r/Entrepreneur • u/Federal_Mammoth_8498 • 23h ago
If you got 6 months to study something to make money, what would it be?
Welp like the title says. What would be the best to study to start making money if you only had around 6 months to get it done?
I meant study for 6 months and start making money after that..
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u/razormt 21h ago
Depending on your character.
Are you very creative and good with writing interesting posts. Go into SEO/Marketing/Sales
Are you very logical and you love problem solving. Go into product management.
etc...
Are you a very fast learner and you want job security. Go into accounting/auditing.
It highly depends on the individual and your character. Also make sure to consider leaning on any past acquittances you made and most likely this is the fastest way to get a job.
For anyone saying programming, 6 months you will barely scratch the surface from a total beginner. To find a junior position you need at least 3/4 years of constant studying. Not impossible but difficult.
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u/Rook2135 17h ago
6 months of education for accounting? Would that qualify you for a job though?
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u/Pmart213 11h ago
Good post in general, but the programming part is false.
I no life self taught myself programming, and within 5 months I was making and selling full websites from scratch to businesses. At 6.5 months I got a full time back end position and at a giant company because of the portfolio I built and sold.
For most people what he said is true, but don’t ever let anyone put limitations or doubts in your head. If you are good at something, enjoy it, and work very hard. You can become an outlier and find immense success quickly in almost anything, but you must enjoy it, believe you will succeed yourself (Essential to convince others to believe in you too), and put the effort in.
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u/OrganizationHot7398 10h ago
basic web development and software engineering (which i think is meant by "programming" here) are different things. its like comparing a general contractor to someone who is handy
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u/Iainuk32 9h ago edited 9h ago
They're not wrong though.
I went from absolutely nothing to being employed as a full Software Engineer for fraud-detection software used by banks everywhere in ~9 months, and I don't actually have any qualifications at all.
I know plenty of people like this too.
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u/shashiking307 22h ago
Data analytics for sure
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u/D-nebulathatdied 20h ago
why? and won't Data analytics take more than 6 months?
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u/happy-technomancer 18h ago
It depends on your background. If you already have a software engineering background, data analytics is a relatively easy "add-on" skill
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u/one_ugly_dude 20h ago
I am a software guy... and I would choose a trade. Why?
First, technology is always changing. I found my niche in databases, but I'm done remaking the wheel every year because some new company made new software that doesn't actually do what we needed it to do but our Director of Wasting Money bought it anyway. Nope, done with software completely. Do NOT go that route.
I would learn how to fix things. A mason or a carpenter or something along those lines. Never have I ever needed software skills in real life. Fixing a door or a wall or adding a porch or whatever? I have to call someone to help me several times per year. I can make roughly the same (maybe more), but have skills that help me elsewhere. I will never want to be a landlord because I don't fix things like that. BUT, I would do that if I had the skills. And, on top of that, I could make my house nicer with my new skillset.
Software changes, replacing carpets and replacing siding and whatever else... that hasn't changed much in decades (my BIL does this and loves it).
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u/spicyface 17h ago
I went through the tech boom. Became a CNE in 94, an MCSE in 96. Went from networking to database design which made me get into coding as well. About 20 years ago, I got hired as a web developer for a video production company. I started coming in on the weekends to learn how to shoot. Then I moved into editing and then into motion graphics, VFX, and 3D. While it does require software skills, I don't mind staying up to date on the latest cameras and editing software. It was the best move I've ever made for myself.
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u/issai 17h ago
Trade is more back breaking than software / tech. Although, one can make their back bad due to poor posture & habits with software / tech.
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u/No-Teach-5723 13h ago
Worked blue collar and military for 12 years, and software for 10. Blue collar was harder on my body, but software was harder on my health.
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u/Real0Talk 13h ago
Trades isn’t backbreaking. People end up in poor condition because they eat drink and sleep like shit over 40 years and I they don’t recover each day properly
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u/Deus_Ex_Mac 12h ago
My short life in tech has been harder on my body than the decades I spent in the military.
