As I have mentioned before, I have always had an entrepreneurial side. Recently, I have been focusing more on ways to make extra cash on the side. One thing that seems to keep hitting me in the face is the need for me to get into making a profitable online business.

I get really motivated every time I learn new techniques and next thing I know I lose all the built up steam. Well some new light has been shed onto the fire so to speak and I have learned a ton over just the past couple of days. I am once again excited and motivated to see if I can make something work.

I don’t really want to discuss the ideas I have come across just yet. Simply because I don’t want to throw suggestions out there without really knowing they work as advertised. But if I find certain things to be as successful as I am hoping, I will make sure to share my experiences.

So sometime over the holiday season, I plan to take my first couple of steps in trying to start up a cash machine over the net. I will post here and let you know how it goes.

It is funny, after writing that last piece on the BCS bowls I am fittingly staying in Blacksburg tonight for work. Yes, the home of the Hokies. If it wasn’t for Va Tech, there would be absolutely nothing out here.

I used to love staying in hotels in college when playing away games for baseball. It was fun. I still like going to hotels when I am on vacation or at a casino. But staying at hotels for work sucks! Especially since I know what I have to do tomorrow.

When I first signed on to this job about 3 years ago, it was originally an outdoor sales position for outdoor advertising. For at least the last year, I rarely do sales and it has become nearly 80% maintenance of current signs within the state of Virginia, and yes I have to do the whole state of VA.

A monkey could do my job just as easily as I do. I have thought about leaving this account executive position many of times, but one thing or another keeps me here (like being offered promotions to assistant GM, that I still have yet to receive). I have weeks where I see the reasons why I like my job. Then there are weeks and months where I have to ask myself how I am still with my company.

Unfortunately times are tough right now, economically speaking, and I still am happy that I hold a job in these times. But now I feel stuck here knowing that there just isn’t much else for me to fall back on. No, poker is not something I can fall back on at the moment, though I hope that can be the case in the future.

I have taken those assessment tests to see what type of stuff I would like to do. The specific test that was given to me also compared my thinking style, behavioral traits, and interests. The test also compares your scores to people already in the workforce with similar types of traits.

At the top of the list for me was CEO and small business owner. Sales and stock trader weren’t far behind, though I am starting to think that I don’t like sales. The only thing that didn’t make me a perfect match for CEO was that my math results were a little above the average needed to be CEO. So essentially saying that being CEO might not challenge me enough in that category.

I have always known that I wanted to be on my own and run my own business. It is something that I still plan to do one day. Whether it is owning a gas station, online store, or just playing poker for a living, whatever; I definitely feel I would be much happier.

I just hope that one day I can find a way to own or run such a type of thing.

Ok, done ranting….let me go fire up some poker.

Oh and for a link to the test (and other tests) that was given to me by someone close to me it is here: www.attributesforsuccess.com, unfortunately they are not free.