Free Money to Change Your Life

Help......Page 0
Read the Book......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Isn’t It About Time?......Page 8
This Book Takes Work......Page 13
01 - Lesko's Lessons On Life......Page 16
Money Is No Cure All......Page 17
You Can't Buy Someone Else's Magic......Page 18
Strive For Failure......Page 19
Your Fears Are Wrong......Page 21
Goals Are a Trap......Page 23
Credentials Don't Count......Page 25
It's Never Too Late......Page 27
Too Much Money Is Bad......Page 29
Too Much Education......Page 30
The Best Information Is Free......Page 32
Plan For The Worst......Page 35
Loved Ones Can Be Your Worst Enemy......Page 37
Nobody Cares If You Fail......Page 38
Retirement Is Passe......Page 39
Be Your Own Hero......Page 42
Three Cheers For Mediocrity......Page 44
Life Is A Smorgasbord......Page 46
Control Your Life Or Someone Else Will......Page 47
The Experts Are Wrong......Page 48
Being Different Works......Page 50
Look At All The Stupid People Doing Well......Page 52
Giving Is Selfish......Page 53
Enthusiasm Is Renewable Energy......Page 55
Bigger Isn't Always Better......Page 57
Make Something Bigger Than Yourself......Page 59
Invest In Yourself, Not The Stock Market......Page 61
Don't Put The Hurdles Too High......Page 63
There's Always More Than One Way To Get There......Page 65
Leisure Is Boring When Your Work Is Fun......Page 67
Train Yourself For Chaos......Page 69
First, Please Yourself......Page 70
Don't Worry If You Can't Fix It......Page 72
Anticipation Is Always Worse Than Reality......Page 74
Technology Won't Pass You By......Page 75
The Hard Decisions Are The Best......Page 77
Assets Are A Trap......Page 78
Don't Trust Me......Page 79
02 - I Wanna Go to School......Page 81
78 Federal Money Programs Worth $30 Billion......Page 82
Over $3 Billion In State Aid For Students......Page 114
03 - I Wanna Write a Book......Page 136
I Wanna Write A Book......Page 137
04 - I Wanna Travel......Page 170
I Wanna Travel......Page 171
05 - I Wanna Be an Artist, Singer, Dancer, Writer, Photographer......Page 198
The Words "Poor and Starving" Don't Have To Apply To Artists Any Longer!......Page 199
Attention Artists! Over $180,000,000 Available From State Governments......Page 204
06 - I Wanna Be a Freelancer......Page 227
The Joys of Freelancing: Starting a Business Without Money......Page 228
How To Become a Freelancer With The Government......Page 232
How Artists, Designers, and Photographers Can Get Freelance Government Contracts......Page 262
How to Get Video Production and Voiceover Contracts From The Federal Government......Page 275
How Freelance Writers and Editors Can Get Government Contracts......Page 281
07 - I Wanna Start My Own Business......Page 291
Small Business Development Centers......Page 292
Microenterprise: When You Need Just A Little Money To Start A Big New Business......Page 413
State Money and Help For Your Business......Page 488
Federal Money Programs For Your Business......Page 721
Government Contracts: How to Sell Your Goods and Services To The World's Largest Buyer......Page 746
Venture Capital: Finding A Rich Angel......Page 780
Money to Start a Business if You Are a Minority......Page 841
08 - I Wanna Start a Business And I Have No Money......Page 853
Unconventional Loan Programs......Page 854
Free Business Assistance Programs......Page 889
09 - I Wanna Be a Real Estate Entrepreneur......Page 925
Federal Money for Housing and Real Estate......Page 926
State Money for Housing and Real Estate......Page 948
Free Grants, Low Interest Loans, and Tax Credits to Renovate Historic Homes and Buildings......Page 979
10 - I Wanna Be an Inventor......Page 997
Help For Inventors: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights......Page 998
Invention Scams: How They Work......Page 1007
Free Help for Inventors......Page 1009
State Sources for Inventors......Page 1014
Government Buys Bright Ideas From Inventors: Small Business Innovative Research Programs (SBIR)......Page 1040
11 - I Wanna Start My Own Nonprofit......Page 1042
I Wanna Start My Own Nonprofit......Page 1043
12 - I Wanna Be a Volunteer......Page 1072