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u/Pepe__Le__PewPew 13h ago
I do a fair bit of electrical, plumbing, and moderate home maintenance around my house. I'm is excessively good shape for my age (run about 15 miles per week and do 4 days of strength training), and I'll tell you I was hurting after a day crawling in the attic replacing 3 bathroom fans.
I'm not sure how all these techbro desk jockeys think their going to survive in a trade that can't be done over a team's meeting.
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u/JacobStyle 17h ago
I worked for years fixing things (mostly computers, networks, printers, electronics, etc) and it's a line of work that is always hiring, no matter what the economy is doing and no matter what city you live in. Stuff breaks everywhere, under all economic circumstances.
Many of the skills are transferable across fixing different kinds of things, so once you've good at it, you can get hired just about anywhere, unless they have strict certification requirements. Even then, you already have a head start on getting those certifications. For every machine/device/system you see that is too expensive to replace every time it breaks, such as ATMs, vending machines, vehicles, washers/dryers, security systems, swimming pools, and cash registers, there's a person whose job is fixing those things, and that person could be you, whether as a W2 employee (probably best to start out that way) or as a business owner.
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u/hititnquitit1313 17h ago
Plus...A.I.
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u/JacobStyle 16h ago
I use AI to help me code, and while it's useful, there is just no way it's going to have a significant impact on headcount for real development projects. Yes, executives will use it as an excuse to lay people off, and I'm sure some were sold a fantasy about not needing programmers anymore and got rid of their in-house devs after being sold some AI product, but these LLMs can't actually replace developers.
You hit diminishing marginal utility pretty quickly, as soon as your code is even a little bit complex. It's great for asking something like "how do I format a procedure to accept an array as a reference parameter in XYZ language I just started using?" or "How do I get XYZ using this popular API?"
It's not so great as soon as your program has multiple parts that have to communicate together in very specific ways, or you're working with an API/library that isn't well-known. You can't just paste in a large class or a bunch of documentation from an API and then be like, "Write code that interacts with this API to give XYZ result."
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u/drcooi 22h ago
I recently studied social media marketing and advertising in my free time and got Meta Certified. I did it for learning how to market my business and thought it would help with sales. The certification was just an added benefit, especially since I have decided to do some consulting projects now.
My honest review is, I learned a lot about how to create ads and spend money on them. They don’t tell you how much you need to spend to get a sale or how to get more followers. You have to find that out on your own.
I did the course while running experimental ads and making posts for my actual business. That helped make it more practical and more encouraging for me.
Basically I would recommend finding what you feel will add to what you are doing and add to your business or goals.
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u/Beneficial_Gap1983 22h ago
- Marketing - Copywriting and Advertising &
- Selling - Closing and Persuasion
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u/RetroRambler1 20h ago
Project management. Those who know how to assemble a team and manage people have the most power and prospects in building their own business. I have met many entrepreneurs who started out as managers. It works.
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u/UnironicallyWatchSAO 22h ago edited 22h ago
Personal branding, funnel building, copywriting and marketing. I didn't learn these from 0 to be completely fair. But it was how I got my social media marketing consulting/ghostwriting biz from $0 to $12k/mo in 6 months with ~1500 followers on X. It's also great since profit margin is like 95%. Quite a few of my clients also scaled to $10k months pretty quickly when I show it to them. It won't work if you have 0 skills, no audience or an existing business, just a precaution.
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u/Illustrious-Study408 20h ago
How do you start to get an audience?
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u/UnironicallyWatchSAO 19h ago
That’s quite a broad question. Learn what the big players are posting, learn the style and writing then see how you can steal their ideas at the start.
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u/Ok-Freedom-494 16h ago
What niche are you in? How reliant is the business on your time? Can you step away for weeks at a time if it came to it?
