Zen Garden > The Things That Worry Us

Recently a local politician published a list of things that people in my corner of the world said they were worried about. It is an interesting list and I would venture to say that if such a survey were conducted in most capital cities of the world that the results would be pretty similar. Here is the list in descending order of importance...

1. increasing grocery bills
2. higher gasoline prices
3. increasing health costs
4. unfair new workplace laws
5. increasing interest rates
6. job security
7. higher child care costs
8. fixing the national skills crisis
9. increasing education costs
10. credit card debt
11. reduced overtime earnings
12. unable to take time off work

Interesting, isn't it? Of the twelve main items identified by people, seven of them related to increasing costs, four related to matters concerning work and job security and the other one was about skills.

This sample came from a group of over 4,000 people so it isn't a "straw poll" by any stretch of the imagination. 4,000 people is a fairly big cross section of the community. The thing that is bothering them most is their capacity to keep pace with rising prices.

If this is the case, then why aren't more people looking for alternate ways to generate incomes? It would seem that most people tend to think that a pay rise or a better paying job or a second part-time job will fix their concerns. Unfortunately, this is no long-term at all.

The only way to fix wealth problems is to find what is known as a PASSIVE income. Passive income is money that comes to you whether you work for it or not. It just comes. This is the BEST sort of income that anyone could have. But why aren't more people engaging in it. Is it because they don't know how to participate? That can be the only reason. Isn't it time that you examined the advantages of passive income?

* source = Graham Edwards' Cowan Comment March 2007 - Perth, Western Australia.

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