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Our Solution

How to Fix the Financially Challenged Earthlings

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Help others become self-employed while cutting expenses, living without a car and exercising daily.

Pitch us on your solution

The problem is misinformation. We are bombarded to work for someone else then spend every dime. The financially challenged buy this lie. The solution is showing the financially challenged a better alternative which means spending less, becoming self employed and exercise daily. Scaled globally people would become healthier and less stressed. Add walking rather than using a car and pollution levels decline reducing global warming.

What is the problem you are solving?

The main reason people have health risks is a lack of worthwhile information that can help them improve.

Everyone that makes low wages are affected.

The contributing factor is misinformation. We are bombarded to work for someone else then spend every dime. The financially challenged buy this lie.

Who are you serving?

My plan works in every city for anyone that makes less than $50,000 a year.

This is in the idea stage, have not worked with anyone.

Solution addresses their needs because my plan reduces stress and increases income making it affordable to buy nutritional food.

What is your solution?

1. Convince people that make less than $50,000 a year to become self-employed. The stress people encounter from working for employers that pay low wages causes health problems. Helping people start a business on the side means they will eventually quit working for someone else and over time make enough money to live without worrying about making ends meet.

There are hundreds of ways to make money self-employed. This article shows just a few of the possibilities.

113 Legitimate Ways to Make Extra Money on the Side by Jeff Proctor

Instead of welfare offices requiring people to work for an employer, they are better serving the public by offering classes and workshops on how to become self-employed.

Another option is to set up booths at community events with one to one counseling sessions. Welfare offices and other public service agencies can join forces working on this together.

2. During these classes or at community events show people how to spend less money which reduces stress and makes them less likely to become sick. Make a list of expenses and decide which ones to cut. Can you live without television and movies? Forget about concerts? Avoid sporting events? Convince people to take some of the money that is saved and open a savings account which reduces stress even more. Use some of the extra money saved from spending less to buy nutritional food which reduces the chances of people becoming sick.

The goal is to have a huge spread between the amount you make and the amount you spend. Better to make 25,000 a year and spend 15,000 a year than to make 50,000 a year and spend 49,000 a year.

3. Help people live close enough to grocery stores and other necessary shops that they can easily survive without using a car. Walking everywhere reduces the amount of pollution which reduces global warming.

4. Finally convince people to take the extra time available from not watching TV, seeing movies or concerts and get them to exercise. Show people choices such as walking, swimming and biking. Buy a trampoline at a garage sale and jump up and down for a long time.

Which dimensions of the challenge does your solution most closely address?

Prevent infectious disease outbreaks and vector-borne illnesses
Reduce the incidence of NCDs from air pollution, lack of exercise, or unhealthy food

Where is your solution team headquartered?

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Our solution's stage of development:

Concept