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Thousands of average men and women with simple, ordinary
skills have created prosperity in their life through
entre-preneurship, have solved their financial problems
and are making money. All these successful persons are,
without an exception, like you and me.
If an average next door neighbor can make money
through self-employment, why not you? Yes, yes. You.
You too can start a business of your own for peanuts
and turn exciting profits in a few months – if you know
what you’re doing. You certainly have a profitable
business in your head. Even if you don’t know anything
now, you can learn everything in a short time.
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Profitable
Typesetting
Priya is a housewife with a three year old son. Her
husband is a doctor. Generally doctors spend most of
their time in clinics and hospitals. Priya’s husband is
no exception. So, she has got a lot of free time and she
uses her free time to earn more than Rs.20,000/- a month
by working from home..
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Vedic
Mathematics
Sometime back a state government abolished the Common
Entrance Test for admission into professional courses.
This government order has brought joy and hope to tens
of thousands of school students that aspire to become
doctors and engineers, their parents and teachers.
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Diabetes and
Dollars
All of us have heard the sagely advice that ‘All
obstacles are opportunities.’ Though the message is
inspiring, most of us have not actually come across
people that have converted their difficulties into
opportunities.
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How to Sell
Freebies and Maker Money
I read your recent article on creating templates for
open source software programs such as Drupal, Joomla and
WordPress and selling them online.
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Cyber Real
Estate Developer
Ranjit said, “I have wasted 18 years of my life in
education. Had I been an illiterate I would have been a
millionaire now.” I responded with some curiosity, “May
I know the reason for such bitterness towards your
education?”
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Content Cash
“I am very good at writing short stories and poems in
Tamil. I am not good in English. I am looking for an
opportunity to sell the product of my creative skills
and labor through the Internet. Is it possible?” Bala
asked me.
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Play Online
Games to Make Money
Every other day we come across a success story of a
young person. All of us enjoy reading such stories and
forget them soon. We don’t believe that we too can be a
success story.
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Pay Rates for
Home Based Internet Work
Getting a home based work is a challenging task for many
aspirants. If ‘how to get work?’ is a question that
troubles all, a few that have received offers raise the
question ‘Is my pay rate reasonable?’
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Blogging for
Others
“Everyone in the world except me is blogging. Many of
them claim that they are making money through blogging.
How does a blog differ from a website?” Sudhir asked me.
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Sell Your
Signature
Pallavi is a third year engineering college student. Her
father is a senior clerk in a bank. Pallavi has a
computer and an Internet connection at home.
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Home Based Link
Building Work
“The Internet is for the crooks, by the crooks and of
the crooks,” Anandi declared. “Making money on the
Internet is the biggest lie I have ever come across in
life.”
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Cash from
Coupons
I wrote an article about making money through free
offers and coupons in Money Spinners column recently.
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Home Based
Internet Work
I know how to use the browser like Internet Explorer and
an email program like Outlook Express.
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Money from
Movie Lyrics
A friend introduced Laila, a seventeen year old girl, to
me a month ago and said, “She did not pass in her Plus
Two examination. She has to stay at home for a year. She
is depressed.”
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Teenage
Millionaire
A flashy website that is run by a team of
professionals from a posh office in Silicon Valley would
be losing millions of dollars year after year. A simple,
average looking website that is run by a teenager from
her small bedroom would be making millions year after
year.
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Luck from
Localization
Ram is a civil engineering graduate. Though
construction projects worth thousands of crores are in
progress all over the country, many civil engineers work
as site supervisors for a few thousands a month.
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The Tale of a Fund Raiser
A few weeks ago, Mala, a dynamic lady in her late
thirties asked me, "I want to launch a political party
or a religious entity. Is it a good idea?".
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Best Online Projects
I have prepared a list of ten projects that most people
can take up and written briefly about them. For detailed
information, please refer to my earlier articles.
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Text Expanders is an Income Expander
Two years ago, Atul, an engineering college student told
me, “My father is a retired government officer. He pays
my college expenses with great difficulty. Is there any
project that I can do, earn some money and reduce his
stress and difficulty to some extent, if not fully?”
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Please Sell it
to Me
Many readers have asked me what programs need
templates. It would be nice if each reader finds his own
niche. However I will tell you about a few programs so
that some of you overcome the beginners’ block.
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Open Source
Money
I am good in arts, drawing and colors. But, I don’t
have any income. If I were a man, at least I could go
out and draw the images of politicians and cinema actors
on the walls and earn a few hundred Rupees a month.
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Income from
iPod
I hope all the future builders of our country who
are addicted to computer games, will use their computer
skills and knowledge in building their personal and
national prosperity.
