The lazy way to get rich

Hmmm. And what if I'm too lazy to think up of smarter ways to accomplish my task? Lazy is NOT a good word that you've chosen to describe whatever it is that you're trying to describe. Perhaps hard work does describe mindless, teeth-gritting effort but that hardly makes its antonym an appropriate descriptor of your "way to success". I still say you should use terms as "passionate work" and "achieve your dreams by enjoying yourself" vs. "being lazy" and "achieving everything without doing nothing". Technically speaking hard work folks are being lazy in that they aren't using their brains. They're too lazy to think up (or inquire about) ways that bring far greater levels of productivity with minimalstic input. So very ironically, you're rooting for hard work when you're advocating your "Lazy Way to Success". (But of course, I get the real message you seem to be trying to send. Be. Passionate. About. Your. Work. Hopefully others do too.)

Unfortunately I have not been able to find a single suitable word in the English language to describe what I am talking about. I use the word “lazy” but, except for a few enlightened souls who see the cosmic value contained within that word, laziness is generally regarded as a strictly negative trait. To fill this void, I have tried to create phrases that come close to what I am driving at. Some examples are smart lazy, effective lazy, and foxy lazy (for Jimi Hendrix fans). The definition for this powerful insight into laziness would be the ability to avoid work, yet still be able to get the job done and become wildly successful as a result.

At one point or the other, we all want to get rich or at least financially stable. Unfortunately, we can’t all be rich. Getting rich does not necessarily mean you have to be on your feet 24/7. You will be amazed by the list of lazy ways to getting rich after reading the write-up.

Gertrude Stein, who was a writer and avid art collector, once wrote, “I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.” How many people have said that throughout the years? Surely everyone at one point in their life has had the desire to make a ton of money, but not everyone does. It seems like it would be a lot of really hard work to become a millionaire, or at least financially stable. There must be a way to earn a lot of cash without having to work on your feet twenty-four hours a day. Here are ten lazy ways to get rich. They may not all be easy and for few of them, a lot of luck will be needed, but for a lot of them, you possibly won’t even have to leave your couch.

To be honest, I find the simplest investment strategies most appealing. I just finished reading Paul Farrell’s The Lazy Person’s Guide to Investing, for example, and I found myself drawn to the “lazy portfolios” he describes. Lazy portfolios are collections of index funds. Because these portfolios are balanced — they contain stocks and bonds — they mitigate risk while providing excellent returns. Best of all, they take very little time to maintain.

Fred, I've been enjoying your perspective as a lurker for several months now. While "lazy" caught my eye, I think what you're really talking about is "the effortless way to make money." Dictionary.com lists effort as the difficult exertion of unusually earnest physical or mental energy, applying force against inertia to accomplish something. It seems to me that your whole point is that when something requires difficulty, earnestness, force, that it's not a good way to solve the problem. Sometimes seriousness and dignity is appropriate, e.g. a funeral, but all that force and struggle is not really required. And the people who have told us that money only comes to those who suffer are not telling us the whole truth. I hope you'll be too lazy to change the title, however. "The effortless way to get rich" wouldn't be as catchy. Thanks!