Your Portable Empire: How to Make Money Anywhere While Doing What You Love

Chapter 18. Gold on the Playground

If It's Hard, You're Doing It Wrong

If it's work, it won't make you rich.

—Dan Kennedy

If it ain't fun, I ain't doin' it.

—Pat O'Bryan, May 1996

At a recent Mastermind meeting, the joke was on me. We were talking about projects I have in progress, and Bill said, "He'll probably have 'em done before sundown."

Joe, Craig, and Nerissa laughed—and, I think, in a nice way.

I've gotten a reputation as the guy who cranks out dozens of products while others are still talking and planning theirs.

Here's another good quote:

Money loves speed.

—Joe Vitale

The secret to making a good living from infoproduct marketing is having multiple streams of passive income. Yes, some people make a million bucks in one day. Some gurus have five- and six-figure days consistently. Home runs are nice, but you can build a very solid business with a string of base hits.

Find a problem and sell the solution. Then find another one. Do this enough times, and you've got multiple streams of passive income.

Each of us has a reason why we build our Portable Empire. Some people come from a place of fear. It can be a risky world. Which is riskier: a steady job with a steady paycheck or a Portable Empire? You don't have to choose, by the way, but it's an interesting mental exercise.

There are lots of ways you can lose a job. The job can be outsourced to another country. The company can be bought, and the job "downsized." You can have a "personality conflict" with your boss. Your boss's girlfriend ...