These days, the word “slash” has become popular again. It comes from the English “Slash”, a concept from the work of “New York Times” columnist Marci Alboher. She mentioned in the book that more and more young people are no longer satisfied with the “single career” lifestyle, and are beginning to experience a richer life through multiple incomes and multiple careers. These people will use “slash: /” to distinguish different occupations in self-introduction, so “slash” has become synonymous with them.
In fact, the emergence of “slash youth” has long been foreshadowed. 2000 years ago, we said that they were compound talents, and then the term cross-border talents became popular in the next ten years. The old saying that every line is like a mountain is gradually becoming a thing of the past. Everyone is making breakthroughs in self-abilities, looking at their own abilities, looking at other people’s majors, and challenging comfort.
Slash ≠ multiple part-time jobs
When the concept of “slash youth” was proposed, a new trend emerged. Overnight, “slash youth” became the ideal lifestyle and goal of many office workers. However, most people’s understanding of it is incomplete. The external manifestations of “slash youth” are multiple incomes and multiple occupations, which often lead to a misunderstanding, thinking that having a few more part-time jobs on them, and then labeling them with some labels, is the so-called “slash youth”. is superficial.
First of all, “slash youth” represents a brand-new life value. Its core does not lie in multiple incomes or multiple occupations, but in multiple lives.
Secondly, “slash youth” is a product of the times. In the past, most people could only envy this kind of rich and diverse life. Such a life only belonged to the wealthy class who didn’t have to worry about making a living. But today is different. The development of social networks and technology has accelerated social mobility and brought about organizational changes. The progress of the times provides capable people with the possibility to get rid of the shackles of organizations and companies, to obtain sufficient income through strength, and at the same time to live a full, rich and free life opportunity, to be able to freely use time and pursue more A richer life and a more complete self.
If you want to become a slash youth, strength is the most important
Then some people will start to ask, how to become a “slash youth”? When you hear this question, you should first think about whether you really want to know what you want. Do you have strong self-discipline? Is there one or more outstanding talents and skills? If not, then take the time to make yourself a capable person first! Freedom without self-control and strength as the premise can only be called willful, just like this sentence says: ” When your talent can’t support your ambition, you should calm down and learn; When your ability is still unable to control your goals, you should calm down and practice. Dreams are not impetuous, but precipitation and accumulation. ”
In fact, there are already many similar examples: some friends have been influenced by the concept of “slash youth” and have used various advantages and specialties to live a brand new and more independent life; interests, such as flower arranging, painting, pole dancing, yoga, radio hosting, etc… Even if these hobbies cannot become a stable source of income at present, it is certain that they are happier and more confident because of it. So looking at “slash youth” from my point of view, I think it is to experience the life experience I want and spread the things I am interested in or the things I am very professional in, and create another kind of income from it.
Open passive income; the first step in slash life
Passive income and wealth freedom are topics that have been valued recently. We always hope that we can have another share of extra income in addition to our own labor in exchange for a salary. This is why the word “slash” is always associated with “creating passive income” closely related. We are always unwilling to be content with the status quo, so we try to break the cage and shackles.
In these times of restlessness and over-turmoil, all we can make sure of is that we will not be swallowed up by the flood of generations. Because it is impossible to predict the future, you have taken the first step to change the future, never underestimate yourself now, any decision may make your future more unlimited.
Before sharing how to create passive income, let me remind you that operating passive income is not as easy as you think. If you want to have a stable passive income, you must operate for a long time and make relative efforts before you can get a more ideal passive income.
The best way to make passive income
Our most common passive income is nothing more than relying on investment, investing in stocks, investing in funds, etc. to achieve wealth freedom, but not all investments are guaranteed, so investment will not be the only way for us to develop passive income.
The second is one of the most common methods we have now, which is selling intellectual property rights and affiliate marketing. The current economic era is often connected to the Internet. You and I will communicate our expertise and knowledge through various platforms on the Internet and develop from it. For any APP, website, or search engine, the most valuable thing is the “link” they provide, like Google provides information search links, IG, FB provides people-to-people links, and blogs provide information or business links…etc Wait, because of these platforms, your skills or knowledge can be known to the public in a short time.
So the easiest way is to start from the Internet. The development of the Internet makes information transmission and connection more convenient, and there are more ways to expand your skills, interests, ideas, and dreams! Think about it carefully, you need to spend very little money to use Internet resources, and the most expensive cost is ” time “. You need time to learn and practice to become a skill so that you can start your second and third specialty sidelines. At present, many people have used WordPress to build blogs to convey information and achieve affiliate marketing, use YouTube to increase fans to sell intellectual property to generate income, and have also used many platforms to form an online celebrity economy to create many personal brands, etc.
Knowledge is actually ubiquitous. It is not necessarily difficult and unattainable. With different learning and training, differences in regions, and receiving information, it can be an entry point; it may also be the accumulation of interests, or the ability to organize and reorganize. No matter when, when, and where, all of us are constantly learning and receiving knowledge from the outside world. If we can convert the knowledge we have learned into the form of products, and use various channels for realizing knowledge to achieve both learning and making money, it is the “smartest way of learning” in the world.
The most important thing is a state of mind, there is no necessity or certainty in life, and there are only infinite possibilities in life, as long as you take that step, you can also become a slash youth.