If you are lucky enough you may be able to work overtime. That is probably the easiest way - to do your own job, the job you know well. However, many don't have that opportunity. In fact you may be looking to increase your wealth because your hours are being cut or worse still - your job is under threat!

Well, you can look for another job to supplement your existing income but this has its problems. Firstly with many people being laid off, the extra jobs are just not out there. Even if you can find something you are interested in you are limited by the hours you can put in.

Let's say you are already working eight hours a day in "the day job" then you need to find more hours to go out to work again. How many hours can you reasonably offer that will give you that significant extra income?

That would depend on the type of extra work you may be considering. Bar work, mini cab driver, cleaning, catering etc all of which will give you extra money but let's be honest, the rate of pay may not meet your requirements, especially if you have limited hours to offer. To top it all, you will be extremely exhausted if you have to keep it up for a length of time.

You could consider investing some of your money - but in these uncertain times where do you invest? Many people are losing out and not getting the return on their investments, so you may not want to risk losing your hard earned savings.

What a bleak picture I appear to be painting! Not really. I am only describing the way that the majority of people approach trying to increase their wealth. There are many people out there making a good living and extending their wealth by taking a different approach.

Why not take the easy way, work from home, work for yourself, work when you want too. Sounds like a dream doesn't it. Something all of us want to do. Be in charge of ourselves, our finances, and our destiny. Well it is possible and financially viable.

Take a look at the opportunities that are available online. Examine Internet marketing. Now I hear you say "but I don't know anything about the Internet, let alone, Internet marketing". Well most people don't when they start out. Just do a Google search and you will be surprised at how much information and advice there is. From learning to write ebooks (electronic books, downloadable from the internet) to creating your own business online.

The most exciting aspect about this extra earning potential is that it can be unlimited. It depends how much time you want to invest but there are people out there earning a vast amount of money for as little as 4-5 hours per week. Don't believe me? then check them out for yourselves on the Internet.

These people are even earning while they are asleep. Once they have created their product (and it is all explained on many of the websites how to do this) sales are being made 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. How? Because the Internet is available worldwide so people can do business all day every day.

So looking to increase your wealth - take a different approach. Don't be limited by the hours you can physically work. Take a look at the new opportunities available to you via the Internet.