to business and jobs and the economy. --It's part of what I do to keep on top of the current market trends and ways I can improve my own business strategies. Of course I'm always trying to get better so it's only natural for me to be studying up on it.

In any case, today I wanted to write about making money in general. Whatever it is you do, it's going to be really hard, either in level of difficulty or amount of demand. The people who have easy jobs are the ones who don't get paid very much and don't have to really get that involved.
I have always had a hard time becoming one of those people--Where I have lived has been one of the big reasons why, but I think another big reason I have such a hard time getting one of those "easy" jobs is because I have a hard time expressing to other people why it is better to hire me, who has had a lot of experiences in life and can easily associate with people. I suppose my biggest problem is really that my experiences in life have been short anecdotes that I forget what happened or how they happened but I remember the lessons I learned.

Well, with making money, I've learned quite a few things, but the more I learn, the more I realize that there is no one way of making money. What I mean is that everyone seems to have one specific thing that they think is the key to making their business successful: knowing the customer, listening, customer support, offering them what they need, lowering prices, raising prices, good management, a clear vision, etc. etc. Really though I'm learning that it is ALL important. Especially with the current trends in society and in the markets, if your business can't do all of them exceptionally well they won't do any of them well.