How to earn Money From Google at Home

How to earn Money from Google at Home

My routine at the office

I’ve found myself here a lot over the last 10 months. (I know, I know…I keep going back) I’m wondering how anyone can actually focus at work after spending several hours watching video clips of Matt:

They don’t, of course. Everyone heads for the coffee machine and then is told to ‘just check your email’. Nothing puts people off making money online like emails about insurance or other common everyday finance topics. We spend so much time in an office building that is full of retired people. How do they survive? I can’t see working from home alone and taking only the occasional 5 minute break to go to the vending machine.

The lack of distractions isn’t to everyone’s taste, of course, and some people thrive on a number of distractions. My team are never allowed to make some common office chatty noises around me and my staff in Germany have a strict limit on how many of the most annoying sounds they can make in a working day. On a positive note, this makes it possible to keep tabs on exactly how noisy a room is even when you’re not there – though I did test it on this blog post and it wasn’t quite what I expected…

I have always felt the lack of a work-life balance at home was one of the main reasons I lost the job I had after university. I’m not the sort of person that gets bored. If I’m sitting in the same spot on my sofa, I want to be doing something else. It’s funny how hard this becomes when it’s your job.

Still, it’s a good thing that I can understand a lot of the human side of software development – it makes it all very different when I can understand the frustration of people asking for a feature that we can’t deliver. That’s a good thing.

The happiest people I know have something interesting they are doing for work. Many of them write about this for a living, but this seems to be a large part of the reason why the internet has been able to keep people writing after a certain age and something else is contributing to the slower real world job growth.

What do you think? How much time do you think you spend watching things like Matt’s videos? Do you think that’s creating a problem for people who want to make money from home? Or are you happy not to have time to read blogs or read, say, People Magazine?

(the most recent version of this story can be found here

It sounds like what you need to get out of it is to keep your wits about you. No alcohol and no drugs. You really want to go there?Posted by Joshua Harris on August 21, 2010

Absolutely. I didn't read it yet but it's the one that asks you to submit a photo. I'll do that before I go...

I must admit that Matt is a genius. I don't want to go but i'm tempted. One could say that I'm masochistic but i have it.Lets go Kyle

So, Matt, how does a professional go to a sporting event as part of the fanfare? Posted by HendesSway on August 21, 2010

How to get your friends to go to work with you, without complaining. Posted by Laraka on August 21, 2010

I thought that was quite a good read, maybe even better than a fantastic novel (let's say a James Patterson novel). It's a little bit of what i've been saying for years - you work for a company and your obligation is not to your company but to the users (i.e., the end user) and the clients (i.e., the businesses) it serves.

I'm convinced that if we work together and the company is large enough we can meet the demands of what the market needs. There's also a simple rule that states that it pays more to buy from a company that has a realistic plan than to go into a business that has made up its mind. You really need to just do the right thing, Mr. McIlwain. For a change.

Seriously though, if I'm doing a job that no one else in the world will do, I am not one to complain about it. You're "living the dream". Congratulation.

All I could do was read a sentence a day before, to update myself

So, Matt, how does a professional go to a sporting event as part of the fanfare?If I had a job where I made more money than I needed to live and where I felt I made a real difference in the world, I'd want to work from home too. Posted by Jordi Nieve on August 21, 2010

It's not about the money, it's about the freedom and the experience. Working in an office is restrictive. You just show up, clock in, and go home. You have no freedom or flexibility to work from home.

You never see a bad day. I love that I can wake up, drive to work and see trees instead of concrete.

I can work in the yard and then spend time on the patio and then go inside and work on the computer. I just run down to the grocery store for some cheddar cheese and then back up to the kitchen and then outside for a drink and then back inside.

Work has to be a way to be comfortable with yourself and find happiness. No matter what level of wealth you have, it won't make you happier unless you choose to embrace the freedom that money can afford you.

Woo, happy almost wifey, and the most beautiful and happy family! You guys are nice. ;-) I love this story. Got a computer at work? Everytime you get it out you start talking about the joys of working at home and give the boss your blog address. :)

Work for me is some days, downright Hell on Earth. I get sick to my stomach thinking about how I am going to survive another 2 weeks.

Then there are days, days like today, when I get home after 7 long hours of being cooped up with the asshole that insists on blowing his oxygen mask on my face when I need it for the last 30 minutes of my 7 1/2 hour day, I get to work in my own office in my own home.

You can always tell when someone has a good, positive perspective on work. :)

Love this post! It just goes to show, you don't have to hate your job to make money and to be happy!

Hi Matt, If I'm living in Canada, I can take a home deduction on my Canadian Income Tax. For example, if I made $90,000 last year, that would make $80,000 tax deductible.

This means you would only pay about $45,000 for the home. The $50,000 you are paying on a mortgage, down payment and fees, can be paid down over time.

I paid off my mortgage 18 years ago, and the mortgage payments I make on my house are higher than the taxes I pay on the money I made. It's amazing.I would love to have you tell me how to do that. The mortgage payments are between $1500-$2000 a month. I can pay all my other bills and still have money left over for entertainment. My family would be super excited if they could just pay off the mortgage.