Don't Forget to Be Lazy if You Want to Make Money Online

This blog is only a few days old and already a theme involving laziness is emerging. This is great! Laziness is the mother of some of the greatest innovations known to man. Life gets better and easier because ingenious people think up ways for us to sit on our butts a little bit more.

And I for one think that's a good thing. To an extent anyway.

When it comes to work, I'm lazy. Sure, I enjoy learning and trying new things, but the monotonous grind of eeking out an existence is not for me. Don't get me wrong, I've got a good work ethic and I take pride in doing a quality job. But I'm not going to dig a hole just to fill it back in and if there's an easier way to do something (especially when it comes to making money online), I'm all over it.

You may have noticed another theme developing in the recent posts. That theme is the idea of doing a project once but getting paid for your labor many times over the long run. This is a prime example of being lazy and it is one of the most effective methods there is to becoming filthy stinkin' rich. I should know, I'm already filthy and stinkin'.

A popular example of this lazy wealth generation method is writing a book then collecting royalties. An example more pertinent to this site would be an affiliate program that offers recurring revenue. You spend the effort once to find a customer, then earn commissions over the life of that customer. Some websites are another example. They can be mostly (or fully) automated and continue to bring money in the door month after month. Do the work once, get paid again and again. Who says it doesn't pay to be lazy?

So start thinking about making money online a little bit differently and see what ideas pop up. You can work hard and be lazy at the same time while enjoying life more and keeping burnout further at bay.