most people with “work and you won’t starve,” this will make you uncomfortable. You might

think, “That’s just stupid! It can’t be that easy!” And even though the only

way you’ll ever be rich is by thinking, it’s the hardest work there is.

Let’s take a look at my videos. EVERYTHING I DO CAN BE OUTSOURCED. I can pay a dollar

to a guy across the world to animate my video. I can pay a few dollars for a ten times more

pleasing voice-over. I could even outsource little things like uploading my videos for

a few cents to people who will gladly do it. THE ONLY THING I CANNOT OUTSOURCE IS MY THOUGHTS.

I CANNOT OUTSOURCE MY MINDSET FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE ANIMATED AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

Again, if I were to outsource it, the animation can be valued at a single dollar, a voice-over

can be valued at a few dollars, all the little logistics can be valued at a few cents, BUT

THE VALUE MY THOUGHTS CAN GENERATE IS LITERALLY ONLY LIMITED BY MY IMAGINATION.

There are millions of people around the world who work 12-hour-days at horrible jobs and

make less money than if I were to sit back, do nothing, and let my tiny YouTube channel

I created a couple of months ago make money on its own, and all because I was willing

to think. There’s no way you can read and get paid for it, right? Right. If you look

for a job that will pay you for reading your favorite books, you probably won’t find

one. If you think however, turns out the amount of opportunities is only limited by your imagination.

Again, the only advantage I have over the guy willing to animate my video for a dollar

is my thoughts. It’s kind of crazy when you think about it that way. If he knew what

to animate instead of how to animate, he wouldn’t be making a dollar for every hundred dollars

he makes for someone else. However, thinking has no value to most people.

In fact, it’s associated with laziness. When I graduated, every time I talked to my

mom, she would ask me, “Have you started working at a good job?” And I would say,

“No, I’m actually thinking about what I’m going to do.” And she would say, “Okay,

but you need to work.” And the reason she is acting that way is because next time she

sees her friends, she wants to say, “My son works at a bank,” not “My son has

been thinking a lot.” The latter has no value to her friends. But let’s not ask

my mom’s friends about growing rich; let’s ask a man who personified growing rich.

Henry Ford said, “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason

why so few engage in it.” If you think Ford is just being poetic, let me give you a little

challenge. Next time you have a day off from your 9 to 5, spend the 8 hours thinking in

your room instead. No phone, no Facebook, no bullshit. Just sit in your room quietly

and think. In about 5 minutes, most people will start wishing they were back at their

9 to 5.