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Don't work until you die
Make money while you sleep
Mastery Mode
January 04, 2025
Imagine waking up to find your bank account growing — while you slept.
No more sacrificing your health, time with your loved ones and dreams for a paycheck.
The truth is, working until you die isn’t noble — it’s unnecessary.
It’s time to build a life that makes money work for you, not the other way around.
Insight
I have been familiar with this topic for a couple years now. But I got inspired to write about this and share my view after reading a Warren Buffet quote.
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
Unfortunately, most people don't understand the weight of these words.
This quote is completely true.
You need to build income sources that don't demand any additional work or time from you to generate recurrent profit.
That's the only path to true financial freedom.
Photo by Jonathan Borba.
You can't be free if you're a slave to your work.
Above all, being reliant solely on your own work is too risky. If anything happens that lower your performance, your income will suffer.
You might get sick, have a family emergency, find difficulty updating your skillset overtime, you might want to focus on other passions, etc.
All of those listed impact negatively on your work performance and consequently your income.
You need to build assets that allow you to disassociate from your own labor to maintain your lifestyle.
I know it is hard out here.
You might be struggling to make money while awake so making money while sleeping sounds alien. You are trying to solve a more urgent matter right now. I get it.
I am just trying to enlighten you to one simple thing:
Don't get the income you always dreamed of at the expense of all your time, energy and mental health.
Time is not money. Time is life. Photo by Stas Knop.
Being financially free without burnout is completely possible.
Having an active income that doesn't rely much on your time and work is achievable.
Passive income is the way to get even more profit and true stability in life.
Making money is not the key to wealth. Keeping it, growing it, and earning while you’re not working is.
Actionable Step
Start to research about passive income.
Below I listed some of the things I am investing at the moment or pretending to invest in the future.
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
Crypto
Dividend Stocks
Rental Properties
High-Yield Savings Accounts or Bonds
CREATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Books & E-books
Online Courses
Software or Apps
Digital Templates
Music & Movies
Patents & Licensing
Membership Sites
E-COMMERCE
Print on demand
Dropshipping
Amazon FBA
Some options will require an initial amount to invest. Some of them will only require an initial time to develop, market and sell. Some of them will require minor effort overtime to manage - which can be outsourced to other people taking the work from your hands.
I believe the most on Real Estate, Stocks, Intellectual Property - this one particularly books, courses, music and software. You might like other things. All of them might not be fit for you. Find the ones that work best for your situation and life goals.
Start researching, building and investing NOW.
The earlier you start, the earlier you will see results. Fail fast, win fast.
The longer you take to experiment, the longer it will be to find what truly works for you.
The Curated Corner
A selection of handpicked gems.
In this clip Bob Proctor - businessman and best seller author - talks about different income strategies and how to earn more money without sacrificing your time. | Grant Cardone - entrepreneur, author, and international speaker - shares his views about passive income and how he diversifies his income sources. |
🎵 Calm Our official playlist with relaxing music to calm you down. You can listen to these tracks to work, to study, to relax or even go to sleep. Listen now on Spotify. If you enjoy it, save the playlist. | I love this book. Robert Kiyosaki - investor and best seller author - tells his story of growing up with two dads - his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad - and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. You’ll get some great insights with this one. |
Speak Your Mind
Do you invest? Are you familiar with passive income? What kind of passive income do you see yourself investing in the near future?
If you have any questions or comments, just reply to this email or send a message on Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.
I hope this either opened your eyes for the first time or reminded you of the possibilities financial freedom can achieve in your life.
My main goal working today is to get my time back and work as I please - not from a place of necessity.
Happy New Year by the way! New year, same grind. Let’s get it!
Best regards,
James - Founder of Mastery Mode