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When things go well for us, it’s very easy to have a great attitude – we are very happy.  If the reverse is the case i.e. when things become difficult and we experience great challenges, our attitude to such occasions becomes the difference maker between succeeding and failing.

 

Unfortunately, it’s more prevalent for your attitude to fall short of rising up to meet and overcome life’s challenges. What are some of the reasons for this? Here are some of them – failure, discouragement, change, fear and problems.

 

Failure

Failure is not the end of life; it is actually an opportunity to sit back, examine the reasons why you failed in the first place, become angry with yourself and use that anger to re-launch and overcome that problem. Instead of becoming angry at ourselves and using that anger negatively, we can use the same anger to our advantage by allowing it become the fuel that will drive our passion to success.

 

Discouragement

Discouragement is part of life – everyone gets discouraged at one point or the other. However, the way we respond to discouragement differs from one person to another.  The question you need to ask yourself here is this; are you going to give up or get up? This has to do with your personal choice. The following are suggestions that will help you whenever you experience discouragement.

-         Have an understanding of the right perspective

-         Be associated with the right kind of people

-         Speak the right words to yourself; don’t listen to yourself speak, start telling yourself the positive things you desire.

 

Change

Change is the only constant thing in life; it’s something we cannot avoid as it is part of life. You need to decide what you are unwilling to change. For me, this includes my faith and family. Once you have settled this decision, you should then be realistic and open to change. John Maxwell says this about change;

Challenges – Change is not easy

Humour – It helps if I laugh a lot

Adjustments – It also helps if I am flexible

Newness – Change gives me a fresh start

Growth – Growth equals change

Evaluation – Change forces me to look at my life.

 

Fear

Fear possesses destructive ability. Fear gives birth to fear and it has the potency to cause inactivity. What fear does is to take your eyes of your goal. These tips will help fix your fear;

Find out the foundation of fear – find out the real cause of your fear

Accept fear as the price of progress – you should never be afraid of making progress simply because you’ll experience fear along the way; it’s all part of the process.

Develop an unconquerable desire in you – It’s the brave that confront his fear and turns it into fire.

 

Problems

People on a daily basis also experience problems in one way or the other. Here are some tips for handling problems well;

 

Correctly define what a problem is – A problem is something you can do something about. If you can do nothing about the situation, it is not a problem but a fact of life.

Expect problems; A problem anticipated births opportunities. A problem not expected is actually a problem

See every problem as a potential opportunity; ‘Problems are wake-up calls for creativity.’

 

Conclusively, your attitude is the only difference maker in life.

 

To your success.

 

In this post, I will be revealing some sources of extra income from which you can make money aside your current source of income without necessarily breaking the bank.

 

1. Graphic Designs

The need for graphic designers cannot be overemphasized. Companies, religious organizations, multinationals, individuals, etc from time to time organize programmes, events, seminars, promos, conferences, etc and they need graphic designers who will conceptualize and come up eye-catchy designs that will properly project what they desire to. You can learn graphic designs at your leisure. The internet is filled with millions of resources on graphic designs which you can make use of. You can download video tutorials online that will teach you how to use softwares (like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw, etc) to create designs. Once you become efficient, you can approach people to create their designs for them.

2. Website Design

As long as companies continue to spring up everyday, there will be the need for websites. In fact, website design has become a growing industry. With the advent of easy-to-understand software, a non-technical person can easily put up a professionally looking website in no time. The availability of abundant online resources at your disposal ensures you remain current and equipped to take up jobs. You can search daily newspapers and you’ll see hundreds of companies who advertise there yet do not have a website. That’s a waiting market for your expertise in website design.

 

3. Investing In Real Estate

A friend’s dad recently sold his plot of land in a particular location for N3 million having bought it for less than N100,000 some years ago. Investing in real estate though requires some cash upfront, yet the potential is huge. You can build a house and continue to receive rent for as long as you live and even pass it on to your children. You can also decide to be a marketer to a trustworthy real estate firm where you make money anytime you help them sell a plot of land in any of their estates.

 

4. Book Writing

Writing a book is very profitable. You can make all you invested in publishing the book during you lunching and still sell the rest at a profit. You can get marketers to sell your books while you pay them commission based on the quantity they are able to sell.

 

Conclusively, you need more than more source of income to become financially independent.

Creating multiple streams of income these days is not a problem with the advent of technology in terms of computer and mobile phones thus providing abundant information.

Some still wonder what multiple streams of income are. Many also debate in their mind whether to create another stream of income or not. Many are afraid of taking steps that will create other streams of income for them – this fear can be attributed as they say to; abundance of swindlers who cannot be trusted with their hard earned money, lack of business ideas, etc.

I can however tell you that many possess the fear of the unknown. They say in their heart, ‘what will happen if my hard earned money doesn’t yield the desired profit?’ Many will even say that creating multiple streams of income is not possible. They therefore are content with their current level. Not to worry, you will at the end of this article decide whether multiple streams of income is for you or not.

A lot of people who are in the higher institutions or have graduated wished they had done an entirely different course from what they had done or are doing. This simply implies that we have the ability to do more than just one thing and still succeed. Many Nigerians working in the bank are doing well for the bank even though banking is not their interest. I can therefore say that if we do what we have interest in and what we do not have interest in, we will still succeed.

From the foregoing, it means that you can make money from more than one source of income. From available research, it is revealed that financial independence come to those who have more at least four sources of income. I therefore ask you, how many sources of money are you currently earning from? How many areas are you hoping to make money from? One thing to note about another source of income is that even though it might be relatively small, it can amount to a large amount over a period of time and can go a long way in resolving pressing issues at any point in time. What are some of the factors to consider before creating or sourcing for new sources of extra income? Some of them are listed below (in no particular order);

1. Flexibility: Your extra source of income should be able to allow you determine how you spend your time. Most especially if you already have a full time job, you will sure not want to be tied down to working for a fixed number of hours each week at this extra source of income.

2. Scalability: Search, look around you for source of income that possess the possibility of generating a substantial amount of income 

3. Low Start-Up Cost: Your extra source of income should not be too capital intensive. It should be something that you can conveniently kick start without it harming your present source of income. That’s all for now friends. In my next post, I will be revealing some sources of extra income from which you can make money apart from your current source of income (salary) without necessarily breaking the bank.

4. Sustainability: Your extra source of income should be able to continue to generate cash even when you are not working at it. The idea here is to ensure that you build something that can continue and function effectively even without you.