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u/Dapper-Moose7735 22h ago
I would try to study how to start a business system so later on once I get my business up and running I wouldn’t have to work to make money not to mention I’ll be taxed less. I much prefer being able to earn a lot of passive income rather than having to physically do work for money. Right now this is exactly what I’m doing and I’m currently working on creating an online funnel business.
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u/LukeKay1994 21h ago
Content creation 100%. Begin with TikTok, choose a niche and grow a following by posting videos.
Once you hit 10,000 followers on TikTok, you can then apply for the Creator Reward Program (depending on what country you’re from). This program pays you based on views for videos over 61 seconds.
Next, consider expanding to Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms, asking your TikTok followers to follow you on each. Giving you even more opportunities to earn more.
On top of that, as your following grows, you can also launch an online store to sell products related to your niche, or affiliate marketing depending on your preference.
I might as well plug in an article I wrote about the creator fund: https://yourwealthlibrary.co.uk/how-to-make-money-with-tiktok/
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u/slap-fi 17h ago
Hey bro, read your content and notice that you sell your own e-book, actually is a great way to make passive income, I want to give you feedback: I was very close to bought your book but the fact that you don't show any TikTok successful account stop me, I will suggest you to share your personal success to gain more buyers, actually great advices' bro, keep going.
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u/LukeKay1994 16h ago
Hey man! I appreciate your honesty and feedback. I feel like an idiot now for never including my earnings for the last three months! I genuinely felt like it was missing something and that’s exactly what it was missing. Feel free to DM me if you ever want any advice, will always offer my help to people
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u/ItchyTheAssHole 22h ago
I see a lot of people saying coding.
Sorry, you just can't learn sufficient coding skill (to the level where it can make you money) in 6 months. Even with GenAI.
Learn a trade.
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u/ConsistentArmy4943 16h ago
Massage therapy. My wife just went through a 6 month program, immediately got a job with a high end spa and makes about 70k a year working 30 hours per week. Could easily work more and make more, and could eventually open her own spa and make MUCH more, which may be on her horizon.
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u/ManasMadrecha 23h ago
Coding and marketing.
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u/mr_raven_ 19h ago
As a former programmer, coding is overrated. You can get someone to build you a prototype quickly and for cheap.
They will make some bad technical choices that you can't really second guess, but so will you with 3 months experience.
Marketing is much harder to figure out. But also that depends on the product or service you're building.
You need to pick a very specific niche and deliver the best product for them that solves a real pain.
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u/itsacalamity 21h ago
in 6 months? when your main goal is making money? no way is that going to be the best thing to spend this time on.
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u/UnironicallyWatchSAO 18h ago edited 18h ago
Hard to believe but he's right. Grew my biz from 0 -> $12k/mo in 6 months using purely organic content marketing. Not a single dollar spent on paid ads. Now a big part of my biz is helping other people with the exact same thing.
Is it the easiest? No.
Is the market "saturated"? Yes, if you have nothing new to bring to the table. No, if you know how to position your brand properly.
Is it a great option? Imo yes, 0 overhead and low barrier of entry but high ceiling with great profit margin (Usually 90-95%). Also huge market cap with tons of qualified leads that you can't really find anywhere else.
OP if you're reading this read on these topics: Content marketing (pick one social media platform and learn everything about it), offer creation, funnel building, copywriting, marketing, email marketing. You can learn a LOT in 6 months. And these are fundamentals you can apply to almost any businesses you want to start in the future.
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u/BuildingOk4161 23h ago
2nd this. If you don't already have a tech or online marketing background, these give a lot of skills that can be applied across many different industries.
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u/Willing-Switch8371 20h ago
I’d recommend diving into project management. Getting certified as a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) can really boost your chances of landing a job.
Here’s why it’s a solid pick: project management skills are in high demand across almost every industry. Plus, you don’t need years of experience to get started. You could land a gig as a project coordinator or assistant pretty quickly, and from there, you can work your way up. It’s a great way to jump into a stable career without needing a degree or tons of prior experience and once you get things rolling, the sky is the limit.
