{"id":9884,"date":"2015-07-11T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2015-07-11T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T13:30:59","slug":"i-got-fired-and-need-an-income-pronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/i-got-fired-and-need-an-income-pronto\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Got Fired And Need An Income Pronto!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And the inevitable question rears its head&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Ben, I&#8217;m in trouble, I just got laid off \u00a0and I need to make an income like yesterday. Advice???&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Y&#8217;all must think I&#8217;m Miracle Max or something.<\/p>\n<p>Look, you basically have 3 choices:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. You can bend over, put your head firmly between your legs and\u00a0kiss your ass goodbye.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what a lot of people are doing.<\/p>\n<p>(And it&#8217;s kind of a pity&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Get a time machine and go back a few years when you KNEW you\u00a0should have been preparing for something like this to happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey, the ancients knew this.<\/p>\n<p>Think the 7 years of famine story in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Or the grasshopper &amp; ant fable.<\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230; or&#8230; you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>What?<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t find a time machine?<\/p>\n<p>Not even on eBay?<\/p>\n<p>Then, here&#8217;s the 3rd option I&#8217;d recommend:<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Grab ye some doo-bags<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s a doo-bag?<\/p>\n<p>A doo-bag is the bag you use to pick up dog poop and dispose of it. And, believe it or not, there is a way to use these bags to build a thriving business (making $100 per day, or more fairly quickly) that you can scale and grow as big as you want, with minimal work and zero manual labor.<\/p>\n<p>I yap about it on The Ben Settle Show tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime?<\/p>\n<p>Download prior episodes here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the inevitable question rears its head&#8230; &#8220;Ben, I&#8217;m in trouble, I just got laid off \u00a0and I need to make an income like yesterday. Advice???&#8221; Y&#8217;all must think I&#8217;m Miracle Max or something. Look, you basically have 3 choices: 1. 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