As you could have guessed from the domain name, my name is Pieter Pretorius. I stay in Langebaan with my lovely partner, Elmi and her daughter Cathy. We enjoy traveling and being in nature as you can see at some of the trail reports.

Like most of you, I also worked for a boss years ago. I have been working for myself for the past 8 years and I reached the point where I do not have to work each day to earn my income. I created multiple streams of passive income which let the money come in while I am not there.

People always ask me what I do for a living. Since this is such a long answer I decided to just refer them to my web site. If you are serious about working from home and designing your own future, you can read the complete long story by clicking here

You only live once and I believe that while you are doing it, you must make the most of it. I personally do not see the use of building wealth throughout your life without enjoying it. What is the use having wealth when you are to old to enjoy it.

I do try to design my life in such a way that I can enjoy it while creating wealth. That is why I have chosen to become involved in network marketing. It gives me the freedom to be free. To do what I like, to create wealth for myself instead of an employer.

I am involved in different types of network marketing, you can read more on page 2 of the long story. Then I also run various web sites which generate an income. I use a combination of Google Adsense and affiliate programs to generate and income. Both these methods eliminate the need to get in contact with clients, which makes it ideal for somebody who would like to tour the world one day. Some of my money generating web sites are, www.freeforex.net, www.digiprop.co.za, www.shareinvest.co.za , www.photosa.co.za, www.digicar.co.za, www.hilux4x4.co.za , www.freeonlineads.co.za and also this web site.

Because so many people ask for help and I have to keep on explaining what to do over and over again, I decided to write an eBook on this topic. You can now buy my eBook at www.passive-income.co.za . In my eBook I give to you 8 years of experience on a plate. I share all the tools and resources with you. And the eBook is not all you get, you also get a free entry pass to my interactive community forum where everybody who purchased my eBook will be able to ask questions and learn some more tricks. I am confident that this is the best value for money you will get on the Internet. Everything in the eBook can be done from South Africa. I run all of it from Langebaan and so can you apply all of it from where ever you are in our lovely country. In my eBook I even show you step by step how to register your own domain name and how to setup your own money generating web site on your domain name.

Then of course I also play around with share trading and forex trading . All the details are in my eBook. ( www.passive-income.co.za )

One thing I find hard to understand is that you can show people what to do, you can give them the recipe and still they will come up with excuses like:

I do not know how (I also did not know how, but had a passion to find out, all software packages have a help file which will show you how. I am a Metallurgical Engineer, not a web designer, I have not attended one web design course, I learned it all via internet tips and software help files, that means that anybody can do it if they really want to)

I do not have time ( I also did not have the time, that is why I worked until 3 in the mornings to make sure that it does not stay like that the rest of my life)

I cannot sell anything (When it comes to the network marketing side, I personally do not like working with people but if you have a strong enough desire you will make it work. If it comes to the Google Adsense and Affiliate marketing, good news, you do not have to sell anything)

It must be scam (Some people are so pessimistic that they see anything that relates to good news as a scam, wake up and get a live)

And so we can continue the list. The point I am trying to make is that your success is determined by your urge to make a success. If you are really desperately wanting to design a lifestyle of your choice, you will make a plan, you will do the not so nice things to do, as long as you reach your goals.

And what if you make a mistake? There are no such things as mistakes. Maybe slightly bad choices, but they are all lessons. Without lessons you will not reach the top. I almost made it to be a millionaire in 2006, but I lost 80% of that in one year due to bad investment choices. It still hurts thinking about it, but I have learned extremely valuable lessons in the process.

If you are seriously looking for something that can get you away from your desk and employer, read the long story here! It is al about choices, you can choose to work for a boss and making somebody else rich. Or you can choose to create your own wealth and one day do whatever you feel like doing. This is not something that will happen overnight, it takes time, but it is worth it.

During the years I also found that your success is not determined by the business you get involved in. You need to develop a wealthy mind set before you can become wealthy. You also need to associate with the right type of people. Look around you. You will become like the people you associate with every day. Are they successful, are they what you want to be one day?

One way of creating a winning attitude and wealth mind set is by reading personal development books and listening to motivational speeches. At www.businessbooks.co.za I listed most of the books I have read so far. If you are still working for a boss and you believe that earning a salary is the only way, then I suggest you start off by reading the book called "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. You will find it on my web site.

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