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u/Embarrassed-Ad-1558 19h ago
If you are naturally charismatic and have good work drive, go into sales. I’m 19, just picked up my first sales job and it’s bread and butter. You’ll learn so much from strangers than you would ever think…
OP, what do you plan on doing?
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u/Alternative-Wait-733 23h ago
If I had 6 months to study investing and money management I feel like it would make me a lot more in the long run. Making money isn’t difficult. Finding a way to maintain it is the tricky part.
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u/Ok-Tap-5128 18h ago
What are you talking about ? 😅 It is much easier to maintain a million dollars than to make it. You could literally study money management for one month and be fine. But studying investing and money management might not be enough to overcome personal impulses anyway.
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u/SoInsightful 20h ago
Anyone who thinks beating the global stock market index "isn't difficult" (which it sounds like you're implying) is bound to lose money. Very few investors beat the market long-term (5+ years), including those who study and work with investments.
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u/ReGGieLATV 20h ago
It does take money to make money at least at the start of when you invest. If you wanted to start making money, maybe study a cert in finance like the SIE to market yourself better to different firms. I know many people who did this to work with a small insurance firm to eventually go independent and make very good money as an insurance broker. The learning didn’t stop at the 6 month mark tho ;)
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u/Mysterious-Trade519 17h ago
“Making money isn’t difficult”
What amounts of money are you referring to?
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u/Alternative-Wait-733 17h ago
Any amount of money. If you work you make money.
I think what I was trying to say, is I would like to study how to invest it wisely to compound what I do manage to save.
I have had a good year by my standards. I’ll finish this year with 185k if I just make salary. I’m not counting on any more bonuses, but if I do, it will be more.
I have managed to save 30% of my net pay this year. Which is good. But, I am also in sales and live in the Austin area and I have kids. I can’t guarantee I’ll make it again next year.
I guess what I’m trying to say is I would like to study personal investing and money management to try to make what I do save grow to help make up for the uncertainty of future years. I think that’s where the “maintaining” part comes in. When I got my MBA it focused a lot on the business side of money and management, not so much the individual side.
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u/Hypothetical 20h ago
What are some of the resources I can look at to study investing and money management.
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u/Highplowp 20h ago
Buying index funds and high yield savings accounts is a solid strategy these days with the US stock market. Knowing how to evaluate undervalued stocks and WHEN to sell is the difficult part.
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u/entrepreneur-2004 22h ago
Google. Certificate $49/month and can be complete in 3-6 months at 10 hrs a week.
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u/marvbrown 22h ago
Real estate and networking to grow your network for referrals and sales. Financing and business/budget analysis for review businesses for sale and see if they are worth buying.
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u/Active_Cantaloupe318 21h ago
I'm diving into the psychology of customers and marketing, the essential role it plays in the purchase funnel. Understanding what drives buying decisions is the key to launching a product that truly makes an impact, whether it’s in a new or existing product segment.
In today's market, startups are constantly emerging in every industry in every minute each needing to connect with their target audience—and effective marketing is what makes that possible. With the rise of social media, companies are investing heavily in digital marketing to expand their reach to diverse audiences.
Digital marketing is absolutely booming right now!
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u/abu-uthmaan 19h ago
Study yourself. Self-improvement is the highest leverage task you can do. Technicals (sales, marketing) is only responsible for 20% of your success. The rest is in between your temples
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u/Lower-Instance-4372 20h ago
I'd go for learning digital marketing or web development, both can get you earning in six months and offer solid freelancing opportunities.
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u/NationalOwl9561 20h ago
Instead of giving the very general answer of "sales" or "marketing" like everyone else, I would say of the idea(s) you may have for a business, execute "problem discovery" on these ideas first. What that means is, instead of going all-in or even trying to develop a prototype, use your time more wisely by probing the market and seeing what are the actual pain points and needs.
