Make Money While You Sleep

Don't be fooled by the title of this book. The author isn't selling some quick rich scheme. What this book does is explain how to turn your ideas, skills and knowledge into online courses that can make you money longer term - and, ultimately, while you sleep. But that involves putting in the time and energy to create the material and to market it.

The book gives a detailed breakdown of the process to do this from coming up with the ideas to the reasons why some people succeed when others don't, to using social media and how to create the courses and release them into the world - and everything in between. It was a good practical approach, with lots of encouragement thrown in. I imagine the author may end up selling more of her courses as a result of this book as well, as she mentioned these on a number of occasions in the book. But I think that was in the spirit of the book and also potentially another way to demistify the process for people who want to go down this route.

The author is very clear that you need to put the time in to make a success of online courses and that it can be a difficult process. But also that moving into this world can create a better work life balance and more freedom.

I also think a number of aspects of this book can be applied in a range of business ventures. For example, the details on the diffirent social media platforms or taking payments is relevant beyond online courses. So, I think the book also has the potential to help people more widely to find the freedom they are looking for, as long as they're willing to put the time and effort in to get the results.