Are these the best of times, or the worst of times?
On the one hand, people complain that job security has become elusive, almost mythical, in our day and age. Turnover is rapid. And if you're on the job market at, say, age 55, things can be pretty grim.
On the other, there's never been a better time for a reasonably ambitious person to make his own way in the world, without having to cross his fingers that the stars will align just so and he'll keep his job, or that corporate politics won't do him in.
The trouble is, Woods's Law comes into play: nobody ever does anything.
Meanwhile, plenty of knuckleheads with IQs much lower than yours have built up a side hustle – or two or three – and before they know it, the side hustle is generating a better return than their job ever did.
What could be a cooler side hustle than “I run this online store”? For one thing, your friends will think you're some kind of wizard: who the heck knows how to run an online store?
For another, you don't have any overhead or inventory with an eCommerce store, so it's much easier than opening a corner shop somewhere.
Not to mention: you can learn from the accumulated trial and error of many, many people who preceded you.
I've picked out probably the best teacher of how to do this: eCommerce master Aidan Booth, whom I've known for four years, who's been a guest on the Tom Woods Show twice, and who's taught a lot of my folks since 2016.
And:
I'm sweetening the deal with ridiculous bonuses: all you have to do is show up to our little online workshop, and as a bonus I'll hand you a product containing 90% of my secrets and which I legit sell for $97, for $0.
And other goodies, too.
Don't be held hostage to some jerk. Line up your insurance against the pink slip:
Tom Woods