3 Breakthrough Insights That 5x’d My Income in 2025

How doing less helped me earn more than ever before

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I struggled for 4 years to make $10,000 in a single month.

I tried every productivity hack under the sun:

• Batching
• Longer hours
• Pomodoro

Nothing worked.

Then one day, a stranger messaged me on LinkedIn — “Hey, I read your article about writing on LinkedIn. Are you available for ghostwriting?”

That message turned into a $6,000/month client.

Then another person reached out.
And another.

That’s when I realized something painfully obvious…

The only time I made big money was when people found my writing.

Yet I was giving it 20% of my time while drowning in low-impact tasks.

Once I flipped that ratio, everything changed.

And it taught me my most valuable lesson to date:

Your not-to-do list matters more than your to-do list.

1. Knowing the best use of your time > working harder