By utilizing these multiple sources I am able to weather a storm of issues while others around me are capsized by the slightest wave. To give you one example: I was recently laid off from a contract position I held with a training company. The reasons are not important but it suffices to say that the company thought they could afford my services but as it turned out could not. For some people this is a devastating blow. The loss of a full time contract would hamper what they could do. Fortunately for me I have Multiple Income Streams and by simply boosting one of the other streams I have I was able to absorb the loss. As a matter of fact, because I now had more free time I was able to develop 2 more streams to feed into my overall earnings.