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My Story, How Much Does "Free" Cost?

By William Adams

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At 73 years of age, I have just learned that the word "free" is a myth! I have always considered myself to be a relatively quick learner. I have done many things in my life, been to a lot of different places, and made my share of mistakes. On reflection, I have come to the conclusion that "free" has been one of the most costly things I have ever encountered.

It was not me who first realised this to be the case, as the term "no such thing as a free lunch" has been around as long as I remember. It is just that I never gave it much thought, until now. No doubt, to a fairly minor degree, free really means free, but I can tell you from experience that at least 90% of the time it is nothing short of a "come on". I have to confess here and now, that despite rating myself as reasonably smart, I have paid a hefty price for "free" this and "free" that.

Free is generally a selling word, it is often sucker bait, enticing the prospect to enter the room of doom. Once inside, the perpetrator of the "free" offer gets his/her claws into you, and you do not come out unscratched, or richer. In fact, usually much poorer. Over the years I have noticed thousands of get rich quick advertisements nicely presented to snare the unwary, and then it dawned on me that every form of business requires a learning phase before there's any hope of income.

Most occupations require years of apprenticeship, or university study, and thousands of dollars of tutorial fees, and of course living expenses while learning. From this I can now deduce that few people will take up a new money making direction, and start earning big money in the short term. This, in my opinion, makes most promoters get rich quick claims very wide of the mark. Buyer beware is another old timer, another one that slipped under my guard. I take little comfort from the fact that I am one of hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen for these schemes.

In fairness to all concerned, from promoters to the prospects, the one thing that separates fact from fiction in the advertisements is the time frame. Get rich is not an impossibility, but the "quick" bit is the deceiver. What this "fib" does is to dishearten people who are into the learning infancy of a fairly demanding overall plan, they pay up, give up, and become disillusioned with the whole expensive exercise.

The majority open the door to riches for free, but to make the stated incomes a reality, you are called upon to pay up to get most tools to do the job. You noticed that I used the words "most tools", the reason being that there's another tier still to come to really earn the big bucks highlighted in the promotional advertising. It would be nice if this third tier was the end of the spend, believe it or not, there's often the ultimate gold class for the exceptional selected few. You are now well and truly in for the long haul, back out now and do the lot, or stick with it and slowly, rather than quickly, earn a little whilst you learn.

The moral of my story is that when you see these come ons (free and get rich quick) in business opportunity advertisements, do your homework. Be aware it will likely cost you lots more than you understood it would, and understand it is long term and not quick. If you can bear the wait, work hard, well and good, you could do alright. Otherwise you will be a statistic in the failed business bin, and that's up around the 95% mark.

Having said all this, I am on my way, in my very own unrushed time frame, to earn a very good income whilst learning the ropes in the media advertising world. I did my due diligence this time, I'm happy, and contented, and confident, and starting to earn handy dollars. So my advocacy will read, "you can earn a substantial income while you learn this business, the cost is very modest, and the rate of progress is yours to decide". Now that is exactly as it is, it will not attract as many prospects as the red hot promoters will, but the drop out rate will be minimal. I can sleep on that.

My last words are, businesses are like trees, they take a few years to mature. Well watered, well nurtured, well and good for you, it's as simple as that.

Thanks

William Adams

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