“If it can’t be automated or nearly automated don’t do it. There are too many low hanging fruit opportunities online to waste time chasing “jobs” that require all your time, effort and energy.” Jim Cockrum, MySilentTeam

Most of us have heard of Jim and mysilentteam or will in the near future.

I was introduced to John Thornhill through MySilentTeam. Like minded people hang with like minded people.

I have learned to look at the whole picture when listening to someone I respect.

you see, in my teachings I believe people who are doers can understandably have the gift to teach.

There are great minds out there that cannot portray what they mean because they do not have this gift.

When these gifted people start rolling, they can’t be stopped and Jim C. is one of these people.

He leads by example so well that many times it is easy for me to miss little pieces of invaluable knowledge and information when he speaks (Writes).

Point in case:

In Jim’s latest newsletter, which is short, sweet and always to the point; he said the above quote.

so I read it and moved along as I was busy. A day or two later as I always do with my newsletters I reread Jim’s and this quote stuck like super glue. Nothing I wasn’t aware of or had heard him and others say in the past, just this time I really got it!

I am not technical and am intimidated by some technology I see on the net. I therefore turned my effort towards article marketing in the early days and had success.

Article marketing is easy as long as you like to write and have time.

Well I’m not a big time writer as it takes me time to do them and time is not another thing I have endless amounts of.

But, article marketing I grasped and started down the path with.

Now, I’ve had success with articles and moved into outsourcing and flipping articles. I started making a little money by having articles written for $1.00 (Yes, one dollar) and submitting to AssociatedContent.

I had to take these $1.00 articles and make corrections before submitting. You get what you pay for, but I was making about $200.00 dollars a month doing it.

I realized that was no way to go as I was working maybe 40 hours a month which averaged out to $5.00/hr or so. But I made money and proudly so.

This is exactly what Jim is referring to in his quote. I was working a job, I had commitments to pay my ghost writers, I had to proofread and correct the articles, submit them, follow up and so on.

It didn’t take long once I started selling on eBay to see exactly what this quote meant.

This article isn’t about outsourcing but through eBay that is exactly what has happened.

I made money through eBay, plus refereed sports in my off time to have articles written for me.

I think Jim’s quote is one of knowledge and experience and should be taken to heart.

We have an opportunity to shape not only our business, but our lives.

Don’t create a business that you will be a slave to. Create a business you can live life through.

MySilentTeam is where my inspiration and belief that I can really make a living on the Internet comes from.

I can’t tell you for sure but I believe at least once a month I get something invaluable, some out of the way info I call an added little extra gem from this free newsletter.

Work to live, not live to work is my mission, and Jim clearly states that in his own words.