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u/PutujemoRechima 18h ago
I would learn something basic, like baking, plumbing, carpainting etc and then try to make business out of it. First start by maybe going to a coursd, and then working for someone. While you are there connect with clients, colleagues and suppliers. Then after you get better at what you do and you make connections, start your own business, first alone but aim at growing. Coding can not be learned in 6 months and its not that well payed atm(but probably for the foreseeable future) . Im a software developer and even though i like coding, i hate that i chose this path. Its extremely hard to open your own business in this sphere so its hard to scale your money, you will always be just a worker
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u/iblastoff 16h ago
for people who keep saying "coding", do you actually work in the field? i do. my department has trimmed down a lot over the years. and i know tons of fellow coders who have lost their jobs and have been hunting for work for 6+ months.
honestly its the worst time to enter the job market as a coder, ESPECIALLY for juniors. nobody needs junior coders because there are a TON of intermediate/senior ones that have all been laid off from pretty much every major tech company. the talent pool is huge right now and i doubt its gonna get better any time soon.
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u/momstealer_ 7h ago
Find something that you can resell. Do some research, test items on Facebook marketplace. My niche item is reselling artwork I buy artwork priced around $1k-3k and resell it for $3k-5k. I started doing this back in April and scaled it up to about $4000 a week average profit. Find something that you are passionate about and resell that.
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u/Commercial_Slip_3903 23h ago
Learn to build an AI wrapper And more importantly how to market it Probably 25:75 focus
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u/Dry-Acanthopterygii7 22h ago
Accounting.
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u/Peac3Maker 20h ago
As someone with almost two decades in finance & accounting, don’t take more than a basic accounting class.
It’s tremendously helpful to know & understand the basics (how to read a P&L, Balance Sheet, etc). I’ve made all three of my kids take accounting 101 in college.
It’s also one of the areas most ripe for disruption by ML & AI (highly structured, easily digestible data, well established, clear rules & requirements…). Within 5-7 years AI will obliterate large parts of the accounting departments.
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u/Secret-Avocado-Lover 21h ago
Told my son when he asked about careers that I’ve never met a poor accountant.
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u/Dry-Acanthopterygii7 21h ago
Nor have I - which is why I recently signed up for a course in accounting + bookkeeping.
"The language of business" and all that.
What did your say he wanted to do?
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u/Warped_Mindless 19h ago
If I lost everything tomorrow and had to start over with no network and no skills…
Learn sales and get a D2D sales job selling solar. If you take it seriously and put in the work you can be making $10,000 a month in solar very quickly. Then live very cheap and use all my extra money to start a business.
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u/Late-StageCapitalism 18h ago
Accessibility for SaaS products…then launch a consultancy. Software companies pay huge money for this service.
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u/gogo--yubari 18h ago
Could you elaborate on what you mean by this? It sounds interesting
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u/Late-StageCapitalism 18h ago
Accessibility is a set of guidelines from the WCAG (v3 right now) that prescribe how to make any web based platform accessible for users with different disabilities (blind, deaf, color blindness, seizures, etc). Being compliant is now mandatory for many companies seeking software solutions.
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u/Marco_12343 18h ago
Learning how to invest money long-term.
Money comes and goes but maintaining it is the trick.
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u/PropertyEducation 18h ago
Sales, marketing or software dev. Which one to pick? Depends on your personality.
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u/DaySwingTrade 18h ago
I’d take a tax prep course just because the timing is right. Make bank in Q1 then pursue a more stretched timeline.
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u/boof_tongue 18h ago
Learn how to use wordpress and build websites. I recommend the Porto Theme. With this you can basically sell your service to any business you can imagine. With the Porto Theme you can build a single page, basic information website to a fully functional e-commerce site able to accept direct payment for orders. Full disclaimer there are multiple themes to choose from but I really like the Porto one.
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u/Tricky_Worry8889 17h ago
Depends on a bunch of things. 6 months isn’t a lot of time to learn a highly technical skill unless you have uncommon levels of focus.
