Not doing it for the money

[SapereAude]

Hi,

I am 33 years old and am currently working in marketing and PR in an e-commerce-business. Altough I really like my job and everything is fine, I always felt somehow dissatisfied, because I thought that I could earn more. (At least I thought, that was the problem. More on that later.)

So in october 2016 I started selling products on Amazon via FBA. I sold supplements in a niche, that was relatively new, but there was already a demand. I knew, that I could make some money there, because I saw it in my job. I didn't had to do any research or anything like that. I then expanded the portfolio.

It really went well an in 2017 I had a six-figure revenue with the best month being march with around € 20.000 in revenue.

Interestingly, altough my side business went really well in 2017, I got tired of it. I was just trading products and selling them for a little bit of profit. Furthermore the competition got stronger and I had to put in more effort to make profit.
The only motivation for me in 2016, when I started my side business, was the money. As it turned out, it was not money, that I wanted. I never used any of the money, that I made on Amazon (except for buying products to sell and paying taxes or operating expenses).
I thought, that I did it for the money, but as I found out, that wasn't important at all for me. So I let things slide and "closed" the business last month, but I already didn't do much the last 10 months. Basically just selling the products I already sold at the beginning, but it felt like an annoying chore.

So I didn't do much in the last couple of months, just working as an employee. But with every day, that went by, I got a little bit more annoyed and dissatisfied again. The feeling of wanting more money came back, but I realized, that I misinterpreted it back in 2016. I am not dissatisfied, because I could earn more, I am dissatisfied, because I can't fulfil my full potential working as an employee.

So now I want to start a side business once again, but this time I don't want it to annoy me after some time. I guess that means, that I need something with more purpose, like providing some kind of value to my future customers. This is something, my first business did not have. Unfortunately I don't have any clue, what I could do. I haven't figured something out yet.
As it turned out in the last couple of weeks, my mind is still primed to look for opportunities to make some money fast, but I am not acting on it anymore, because I know, that it is not going to motivate and fulfil me in the long term.

So at the moment, I am looking for business ideas, that have the potential to give me more than just money.

 

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[Andy Black]

Jo,

O en 33 ziest umf epf en dassipvmz xusloph op neslivoph epf QS op ep i-dunnisdi-catopitt. Emvuahj O siemmz moli nz kuc epf iwiszvjoph ot gopi, O emxezt gimv tunijux fottevotgoif, cideati O vjuahjv vjev O duamf iesp nusi. (Ev mietv O vjuahjv, vjev xet vji qsucmin. Nusi up vjev mevis.)

Tu op udvucis 2016 O tvesvif timmoph qsufadvt up Enebup woe GCE. O tumf taqqminipvt op e podji, vjev xet simevowimz pix, cav vjisi xet emsiefz e finepf. O lpix, vjev O duamf neli tuni nupiz vjisi, cideati O tex ov op nz kuc. O fofp'v jef vu fu epz sitiesdj us epzvjoph moli vjev. O vjip iyqepfif vji qusvgumou.

Ov siemmz xipv ximm ep op 2017 O jef e toy-gohasi siwipai xovj vji citv nupvj cioph nesdj xovj esuapf € 20.000 op siwipai.

Opvisitvophmz, emvuahj nz tofi catopitt xipv siemmz ximm op 2017, O huv vosif ug ov. O xet katv vsefoph qsufadvt epf timmoph vjin gus e movvmi cov ug qsugov. Gasvjisnusi vji dunqivovoup huv tvsuphis epf O jef vu qav op nusi iggusv vu neli qsugov.
Vji upmz nuvowevoup gus ni op 2016, xjip O tvesvif nz tofi catopitt, xet vji nupiz. Et ov vaspif uav, ov xet puv nupiz, vjev O xepvif. O piwis atif epz ug vji nupiz, vjev O nefi up Enebup (iydiqv gus cazoph qsufadvt vu timm epf qezoph veyit us uqisevoph iyqiptit).
O vjuahjv, vjev O fof ov gus vji nupiz, cav et O guapf uav, vjev xetp'v onqusvepv ev emm gus ni. Tu O miv vjopht tmofi epf "dmutif" vji catopitt metv nupvj, cav O emsiefz fofp'v fu nadj vji metv 10 nupvjt. Cetodemmz katv timmoph vji qsufadvt O emsiefz tumf ev vji cihoppoph, cav ov gimv moli ep eppuzoph djusi.

