DOUGIEBARKER.COM

Being the norm is to be average
Being average is to accept everything that goes with it
Average job, average expectations, average results, average lifestyle,
This site is for "ordinary people" who want to achieve "extraordinary" results.

Welcome to DougieBarker.com

To achieve anything in life you first need an income to fund your desires. This site focuses on a simple way to build that income in your spare time. Especially if you're the average Joe, already shackled to the average job, in which 40+ hours of your working life is already committed to achieving an average income

It's also for young people who have probably just completed, or are completing, the standard one-size-fits-all education and are about to take up the average job. If there's one thing I regret, it's that the internet was not around, in its current form (in fact not around at all) when I was at the same age. What a different life I would have had.

And it's for retirees. People who have been round and round the average work wheel for 30 to 40 years. Then find themselves turfed out, But who know they have more to give. Want to remain active. And who have probably just realised that a retirement income is even less than the average income they earned before.

And then there's the existing business owner who has already chosen an independent path in life but for whom the hours to sustain that work-style are too long, too stressful and/or not yielding the level of income desired.

What the internet has done that makes all the difference

There are three fundamental facts which are now possible as a result of the internet. But, because you're conditioned to think of a regular job as the only way out, so, despite their simplicity, you probably need to read these again and again to enable the penny to finally drop. Eventually, you'll also begin to realise just how profound they are

1. Three quarters of the world's population is now hooked up to the internet

A really staggering thought. And a truly massive marketplace. All accessible with a few clicks of your mouse. If you had told me 30 years ago that one day this would be possible, I simply wouldn't have believed you. Trouble is, you're now so accustomed to the internet you've overlooked how powerful this is

2. Building an additional income in your spare time from home now involves simple baby steps

It's now possible to build a significant business, where the only office equipment necessary are you, your laptop, an internet connection, and your favorite armchair. Everything else is completely automated.

Being so immersed in the traditional work culture I'll forgive you for thinking that it must be harder than that. You've convinced yourself that earning a living means a commute to/from your workplace, 8 to 12 hours daily at a workstation, a 30 minute or one hour lunch break, and weekends off. Such is your conditioning it's become very difficult for you to realise there's a much more simple and convenient alternative, thanks to the web.

3. There's a business inside of everybody

We all fall into categories of different interest types, likes and dislikes. That's normal. But within each of those categories we bring a uniqueness that comes only from within. We may be like others in that category. But we're not 100% identical . We come with a twist, a slightly different perspective to the general theme. It's our USP (our unique selling proposition)

Imagine bringing your take to that segment of the internet's global population that like the things you do. Where your perspective differentiates you from the general theme

Re-read the paragraphs above, a few times, and, without adding endless excuses and unnecessary barriers (a common human trait) let it sink in. Really sink in!

The only thing remaining is how to go about it?

There's a viable online business inside you too

Couple it all together and you will begin to realise there's a simple way to start a profitable business. Where putting your home on the line, bank loans, brick and mortar premises, employees, long hours, sleepness nights, and some very real risks are simply not necessary

Where there is finally an alternative to the traditional 9 to 5 (or longer). Where your ability to earn an additional income is governed by you and not others. And where earning such an additional income only involves some of your spare time instead of watching TV

You can literally build your own little empire from a comfortable chair in your home. You might start part-time and you might prefer to stay that way. But, if you're like others, you could eventually go full-time once you've got some traction under your belt. Which means there's no need to risk your current job if that would worry you