After graduating from high school and/or college, most people start earning a living by trading hours for dollars (A JOB). Whether you work for a family member, friend or maybe a business, you work for a traditional "boss", have to be on the job certain hours, have to perform specifically as trained and basically have very little FREEDOM! Limitations rule and can make you feel like a lion in a cage.

However, this is the lot of most people in life forever because they don't have the necessary skills to employ themselves properly in operating their own business (or don't have the desire). Therefore, making more money in a traditional JOB is more attractive leaving their freedoms at a disadvantage.

There are other choices.

First of all you might OWN A JOB. What does that mean? A person who owns a JOB is one that is a free enterpriser that might own a home-based business. These are people who have their own businesses but simply sell a product. There are no other employees or business associates. It's a "one-man show" so to speak. And, if you are absent, probably no income will be coming in.

However, this choice might be less desirable than having a traditional JOB and trading hours for dollars. Why? Because you could be earning less although you may have more freedoms. You probably have more headaches, too, trying to wear all the "hats" of owning your own business like marketing, selling, administrative and even shipping, to name a few.

A better choice would be to OWN A BUSINESS. A business, by definition, means you employ other people in your business. And, it means if YOU stop showing up, your business will continue, survive and even thrive guaranteeing your income will continue.

The least expensive business (and the best) like this is a "network marketing" business. Emphasis is on "work". For an example, if a farmer plants a seed but he doesn't wait for it to produce, he can't expect to declare himself a millionaire. He must fertilize, irrigate, plan for all types of weather, etc. In other words, it takes WORK! And it takes time!

Same in network marketing. These days, there are many "get-rich quick" schemes on the internet, but face the truth. Surely you will agree there is no substitute for work and besides, network marketing is a "people" business and it takes time and effort to gain peoples' trust. It will be worth all the time and effort you expend, though, because many network marketing businesses have a very generous compensation plan and certainly provide freedom at your choosing!

"Hybrid" network marketing is the best of all worlds. This type of business has a job function (owning a business) attached to a pay plan. The focus is on making money first (and quickly) through a generous compensation plan and looking for other business builders along the way to build your own business. A network marketer is basically replicating himself and his business. This is called leverage and a very smart way to earn a huge income. Imagine the income if you duplicate yourself over and over in your business earning from each of these team members.

By building this type of business, you can enjoy all the "freedoms" you like: no time restraints, no ceiling on income, no boss, no relying on Social Security, etc. The sky is the limit.