Comments on: Selling Your Time is Overrated: Experiments in Digital Product Creation http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/ Lessons in Dismantling the Status Quo Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pseudonym http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Pseudonym Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:30:21 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=688#comment-1275 <p>I've obscured my real name so as not to offend any clients I'm currently working with but I must say that I completely agree with most of the points you offer in this post. The truth is; a job is a job and while you may think that you enjoy graphic design or article writing it may turn out that you enjoyed the process of creating these things for yourself and your own projects.</p> <p>I don't denounce freelancing completely as many enjoy it at the same time as making the same amount of cash or even a lot more than they would otherwise. At the end of the day you need to work out what it is that you really want and go with it.</p> I’ve obscured my real name so as not to offend any clients I’m currently working with but I must say that I completely agree with most of the points you offer in this post. The truth is; a job is a job and while you may think that you enjoy graphic design or article writing it may turn out that you enjoyed the process of creating these things for yourself and your own projects.

I don’t denounce freelancing completely as many enjoy it at the same time as making the same amount of cash or even a lot more than they would otherwise. At the end of the day you need to work out what it is that you really want and go with it.

]]> By: Ardent Traveller » Blog Archive » Why you should teach English to travel http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Ardent Traveller » Blog Archive » Why you should teach English to travel Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:20:18 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=688#comment-1259 <p>[...] and meet new people, but you get paid for it! Yes, you are exchanging money for your time, which some people consider not to be the best investment, but at least you’re doing it in a new and interesting [...]</p> [...] and meet new people, but you get paid for it! Yes, you are exchanging money for your time, which some people consider not to be the best investment, but at least you’re doing it in a new and interesting [...]

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 J. D. Bentley Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:40:22 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=688#comment-1156 <p>Likewise, man. Good luck with everything you're attempting and congratulations on getting out of the corporate gig! Please, keep in touch! I'd love to know how things go.</p> Likewise, man. Good luck with everything you’re attempting and congratulations on getting out of the corporate gig! Please, keep in touch! I’d love to know how things go.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 J. D. Bentley Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:38:53 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=688#comment-1154 <p>Good luck with your lifestyle, your books and your blog! Let me know how it goes.</p> Good luck with your lifestyle, your books and your blog! Let me know how it goes.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/selling-your-time-is-overrated-experiments-in-digital-product-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 J. D. Bentley Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:37:53 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=688#comment-1153 <p>I went through a stage like that. In fact I probably just came out of it about two months ago. The only conclusion I could come to was that I can't be the world's babysitter and I need to earn a living. By selling this book, I genuinely hope to help a lot of people and I believe in the method 100%. I'm actually following the principles of the ebook right now, to much success! So my intention isn't to just give people something else to fuel their consumerism. At the same time, not offering this product only keeps me from making enough money to survive. If people are too materialistic, it's their responsibility to realize that and fight it, and I support it completely.</p> <p>But I believe there will be plenty of people who genuinely just want to be helped by the book and aren't looking for another thing to add to their junk pile.</p> <p>That's my conclusion, at least. So far anyway.</p> I went through a stage like that. In fact I probably just came out of it about two months ago. The only conclusion I could come to was that I can’t be the world’s babysitter and I need to earn a living. By selling this book, I genuinely hope to help a lot of people and I believe in the method 100%. I’m actually following the principles of the ebook right now, to much success! So my intention isn’t to just give people something else to fuel their consumerism. At the same time, not offering this product only keeps me from making enough money to survive. If people are too materialistic, it’s their responsibility to realize that and fight it, and I support it completely.

But I believe there will be plenty of people who genuinely just want to be helped by the book and aren’t looking for another thing to add to their junk pile.

That’s my conclusion, at least. So far anyway.

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