What if I told you the lunatic on the other end of that email could actually be right.  What if I told you that you could actually make money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and with almost no effort.  You would probably call me crazy too!

At first this idea sounds impossible, a bold faced lie more likely, however in practice it’s actually quite common.  I want you to close your eyes for a minute and imagine that you have all of the money you could ever need and you no longer are required to get up and go to work every morning.

What would you do?

Would you get up and go fly fishing? Maybe take your bike out and go for a long ride?  Perhaps you would go to the museum and study the contemporary sculpture exhibit and ask yourself over and over, How can they honestly pass this as art? Maybe you’d gather your friends in front of the TV:  beercan, chipbag, and remote.

Imagine if you could get paid to do whatever it is you do in your free time when there are no other responsibilities. Imagine you could get paid to simply live your life.

Think about your favorite celebrity…

1. Shaun White is an incredible snowboarder and gets paid to travel the world in search of the best spots to ride
2. Martha Stewart has managed to turn her love for cooking, entertaining, and decorating into a multi-million dollar enterprise
3. Donald Trump was fascinated with real estate as a young man and has literally built an empire
4. Oprah thrives on enriching peoples lives through sharing touching stories and information
5. Paris Hilton is famous for being…. well, famous.

…they all have one thing in common:

Their life is their business.

We may not all be superstars at something, like Shaun White there are boundless opportunities in our everyday lives to take advantage of.

I recently returned from a trip to Costa Rica which was part vacation, part volunteer work.  I entered the country with an excitement to explore a new culture and a new language; I left the country primed with two potential business startups and a new business partner.

Last week while picking up some milk and eggs at our local food market I ran into the owner we started chatting about his business.  He brought up the idea of a new website, I brought up the idea of re-useable shopping bags, I left with a gallon of mik, a handshake and a promise to deliver both the reusable bags and the website.

So while that email spammer is probably still peddling empty promises of easy money, making  your life your business could be your real cash cow.  Unique opportunities are presented to us every single day.  To begin, all you need to do is open your eyes to the possibilities. Make your business your life.

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The vast Majority of people falsely assume that working for a large corporation is the safest way to make a living, but what happens when your employer downsizes and you get laid off?  What will you do then?  You have no control and no say in the situation, your only option is to accept it and move on.  Becoming self employed puts the power in your hands, quite literally, you will fail or succeed based solely on your own actions, abilities and determination, rendering the above scenario inconceivable.

However regardless of the source, relying on a single form of income is risky business.  Whether it is a paycheck from an employer, profits from a business venture, or passive income from an investment property you are putting yourself in harms way.   Again, what will you do when something out of your control goes wrong, the economy slows and your business starts losing money?  Or your investment property requires unforeseen repairs that break the bank?   A single source of income is a single point of failure, and only one step away from financial disaster.

Diversification is the answer and is just as important to your financial freedom as it is to your stock portfolio.  Diversification is a  back up plan for when things go wrong with one piece of the puzzle. Diversification gives you the peace of mind to know you can rely your other profit centers until the problem has been remedied.  As a result I have decided to focus my attention on three activities I am very passionate about, The Three Pillars to My Financial and Personal Freedom, are small business, real estate investing, and… blogging.

Everyone has their own individual passions, dreams and ideas, and it is absolutely imperative that you follow the dreams you are passionate about.   Achieving personal and financial freedom is essentially being the business of you.  You have to love what you do, and let the money follow your passion.  There is no separation between work life, and real life, there is just life.  The goal is to live the life I want to live, without worrying about how I am going to support that kind of lifestyle.  It will just happen, Why?  Because I am in the business of me, my life is my business, and the rest will take care of its self.

For the most part this website will be focusing on the he Three Pillars to My Financial and Personal Freedom; small business, real estate investing, and… blogging.  I will be documenting my experiences in an attempt to convey the lessons I have learned along the way, both good and bad, and will shine the spotlight on other inspiring entrepreneurs in an effort to learn from their successes and failures alike.

I hope that this exercise will not only prove to be a valuable tool for my climb down the corporate ladder to financial freedom, it is my hope that KirkHatesWork will provide you with an immensely useful resource for you on your own personal journey to financial independence.

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