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Re: Should you have more than one string to your bow?
I talked about having more than one string to your bow... But what does that mean?
I was trained in physics, and have an expertise there... But what else? I once took a sales job, in order to learn sales skills... Zing! That's another string! I've created web pages for myself, but also to help a commercial business... Presses releases wrote, I did (that's my best Yoda impression!), for my friend who owns a restaurant... Over time, these have resulted in 4 different newspaper articles - one positive full page review in a large metropolitan newspaper, and 3 positive articles in smaller local papers. If you had paid for that space at commercial ad rates, it's about $80,000 worth of promotion, for free! (I did these for free, to help him out, but I could easily charge, especially now that I have a positive proven track record...) That's another "string"... Copywriting is another one. I've also been well paid for editing work I've done... I made a living for a time by "chatteling"... Created and profited from newsletters... And acquired the exclusive rights to copyrighted works I've gone on to sell and profit from... Was this wise? I take a long term view... They are all "survival skills"... If the opportunities for one of these dries up, I've got a half a dozen more things to fall back on! To me, that's probably one of the best kinds of "security" there is...! I hope you benefited from this post. Now, what about your own situation? - DR |
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