Working After RetirementDear fellow entrepeneur, Let me tell you about a friend. He's over 80 years young, very successful and also wealthy. He could retire any time he wants to - and live a life of leisure and luxury. But he doesn't want to be bored and useless. Those are not his plans. He does not want to know how to retire! He said that as long as he has his health and his mind is in good shape, he has no early retirement planning! He likes that he has no boss. No schedule. No restrictions. Now, let me tell you about another guy. He used to have a "career job" as a car wash manager. However, he then found out that, at around age 65 in that job, he would be forced to "retire". When he discovered this, he was just in his 20s. He expected to have a job after 50 and beyond. By the next year, he had started his own business. Why? He did this because he knew that if he owned his own business, no boss could ever "force" him to retire! He wanted an optional retirement program that he controlled. In our society, transition to retirement is supposed to be something desirable. You can retire - then watch TV all day as your life after retirement. Or go fishing. For many people, the "novelty" wears thin pretty quickly. The reality is, unfortunately, people who take retirement options sometimes feel like they are "useless." What if you had a project that you could "turn on" and "turn off" when you wanted to? Why would you want to "prepare for retirement" if you love what you are doing? Preparing for retirement is what the retirement plan consultants talk about, right? What retirement coaches don't tell you is that work can also bring in satisfaction and a feeling of purpose not just money. Work is actually more like play when you don't HAVE TO do it. The best situation is to be able to work whenever you want, and take a holiday whenever you want! You want a situation where you can...
There are businesses like this and I have one. Maybe it's not so surprising, but many people I know who have "retired" - have (after the "novelty" of it wore off), decided to start their own businesses. If you are retired, or are looking towards retirement - maybe that's a good idea for you, too? If you're a long way from retirement, it doesn't hurt to think about what you will do when "retirement age" comes - and start planning now! The great thing about a business - is it gives you options. Many more options than you get from being a regular "employee." I found a business that you can literally pick up and put down, just like you might pick up and put down a pencil. Work it only IF you choose to, when you choose to, or not. I've "worked" this since June 1995. Play is actually a better term, because that's the way I see it. And my wife and I have made over $100,000 doing it. No boss, no pressure, no overhead and no employees! Halleluyah! Prior to this, we had 6 carpet and upholstery cleaning businesses in 4 states. With 85 employees - now THAT was work. It's like having 85 kids that you're responsible for but you didn't raise them. Whew! This shop, share, earn business is play and it pays well. And, this is a great business - whether you are retired or not. Why do I say that? Because what I am about to tell you will either make you mad or it will excite you. You are already doing what it takes to make money, you're just not getting paid to do it there! When you shop through your own business, YOU share in the revenue. You see, any time that you spend money, you are voting for who you want to succeed. I "vote" with my dollars by shopping at MY business. It fulfills all of the above requirements, and more:
As one friend put it, "You get paid to shop and share." What that means is - He shops from this network of stores and those owners and their marketing departments have figured out that Customers who receive discount pricing and rewards for loyalty are better Customers. So, the stores in this shopping network offer points for products. Some products have more points, some have less. It's all based on the profit margins of each product. Number crunchers stuff, but the point is simple - he and I, and you too if you want, get credit for the volume of purchases that come through our own personal website. They give us that website, so we shop there, and here is the nice part - There are NO minimum purchases, no quotas, no tricks! We shop when we want, how much we want, even if we want. Shop or don't shop, buy or don't buy, it's up to you. Of course, the more you buy and the more your friends buy through your site, the more you make. Here's his main message - DO NOT SELL! Your friends do NOT want YOU to become a pestering sales person. Just let them know about your new website and that's it. Some will shop there, most won't. It's no big deal. Those who do will add to your volume and that means your pay check will increase. That part is good enough, but the really nice part is how this can multiply itself. Kind of like a cold can go viral. Your network can go viral, too. You see, as the friends you refer there shop and share, as their friends shop and share, both YOU and YOUR FRIEND will earn points which means bigger and bigger pay checks. I have been receiving a monthly check into my bank account since June 1995. Most of my friends shop at local retail stores and none of those stores send them a check. My network of stores does! Basic, simple and logical. Get paid here - or don't get paid where you shop - it's a simple choice. Working after retirement should be an option in preparing for retirement. Your retirement options may well be that you CHOOSE not to retire. You may choose to shop, share and earn! Learn more at Retirement Options Happy trails . . . Kurt Gross
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