I've been thinking... a lot...
How my life has changed
Now that 5 Bucks a Day: The Next Generation is out and selling, I've been thinking a lot.
What happened after the first book got going did absolutely change my life.
I didn't have expectations that would happen, but things just seemed to evolve.
The nicest things were the friends I met through the forums and the seminars and through the other friends I met, and from email conversations with people who bought one or more of my books.
Some bought all of my books, or got them free for belonging to Earn1KaDay.
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Some of them became great affiliates and gave me opportunities to become a good affiliate for them.
That's continuing to happen all these years later.
Since the first book (in 2006) my life is much different.
One thing is, I've aged... can you imagine? Even if you keep your photo in the forum the same, the hair gets whiter and you gain a few pounds and you can't quite do things without pain that you used to do.
And over the years I've spent a lot more time being a caregiver for my wife who has had some serious health issues for years.
So, I don't spend as much time online as I used to.
What I wrote about in the book (available in the archives here for paid subscribers) made it possible to dial back on hours and dial up on earnings.
Still, I love this and can't imagine giving it up.
What I really love most is having people tell me that things I’ve written have helped them realize their goals. Maybe it’s because I try to be transparent and then it allows people to sort of “do what I do” rather than “do what I say”, if you follow my drift.
So, now…
I've been thinking about what could be done with the new book and/or the old books as a basis, and I should have done them long ago, but never thought about it much in the hustle-bustle of daily life.
Interestingly, it was ChatGPT that suggested a thing or two that I could do with what I've written.
Off topic for a bit, I was thinking about the possibility of ChatGPT being a "sort of" therapist.
If you create a journal or diary-like thread and tell ChatGPT that you will be uploading your thoughts and fears and dreams and to remember them for future reference...
At some point you could ask it for life advice.
I'm not suggesting it will replace an actual therapist. I've never used one myself, and I haven't done this with ChatGPT yet, but I'm giving it some serious thought (the latter).
It does well with a prompt like this, if you've had interactions with it before:
"Based upon all of my interactions with you, please provide a detailed analysis of my strengths, weaknesses, and moral compass. Please then suggest ways I can improve with the data to back it up."
I was in awe at what it told me about myself, and I haven't shared any personal information with the platform, but it still knew a lot about me and my skills and weaknesses.
Anyway, I digress.
Yes, I've been thinking a lot about things, and after writing 5BAD:TNG I realize that what once was challenging and only for the bold is now far easier.
That doesn't mean that the opportunity to dominate is over, it just means that those with ideas and creativity can more easily rise to the top because they have more options.
It surely isn’t too late to make money online.
But one thing that hasn't changed is that having online friends and colleagues that you trust and that trust you, and the networking and sharing that happens organically, is absolutely necessary.
And even an introvert like me can do this.
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