I always wanted to be financially secure – like most people. However, even then, I had a unique approach to how I seen things. I wanted to have enough money so I could live from the residual income that it created.

This isn’t the kind of wealth that you get from becoming a doctor or a lawyer. But it’s what I wanted. Traditional media like to give a platform to entrepreneurs who develop unique ideas and bring them to market. I was fooled into thinking this was the best way to achieve my far-reaching goals.

At this time I was a student, and I always tried to think of ways I could solve problems, introduce disruptive technologies to existing markets, and even how I could enter established markets and perform marginally better than the competition.

Around 4 years ago I was using the internet to do the same things as most people - using instant messaging, email, and buying things. At the time I had a part-time job stacking shelves on weekends. I started looking for ways to earn money online, and came across various opportunities that caught me eye.

One of these was free paid surveys websites. It seemed to make sense that companies would be willing to pay in order to find out more about their customers. I forked out $40 or so, and I got access to a database of loads of surveys that companies were willing to pay to have me complete. In reality this wasn’t half as good as I had hoped – sometimes they would pay you in prizes instead of cash. It still wasn’t half bad, though, when you got to do a survey that lasted 2 hours and you got paid over $100.

Since then I have bought access to every other paid survey database I could get my hands on. Because I had access to so many, I would only pick the highest paying surveys. Within a few months I was able to leave my job and start completing surveys and earning thousands of dollars per month – much more than I did staking shelves.

That’s how it started. Then I learned a vital lesson. If I simply try a wide array of opportunities then I only have to rely on them delivering 20% of what they say they will, and I’ll be more than happy with the results. I then got involved in data entry jobs and bought access to client lists. Some were terrible, but others were able to deliver exactly what they said they would.

There’s so many money making systems out there than you can buy access to. The trick is buying the right ones. I haven’t come up with a single unique idea on my own, but have continued to buy access to more and more systems that promise to show me how to make money online. Now I tend to focus more and more on systems that require none of my time on an on-going basis, because I like to get more money for my time.

Now I simply pick and choose the best systems that give the best return on my time. I use this website to evaluate systems and track the ones that I have found to be the most profitable.