In today’s post! A short rant about unemployment, followed by some much more positive stuff to put in your head and life instead. Plus a video showing an activity that made me $30 bucks an hour easier than falling off a log.

Oh, man. Whew. Thank goodness… I just sidestepped the ‘woe is me monster’ at my favorite coffee shop.

One thing I discovered in my recent interview with Joey Kissimmee was that he and I both have something in common: we are both hustlers. That’s not to say that we “hustle” as in “taking advantage of people”… But what we do in fact do is get a move on when it’s important. We get started doing something for someone and build from there.

Late in 2000,  Joey made a commitment to never again work more than one job at a time. But he did have part-time ventures on the side to bring in extra money… rom window-tinting to wiring cars for sound, Joey understood that if you was going to provide for his family he’d have to serve others as well.

Now of course Joey is an Internet marketing guru, well respected for his “sacred e-mail marketing secrets” and other fee-based as well as a whole butt-ton of free how-to advice. You can listen to Joey’s and my interview here. Joey is doing very, very well now. But he never would have learned to generate a six-figure income online without having that entrepreneurial spirit in the first place.

In the early 2000’s I had a similar thing going.  My martial art studio had recently undergone some changes…  PLUS with a separation and divorce in progress I was supporting two households at the same time.  Getting a regular job was not going to provide the flexible schedule and the money that I needed right away…  so I started yet another business.

The easiest way to own your own business –  that’s profitable right away -with very little capital investment is to do a service business. I learned this at the tender age of 19 when I needed a little extra cash and went to work for a lawn maintenance company. I found out that I could make $25-$30 an hour as as a teenager in the 80s, if I didn’t mind doing a little hustle.

 By the early 2000s not a lot had changed. Again, I needed to INSTANTLY make an income of $25 per hour or better on a flexible schedule. I  started a window cleaning compan with less than $100 of capital outlay, made a few phone calls, and was in business before you can say Shoestring101.

There’s a short video about the steps I would take cleaning a window here. Take a look and include your comments. Starting Your Own Business is quick and Easy if you do it right

Keep Stepping!