Reprogram Your Understanding of Money to Reach Financial Independence Faster than You Think

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The traditional model of financial independence is broken.

We’re chasing the wrong definition which is why we fall short. According to the golden rules set by Wall Street, financial independence is when you have enough money to live the rest of your life without earning money.

Stupid.

Most of us aren’t going to reach that stage of life. Or, when we do we’ll keep changing what is ‘enough’ money. I’ve been there a few times.

Let’s rewrite the meaning.

Financial independence is when you’ve got off the drug of comfort money from a job. It means you don’t depend on your job solely to pay the bills. They can fire you tomorrow and you’ll simply say, “fuggit.” It’s when wifi money helps make you money outside of your salary.

Doesn’t mean you don’t work and sit in your undies like a bum. It just means that you have a recurring model of income that refocuses the rest of your life on work you actually enjoy, rather than boring KPI work done solely for money.

Here are a few killer ideas to help you reach the upgraded version of financial independence…