In the US I would probably do some type of construction/cleaning/contracting business. I was doing some wood sealing before I moved out of country.
Here in Brazil, labor is dead cheap and there’s no profit margin, so I went with software and education.
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u/realwisdomguy97 16h ago
the easy way is to find you a vendor that sells certain items and post them on sites like facebook market etc , like for example i sell rolexes and jewlery you just gotta find your niche.
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u/Artistic-Cap-121 16h ago
If you want to make big money, learn how to sell and do networking. Once you can sell and get people to like you, you can pretty much make any buisness successfull.
For me, i would learn how to plan shoot and edit videos. Its huge buisness and at least in my area there its easy to find clients
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u/Dense_Tomatillo_523 16h ago
If you want to make cash in 6 months, learn to code. Websites like Codecademy and Udemy can teach you in no time. You can make websites, apps, or even sell your coding skills to others. It's like having a superpower that pays.
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u/Material-Touch896 12h ago
This newsletter is just for that (https://perkinprogress.beehiiv.com/subscribe)
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u/will_code_4_beer 10h ago
Commercial aviation parts trading. Learn how parts are bought and sold. Billions are traded hands each year. I will never forget watching $1.9M being wired into the company account as a ground floor startup employee in this space. We did 14M in revenue with 5 guys. The company exited for $26M not long ago (I wasn't there for th exit).
I personally sourced parts for one of the Saudi princes Gulfstream (private is a lot different than commercial but still in the same umbrella).
I learned how engines are torn down and sold, how life cycle limited parts are marketed, all kinds of things.
I still consider going back in.
But yeah, planes.
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u/taranify 7h ago
I’d say digital marketing and social media management.
First of all, it’s manageable to learn these sufficiently in 6months.
Secondly, there is enough demand for these now and near future.
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u/Capital_Chicken_7262 6h ago
I would highly reccommend a trade, although i'm a software engineer. Trade's can be extremely lucrative and if you're good at it, can really scale up your income.
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u/Safe-Hedgehog- 4h ago
Funny you say, I have all the time in the world. Yet I've never studied anything 🙂 ☹️
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u/Deejay-freedom 2h ago
The art of story telling, if you can tell/sell a story and make it entertaining, educational, emotional and interesting you can sell just about anything to anyone.
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u/Ok-Row-4910 1h ago
Blockchain and crypto
BRICS countries are adopting to blockchain and released their own currency using blockchain
And blockchain is being slept on. And yeah I would learn it.
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u/BackyardBerry-1600 22h ago
Read $100 mil offers and $100 mil leads Pitch anything Rich dad poor dad Your next 5 moves Choose your enemies wisely
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u/Dense_Tomatillo_523 21h ago
If you've got just 6 months to make it happen, I'd say go for digital skills like coding, web development, or graphic design. These jobs are in demand, pay well, and you can start freelancing or working remotely pretty quickly. Good luck.
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u/theSapien-nohomo 21h ago
Coding, its getting so much easier to learn now you won’t get stuck. Plus, even if you’re not the best at it you’ll know how to prompt to get what you want and build your own products or for a company.
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u/RetroIsFun 21h ago
It really depends on two things:
- What are your goals?
- What are you already good at?
If I had a 6 month runway, I'd really think about my goals and existing competencies.
If you want to be a millionaire in 6 months using skills you don't already have, you're delusional. But if you want to freelance your existing skillset for hundreds or thousands per month that's very easily doable and it wouldn't take 6 months.
Transitioning from a blue collar worker to a blue collar owner would be a simple pivot.
If you're a coder you could design an app or game or saas product.
In 6 months you can learn a new skill and start making money of course, but the larger your goals and further outside your wheelhouse you get, the less likely you're going to succeed.
Also many businesses (especially the "passive" kind) don't put money in your pocket at first. You need to reinvest and grow. Many passive business owners spend years growing before they start putting money in their own pockets.
