Got money?

Money isn’t everything. So some will tell you–usually those who have so much money they can’t appreciate the plights of those who have so little; or those who have no money and use this sentiment as a soft blanket to wrap themselves in for comfort.

For the rest of us money is everything. Don’t be too sure there won’t come a day when you will actually have to pay for the right to breathe air. And imagine your fate if you can’t afford the price tag! The reality of the matter is, there isn’t very much one can do without money. Money gives you freedom where lack it imprison’s you.

Growing Money

If you plant a dollar bill in soil will it grow a money tree? If only! There are ways to grow money. Planting money in soil is not a viable method. How can you turn $10 into $1000?

One lady did this playing the lotto. Bear in mind that I am not recommending her method; but here is what she did:

She bought 5 scratch off tickets at $2 a ticket.

On one ticket she won $28.

She put aside $18(her profit) and went back and bought another 5 tickets.

She won $7 on one ticket and $3 on another for a total of $10.

She took the $10 and bought another 5 tickets.

She won $28 on one ticket, $14 on another.

She put aside $32, adding it to the $18 for a total of $50.

She took the remaining $10 and went back to buy another 5 tickets…

She kept this up until she had accumulated $110 in winnings; then she did the same thing for the next 10 days.

Of course, we won’t all be so lucky to win something on almost every purchase; and this method of growing money is risky and can potentially lead to gambling problems so it is not the wisest option; but her money surely did grow from $10, her original investment, to $1000.

The point of the above is that there are any number of ways one can grow money if one is creative. Some come with higher risks than others; but if you think about it, the lotto lady was doing nothing so much different from what the sophisticates do who invest in stock, real estate and so on. She was taking risks; but she had a method to her madness (and some extra luck the rest of us lack apparently), and it paid off.

Just because you don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to invest in realestate or stocks doesn’t mean you have no options of how to grow your money. You just have to think creatively. Think outside of the box. Invest time in finding viable ways to turn $10 into $100, $100 into $1000, $1000 into $10000 and so on.

And when you find those ways, share them with the rest of us.