A Guide To Wealth Creation

Tips to earn more money even when the markets are down

Often we hear that a specific market is down or that a company is not doing well. What would it take to earn money regardless of how the market is and independent of how your company is doing?

If we look at things logically, how can a company give out money during a time of financial burden? However, every so often we do learn that a company has offered an employee a retention bonus, a stay bonus or even promotion during lean times.
 

Here are some simple, unconventional tools and tips that could help you earn more money:

The first tool is to not be attached to getting a result from playing with these tools. If we are attached to getting X amount of money in a specific way, these tools won’t work, as they are expectations. Expectations lead to disappointments since we expect something to happen in a particular form, from a specific person and as a pre-defined amount. When we don’t have an expectation, we can earn money in any form and more could show up from unexpected places.

Ask expansive questions such as “what can I do today that will create greater for the company and for me?”, “how much fun can I have today?” and “what 3 things should I complete now that will create more money for the company and for me?” When we ask such questions, multiple ideas may come up that could benefit the company. It’s important to also include yourself in these questions.

Never mimic other people in the organization. What they do may work for them, but it doesn’t mean it will work for you in the same way. Consider what works for you and what you would be comfortable doing to create more opportunities to make money. Your colleagues may be great with data and take on projects when other teams are experiencing an uptake in work and don’t have the resources to handle their workload. You may have a skill in a different area that you can lend to an extra project or help a client outside of what you’d normally do in your position, to earn extra money. Think of opportunities you can take advantage of in and out of the workplace where you can tap into your skills and benefit financially.

This is an amazing tool and helps create professional relationships that contribute to you and to your career. Often incidents from the past continue to hurt people and this can get in the way of earning more money. You may feel frustrated with a client who has been difficult to manage in the past – would you stop working with them in future, even at the risk of losing out financially? If we give up the anger and other emotions that come up in such situations, anything is possible. After using these tools, some people suddenly had an ex-client refer other companies to them for orders. Another senior executive of a large corporate organization received a lucrative promotion and raise, even though the company had officially announced that no pay rises will be given across the company that year. In another case, a pensioner received surprising arrears that he had been told were no longer due.
 

 
For each of the above list of people, for every point of view, opinion or emotion that comes up, acknowledge it, let go of it and always start new the next day. It may seem weird, and even difficult to do at first, but letting go of these thoughts and emotions will be refreshing and bring you relief each day, as you’re no longer carrying around excess emotional baggage. You’ll find your creative juices flow more easily, you’re more productive and your relationships will improve. Along with this could also come greater enthusiasm, more ideas to contribute to your organization and, more opportunities to reap professional (and financial) rewards.
 
Using the above tools can open up numerous possibilities. If you are totally unhappy in the company, keep asking, “which job will be nurturing to me and to my career? What would take for that to show up?”
 
If you were to have no vested interests about how all of this would show up, anything could show up. What could these simple steps create for you in your professional, and personal, life?