Hello ya’ll, I hope this is the right place to post, if not, please move if need be.
I’m looking for advice in terms having to go forward in building my wealth, and I feel like have 2 options to choose.
Lower risk, but less money and freedom
- currently working part-time
- working towards a full-time job by 2022
- comfortable office 9-5 job, 8 hrs per day
- expecting to be 33k/year = $2.7k/month
- and after 2 years, likely 60K/year = $5k/month
- worked in fixed location
- great benefits
If I chose this route, I’ll work a stable full-time job for 5 years as I build my money through stocks via day/swing trade to 1 million.
The downside is the corporate 9-5 job, very robotic, takes the life out of you, corporate trap w/ many regulations and restrictions, and the pay is low/medium.
What’s lacking here is fulfillment and scaling my skills to it’s fullest potential.
OR
Higher risk, but more money and freedom
- work towards a dedicated sales/closing job
- make bigger commissions, only commit 5-6 hrs per day
- I can make 138/year = 96k/year after taxes = 8k/month (average)
- make connections w/ fellow sales people, and clients in respected industry
- work remotely, anywhere, as long as I have a phone
- little to no regulations and restrictions to make sales
If I chose this route, I have control over my time, I can work towards my wealth better with the commissions I’m making, I have more hours to develop myself, and I can build my money further through stocks.
The downside is the pressure of sales, it becomes your own business, I’m constantly refining my sales skills to close more clients, and it’s an emotional roller coaster because it’s sales, and clients can call at anytime.
The biggest risk is transitioning from my potential full-time role to a part-time role, and refining my sales skills and stabilizing the higher paying sales job.
The risk is stability.
Why the choice?
Throughout the years, I’ve been dabbling into different ways of making money online, and I feel sales is my profitable skill (5-6 years of sales experience), which will give me the ability to save and start day/swing trade in the stock market.
The reason why I don’t go right into stocks is because it’s a patient game, and not something to rush into it and I need something stable to fund the 2nd income. I’ve studied other successful stock traders (who made 1 million within 5 years), and they say you want to do other things besides stocks, so I thought I’d do sales as my main income source, stocks as my second income source, and add additional sources later on.
End of the day, I don’t want to depend on a company, I love learning and I get to see how a successful business operates, but I want to develop specific skills where I can make money anywhere and at any time. And most importantly, I don't want to feel trapped in one place. Also, I feel sales and stocks are perfect for me due to making money anywhere.
What ya’ll think?
I’m looking for advice in terms having to go forward in building my wealth, and I feel like have 2 options to choose.
Lower risk, but less money and freedom
- currently working part-time
- working towards a full-time job by 2022
- comfortable office 9-5 job, 8 hrs per day
- expecting to be 33k/year = $2.7k/month
- and after 2 years, likely 60K/year = $5k/month
- worked in fixed location
- great benefits
If I chose this route, I’ll work a stable full-time job for 5 years as I build my money through stocks via day/swing trade to 1 million.
The downside is the corporate 9-5 job, very robotic, takes the life out of you, corporate trap w/ many regulations and restrictions, and the pay is low/medium.
What’s lacking here is fulfillment and scaling my skills to it’s fullest potential.
OR
Higher risk, but more money and freedom
- work towards a dedicated sales/closing job
- make bigger commissions, only commit 5-6 hrs per day
- I can make 138/year = 96k/year after taxes = 8k/month (average)
- make connections w/ fellow sales people, and clients in respected industry
- work remotely, anywhere, as long as I have a phone
- little to no regulations and restrictions to make sales
If I chose this route, I have control over my time, I can work towards my wealth better with the commissions I’m making, I have more hours to develop myself, and I can build my money further through stocks.
The downside is the pressure of sales, it becomes your own business, I’m constantly refining my sales skills to close more clients, and it’s an emotional roller coaster because it’s sales, and clients can call at anytime.
The biggest risk is transitioning from my potential full-time role to a part-time role, and refining my sales skills and stabilizing the higher paying sales job.
The risk is stability.
Why the choice?
Throughout the years, I’ve been dabbling into different ways of making money online, and I feel sales is my profitable skill (5-6 years of sales experience), which will give me the ability to save and start day/swing trade in the stock market.
The reason why I don’t go right into stocks is because it’s a patient game, and not something to rush into it and I need something stable to fund the 2nd income. I’ve studied other successful stock traders (who made 1 million within 5 years), and they say you want to do other things besides stocks, so I thought I’d do sales as my main income source, stocks as my second income source, and add additional sources later on.
End of the day, I don’t want to depend on a company, I love learning and I get to see how a successful business operates, but I want to develop specific skills where I can make money anywhere and at any time. And most importantly, I don't want to feel trapped in one place. Also, I feel sales and stocks are perfect for me due to making money anywhere.
What ya’ll think?
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