I apologize for being a shitty writer, but hopefully it'll become more natural as I do it more.
Excluding my introduce myself post, my first article was going to be about cryptokitties. It's been the most recent hustle I've been trying to run, and I had some decent success up until earlier this week. I now have over 40 cats and I managed to turn my .25 ETH gain into a .4 ETH loss. Awesome.
In case you missed my about me, check out the link below. TLDR: I plan on starting a series for the many, and I do mean many, ways I've tried to earn money outside of my normal job. Clearly the outcomes have mostly been negative, but feel free to laugh at my failures or try to learn from my mistakes. Nearly everything you've seen on the internet about making money, I have tried. I've put money into nearly all of the hustles - some require no money!! - so I can speak from experience, whatever that's worth.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@natealexhart/about-me-nate-alex-hart
Anyway, this first article the prologue to that series. I've recently made up my own theory regarding qualities necessary to get rich. Theory? Hypothesis? Whatever. Let's call it the Money Stool Hypothesis (MSH). Basically if you want to get rich, you'll need at least 2 legs of the money stool. Yes I realize a stool needs 3 legs to stand, Sherlock. Your super sleuthing has led me to believe you must have at least leg #1 under wraps. Let's pretend this stool is in 2D as shown in the graphic. (I don't have solidworks on my computer). 2D stools only need two legs to stand.
The three main legs I've identified so far are Smart, Hard Working, and Ruthless. There may be more, and I'm willing to hear your input, especially if you are already rich. Luck also factors into the equation, but I haven't figured out exactly how. You don't have to be smart, hardworking, or ruthless to get rich with luck. Let's do some basic math below to make sure the equation checks out.
Doctor = Smart + Hardworking
Hacker/Scammer = Smart + Ruthless
Drug King Pins = Hardworking + Ruthless
Checks out to me. I'm thinking you probably need all 3 legs if you really want to be a billionaire titan. We all know deep down that Elon Musk is ruthless. Also, remember Steve Jobs?
As mentioned earlier, luck factors into the equation. I tend to think that if you get rich through luck, but you don't have two of the legs to hold your money stool up, you're destined to be poor again. Lottery winners have shown us this time and time again.
I'll probably end up referencing the MSH at least a few times in the upcoming articles, or maybe I'll just abandon the idea if everyone seems to hate it in the comments.
In case you're curious, I only have one of the legs of the stool. HELLOOOO middle class. I'm working on becoming more hard working, but for now I'll continue to search for that second leg that doesn't require being ruthless or hard working. I have 50+ ideas written down in my notepad on my phone. If I developed all of them, I'm sure I could be rich. I'll probably just share the ideas on here in the future because that's substantially less work, and maybe I'll find a way to get lucky and go viral.
Please feel free to give me tips/advice! I may not be the hardest worker, but I'm always willing to learn and listen!
Thanks for reading :)