ATTENTION ALL COUNTRY SONG WRITERS

Working In Your Underwear - ATTENTION ALL COUNTRY SONG WRITERS

I’m the typical country song: I lost my job when the factory closed. My dog got run-over. My truck broke down. My wife left me. And the bank took away my home. If you heard it in a country song, it's happened to me.

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I’m Pete Willy. Ex-assembly line worker. Ex-husband. Ex-dog owner.

It’s Over.

After years and years of doing a great job - that great job came to an end. No notice. No heads-up. Not even a “thanks for all your help”.

The end came when the company was sold to wall-streeters who promised up and down that they loved the company and that they were in it for the long haul. Problem was, they loved the company so much, they pieced it up like a scrap yard and made out like bandits. They weren't in it for the long haul - just the big heist.

Then It Got Worse.

Who doesn't think they can get a job in today's land of opportunity? "No problem", I thought, "I’ll whip together my resume, get out there and line up the offers. Shouldn’t take more than a month to land somewhere nice, right?"

After 3 months I got worried. After 6 months, she asked for a divorce. After a year, the savings were gone and I was living in what's called an SRO - single room occupancy hotel.

What Happened?!

We’re the good ones, right? We pay taxes. We work hard. We send our kids to college. And then one day you wake up and realize that you're falling fast with no end in sight. So what happened? Is this what we get for playing by the rules?

When You're Down - That's When They Kick Harder.

Since the job offers weren't streaming in, I started looking at other ways to make money. Truth is - there are a millions ways to make money, just not a million PROVEN ways to make money. Seems like everyone is happy show you pictures of their bank statements, Google accounts, and commission checks - but that didn't translate into MONEY IN MY WALLET. And eBook after eBook, sign-up after sign-up, course after course, every so-called “guru” promised the world, but delivered dirt.

How hard is it to keep going when no one is pushing for you? How many “experts” does it take to make money? How much money do you have to spend in order to make money?


"If One Man Can Do It, So Can Another."

What did I know about making money online? – nothing. All I knew was how to go to work and do a good job every day.

But like my daddy always said - "if one man can do it, so can another."

If some guy on the internet can make money, then I can too.

I thought long and hard about that. Then I rolled up my sleeves, put on a pot of coffee, and got down to it.

And that's how it all started.