MONEY is holding many of us back

by mysteriouslady 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  mysteriouslady

  Many of us would like to be doing far more with our lives, but, that old bloomin problem of lack of finances holds many of us back time and again from accomplishing that which we would like to be getting on with.

  Many have made friends here from across international borders and would welcome meeting up with one another, if only our financial situation were in better shape.

  I'm left wondering, what skills do we have between us that might be shaped towards bringing more revenue into our pockets, to enable more wishes to come true within our lives. What one individual lacks in one area, somebody else here probaly has that desired skill, therefore ....

  What might some of us be doing more of to assist our individual skill bases, generating income between individuals? What small, simple ideas could we introduce, that would work across international borders utilising the benefits of the net and computer technologies?

  Please don't suggest window cleaning, that one is definitely off limits.

  Anyone wish to participate in sharing ideas?

  All the best!!

  Peace

  Celtic
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  SYN

  Well, here are a few tips for ppl who would like to keep their money, and perhaps make more:

  If the whole anti-trust thing falls over for Microsoft (as it's bound to do soon!), invest heavily. Their stock will go through the stratosphere soon.

  There are a lot of highly undervalued tech companies out there at the moment that got caught up in the tidal wave of share devaluation recently, and now is a brilliant time to buy some nice, fat tech stocks which will probably multiply several times in value within the next half a decade or so.

  Just my 0.02$.

  "I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone." -- Charles Darwin, The Origin Of Species, 1869.
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  bitter mango

  CELTIC , cool idea . however, too many people put things off because they don't have the cash to achieve what they want imediately. they wait for that one day when they CAN and are able to achieve their goal becuase they finally saved enough money or whatever. that's cool, but in the meantime, no one ever really changes the things that they can WITHOUT the use of money. people should. (and people shouldn't come into threads and ramble about nonrelated issues sorry)! good luck with your idea! hope someone has some useful thoughts and input!!!

  hi syn
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  Celia

  Why does Mysteriouslady sign with "Celtic" ?
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  Englishman

  This is how I overcame a lack of money and got my own small business started.

  Maybe you can use a bit of the info here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=10472&site=3

  Englishman.

  Bring on the dancing girls!
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  forgetmenot

  Start a relgion that asks for money, but you don't know it until you join the church. And don't call it a church call it a kingdom hall! ------Wait that's already been done!
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  Celtic

  Nice one Englishman, just read your thread that you highlighted.

  OK a few years ago I attended a car boot sale myself with my then JW girlfriend. Although we didn't ourselves do so well, about 40 quid, I took the time to count the number of car sellers that were there, (around 350) and times that by £4.00 was very quickly able to see that the operators weren't on a bad little earner.

  3 Weeks later I had set up my own first Car Boot Sale site at the local rugby club, I advertised it near and far by the most economically advantageous media, charged an average of £4.00 depending on size of vehicle, our figures in car attendance were: wk1 36, wk2 55, 74, 90, 114, 136, 155, 154 stabilising around 110.

  About a third of gross income was taken up by running costs, the rest cash profit. Within 2 months we had 9 sites, although the first was the largest.

  In the UK you are allowed to carry out events of this nature for no more than 14 days without planning permission. i.e. 14 weeks, still, not bad income for 3 hours work every day.

  Englishman, mind if I ring you for a 'constructive' conversation and utilising the skills of quick build team philosophy? You may be interested, you may not, but I think you'll like it and I respect your simple eye as demonstrated in your above post.

  All the best!!

  Mark