You have a good job with good benefits and you feel pretty well set. You have some bills. Rent, car payment and credit cards, but you are able to meet them. There's no money left over, nothing for a real emergency but things are pretty good.

We hear everyday about addiction. Drug addiction, Alcohol addiction and obesity, but nothing is said about job addiction. Because that is what it is. We become hooked on the drug of security. Our pension plan and the other perks that are nothing but carrots to keep us in the old 9 to 5 rut.

In fact, we become so addicted that when the rug is pulled out from under our feet in the name of downsizing or the company outsources our job and we find our self out on the street, job withdrawal sets in and we become frantic in our efforts to find another job. And what if we do find another job? In reality it amounts to no more than any addict getting a temporary fix.

You must face this fact, no one, not an employer or the government is going to provide you security. You must do it yourself. You must become self sufficient. But how? You can start your own business in the brick and mortar world, if you have the skills and the capital to do so. But, the way things are in today's business world, your chances might be slim on succeeding. So what is the answer?

The Internet. More money is being made today online and faster than any time in history. Online business is truly the new frontier, a chance for anyone with moderate common sense to achieve wealth. Now is the time for you to start. You can start part time with little or no experience or capital.

You can get free websites or blogs, free email and you don't need your own product. This is the age of information and people are going online by the hundreds of thousands, from all over the world to obtain information of every kind. The best part is that they are ready and willing to pay you to provide it.

This might stun you, but you don't even need to have the information or even know anything about it in order to be paid to provide it. All you need do is to become an affiliate for someone that can provide this information. In other words you just direct the person that is seeking the information to the person that can provide the information and you get paid. You are not limited in the programs that you can become affiliated with. You can associate yourself with one or a hundred in all different fields. Some affiliate marketers are earning $500,000 to over a million dollars a year.

Yes, online affiliate marketing is truly the new gold rush and now is the time for you to stake your claim.