06/02/2024
IS SELLING REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY?
āA lot of so-called business owners and entrepreneurs act too posh to sell⦠when selling is the only way to make money.ā
And this has raised the question: is selling really the only way to make money?
The answer is Yes and No.
Hear me outā¦
In the strict sense of selling, as in exchange of a product or service for money, the answer is NO.
BUTā¦in the broad sense of the word selling, the answer is YES!
In fact, selling is the only way to live this life successfully.
If youāve read books like How To Make Friends and Influence People, you would know that human interaction is all about persuasion.
And persuasion is the foundation of selling.
Only way you donāt āsellā at all is if you donāt interact with humans at all.
If you need your friend to follow you to the movies, you have to sell the idea.
If you are invited as a speaker at an event, you have to sell your topic well so itās received by the audience.
If you want your spouse to japa with you, you have to sell them on the idea ā unless they are already sold on it themselves!
Back to making moneyā¦
Unless you are a criminal, selling is the only way to make money.
Every form of income is some sort of exchanging value for money!
If you apply for a job, first youāre selling yourself to the company on why they should employ you.
Next, if they employ you, youāre giving them your services, skills, time, energy in exchange for money.
Thatās selling.
As a politician, you sell yourself to the electorates in the form of campaigns and manifestos. And when they vote you in, you are expected to fulfill your promises in exchange for the money youāre being paid.
Thatās selling.
As a YouTube influencer, you entertain or educate people and then build an audience that way.
Some businesses pay you directly in exchange for promoting their stuff to your audience.
The platform pays you to advertise to your audience.
Youāre doing a lot of selling there!
At the end of the day, you must sell something to make money legitimately and legally.
Whether itās your product or service or time or skill or brain or idea or experience or influence, there must be an exchange of value. You must sell something to get money.
Even in lotteries, you give them money in exchange for the hope of getting bigger money.
In cases where you enter the draw without money, youāre still trading your time and attention for potential money.
If you have instances where people make money legitimately without selling anything, feel free to let me know. (If you mention juju or blood money I will block you šš)
I hope Iāve been able to āconfuseā you and not convince you⦠Just kidding!
I hope Iāve been able to prove to you that the only way to make money (crime and gifts aside) is selling.
Even in inheritance, you got the money in exchange for your ties to the benefactor.
Nature did the selling for you.
PS: Since weāve agreed that the only way to make money is through selling, does it not make sense for you to get good at selling?
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See you on the other side.
P.S.S: Article credit: Oloye Akin Alabi
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