Has someone tried to get you into a get rich quick scheme? Rodney Dangerfield had a film called Easy Money, in which he learned that even easy money takes lots of effort.
Throughout history, the lure of easy money has done in many a person who was tripped up by their greed.
Today there are many legal ways to get rich quickly such as lotteries and legal gambling in casinos.
The odds of someone getting rich quickly are great.
Enough that most prudent people shy away from such schemes and scams.
Occasionally, due to the sheer numbers of people gambling, someone will get a big payoff.
As long as you gamble small amounts that you can afford to lose, without using up rent and food money, many people won't miss a few dollars for a lottery ticket.
In my case, I believe, the extremely bad odds do not justify my money being spent this way.
Unfortunately, there are always folks who get addicted to gambling and lose everything to the detriment of their household.
The book of proverbs reminds us not to chase after riches.
Statistics show that easy riches, go away easily.
People who suddenly become rich, through a lottery or windfall, are seldom prepared for the sudden onslaught of riches.
Then there are the illegal, ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, pyramid gifting schemes, and many other programs foisted upon the greedy by con artists.
Rule number 1.
: If a get rich quick quick program sounds to good to be true then 99% of the time it probably is.
A simple search is to put the name of the program + scam in your search engine and see what comes up.
If you are told you must act right now to get in, that should be your clue to do further research! There is nothing wrong with keeping an open mind, because someone you know or meet, may really stumble on a way to make big money.
Most of the time big money comes through diligence, persistence, and careful planning.
These attributes sometimes take a lifetime of experience and maturity.
I count those who are fortunate enough to gain good judgment early in life, to be a fortunate few, most likely nurtured by an older relative or mentor who wanted to help out a young person.
You will notice that none of the pages on this site have a formula about getting rich quickly.
All of the wisdom I have gathered over the past 50+ years, tells me when you hear Get Rich Quick, you should run the other way.
I believe in get rich slowly by building residual income.
Wealth built by get rich quick goes away quickly.
Studies done on lottery winners usually finds the formerly broke individuals broke again in a short period of time as they did not have time to learn how to handle money.
There are of course many legitimate ways to become wealthy but they do take diligent effort.
Notice I did not say working hard because working hard is not a guarantee of wealth.
I have watched many a hard worker go on to die broke.
This is why we all should realize that the end of our formal education is not the end of learning.
A continual self education can help us to make a fortune.
This page should educate and warn the naive as well as provide good knowledge and further wisdom to the wise.
The following links should be of good use in your education about the type of home based businesses to avoid.