Most people would never consider working for free as a way to become wealthy.

No, I have not lost my mind as you will soon see.

In fact, after reading this article, you may find yourself on a new path to wealth.

If you want to be wealthy, I suggest that you begin by working for free.

With the exception of having a job, nearly all roads to success begin with working for free. I realize that most people have a job, and exchange hours for money. There is nothing wrong with that… if you don’t want to become wealthy.

But what if you want to a fulfilling and wealthy career?

First, decide what it is that you LOVE to do. If you love doing something, and you can get paid for it, then you never have to work another day in your life.

Next, figure out how you can do what you enjoy while providing a value to others. Once you have that, you are well on your way to becoming happily wealthy.

If you love painting, you may aspire to become a painter. Love writing — become a writer. I think you get the picture.

Now that you have found what you love to do, you should narrow it down to the niche that best fits you. For Example: If you enjoy painting, you may decide you want to paint exteriors on houses, or perhaps you’d rather become an interior designer. You may prefer to remain true to your art and instead aspire to have your paintings hanging in a prestigious gallery… for sale for thousands of dollars each.

No matter which path you follow, you will most likely begin by working for free.
For example: if you want to be a house painter, one of the best ways to get a lot of paying clients to notice your work and hire you, is to find a nice house that will really showcase your work. Bigger is better here, because the house itself will be an advertisement for your work. An ideal house would be a large two story home that has a noticeably worn exterior and sits near a well traveled street. Simply approach the home owner with an offer to paint the house for free, thereby increasing the property value, in exchange for a sign out front that gives you credit for your work.

Many people will drive by and notice the incredible difference in the house, and desire that for their own home. They will see your name and number on the sign and will call you for a paying job. Thus, working for free leads to making money doing what you love.

Authors, Musicians, Athletes, Actors, Web Designers, Copywriters, Marketers, Pet Groomers and just about every other work-for-yourself business all begins with working for free.

Focus on how to offer a value to people first, and then the money will come. If you love something that does not offer a value to anyone else, you will never be paid for it.

Take this website as an example. I only write about what I love. I do not charge anyone for visiting this website, so I am in essence working for free. Am I providing a value to others? I must be, because at the time of this article thousands of people are visiting JohnDerrick.com Most of the people who find this site bookmark it and return over and over again. So they must find a value in it.

Am I making money from this website? Yes, I am.

I love making money online because it feels like a game to me. Here I am sitting in my house writing articles and putting up simple web-pages and I am being paid for it. It’s pretty amazing when you think about it. One of the first things I do each morning is check my stats and see how much money I made while I was sleeping. I love the internet and I love how it never stops making money.

I use many of the principles you will find inside YourWealthCourse.com to make money online. I bring value to others first. I work for free. Then the money comes as people find value in what I do.

The best part is that whatever you put online today will continue to make you money for years to come. I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t enjoy the internet though. Then it would feel like work. I make money playing online. 🙂

Bringing value to others is being in the service of others. If I attempt to bring service to people outside of my house in the physical world, I am limited to the amount of people I can help by my time. I am after all just one person who is awake an average of 16 hours a day.

Online, however, I can create something of value once, and it can continue to help people day after day… year after year… perhaps even after I am long gone. It doesn’t matter what I am doing, there is always someone, somewhere, on one of my websites enjoying the value that I bring, and willing to pay me for it in one form or another.

That is why I love the internet. That is why I love what I do. I hope you find what you love to do and start doing it for free so that you too can be wealthy in money and spirit.

Best Wishes,

John Derrick