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一位出身并不富裕的爱尔兰小伙，不喜欢朝九晚五的工作。所以抛下一切，去旅游，在这个过程中，找到了适合自己的赚钱方式， Johnny Ward came from a poor Irish family, had problems with authority（不喜欢受管束）, and hated the idea of working 9-to-5 （朝九晚五）. He dabbled in（涉猎） various jobs, and even signed up for medical experiments（是做医学人耗子么，哈哈?）, before landing a high-paying sales job where he was able to earn up to $20,000 a month. After a few months, however, Ward decided he’d had enough (受够了). “I realised that, with only one life, I don’t want to spend Monday to Friday locked in a place I don’t want to be,（周一到周五都被锁在一个自己不爱呆的地方）” Ward wrote on Facebook. Ward started a travel blog, step4ward, and once it began to generate revenue（带来收入）, step4wardmedia. “I associated the concept of making money online with this like charlatan （骗子） personality,” he told Business Insider. “I couldn’t get my head around how people actually do it, and then I cracked（破解） the specific thing that I do online and was like ‘Wow, I can’t believe it.’” Ward works virtually with four other people for a few hours every week from his laptop, averages about $1000 per day despite traveling, and even found a flight-attendant girlfriend. He plans to visit every country in the world, and has checked off 152 out of a total of 193 countries so far.
“I come from quite a poor family…I have anxiety about not being broke again” Johnny Ward worked several jobs, from teaching English to participating in medical experimentsEventually, he landed a high paying sales job in AustraliaWard could make up to $20,000 per month from comissions, but he still wasn’t happy“I felt like it wasn’t fulfilling in any way”
“and I wasn’t free, having to ask for permission for take time off — and I don’t do well with authority”In 2010 he quit his job, started the onestep4ward blog, and began traveling
“I associated the concept of making money online with this…charlatan personality.”“I couldn’t get my head around how people actually do it”“and then I cracked the specific thing that I do online and was like ‘Wow, I can’t believe it.’”Ward created a digital media company in 2012He works virtually for a few hours per week while travelingSo far he has visited 152 out of a total of 193 countries, and plans to see the rest soon“It doesn’t seem that real. I don’t live a flash lifestyle, so it feels arbitrary”His advice for others? “You need to draw a line in the sand and say, ‘Now I’m going to do it.’”“No matter how you plan to make money online, always start a blog, even if you’re not going to monetize.”“Have a voice, be an authority”“I always dreamed of being free…truly free is to have the financial security to allow you to do whatever you want to do”
英文和图片来自 Boredpanda
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