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Useful
Resources
Any entrepreneur, whether new or experienced, needs
help from time to time. As money is a scarce commodity
for most beginners, it makes sense to take refuge in
free resources. The Internet is full of such useful,
professional grade free resources.
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Making Money
through Domain Names
Making money – whether it is from online projects or
offline projects – is not easy. Investing money in an
Internet based speculation is as risky as investing in
stock market.
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Knowledge =
Money
I am a mother of two teen-aged girls. A few years
ago I worked in a private school as an English teacher.
I don’t have any technical skills.
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Is Old Really
Gold?
"The old gentleman lives in the past. He believes
his mission in life is to trouble me. Even though most
families in our cities do not follow joint family
system, my parents still cling to it and make my life
miserable."
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Autoresponders
“My husband is a Chartered Accountant in practice. I
am a housewife and would like to take up some
home-based, Internet-based project,” said Vadana, a
B.Com., graduate from Bangalore.
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Income from
Silly Ideas
"I have clearly understood the power of the Internet
and I am sure that I can make a decent living if I start
an Internet based business".
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The Income
Puzzle
When I was walking in a calm street in a South
Indian city, a small signboard – The Puzzle Shop –
caught my attention.
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Profitable
Paying Guest Business
A friend of mine was working in a multinational
software company that had a development facility in a
South Indian town.
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A Family Affair
Ramabadran, a retired gentleman in his early
sixties, was physically active but his mind was full of
negative thoughts and his heart was engulfed in
depression.
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The Income
Harvester
Vikram said, “I think you give too much importance
to computer and the Internet. I am a B.Sc. degree
holder. My main subject was agriculture. I have been
trained to live in harmony with the nature and harnessed
natural resources. I don’t know how to use computer and
don’t want to waste my time on learning how to use it.”
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I don't Know
What to Do
All successful people agree on one thing - if you
exhaust all your known resources genuinely in solving a
problem, life will bring to you new unknown resources in
abundance. We can call it as luck, grace, coincidence or
by whatever name we like.
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A Housewife
Becomes Online Editor
Ralph Winters, an English man, is a Chartered
Accountant. He is a business consultant. Last night he
called me over telephone to discuss about his new
project.
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Save for Sunny
Days
Bhanu is a housewife. Her husband is not able to go
for a job as his health has not been good for a long
time and has been bed-ridden. Her daughter is in high
school.
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A Profitable
Part-time Project
For the past sixty years, our country has been
trying to get rid of poverty and become prosperous. At
the same time, we hear statements such as ‘Seeking money
is bad,’ and ‘Money should not be your goal.’
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The Lady with
the Mouse
A few years ago a software company hired me to write
a user manual for their software program. I had to spend
a few weeks at their development center to work on that
project. I met there the lady with the mouse.
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Income from
Software Testing
“You may think I am arrogant and lack humility. But,
I have no hesitation in telling the world the truth. I
am much better than all the rich people in this city,”
he said.
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Prosperity
After Retirement
One of the questions that troubles many people that
are about to retire is: ‘How will I survive after
retirement?’
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Profitable Free
Offers
Do you think there is a drop of hope in my case?
Please do not give me some inspiring stories and ask me
to do everything on my own. I pray (?) for your guidance
in some specific project.
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Nationalized
Prosperity
Last year I visited a ‘book exhibition’ (book fair)
in a small town in Tamil Nadu. Dozens of publishers had
participated in it and displayed their books in small
booths
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Air Force One
The cinema halls in Auckland city are not as big as
the cinema theatres in India. The size of the population
is one reason. Another reason is the mindset of the
movie goers. It is time for the movie goers and the
television ‘mega serial’ audience in India to decide on
how much time, money and energy they can afford to spend
on entertainment, if they really want to build a
prosperous family and nation.
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The Tree and
the Seed
“Even if you write one thousand articles and I read
all of them, I don’t think I will ever develop the
confidence that I too can become prosperous,” Vimal said
and pursed his lips.
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To Be Or Not To
Be
"To be, or not to be? That is the question I keep
asking myself these days...
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The Secret
Tools of A Successful Tuition Teacher
Kavita said with a broad smile, “No. I just want to
improve my financial position. Even though the school I
am working in collects fat fees, they pay the teachers
low salary. It is not always possible to negotiate with
the management for better terms or change jobs. So, for
teachers like me, the only way to increase income is to
offer private tuition classes to the school children.”
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DTP = Desk Top
Profit
The owner of the photo studio was sleeping in his
seat. There was only one assistant and she was playing
several roles including that of photographer, DTP
operator, cashier and scavenger.
