I will give you the ultimate skill that can be ‘best’ and ‘easiest’ below as I see it.
But for that, you’d need to answer two questions:
- How do you define ‘best’?
- What’s easy for you?
Here is what’s best & easy for me: I know a lot about personal finance for location-independent people. I do this for a living and enjoy it very much. I like helping others make sense of their finances, and specifically, I relate very well to digital nomads, as I know their lifestyle.
Is this the best and easiest thing for you? Of course not! You have a different skill (and I probably don’t).
So, ‘best’ and ‘easy’ in what sense? Is this done by making a lot of money? Is this by having a stress-free job? Is this by creating a nice passive income? Is this by feeling fulfilled helping others?
By the way, ‘best’ and ‘easy’ might not coincide with each other:
- Being stress-free might mean not only having many work hours but also having a low income. It’s ‘easy’ but not ‘best’
- Have a stressful job where you must work endless hours but make loads of money. You can say it’s ‘best’ but is it ‘easy’?!
There is one skill, however, which everyone has. So, it’s ‘easy’ to start. It might not be the ‘best’ for you, but it’s a start to perhaps making it ‘best’ for you. If it doesn’t become ‘best’ for you, you can still develop other skills that can help you along the way to reach the ‘best’ as well.
Another way of going ‘easy,’ as mentioned by Kristin M Wilson, is doing something you already know and can do or adapt to online.
Humans are remarkable at adapting and changing, so you can do that. Here is a little story that manifests this:
If you are reading this, around July 2020, the world was hit by Coronavirus. People are stuck at home, out of work (if they can’t work remotely), and generally in a bad financial situation.
This morning, my wife told me about a person in our town offering in the neighborhood’s WhatsApp group a new service:
Moving people’s tapes, photo films, and CDs into digital files.
He put the ad there, and the response from people immediately: “Yes, I’m interested,” “Can I have the price list?” etc.
It’s a simple idea and works. He just started a new business! Considering limitations, it’s ‘easy’ to start and ‘best’ for him now.
So, think out of the box of the skills you already have or teach a language. Good luck!