Comments on: How to quit your day job http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/ Learn How to Make Money on the Internet Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Why I Decided Not to Quit My Job (Yet) | My 4 Hour Workweek http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8237 Why I Decided Not to Quit My Job (Yet) | My 4 Hour Workweek Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:14:58 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8237 [...] Guthrie in a post titled “How to Quit Your Day Job“ writes about a more conservative approach.  He asks the [...] [...] Guthrie in a post titled “How to Quit Your Day Job“ writes about a more conservative approach.  He asks the [...]

]]> By: Shiva | Web Magazine http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8142 Shiva | Web Magazine Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:54:21 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8142 I wished it could be as simple as the above comment by Jayce. But ya it is not, one needs to follow all the rules that you have stated. Most importantly he must be earning more or atleast similar amount of money that he is earning from his day job. On top of that, he must know how to maintain that income and then there is the whole saving part. Wow, a lot of things need to be done before deciding to go solo :D I wished it could be as simple as the above comment by Jayce. But ya it is not, one needs to follow all the rules that you have stated. Most importantly he must be earning more or atleast similar amount of money that he is earning from his day job. On top of that, he must know how to maintain that income and then there is the whole saving part. Wow, a lot of things need to be done before deciding to go solo :D
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]]> By: Jayce http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8132 Jayce Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:34:33 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8132 How to quit? Simple. Just give your manager the letter. :P How to quit? Simple. Just give your manager the letter. :P
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]]> By: Chris Guthrie http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8126 Chris Guthrie Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:57:14 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8126 Hey Richard, thanks for sharing. Yah I still struggle with productivity, healthy work / life balance etc. much more so than when I had a day job. I guess that's why I want to make enough money that I can hire some staff so that I have to go in for work lol. Hey Richard, thanks for sharing. Yah I still struggle with productivity, healthy work / life balance etc. much more so than when I had a day job. I guess that’s why I want to make enough money that I can hire some staff so that I have to go in for work lol.

]]> By: Richard @ Lifestyle Design Unleashed http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8118 Richard @ Lifestyle Design Unleashed Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:58:07 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8118 Chris, I too quit my job a few years ago to go full-time online. I was gagging for the opportunity and my work mates (including my boss) were instrumental in me leaving. They would shake their heads in astonishment that I was still working a job when my monthly expenses could be covered by my online activities. Of course, the benefit was that I lived on my salary and was able to use my online income for fun and for reinvestment. $200 to submit to the Yahoo directory? No problem! A $500 course? Easy! When I finally quit I actually found that I only had around 4-5 hours of productive time each day - and that I missed "face time" and found sitting alone at my computer quickly got stale. So I actually rearranged my working day to deal with that. I got up early, worked till lunchtime online, and then spent the afternoons doing whatever I wanted. I accepted that struggling along all day simply wasn't as fun as I thought it was going to be and once I'd made that realization I found that my productivity increased, my free time increased and my enjoyment of not working for "the man" increased. But I'd never have guessed this would be the way without actually trying it out to begin with. Isn't life strange? ;-) Chris,

I too quit my job a few years ago to go full-time online. I was gagging for the opportunity and my work mates (including my boss) were instrumental in me leaving. They would shake their heads in astonishment that I was still working a job when my monthly expenses could be covered by my online activities.

Of course, the benefit was that I lived on my salary and was able to use my online income for fun and for reinvestment. $200 to submit to the Yahoo directory? No problem! A $500 course? Easy!

When I finally quit I actually found that I only had around 4-5 hours of productive time each day – and that I missed “face time” and found sitting alone at my computer quickly got stale.

So I actually rearranged my working day to deal with that. I got up early, worked till lunchtime online, and then spent the afternoons doing whatever I wanted. I accepted that struggling along all day simply wasn’t as fun as I thought it was going to be and once I’d made that realization I found that my productivity increased, my free time increased and my enjoyment of not working for “the man” increased.

But I’d never have guessed this would be the way without actually trying it out to begin with. Isn’t life strange? ;-)
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]]> By: Gradle http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8069 Gradle Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:45:32 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8069 Very insightful Chris When I first started in IM 18 months ago, I quickly realised that due to the nature of my job and family committments I would not be able to do some of the dedicated work it takes to get the business off the ground. So I was really lucky to get introduced to the work of John Jonas. I launched immediately into outsourcing my work because that was a fit for me and as a trainer I could easily send my workers videos to let them know what I wanted. At first I could not even see how I was going to recoup a £1 let alone make a penny but in no time their work began to pay off for me and now they pay for themselves and my profits are growing slowly. I can now see that I can start to think about crtical mass and sacking my boss but I will need to invest in more workers to ramp up the volume. I haven't got a problem with that as we all need to follow systems that work for us. Here is a report for your readers, it might help people like me who had to start from scratch. Warmest Gradle {link removed} Very insightful Chris
When I first started in IM 18 months ago, I quickly realised that due to the nature of my job and family committments I would not be able to do some of the dedicated work it takes to get the business off the ground. So I was really lucky to get introduced to the work of John Jonas. I launched immediately into outsourcing my work because that was a fit for me and as a trainer I could easily send my workers videos to let them know what I wanted. At first I could not even see how I was going to recoup a £1 let alone make a penny but in no time their work began to pay off for me and now they pay for themselves and my profits are growing slowly. I can now see that I can start to think about crtical mass and sacking my boss but I will need to invest in more workers to ramp up the volume. I haven’t got a problem with that as we all need to follow systems that work for us. Here is a report for your readers, it might help people like me who had to start from scratch.
Warmest
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]]> By: Chris Guthrie http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8063 Chris Guthrie Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8063 You can get pretty decent benefits as a self employed individual though. Also, as I mentioned in the other comment you can get a COBRA for 70% off for about 12 months which should be enough time to get you into a position where you're earning even more. You can get pretty decent benefits as a self employed individual though. Also, as I mentioned in the other comment you can get a COBRA for 70% off for about 12 months which should be enough time to get you into a position where you’re earning even more.

]]> By: Valorie Stricklin http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/how-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1/#comment-8058 Valorie Stricklin Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:41:18 +0000 http://www.makemoneyontheinternet.com/?p=2846#comment-8058 Benefits are a huge deal for many people, but you are paying for them through your work, you just don't realize it. Your benefits are a direct expense to your employer- if they didn't have to pay them, then they would be paying you more. (In theory) I actually am interviewing right now, looking for jobs that have benefits, because our health insurance premiums keep skyrocketing. So for me, that $10 an hour job with great benefits looks really, really good right now. -Valorie Benefits are a huge deal for many people, but you are paying for them through your work, you just don’t realize it. Your benefits are a direct expense to your employer- if they didn’t have to pay them, then they would be paying you more. (In theory)

I actually am interviewing right now, looking for jobs that have benefits, because our health insurance premiums keep skyrocketing. So for me, that $10 an hour job with great benefits looks really, really good right now.

-Valorie

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