[Part 1] There's only one trick to earning with a side job: creating the side job itself on your own.

Publication Date: 2017-03-29 / Last Updated: 2023-11-12

[Part 1] There's only one trick to earning with a side job: creating the side job itself on your own.

Hello. This is Kamiyama. There's only one trick to earning a decent income from a side job: create the side job yourself. This is something I occasionally talk about, but it's a golden rule. If you want to earn a decent income from a side job, you have no choice but to create the work yourself. [...]

Author: Shota Kamiyama

Hello. This is Kamiyama.

There's only one trick to earning a decent income from a side job: create the side job yourself.

This is something I occasionally talk about, but it's a golden rule.
If you want to earn a decent income from a side job, you have no choice but to create the work yourself.
This is because, from the perspective of the person commissioning the work, they wouldn't pay a high price to entrust something to someone who is "doing it as a side job."

Unless you have very specialized skills, knowledge, or experience, it might be different.

For example, in my case, while I was running a school in Cebu, I was taking on web production projects as a side job.
However, this case is because I myself had been in the industry for 8 years, and it's almost no exaggeration to say it was my main job.

If you ask someone without specialized skills or knowledge to do something, it's usually to keep costs down.
If high costs are acceptable, then you'd ask someone who will do it properly as their main job.
Working a side job basically means there's almost no work available except for cheap, simple tasks.

For example, recently, DeNA's WELQ platform was forced to shut down, right?
That's because the articles submitted, despite dealing with important content, lacked expert supervision.
Articles like these are often commissioned in large quantities to side job writers who want to earn money as a side hustle.
And at extremely low prices, like a few hundred yen per article.

Since you don't get much money, the work naturally becomes sloppy, and you don't feel a sense of purpose.
Ultimately, you end up spending a considerable amount of time writing one article.
It takes a fair amount of time, but the money you get is meager, and there's little sense of purpose.
Do you want to spend your time doing such work just to earn a tiny income?

I absolutely hate it.

However, when you help with something as a side job, you usually get those kinds of tasks.
In that case, it's better to create a fulfilling side job for yourself.
You should spend your time turning your strengths and passions into work.

Time is finite, precious, and if you don't think carefully about how to use it, it will be lost in an instant.
And it will never come back.
First, you should realize that the time you have is not inexhaustible.
If you're going to spend time on something, you should spend it on something that will become a great asset later on.

Even if you don't earn much at first, the work you create yourself becomes an asset.
It's 100 times more meaningful to spend time on work that becomes your own asset than to take on someone else's work.
Perhaps your passion might even turn into your main job.

It's a dream to think that it might become a better job than your current main job.

You are exploited because you chase only immediate profits and spend your time on work that can be quickly converted into cash.
That's why I recommend creating your own work, even for a side job.
Learn to create your own work and give it form.
Start small and gradually make it bigger.
If you do that, anyone can actually quickly create a job the size of a side job.

By the way, profitable schemes like those distributed on the internet are out of the question.

There is no such thing as a 'theory of earning' in this world.
People who are looking for 'profitable schemes' or 'easy money schemes' will never earn money, even with a side job, throughout their lives.

I can assure you, you'll just end up being exploited.
If you're desperately searching for something, decide to "quit" right now.
Don't rely on someone else's strength; rely on your own.
Believe in your own power.
Someone else's advice is merely material for you to think with your own head.
If you're searching, decide 100 percent that it's for gathering material for thought.

Everyone thinks with their own head, contemplates, and creates their own style.
The entrepreneurs and business people I've met all have similar ways of thinking, but their methods are all different.
Not a single person has succeeded by completely imitating someone else's method.

I myself have gone through a lot of trial and error.

Even now, I'm constantly experimenting, referencing someone else's theories and ways of thinking.
Ultimately, someone else's methodology is just a reference for creating your own style.
I hope to elaborate on this topic later as well.

That's why I first offered the "Textbook for Job Creation."
Ideally, I should have just released the "Textbook for Side Jobs," but I didn't.
Why? Because ultimately, you have no choice but to create your own job.

A textbook to gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest ideas and knowledge, so you can experiment and create your own style.
It's precisely because that was lacking in the world that "creating a job" is so important.

I announced it yesterday, and it's already been downloaded quite a bit, but I'll spread it even further.
I'm hungry for more and more people who can create their own jobs.
Please make the most of this opportunity and try to create your own work.

That way, even if it's a side job, you won't be exploited by anyone or used cheaply.
You can generate income from what you truly believe in.
You can acquire fundamental thinking and skills that will serve you for a lifetime.
Please acquire the elements to find the form of side business you truly want to achieve within yourself.

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