The Tale of the Unhappy Handy Man
Joe lived in small house together
with his wife and 4 kids. There was not much room and it was noisy. He
complained about it a lot since, although he had some savings, he could
not afford a bigger house.
One day he visited a colleague who
lived in a nice house with a garden. He even had a swimming pool in it.
"Wow", he said to his colleague, "Awesom. But if you don't mind me
asking: how can you afford it. You have the same salary as I have."
"Its not a big secret", his colleque
replied, "I have built it my self. It is easy to build a house. And much
cheaper to! Anyone can do it".
Joe got exited about the idea and
allready saw the picture of his happy family in his mind. This was the
solution he had been waiting for.
His colleque had been so nice to give
him a member ship card of the build-a-house club and offer him the
opportunity to become a paying vip member which would give him discount
on building materials. The club only could have a limited members so he
had to decide right away. He took the vip membership. It would save him
money so how could he go wrong.
So Joe took his discount card and
bought bricks, wood, windows and other stuff he thought he needed. He
had it delivered on a little piece of land he owned. When it was
delivered he scratched his head and said: "Now I have this great
materials but I have no clue on how to turn this pile of materials in a
house." "Well mate". the truck driver said, "It seems to me that you
need a building plan so you know how to build a house".
Joe drove to the next bookstore and
bought the book: How to build your dream house. It took him reading one
chapter to realize that in his excitement he had forgotten some
essential details. To work with the materials he needed tools and
machines!
Again Joe pulled his wallet of which
by now the bottom was in sight and bought the best tools money could
buy. Like a state of the art wood worker machine.
All exited again Joe drove to his
little piece of land to use his brand new wood working machine. To find
out that he needed electricity to make the machine work. So he ordered
to get electricity on his piece of land and (smart thinking) water and
gas supply as well.
Ok his wallet was empty but he had
all he needed to get started. It took quit longer as he anticipated
since he had to figure out how some machines worked and what to do
first. Many attempts failed. The things he constructed failed. He
borrowed some money to buy some more books and tools.
Joe never built his house. The dream turned in to a night mare. His wife left him and he was living in motel room.
Not many people are as stupid a Joe
in real live. Many are just as stupid in cyberworld when they believe
the fairy tails of "its easy to make money while you sleep. No skills
needed".
The point where I am getting at is that when you are trying to build an income the best tools and services are useless and a waste of money and time if you do not know how to use them. When you do not see how all things tie in and are related to each other.