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Money and
Memory
All knowledge, learning, living, experience and work
are based on one form of memory or other. People need
this mental skill. We know that any skill, hobby or
knowledge can be converted into an income opportunity.
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Prosperity From
PowerPoint
I was waiting at Singapore for my connecting flight
to Christchurch. An Indian in his late twenties was
sitting next to me in the Changi airport lounge and was
working in an expensive Dell Notebook Computer that
could easily cost more than Rs.1,50,000.
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How to Laugh
All the Way to Bank
“Usually I make others smile. For a change, you have
made me smile,” said Rumesh and I replied, “What I told
you was a real, serious business and not a joke!”
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Text to Speech
to Money
Even though I am good in English, I am not very
happy about my voice and pronunciation. I have practiced
a lot to improve my pronunciation and fluency. But I am
not satisfied with my spoken English. Is there a
solution to my problem?
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Reviews
Generate Income
The wise work harder than others and create new
products. The wiser work smarter and make money through
products created by others.
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Income from
Automated Tutorials
“Before my marriage, I was working as a Math teacher
in a primary school. Now I have a six month old daughter
and so I am unable to go for a job. If you suggest a way
to earn money working from home, I will be grateful to
you,” said Ramya.
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How to Discover
a Profitable Online Project
Instead of trying to make me think, please make me
actually do something tangible and discover a profitable
online project...
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How to Teach
Yourself Earn Money
I am working as a head clerk in a private business
firm. I have spent a lot of money on the higher
education of my son.
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Seasons Of
Income
I made more than Rs.75,000 in the past four months.
At present this website gets low traffic because the
season is over. So, I am concentrating on new seasons of
income.
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A Few
Exceptions to Rules of Money
Creating a eCommerce website and hosting it is
within the reach of most of us. Even if we don’t know
the alphabets of creating a website, we can hire a web
developer and do it.
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Rags to Riches
An online business is just like an offline business.
Even though there are millions of successful offline
business persons, only a few of them have become
millionaires. The case of the Internet is exactly the
same.
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Good For
Nothing
I’m good for nothing. My father, a Vedic scholar,
ruined my life. When all my friends pursued regular
education, my father forced me to study Vedas in a Vedic
school.
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Income From
Free Downloads
Rich or poor, young or old, employed or unemployed,
people love to receive freebies. You can make money by
giving away freebies to the Internet users.
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An Easy Route
to Internet Income
I have a personal computer and an Internet
connection. Last year I invested a small amount of money
in an online business and lost it.
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You Too Can
Solve Your Debt Problems
People in debts are too worried to have the right
attitude and the required energy to find a solution to
their financial problems and think their problem is
insoluble.
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Success Story
Of A Pianist
A few years ago I attended an international seminar
on web marketing and eCommerce at Auckland. The seminar
was attended by less than 50 entrepreneurs, mostly from
Australia and New Zealand. The atmosphere was so
informal that the participants could discuss even the
amount of tax paid by each.
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How to Promote
an Online Business
If there are no visitors to a website, even the best
website in the world will incur losses. On the other
hand, it is a fact that hundreds of mediocre websites
are making big money just because the webmasters know
how to promote their websites.
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Wonderful
Worksheets
Most of us can create money from what we already
have, if we use our common sense, acquire some basic
skills and work hard.
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Goldmine in
Grocery Shop
The solution to a problem is always present in the
problem. If you believe in this universal truth,
understand your problem fully, become conscious of
opportunities around you and develop resourceful ideas,
almost all financial problems can be solved without
shedding oceans of tears.
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Profitable
Internet Income Opportunities
Theoretically any business can be carried on through
the Internet. However, only some types of online
businesses can be successfully run by individual
entrepreneurs.
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Income From
ClickBank
Over years I have been asked an interesting question
hundreds of times and I have never felt tired of
answering it...
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The Money Value
of a Negative Experience
My view on job and self-employment has changed long
ago. Self-employment is the most beautiful thing one can
ever dream for in one’s life.
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Kannadasan
Kannadasan, one of the greatest Tamil poets and
writers, wrote thousands of immortal film songs, poems,
stories and essays.
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BPO Income From
QuickBooks
What a shame! A few black sheep kill the aspiration
of millions of hard working entrepreneurs.
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Money the Pooh
Earning money through self-employment is a process.
If you understand the process, you will be able to take
up any project and be successful.
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Dollars from
Drop Shipping
If we open up our eyes wide and make use of these
new opportunities, there will be millions of
millionaires in India...
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A Profitable
Home Based Business
Last month I received an email from Meera, an Indian
housewife, telling me that she was earning decent income
using one of the ideas from Money Spinners column.