I Wanna Be a Volunteer......Page 1073
13 - I Wanna Be Trained......Page 1079
Free On-The-Job Training Apprenticeship Skills Programs......Page 1080
Free Training or $6,000 For College If You're Laid Off Or Can't Get A Job......Page 1112
Free Training For Those Who Lose Their Jobs Because of Increased Trade With Mexico or Canada......Page 1121
Free Training If You Lose Your Job From Increased Imports From Other Countries......Page 1122
Free Training for Teens and Low-Income Unemployed Adults......Page 1131
Free Job Training and Education For Kids and High School Dropouts......Page 1266
Free Training for Workers Who Are Laid Off Because Their Factories Complied With Air Pollution Laws......Page 1295
Free Training If You Are Laid Off Due To Defense Cutbacks......Page 1296
Free Training If You Were Laid Off By A Defense Contractor......Page 1297
How To Make A High School Diploma Worth More Than The Paper It's Written On......Page 1298
Free Job Training For Food Stamp Recipients......Page 1330
Free Job Training for Dead Beat Dads......Page 1332
Free Job Training and More For Foster Care Teens......Page 1334
Triple Your Salary With Job Training for Migrant and Farmworkers......Page 1343
Free Job Training, GED Courses, and Guaranteed Jobs For High School Kids and Poverty Zone Drop Outs......Page 1356
Free Jobs And Training For Dropouts Interested In Careers In The Construction Industry......Page 1362
State Employment Agencies......Page 1383
State Funded Job Training Assistance......Page 1401
14 - I Wanna Get Experience to Get a Better Job......Page 1472
Federal Government Jobs, Internships, and Student Educational Employment Programs......Page 1473
State Government Internships For Students......Page 1504
Smithsonian Institution Internships and Fellowships......Page 1538
U.S. Department of State Internships......Page 1554
Millions in Fellowships and Training Opportunities for Students Interested in a Career in Health Care......Page 1564
15 - I Wanna Government Job......Page 1566
Looking For a Job With the Federal Government......Page 1567
State Government Jobs......Page 1641
16 - I Wanna Get Money And I'm Out of Work......Page 1651
I Wanna Get Money and I'm Out of Work......Page 1652
17 - I Wanna Get My GED Or More Adult Education......Page 1664
I Wanna Get My GED......Page 1665
State Directors of Adult Education......Page 1666
Free Adult Education Training On-The-Job......Page 1679
Free Help For Migrant Workers Who Want To Get Their GEDs......Page 1692
Free Tutoring and Financial Counseling For Migrant Workers Who Want to Go to College......Page 1700
Free Tutors and Other Services To Help Low-Income School Dropouts Reach College......Page 1703
Free Help in Getting a College Degree If You Are a Low Income High School Student......Page 1743
Free Training for Parents To Make Them Better at Doing Homework......Page 1837
18 - I Wanna Fix Up My Neighborhood......Page 1846
Federal Empowerment Zones Offer Jobs, Job Training and Small Business Help......Page 1847
State Enterprise Zones Offer Jobs and Small Business Help......Page 1888
Money For Communities and Nonprofits......Page 1921
19 - I Wanna New Career And I'm a Woman......Page 1964
Money and Help For Women Entrepreneurs......Page 1965
Women's Business Ownership Representatives......Page 1973
Local Woman-To-Woman Entrepreneur Help Centers......Page 1987
State Women Business Assistance Programs......Page 1992
State Women's Business Advocates......Page 2006
Separated, Divorced, Widowed Women Get Free Help From 1200 Offices......Page 2010
Free Training in Transportation Jobs for Women and Minorities......Page 2013
Commissions, Committees, and Councils On the Status of Women......Page 2016
Special One-on-One Business Training For Women Only......Page 2049
$10 Million Available to Train Women In the Construction Industry (So why isn't it being used?)......Page 2052
Free Training and Jobs for Women Who Want to Work in a "Man's" World......Page 2056
Millions Set Aside For Welfare Moms To Start Their Own Businesses......Page 2085
Free Help For Girls and Women Interested in Math and Science......Page 2091
20 - I Wanna New Career And I'm Over 50......Page 2096
