Average Worker

Your Business as Investment

All your income comes from your hourly work.

Income comes from multiple recurring, income streams.

You envision your new business as a job: "I am my own boss". There are only so many hours in the day, your mind must constantly be thinking of new ways to bring income to your pocket.  

You have to view your business as an income-producer. You are the architect, the designer of your own future.

Work 6 hours, get paid for 6 hours.

Work 6 hours as an investment for later greater income potential. May not see any immediate results from work, so patience is required. You are building a foundation, refining a system.

Income cap: hours you want to work X amount you can charge per hour. This is a job working for someone else, your product is yourself.

Income cap: none! Potentially infinite income. Tied to your creativity and dedication, not the number of hours in a day.

Someone else spends time/energy/money looking for more clients to pay your hourly fee, they reap the rewards.

Spend time/energy/money building systems that generate income without further work. You have no limit to your income.

Work once, get paid once.

Work once, cleverly, and get paid over and over.

Work for someone else and you build their business. Work longer and harder, their business is still reaps the rewards of your toil.

Work on your business. "Work smarter" Focus on automating your work process as you work. Every new day brings new horizons for you to reap the rewards of your hard work.

Works toward retirement and hopes for enough to live on afterward.

Works because it is a pleasure, using creative imagination, delayed gratification, willingness to learn and try new things, long-term view. Yeah, you might retire, but why when your having fun.

Ultimate goal: retirement after 40 years of work with modest pension.

Ultimate goal: complete financial freedom as soon as possible (5-10 years is a realistic goal).