The Best Way to Double Your Income in an Economic Crisis

This is not about working more hours

David O.
Publishous
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4 min readApr 5, 2020

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If you double your expectations, you will double your income. The big secret of thriving in an economic downturn is scaling your relevance. This means finding every other use case for your skills.

There is more than one way to use your skillset in a productive way. In a booming economy, you may be blind to every other way of earning with your skills. But when challenging times like this comes, you have to take the limits off and explore every option.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to work long hours. In fact, it is not about working more hours. You should be thinking about how you can work fewer hours. You should be thinking of what you can automate.

Take what you have and apply it to a different group. Think about how you can be rewarded twice for the same work.

Stop thinking of how you can afford your dream with your current salary

Your income cannot rise above your mindset. If it does, it will go back down. You have to first see yourself as someone that earns such an amount. And you act like it.

The difference between a dream and mere fantasy is commitment. Don’t let go of…

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David O.
Publishous

I investigate things and write about them. Mostly around wealth, money, rich people, career, and business success. Not financial advice