Topic: Becoming productive without spending too much money. - page 2. (Read 270 times)

Becoming productive?

a. You have to invest in yourself - you can used Youtube for that to learn new skills and research what skills are in right now, like digital marketing or video editor.
b. You really need to have a goal. It might be very hard in the beginning, if you're laser focus then you can achieved your dreams.
c. Perhaps you have the money, then there's nothing wrong with spending. At least invest as well and buy things that you need, not that you want. For example, you might invest on a good laptop if your side hustle is video editing.

I have to admit that I do agree, Youtube is brilliant for finding out how to do little DIY fixes at home. I’ve saved myself loads of money by figuring out how to do things like changing taps, laying tiles in the kitchen, fixing door handles when the screw holes are stripped. It’s invaluable, especially during this cost of living crisis.

OP, I think that your forum thread is more about self-improvment rather than discussing the economical side of things.
Yes, the internet helped a lot when it comes to sharing information and promoting/selling goods and services. However, I don't think that most people are using social media/internet in a productive way. Youtube and other social media platforms are filled with shitty content, and many people are simply wasting their time by binge watching shitty Youtube videos or cringe TikTok videos. How do you measure the productivity of a social media influencer or online course seller? I have a different view about productivity of labor. A baker that bakes 1000 breads a way is productive. Some random female TikTok influencer posting 10 short videos a day shouldn't be called productive.

When you hear from people who became successful before the invention of the internet, they will always call the present generation lucky. These individuals worked very hard to become successful because everything was done manually.  They had to travel from place to place to promote their products. They also had to spend so much resources on advertisements and others. Today a simple content on social media can make one a millionaire without much stress or much financial resources. A single viral content is enough to make someone rich.

However, some young people don't want to be creative, or productive, and are not willing to learn. They want to get rich quickly without putting in any positive effort. That is why we are having an increase in criminal activities such as scams and others. I usually advise young people to learn a skill, keep on developing it, and be patient and consistent. 

Artificial intelligence is now an important technological tool that can be integrated into any profession. Some tasks can be performed easily and faster with the help of AI tools so it is now important for workers to learn how to use these tools to become more productive. It will not be out of place to encourage people to learn about artificial intelligence.

Your article is informative and  motivational. Right from the time, money and success can only come from rendering essential services to people's needs based on the knowledge or skills you have obtained, This particular method of earning money hasn't changed, what has added so far on it has been the innovative method that has been added to it and human nature is always about bringing new ideas.

Digitalization has brought his own method of earning money, the internet is one place people advertise the products that they sell, advertise Job opening for people that are seeking for employment, the internet is one of the easiest way to spread information on the doorstep of people that can easily access it and a whole lot more. YouTube for example has really helped to build people's knowledge on things we didn't have concrete knowledge about. Another good example is Bitcoin, the internet has helped people to understand the advantages of investing in Bitcoin, which you can actually start accumulating little by little from your earnings.

After all, school helps us to know the necessary basics. But now, with advances in technology, we can use the internet to improve our skills by looking for sources that can be used as a place to learn. Paid ones often require a lot of money so only some people can afford to participate.

We must be able to find a place to learn. If we don't have the money to join a paid one, we can look for free places that are widely available. But we have to make sure that the free place is also one of the recommended places.

The internet accommodates everyone who wants to find and find out more information. But this depends on how the person can use the internet well.

i agree with you that paid ones are not always bad, in fact i could say that there are good things to studying with paid ones (only if you can afford it). usually paid ones provide more focused material and participants/students can even get direct experience from teachers/mentors and that can help them to develop well. so if someone can afford to go to school or attend seminars, then that is a good thing to attend, because they can get various things which can help them learn better.

There's no knowledge that's free, you must pay with your time, seriousness and eventually your money. For a serious learner he or she wouldn't be after free sources of learning a skill because the premium knowledge patterning that skill won't be giving to you as it would have if it's a paid one. Areas of teaching will be selective because it's a free skill acquisition program and can't be compared to that which you invest in with money to be taught. It is for this course that it's plausible to say people shouldn't depend just on free skill acquisition onlineor offline if the money is available spend it on the knowledge you have interest for and you will be a masterclass rather than a surface level person in that field.

Even though Youtube can be a place for you to get a new skill that you're searching for, don't underestimate the paid ones.

School isn't scam, they already help you when you were young until now, where you can use your brain to think what to do's and don'ts.

Private class, paid seminar, paid consultation etc aren't scam, instead of exploring into Youtube and choosing the contents, those skilled people can help you to point out what's the thing you're looking for and help you to understand.

