Sound familiar?

Make huge piles of money with no work and no effort, anyone can do it regardless of who you are?

Sorry, not this time.

Why can’t everyone just be rich? That would fix everything, right?

Squidoo is an awesome tool and is used by tons of people to raise money for charity, make a little money, tell people about their passions, and find new friends. The time put in by volunteers to police the SquidU forum and new lenses boggles my mind. It is certainly the most powerful community on the web that I’ve ever found.

Will most of the lensmasters on Squidoo ever make significant money from Squidoo? Probably not, but then again that’s not necessarily Squidoo’s fault.

Actually, the more time I spend on technology related projects the more I come to realize that the internet is really just life on a timer. Sometimes it moves at fast forward and sometimes it slows wayyyy down. However, that doesn’t make the internet any less real.

In fact, I would argue that traits that make you successfull in the real world can make you MORE successfull on the internet. Conversely, your worst habits are also magnified.

Squidoo is still growing very quickly (as is the rest of the internet!)

Instead of trying to come up with that latest ‘niche’ that no-one else has found, why not take a look at yourself and see what qualities you are good at?

Leadership, Teamwork, Creativeness, Attitude, Work Ethic, Communication, Determination etc…

For me, I tend to do okay at Leadership, Attitude, and Work Ethic. I love coming up with new ideas and can conceptualize where things will be (hopefully :) ). However, I can’t really draw a picture, sometimes I don’t play very well with others, and while I’ve been working on my Communication skills, they aren’t there yet a lot of times.

If you play up to your strengths, you will find that not only do you make more money, you truly enjoy what you do. And that is worth more than any bajillion dollars ever, no matter how easy.