As for dropshipping and affiliate marketing, all those can work. It's really up to you if you can get them to work.
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P.S. Again, I'm not trying to attack you here.
No offense taken - and valid points.
I guess what I meant is finding a way to remove myself from the equation - not selling my time for $.
And yeah stock options is basically systemized gambling or strategic - I mean one could argue investing is gambling - it's a bet that this xyz will do well in earnings, go up, etc.
That's why i asked - to source more ideas