Any great entrepreneur in the world at one point was a teenager with a dream
and today's video is dedicated to all you teenagers and parents of teenagers
that are looking for a way to ignite that dream right now.
I love working with teenagers that want to make money. In fact, any of you
teenagers out there that are watching this video, I'm creating this just for
you based on some questions and comments. Recently, I had one of you come in and
write, "I want to do something big with my life. I'm 14 years old, I want to find out
how to make money. I want to make an impact in my life." For teenagers that
want to figure out a way to make more money especially if you didn't grow up
in a wealthy family, I want to share with you today five different ways that you
can do that and I want to start by telling you that I was 14 years old when
I actually got my first paper out and I started discovering this world of money.
In fact, what was so neat about having a paper out is, my dad had tried to put
me in basketball and soccer and sports and do different things and nothing
really piqued my interest until one day he sat me down in the office and it
was out of left field, he said, "Kris, there's an opening for paper out." And you
know, I was a little chubby at that phase in my life, I didn't have a high degree
of confidence but something perked inside of me and so it might be the same
thing that that's perked inside of you while you watch this video because I
remember I got this paper out, I had maybe like 50 papers to deliver and the
way that it worked is, I had to meet at the shack, I had to get the papers and
then it was my job to sling him over my shoulders, get on my bike and Thursdays
and Sundays are really big heavy paper days, unfortunately, my dad would drive me
on Sundays but, you know, that was a lot of weight to carry and it was a big
responsibility. I had to get the papers to specific homes and specific addresses
every day, right on the porch, in good condition and then at the end of the
month, I had to collect the money and I got to keep a portion of it and then I
had to send a portion of it in and within six months, I fell so in love with
this that the neighborhoods next to me opened up to more outs, I took all three
of these paper outs on then it became the shack manager for the other young
boys that had other paper outs so I had to get there and I got paid $100 a month
to put them out and I just fell in love with being able to control my destiny
and I didn't want a nine-to-five, I didn't want to work part time, I didn't
want weren't fast food, I wanted to do something entrepreneurial because that
meant that flexibility, I was in control and I could do something that I loved.
I also know what it felt like to fall flat on my face when I took the my
pressure washer and went door to door and offered a pressure wash people slimy
driveways at Washington, they were really kind of gross and green and slippery and
I don't think I got a single job, people didn't like that one. So I did things
that worked, I did things that didn't. Today, I want to share with you five
ideas that can help you as a teenager, start taking some control in your life
for how you can control more of your financial destiny. Listen, I know I said I
would share with you five things that entrepreneurs and young people can do to
start making money, I'm probably going to give you way more than that so you're
gonna want to take note but before I share them with you, I just want to share
with you a little mantra that I wrote up just for you, the jingle goes like this,
"Try, fail, rinse, repeat and eventually you'll succeed. Try, fail, rinse, repeat and
eventually you'll succeed. Try, fail, rinse, repeat, eventually you'll succeed."
Here's the idea, you're a kid, you know what? Go fail, go screwed up, go try! By the way,
you're not an adult yet so whether you make five dollars or $500, it's a
positive learning experience anyway. Try, it's okay to fail, rinse, repeat and keep
trying different things because this is the perfect time to, you know, I mean, jeez
you're practically made out of gumby glue and elasticity, you'll bounce back.
Be resilient. It's okay to fall on your face and get back up again, don't take it
personally. Take it from me, don't be like the grown-ups, grown-ups can be such a
grumpy heads and they try something and they're like, "Oh my feelings are hurt" or
"I got rejected" You know, bounce back, bounce back hard, rebound and just play
that game a little bit in the beginning because you're going to learn so many more
lessons and you're going to figure some stuff out. First of all, there's a lot of
opportunity on Fiverr for teenagers to make money, most adults have no clue for
example about social media so for example on Fiverr, you can put out a
request and show them and get paid on how to do really simple things like set
up a profile page, you can walk the neighbor's dog, you can mow lawns, you
can do landscaping, you could start a YouTube channel, the possibilities are
endless. Some of my favorite have to do with what can you create, you know like
sometimes girls will go out there and they'll create bracelets or jewelry or
necklace and and they'll make something, they'll get crafty on
certain things that people really want. There's a kid in my neighborhood that
bakes for bread Tuesdays and Fridays and drops
them off and has a bread service, you can babysit, you can clean people's houses,
there's so many different ways for you to get out there and there's a bunch of
ideas right there but get creative and do something and have an experience.
The most important part isn't what you do, it's how you do it and it's why you do
it and so on how, instead of "Oh I'm going to do this task and get paid for doing
this thing" It's super easy to have a poor sport attitude,
it's easy to say "Well I don't want to do that" or "I don't wanna get my hands dirty,
I don't want to.." this is a perfect time for you to find the joy in trying
something new in doing something. Yeah, you're going to put some hours in,
you're going to get some elbow grease in there but you're gonna learn things and
you're gonna have an experience and a lot of kids your age, they're not going
to be doing anything with this. So I'm challenging you to get out there and
find the joy in it, find the up side, find out what you like and find out what you
don't like cause you're certainly going to find some of both and both of those
things are super valuable to your experience. You're going to find some things
that bring you tremendous joy. My daughter for example, she loves making
jewelry but she doesn't necessarily like making the same thing over and over
again so you know she's doing? She has her friends come over and she outsources
and she pays them a little bit of what she's going to make to make the repeat
things. On the other hand, she could face paint all day long and not break a sweat
and and have nothing but joy through the entire creative process of meeting
people and in doing some painting with them. So there's a million in one ways,
you can google it, you can see it and in this video, you've been given a ton of
ideas go out there and remember, try, fail, rinse, repeat and finally you'll succeed.
Just give it some time and awaken something deep within that creates a
hunger for controlling your destiny because the things you learn right now
may very well shape what you do as an adult with creating things,
inventions, new business ideas and those innovations make you tomorrow's leader
so have fun, rock it out, and go experience life as an entrepreneur.
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