Smart people build systems that generate income 24/7, especially passive income. This can include starting a business, building a web site, becoming an investor, or generating royalty income from creative work. The system delivers the ongoing value to people and generates income from it, and once it’s in motion, it runs continuously whether you tend to it or not. From that moment on, the bulk of your time can be invested in increasing your income (by refining your system or spawning new ones) instead of merely maintaining your income.这源于一种很多朝九晚五的从来没有过的想法,因为所有的打工类工作都是在靠时间赚钱,而不是靠事情的价值本身,这意味着在工作时间你必须是在场的,即使六个小时的工作用了三个小时就完成,另外三个小时对于事情的价值本身是没有任何意义的,但是你也必须在场,不能用这三个小时去干其他想做的事,不能去旅行,不能去陪朋友喝酒聊天,当然你可以在公司利用这三个小时在网络做一些其他事情,这是在限制条件下的变相挣脱,仍然无法拥有一种自由意志。
Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating, sleeping, and playing with the kids too? Why not get paid 24/7? Get paid whether you work or not. Don’t your plants grow even when you aren’t tending to them? Why not your bank account?这个系统可以是专利,可以是一个博客,可以是一个已经成体系的公司或只是一个淘宝店。
当然就Never Get A Job的理由而言,还有很多,比如:
- Limited experience: This forces you to miss other experiences that would be much more valuable. And if your limited skill set ever becomes obsolete, then your experience won’t be worth squat.
- Lifelong domestication:Is there any spark of free will left inside you? Or has your conditioning made you a pet for life?
- Loss of freedom:As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on.
- Becoming a coward: If you can’t call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you’re no longer free.
这篇文章是Steve Pavlina在06年时写的,如今看来还极具启发意义,事实上我是在译言网的2011年最热译文中发现它的。在国内大家忙于奔命,大多数人没时间考虑职业之外的其他可能性,潜意识中接受了两级分化,觉得那些有钱有闲的人是天赋异禀、命中注定,但很可能他们只是愿意学习、探索、尝试再加上一点点运气,石康的看哪,这人对前者描述的很清楚。究其原因,很难描述清楚,国情、应试教育、思想灌输、周围环境,最终导致无论是自身思考方式还是周遭环境都使人丧失了跳出自身跳出环境看待事物的能力。
Income-generating System是一个很好的概念,可以作为Never Get A Job的前提,也有助于培养自由独立的意识,是一种生活方式和精神状态的自由,能影响的不仅仅是收入方式,还有对待生命和生活的态度。
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