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Messages I've received recently:
1. I'm looking for a telecommuting job but I can't take a pay cut. Do you know of any
telecommuting jobs that pay $15-20 an hour?
2. I make $40,000 a year and I can't possibly live on anything lower than that. Help me
find something around that salary!
I say poppycock to these messages! Of course you can take a pay-cut and most likely
you will if you seriously decide to telecommute, unless you have specialized skills such
as computer programming or something along that line. That's the bad news, here's the good
news. You won't even miss the larger salary.
Don't stop reading! It's absolutely true and let me explain way.
If you try to find home employment with your current commuter wage, you may be pushing
yourself out of the running for a legitimate telecommuting job. Don't get me wrong, I'm
not an advocate for slave labor and I'm not an advocate for employers paying employees
sub-standard wages. I believe that everyone should make as high a salary as the market can
bear. Never, ever settle for a lower wage than the regular going rate.
But, listen to this piece of advice, if you listen to nothing else about telecommuting,
it's not necessary to look for a telecommuting job that pays the same amount of money that
your "commuter" job pays.
Why? Because when you work at home you don't need the same salary.
This is the greatest secret of telecommuting that I've found. By doing simple math, I
will show you how you will come out ahead of "the game" by accepting a job
that pays you half your "regular" salary. Ready?
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