Special Programs to Help the Elderly Get Jobs......Page 2097
Free or Cheap College Tuition For Seniors......Page 2120
21 - I Wanna New Career And I'm Disabled......Page 2192
Free Job Training, Help and Money for the Disabled......Page 2193
State Client Assistance Program (CAP)......Page 2225
22 - I Wanna New Career And I'm a Veteran......Page 2234
I Wanna New Career And I'm a Veteran......Page 2235
Free Tutoring and Counseling for Veterans Interested in a College Education......Page 2244
Non-Competitive Government Jobs......Page 2250
Small Business Administration......Page 2256
Veterans' Employment and Training Service and Regional Administrators......Page 2270
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Offices and Vet Centers......Page 2286
23 - I Wanna New Career And I'm an Ex-Offender......Page 2314
I Wanna New Career And I'm an Ex-Offender......Page 2315
24 - Free Help to Write a Resume......Page 2348
Free Help to Write a Resume......Page 2349
25 - Job Hunt on the Internet......Page 2352
Job Hunt on the Internet......Page 2353
General Career Sites......Page 2356
Career Planning......Page 2371
Specialized Career Sites......Page 2373
Regional Employment in the United States......Page 2400
International Employment......Page 2407
26 - Help With Choosing a Career......Page 2409
Help With Choosing a Career......Page 2410
State Labor Offices......Page 2413
27 - How Do I Check Out a Move?......Page 2423
How Do I Check Out A Move?......Page 2424
Crime In Your Neighborhood......Page 2431
Sample The State Statistics......Page 2441
Highway Information Closer To Home......Page 2471
Go To School Before Your Kid Does......Page 2482
Housing Made Affordable......Page 2494
State Housing Assistance......Page 2496
Insurance: Car, Homeowner, and Health......Page 2505
Put Your Money In A Safe (Place, That Is)......Page 2513
28 - How Do I Take Care Of The Kids?......Page 2521
How Do I Take Care Of The Kids?......Page 2522
Money For Child Care Or Even To Start A Day Care Center......Page 2526
More Child Care Help Close To Home......Page 2537
Child Care Money for Those On or Just Off AFDC......Page 2546
Comprehensive Child Development Centers......Page 2556
Check Out Day Care Before You Sign Up Junior......Page 2560
JOBS For You......Page 2569
Child Care Help From Your State......Page 2577
29 - How Do I Get Free Research Help?......Page 2587
Animals and Agriculture......Page 2588
Business and Industry......Page 2593
Consumer and Housing......Page 2605
Criminal Justice......Page 2614
Education And The Arts......Page 2619
Energy and Environment......Page 2628
Health......Page 2646
National and World Affairs......Page 2665
Other......Page 2671
Statistics......Page 2680
30 - I Wanna Change My Name......Page 2685
I Wanna Change My Name......Page 2686
FREE BONUS!......Page 2687
How I Started With A Phone And A Desk And Turned It Into A Million Dollar Information Brokerage Business......Page 2689
Five Basic Steps For Starting An Information Brokerage Company With As Little Money As Possible......Page 2691
What You DON'T Need To Start an Information Brokerage Business......Page 2692
What You DO Need To Start An Information Brokerage Business......Page 2696
What Are You Going To Sell And To Whom?......Page 2697
How To Find Customers......Page 2699
Five Ways To Get Customers Without Breaking Your Bank......Page 2700
PRESS RELEASE......Page 2706
How to Keep A Customer......Page 2709
What's Good and Bad About Using Computers In The Information Age......Page 2711
How To Use Your Computer... To Sell Government Information......Page 2718
How To Write A Proposal......Page 2722
Beginning Your Research Project......Page 2725
How To Write A Report......Page 2728
Report on Outlet Mall Venture......Page 2730
Why Government Information Is Necessary For An Information Brokerage Business......Page 2734
Why Doesn't The Average Person Understand The Value Of Government Information?......Page 2738
The Art Of Getting A Bureaucrat To Help You......Page 2741
Case Study: Jelly Beans......Page 2746
Coping With Misinformation......Page 2751
Using Industry Sources And Overcoming The "Negative Researching Syndrome"......Page 2755