RSS Feeds: But I don't WANT a job!
A very good friend of the family, who lives somewhere in the Phoenix metropolis (I forget which exact city) is up to his old tricks and trying to get me to partner with him on business endeavors.
He's a Filipino-American who also served several years in the military. He served in the army while I was in the marines. In fact, he was stationed about 20 miles from my last duty station and I didn't even know it until after I retired. I am a ninong (godfather) to one of his daughters (maybe two, but I forget and would have to ask my wife to verify it). His name is Paul and he's originally from Cebu City, Philippines.
I haven't been avoiding Paul for the last year, but I haven't been making an effort to stay in touch either. My wife called his wife yesterday, for various reasons, and Paul just happened to be at home and wanted to talk to me. I feigned that I was extremely busy and told him he could IM me if he wanted to, which he did later.
I've been tied up for hours chatting with him by IM. Paul is the quintessential entrepreneur, getting involved in ventures that will make him both direct and passive income. He works from home now, raising his youngest daughter. He tried to sell me on the idea of a US/Philippines partnership because he wanted someone he could trust. This is what he said:
"You're already in the Philippines. You're a reliable person. There's a lot
of services that you can provide because you are there. The problem is how
to get customers and I'll take care of that.Are you turning down money?"
I responded with something like "I'm not turning down money, I'm turning down work." I explained that if I wanted to work, I would have remained in the US. I had a very good, well-paying job that I gave up just before the sale of my house was completed. I further explained that I have a full-time job now and it's called blogging. It's not really a job and it's not really work, but it IS very time consuming.
He hasn't been to the blog yet — I haven't given him the URL. I figure if I get popular enough with people we mutually know, he'll find it on his own. Not only that, but he hasn't asked for it yet!
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Agreed. Wouldn't it just be nice if someone could hand us the paycheck without all the work? :P