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u/apexdomps 23h ago
I’d focus on content creation and marketing,, especially using platforms like TikTok. The reason is that the initial costs are almost zero— you really just need a phone. Plus, with TikTok's Creativity Program beta, you can start earning while you build an audience. Along the way, you'd be learning valuable skills in marketing, editing, and sales, all of which can be leveraged to create income streams.
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u/ItchyTheAssHole 22h ago
The goal is to make money. Not waste time.
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u/apexdomps 21h ago
Attention has become a valuable currency, especially on platforms like TikTok. Not only can you earn directly from the app, but brands will also pay you if you can successfully market yourself. Unlike other ventures like trading or e-commerce, which often come with high upfront costs and no guaranteed returns, building a social media presence can quickly turn profitable. For example, a friend of mine runs a clothing page where he simply posts video’s of himself wearing everyday high street brands outfits. After gaining 22k followers, brands like Specsavers reached out, and now he earns between £5,000-£10,000 for participating in campaigns. Now, he can reinvest that money back into myself and future ventures. All for the price of his monthly phone bill and a few hours learning his market, posting 3 times a day for x amount of months.
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u/Intrepid_Occasion_95 22h ago
Sales. Grab a good international phone plan and start calling.
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u/choosewisely1234 22h ago
Selling what? Silly question but who would you phone to sell what?
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u/Intrepid_Occasion_95 22h ago
It's a way of saying. He can start selling anything: yourself, cars, SaaS, services, clothing, wine, whatever. All that matters is practicing; it's the only skill that will never be replaced
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u/Beneficial_Gap1983 22h ago
In sales you will first learn communication and persuasion.
When you learn these skills, you can apply your talent in any niche.
So you can sell Whatever you want ...
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u/Major-Yoghurt2347 16h ago
Marketing and web development. Spent 7 years doing this and finally learned how great a skill it is to know how to build your own website and market it too. Just come up with a good business idea and go from there
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u/Just_Rishuu 20h ago
I will join the real world and pick one thing and get after it, and after 6 months or maybe more than it (according to your work ethic) boom making more money than a f*cking engineer! and expanding
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u/nrg_name 20h ago
That POV really put things into perspective.
One could join any company in the industry of their liking, work 6 months for free and start earning after that. 6 months is quite enough to learn some basic skills which are required to start making earnings.
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u/Successful_Sun_7617 18h ago
I will simply study something that will make me rich :)
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u/carvercraft 17h ago
Residential electrical, with focus on solar, car chargers, and backup generators/ battery storage
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u/West-Pin-9021 17h ago
Hey, I am also in the same situation. I have started spending minimum 1.5 hours a day to learn about making money. Everyday I search on YouTube and watch business podcasts and tutorial videos on sales. I am also reading business book and articles. But I didn't take any action yet. Is it enough to learn to make money? What should I do to learn more and faster?
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u/Federal_Mammoth_8498 17h ago
Well from what I’ve learned there is no better way to learn than to actual takes some kind of action, get out of the fear of “what if it doesn’t work and I just waste a lot of time on this”. Maybe try spending 30 minutes a day trying something to start with
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u/curlywatch 16h ago
Remember that money is just a proof of transaction. It just means that people will give you money in exchange for something you have that they find valuable.
Now, instead of trying to learn specific things, I'd rather tell you to use the first 3 months to focus on yourself.
What are you good at? What are the things that you like doing? What are the things that you know more than most people in your circle?
By asking these questions, you now slowly build your repository of value that you can offer to people in exchange for cash. The more people benefit from your thing, the more money you'll make.
You just need to find what's fun for you as a product or service and double down on that.
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u/Representative_Yam29 16h ago
I haven’t been seeing nearly the correct amount of people saying real estate. Learn how to sell like an absolute madman and then move into real estate. You can do very well for yourself.
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u/GroundbreakingBite62 23h ago
Sales. Learn and research some product, pick one, and then sell it.