Today people spend almost as much money on services—cleaning, laundering, repairs, etc.—as they do on food, clothing, shelter, and entertainment. Why does so much of our income go for services? There are several reasons.
People today are busier than ever. They have little time to spend washing, cleaning, or repairing the various things they own. Products—autos, washing machines, TV sets, etc.—are more complex. The average man has neither the skill nor the desire to repair the complex products he owns. While he may dislike calling a TV repairman to fix his new color set, the average man really has little choice, unless he happens to be a TV specialist, which few of us are.
Everyone in the world today is slowly becoming wealthier. In highly developed nations, such as the United States, greater wealth encourages people to use, and pay for, more services. Thus, a woman who formerly washed clothes at home will send the clothing to the laundry as soon as she thinks she has enough money to afford it.
As a man you may have washed your car every weekend, partly to pass the time, partly because you like the exercise, and partly because you didn’t want to spend the money to have the car washed. But now that you have a few more dollars in your pocket you take your car to the auto wash. Within minutes you have a sparkling new gleam on your car which makes you feel more prosperous.
And so it goes. As time passes, we use more and more of our income for services. Soon we will spend more on services than we do on the necessities of life (food, shelter, medicine, etc.).
You can cash in on the boom in services by working in, or out of, your own home. Why? Because service businesses are ideally suited to being worked on in, or from, your home.
Later in this book you’ll find hundreds of home services listed. You can start any of these services—like floor waxing, income-tax consultation, furniture repair, auto towing, etc.—using your present knowledge, or new knowledge you acquire by self-training or by attending a course. If you open a franchised service business, your franchiser will give the course.
Get In on the magic growth of services today and you can be rich tomorrow-_all in your own home. Start with a small investment
less than $100 and watch it grow to thousands and thousands. You deserve the best in life. I want you to have it from the money you earn in the service business in your own home.