You are right. It has been extremely easy to acquire new skills through the use of internet. During the covid19 pandemic, as the world came to a halt the internet has showed how we could utilize it to our advantage. But the thing is not everyone still has devices and internet. The rich people would still have a slighter edge than those not so privileged ones but it is still nice that there is now an option that could be used to make something out of oneself.

I still think that money is always needed in almost everything these days. Even if you acquire new skills through the internet, you would have still need to invest and actually practice the skills you have learned whatever that may be. The bottomline here is that while the internet has reduced the amount of money you would need to spend on just to become productive we can not deny that spending money is still inevitable.

In as much as the world has gone digital and it's now easier to get money online by doing content creation and other remote jobs that have attractive pays, let's not allow it to blind us to other physical sectors that are at the centre of driving our economy positively. The truth is that if every one goes into doing remote jobs, then with time robots will possibly take over most of our jobs. We need to have individuals also that are passionate about the agricultural sector and are ready to pay the price of learning the real art of farming.

Technology is good and obviously plays a great role in easing up the kind of jobs we do and helps a lot to reduce the stress associated with those jobs we can't depend on remotely done jobs alone. We've got to create a balance such that while we are learning some skills online, we are also making it a necessity to add to it other offline skills that will make our society complete. We can't do effective carpentry work in YouTube, and medicine can't follow suit. Real engineers will need to learn so many things on site and those that intend to go into the agricultural sector which I'm so much particular about will have to get some fundamental knowledge on the YouTube and other E learning platforms and at the end of the day go to the main farming site to carry out the real farming.

most of the knowledges are available and most certainly not limited to only youtube basically you want to be an SWE you can easily learn documentation of certain programming language, i guess there are plenty of skills out there can be learned with the same approach just like being an SWE.
but of course with it there's also disadvantage, if you're concerned about building career through a company being self taught getting job might pose difficulty since they usually approach the old way of requiring degree from university but being entrepreneur you might stumble a ton of opportunities that a self taught learner can take advantage of.
basically like offering services for certain job as a freelancer you might find yourself more opportunity also more earning potential if you are diligent enough.

AI aside from the negatives mentioned by some people in many medias, have been a huge help in many thing and I do agree leveraging the use of AI will put us advantageous.

You should also not underestimate the power of Artificial Intelligence, because it is a great new tool to help you to learn a new skill.

It is also a new tool that will chamge the world as we know it, because most basic tasks will be replaced by AI based technologies and people need to know how to use it to their advantage.

YouTube is not only the medium to learn new skills. There are many other platforms that appeals to the interest of people. You'd be surprise to learn that there are people who do not use YouTube.

Ok. At the beginning of your learning where you need to learn the fundamentals, Free Online resources will serve as an invaluable tool. But after about two  three months when you start to progress from beginner level to intermediate level, what you will naturally observe is that the freebies are not enough to progress to the next level. At this point, you would need to invest some little dollars to get some premium, an upgraded software, tool or whatever it is you need to advance.

In life, most of the time success can easily be achieved when you've got some money because it will enable you to make diverse investments that would increase your income generating network but however, it's not every skill that necessarily requires so much money before you can become productive.

It's obvious we are in a digitized era where almost everything is being done on the internet and digitization have made it easier for mankind to perform different operations at ease with one another. It is important for us to understand the need for basic skills acquisition that can upgrade our portfolio without it being that everything is made available on a platter of Gold.

Over the years, we all have seen how social media have stood as an income generating platform for so many people that didn't even know the potentials the possess within themselves just like a lot of people have been making money through content creation, selling of courses online, affiliate marketing and so on.

The Internet have made it easier for anyone who is creative enough to make it online without having to spend too much money learning a particular skill as most time what you need is just a smartphone or computer and data subscription. There are so many channels online that one can engage in other to have a vast knowledge about a skill they want to acquire just like the YouTube channel.

YouTube have made it easier for people to learn and acquire different skills without Spending much money as you can literally just open your app and search for something you wish to know about and just watch the video maybe repeatedly, before you will realize you are already getting familiarized with what you want to know. A lot of people have acquired so many skills that fetches them a whole lot of money just by being at home and learning a lot of things on the Internet.

It is important to note that the most limited resource in life is time, we should make judicious use of our time wisely as most people are just concerned about the contents they get online without wanting to know how this contents are being gotten and possibly get involved in other to become productive as well. If you must have a successful life then you must be creative and also learn how to do things differently from how everyone else does as that is what will stand you out and bring out more value in you. Be more creative and invest in your time wisely!