{"id":2346,"date":"2014-02-03T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkoch.me\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2014-02-03T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:59:54","slug":"monetizing-personal-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kconsult.services\/en\/monetizing-personal-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Monetizing Your Personal Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is inspired by emails I get on a daily basis, where people ask me about finding their personal skills and building a profitable business with them. Instead of answering this question in private emails, I want to give the answer in all detail for all of you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Building businesses on the side requires dedication, passion and confidence in your personal skills.<\/strong> The restart isn\u2019t easy nor fast, but it\u2019s worth the journey if you\u2019re implementing your personal skills and passions.<\/p>\n<p>I do believe that we all have personal skills that allow us to build profitable businesses. Jobs are no longer a must-have in our society, technology has changed this situation.<\/p>\n<p>You can reach millions of people online, hundreds of thousands who are interested in your personal skills. It\u2019s the pure mass of people that makes it possible for everyone to start a profitable online business on the side.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a lot more of who you already are. - Tom Rath<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The time has come to focus on the personal skills each of us has. In the past society told us to work on our \u201eweaknesses\u201c instead of growing our personal skills. We\u2019re good enough with who we are - and we become a lot more by using the personal skills we already have.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not satisfied with your current situation you\u2019re no different than me a few months ago. I\u2019ve gotten an integrated degree in Business Informatics and started working for a salary that was only 60% of the average in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The three years while studying I worked my ass off to get a good degree, which (I thought) would ensure a high payment. In the end I had a degree of 1.9, but my employer just didn\u2019t value that work I put in all the years before.<\/p>\n<p>That was the most frustrating experience in my entire life and the beginning of my personal restart. I knew that I could use my personal skills to earn money on my own, so I started a business on the side.<\/p>\n<p>Running that business for almost two years and being self employed now, I know how to use my personal skills to maximize profitability and efficiency in everyday business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I changed the poor lifestyle of being employed for freedom of self employment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using my personal skills to build the business to that level where it could replace my paycheck wasn\u2019t easy, but it was way worth it!<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain, why you must use your personal skills to break out of any unsatisfying situation.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Using Your Personal Skills<\/h2>\n<p>Being in a job most likely won\u2019t allow you to pursue your passions everyday. Instead of using your personal skills you\u2019re just doing what your supervisor tells you to do.<\/p>\n<p>You dread going to work and feel unsatisfied at least 40 hours a week. That\u2019s a tremendous amount of time, considering that we only live once.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a possibility to restart. To use your personal skills and to feel energized all day.<\/p>\n<p>Building a business on the side that\u2019s based on your personal skills won\u2019t ever feel like working for you. When you\u2019re engaging in the topic you\u2019re passionate about, why would it compare to the job frustrating you? You\u2019d engage in that topic anyway, so why not use it to earn money and to quit your job?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I believe we all can use our personal skills to do work we can\u2019t not do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to find and do work you love | Scott Dinsmore | TEDxGoldenGatePark (2D)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jpe-LKn-4gM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Did you ever wake up excited to work? Did you ever deny going to sleep because you wanted to get a certain task done? This is exactly what using your personal skills and passions feels like.<\/p>\n<p>When you do what you love to do, you won\u2019t need any vacations. Why would you want to escape from a lifestyle you love?<\/p>\n<p>Even better, using your personal skills gives you competitive advantages to others who lack that skill set. Working evenly hard as others will lead to better results. Your personal skills let you complete your tasks more efficiently and more powerful than others.<\/p>\n<p>And by following your passions you won\u2019t have to deal with things you don\u2019t like all the time. It\u2019s normal not to be good at anything, so why even bother about it?<\/p>\n<p>Being self-employed and building a business on the side allows you to grow your personal skills even more instead of focusing on your \u201eweaknesses\u201c.<\/p>\n<h2>Uncovering Your Personal Skills<\/h2>\n<p>Though finding your personal skills isn\u2019t as easy as it sounds. While some might exactly know what they\u2019re good at and how they can add value to the world, most of us struggle with this question.<\/p>\n<p>I had a hard time myself with defining my personal skills. I read a ton of self development books, followed countless blogs and experimented with various business models for two years.<\/p>\n<p>It took me quite a lot time to recognize, that I\u2019m best at helping others to grow a business on the side. Blogging and coaching has shown that I\u2019m good at uncovering the personal skills of others - and that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing right now.<\/p>\n<p>Working in a job blurs our natural talents. Instead of implementing them everyday, we\u2019re following task lists that don\u2019t focus on our passions and skills. So we slowly loose track of our natural talents.<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask you one question: when was the last time your supervisor took note of your personal skills and gave you tasks that matched your skills exactly?<\/p>\n<p>To find out what you\u2019re truly good at, you can follow various exercises and principles.<\/p>\n<p>It was questions like the following that helped me to define my personal skills and natural talents:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What comes easy to you that others are struggling with?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This question brings it to the point.<\/p>\n<p><em>To build a profitable business you need to solve people\u2019s problems. That\u2019s the secret sauce behind all successful businesses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since I\u2019m reaching only a very small amount of people compared to big players in Internet business, I cannot imagine how many people are stuck in a job because they don\u2019t know there personal skills.<\/p>\n<p>So by the end of February 2014 I\u2019ll launch a membership program called <strong>The Self Empowerment Course<\/strong> for those of you who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t know their personal skills and passions<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know how to build a profitable business based upon their skills and passions<\/li>\n<li>Can\u2019t afford the high-class training programs<\/li>\n<li>Want to take action to start an online business on the side to quit their job safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the time of February I\u2019ll publish more details about this course and I\u2019ll get you involved in the creation process too. If you want to get more exclusive information and the latest updates, make sure to sign up for my mailing list and become one of my premium supporters!<\/p>\n<p>This post honestly means the world to me, because I tried to tackle one of the most common obstacles that hold people back to live their life to the fullest. Please share it with one of your friend if you found this post valuable!<\/p>\n<p>Jan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is inspired by emails I get on a daily basis, where people ask me about finding their personal skills and building a profitable business with them. Instead of answering this question in private emails, I want to give the answer in all detail for all of you. 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