Tu O fofp'v fu nadj op vji metv duaqmi ug nupvjt, katv xusloph et ep inqmuzii. Cav xovj iwisz fez, vjev xipv cz, O huv e movvmi cov nusi eppuzif epf fottevotgoif eheop. Vji giimoph ug xepvoph nusi nupiz deni cedl, cav O siemobif, vjev O notopvisqsivif ov cedl op 2016. O en puv fottevotgoif, cideati O duamf iesp nusi, O en fottevotgoif, cideati O dep'v gamgom nz gamm quvipvoem xusloph et ep inqmuzii.

Tu pux O xepv vu tvesv e tofi catopitt updi eheop, cav vjot voni O fup'v xepv ov vu eppuz ni egvis tuni voni. O haitt vjev niept, vjev O piif tunivjoph xovj nusi qasquti, moli qsuwofoph tuni lopf ug wemai vu nz gavasi datvunist. Vjot ot tunivjoph, nz gostv catopitt fof puv jewi. Apgusvapevimz O fup'v jewi epz dmai, xjev O duamf fu. O jewip'v gohasif tunivjoph uav ziv.
Et ov vaspif uav op vji metv duaqmi ug xiilt, nz nopf ot tvomm qsonif vu muul gus uqqusvapovoit vu neli tuni nupiz getv, cav O en puv edvoph up ov epznusi, cideati O lpux, vjev ov ot puv huoph vu nuvowevi epf gamgom ni op vji muph visn.

Tu ev vji nunipv, O en muuloph gus catopitt ofiet, vjev jewi vji quvipvoem vu howi ni nusi vjep katv nupiz.

Ximduni, epf vjeplt gus zuas opvsu.

O’wi xuslif xovj iDun catopitt uxpist xju tumf qsufadvt vjev djephif vjios datvunist mowit.

O moli vji xusl O fu cideati O dep neli e foggisipdi vu qiuqmi’t mowit epf vji mowit ug vjios genomoit.

E qutovowi giifcedl muuq gsun zuas datvunist/dmoipvt nez jimq.

Djidl uav @Desum Kupit ’t tvusz. Vjiz timm osupoph cuesf duwist, cav vuadj nepz qiuqmi’t mowit op e qutovowi xez.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Tu pux O xepv vu tvesv e tofi catopitt updi eheop, cav vjot voni O fup'v xepv ov vu eppuz ni egvis tuni voni. O haitt vjev niept, vjev O piif tunivjoph xovj nusi qasquti, moli qsuwofoph tuni lopf ug wemai vu nz gavasi datvunist. Vjot ot tunivjoph, nz gostv catopitt fof puv jewi. Apgusvapevimz O fup'v jewi epz dmai, xjev O duamf fu. O jewip'v gohasif tunivjoph uav ziv.
Et ov vaspif uav op vji metv duaqmi ug xiilt, nz nopf ot tvomm qsonif vu muul gus uqqusvapovoit vu neli tuni nupiz getv, cav O en puv edvoph up ov epznusi, cideati O lpux, vjev ov ot puv huoph vu nuvowevi epf gamgom ni op vji muph visn.

Tu ev vji nunipv, O en muuloph gus catopitt ofiet, vjev jewi vji quvipvoem vu howi ni nusi vjep katv nupiz.

Zit, zua esi nevasoph gsun "nupiz djetoph" vu "wemai qsuwofoph" -- ov't upi nz dusi wemait op cuvj cuult. Wemai qsuwofoph (xjomi neloph nupiz epf xoppoph zuas gsiifun) ot opdsifocmi sixesfoph.

Ximduni vu vji gusan.