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The Fragrance Of
Money
Rebuilding our life or creating a new life is not a
difficult thing to do. Whether you are 15 or 50, you can
make money if you have the right attitude and work hard.
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The Sound Of
Money
I met Punita in K-Mart, a super-market in
Christchurch, a few years ago. After securing her
commerce degree from a college in Chennai, Punita got
married to a bank officer. The couple wanted to become
prosperous. They decided, like any other Indian, to go
abroad to earn in lakhs and migrated to New Zealand with
colourful dreams.
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The Income
Attitude
We set false limits on our income potential. We
extend these limits to all in our world and our world is
made up of our close friends, relatives and neighbors.
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Money For All
“I am a housewife. I have a computer and an Internet
connection. I can spend 4 hours a day on my business. I
am ready to learn how to develop a website and promote
it. After this point, I am unable to conceive of
anything. I feel like a river that cannot find its sea.”
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Money Movers
“I have been reading Money Spinners for months. You
often say that if we are resourceful, we can discover or
create countless income opportunities immediately. I am
a housewife in late thirties and don’t have any
professional qualification. I am unable to discover any
income opportunities in my life. I will never be able to
earn anything on my own. One can make a lot of money
only if one is dishonest,” Priyanka said.
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The Desert
Warrior
Give me a computer and an Internet connection,
I’ll make money even from the Deserts of Sahara.
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Average housewife,
Above-average income
Read this tale of a middle aged average Indian
housewife making above-average income and you will
know you too can make money.
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The Language of
Money
“You often say that everyone can make money because
everyone is an expert in something. That’s an inspiring
statement without much practical value,” Radhika said to
me. “What makes you think so?” I asked.
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10 steps to
Rs.20,000 monthly income
You don’t have to go to far away places to create
prosperity in your life. If you are resourceful and work
hard, you can make prosperity come to your place.
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Rs. 1,00,000
from home based BPO
work
Please don't tell anyone that Janaki, a housewife
and a mother of two young children, earned Rs.1,00,000
from a home based BPO work.
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Home based BPO
work for housewives
It’s certainly possible to make a few thousand
rupees working from home. Most people don’t know what to
do. That’s the real problem.
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A housewife
earns more than
her 'employed' husband
I have come to the conclusion that I have nothing
useful to do in my life other than being an honorary
maid.
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Luck and Income
It is a truth universally acknowledged that all men
and women with a burning aspiration to create luck and
prosperity in their life must be self-employed.
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High Income
Hobbies
A teenager has converted his ‘useless’ hobby into a money machine and earns
Rs.23,000 a month. Making money has become his new hobby. What is your hobby?
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Age - 22,
Income - 44,000
A young Indian woman is earning Rs.44,000 a month at the ripe age of 22,
working from home with average skills. What are you doing?
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High Income
Housewives
Two housewives with average skills are earning more
than Rs.20,000 a month from a home based business, while
you are watching serials and movies on the Television...
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Cash
Relationship Management
Ratan had strong views about his motherland, its people
and its future. “This country has become a heaven for
fully clad barbarians...
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Reward for
Response
Last week I read in The New York Times a news article
about a successful online forum operator. He is a 26
years old American entrepreneur. He works from home and
earns $10,000+ a month. That article made me think of Vikram.
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The Genius
Income
Urmila is a mother of two young children - the boy
is 2 years old and the girl is six months old. "I have a baby-sitter and so I have plenty of time at my disposal. I am looking for a good home based self-employment opportunity. I am ready to learn new things and work hard. I can invest a few thousand rupees in the project," Urmila
told me.
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A Fugitive's
Income
I was traveling in a bus from Hamilton to Wellington in
New Zealand. An Indian in his late twenties was sitting
next to me. He was restless, looked tired and avoided
eye-contact.
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Cash List
"I want to do some Internet business. I would like to have a good business idea. Can you help me?" Mohana
asked me. She is a middle aged housewife living in a
small town with a population of half a million.
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Making money -
a minicourse
Laxmi is a housewife. Her brother Laxman is a student. Their father Arjun is a retired bank clerk. They met me a few months ago. "We have read your articles and book. We are fully inspired by them and want to do something about our family prosperity. But, we don’t know what to do and how to do," said Arjun.
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The prosperity
day
Ram had a complaint against me. "I have been reading
your articles for months. I visited dozens of websites
last week. But, no website gave me any money. I don’t
know what to do!"
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Unsuccessful candidate
"I need money to survive. I have read many self-help books and I feel all my problems are wonderful opportunities. But, I don’t know how to convert my problem into an opportunity," Karthick told me.
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