You're Lazy - Admit It!!
By matersfish
@matersfish (6306)
United States
March 15, 2012 9:28pm CST
Okay, fess up - you're too lazy to really make money online!
Sure, you love to search around for sites to make money from. You ask questions on myLot and other places, hoping to find legitimate money-making opportunities. But as soon as you find one that requires some actual effort, you balk at the idea! You don't want to work for money. You think that you can just browse around the net all day and fill up your PayPal.
It's okay. I don't begrudge anyone with that attitude. Just admit that you have it!
I recently started a new business venture, where I am hiring people to work for me and I am paying them a lot more than they'll make anywhere else for simple, easy, general posts. When people hear about this, they seem to jump at the opportunity. They ask me to explain. (Which I won't here because I'm not trying to violate myLot's TOS.)
So, because I'm hunting down good workers to make my business run efficiently, I take the time to explain. I spend around half an hour with every single individual, making sure that I explain to them exactly what the job entails.
But after it's explained....silence! That's it. My time has been wasted.
People seem so genuine and sincere about wanting to make money. I go to great lengths to prove to them that this isn't some BS scam I'm trying to run - so far as to actually pay in advance if I feel I can trust the person! But after all that, I get nothing but lost production; my time spent explaining a job to people who know full well that they don't have the work ethic to do the job.
I'm all kinds of mad!
Here's my theory for some of you guys, not all of you, of course. I think you really do want to make money online. I think you try many different ways. But there are a lot of you who do not want to work for it.
Entitlement culture!
News flash: You gotta work!
If you want it, it's there. I've done everything from holding people's hands and paying upfront fees to working on their schedule so it's good for them.
So as I read a lot of these topics, I can't help but laugh. People asking how they can make money and what they need to do, knowing full well that they have no intention of actually doing it.
What do you guys think? Are some people just too lazy to work for the money they claim to want?
There are exceptions, obviously. But I'm meeting a heck of a lot of lazy people.
So just admit it!
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5 responses
@doggydimon (1369)
• Philippines
16 Mar 12
I admit it. I am lazy! I was born this way literally. hahaha... They were telling me how I came to this earth. They were telling me that I was in the womb of my mother for 10 months and that I was still not yet showing any signs that I don't wanna come yet. I was barely moving in there. hahaha... So it came to me. I was born lazy. hahaha... But seriously you are right. Most of those who claim they need money or they are willing to spend time making money online are those people who just wants to earn money in an instant. So if you explain to them what they should do to earn money, they just disappear. I just want to wake them up to the reality that no one gives money for free here. You have to work for it in some way or the other.
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
16 Mar 12
Well, you had it easy in there. Free food. Tons of sleep. No chores. The good life! If most of us knew then what we know now, we all might have stayed in a lot longer!
Thanks for the response.
@doggydimon (1369)
• Philippines
16 Mar 12
Let me correct the third sentence. I was still not showing any signs that I wanted to come out any time soon... hahaha...
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
16 Mar 12
I have, from time to time, wondered if I am afraid of succeeding. There are some things that I could do that I do not even attempt. I have found a few things online that do pay decently, and I do them, but it is easier to just post here and a few other places. I get distracted by some of the work I do offline. Yes, I also admit, I sometimes are lazy. For me, I think it is not so much that I am lazy but that I lack focus or vision perhaps. I do better when I make lists for myself to follow. Often, things are easier when I just do them.
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
16 Mar 12
If you is lazy, maybe you is just too easily distracted! I also have this problem from time to time. I are addicted to surfing the web!
But like you, I find that things often become easier when I just do them and stop with the procrastination.
Having ran a chainsaw through mountainous terrain, built barns, and other jobs, online work is really easy in comparison. It's a lot easier to be distracted.
Thanks for the response.
@flapiz (23148)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 12
Well there are a lot of reasons why I don't earn much online. The main reason is I am not so computer literate. I only know the basics. So sometimes I can't get the instructions in money making sites. Plus I am very doubtful of new sites as I've been scammed a lot of times already and I've wasted precious time, sleep hours, and effort already.
Sometimes I do get lazy too. That is when my real life and online life collide or I am too busy with school as I am still studying. I need rest. Or in times when the monotony gets boring. But if the site is legit I do come back after the busy schedule had washed off. I do work hard to earn online money. I can work 8 hours a day given that I am free that day. Believe me I've tried it and all I got was headache, watery eyes, and very little compensation.
But mylot is different. I don't keep mylot just for the money. Mylot is my stress reliever. No pressure in working. Plus it is fun.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
16 Mar 12
There are exceptions, obviously. But I'm meeting a heck of a lot of lazy people.
+1
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Lol
That's why sometimes I lazy to find referrals by explaining how things work to them. I agree that most of people only want to earn money by doing the most easiest things or nothing - which is impossible to happen.
But believe me, Sir/Ma'am, I am working hard several hours every single day to gather some few dollars.. I really wish to get good passive income, though.. But at this time, if I want money, I have to work for it!
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
16 Mar 12
I'm right there with you. If I want money, I have to work for it. There's no magical button out there. And if you're lazy, you're not going to get it.
Making a good income online definitely requires a healthy work ethic!
This is the no lazy people zone!
Thanks for the response.
@Glitznglitter (389)
• Canada
16 Mar 12
Oh I definately agree with you, generally many people are very lazy. I have run across these types of people myself in my past. I look at the earnings on mylot as a bonus to my passive blogging in responding to messages. I enjoy reading the posts and the responses to get a wide variety of perspectives.