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It's a little weird to post this out of context. This article is part of a long (planned) series about passive income. And this particular article is focused mo

• JackC 14y ago
  In case it's not clear -- you know all those people who want to have passive income but have mental barriers to the concept of passive income? They are imaginary. There is no one saying, "why would I want money coming in every month for something I did years ago, instead of going to work?" Not being comfortable with the "passive income mindset," as the author describes the problem, is not a mental barrier human beings have. The purpose of setting up a fictional person who doesn't like money coming in every month is so the author can explain at length how great his life supposedly is, and implicitly how great your life will be if you reject the stupid Friend character and instead give the author some money. This is not ambiguous. It's about as subtle as those Axe Body Spray commercials. What real people have concerns about is whether the particular strategies available to them for generating ongoing income will be reliable, lasting, or lucrative enough to be worth the effort. That's an interesting question. But this article is an elaborate pitch not to address those concerns but to make you ignore them long enough to give the author some cash. If you're considering it, here's a hint: the small percentage of people who manage to start successful businesses are the ones who don't fall for this kind of pitch when they're spending their money.