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Your Salary Won’t Make You Rich — But This Simple System Might
Forget about raises and promotions
You’re doing everything “right.” You show up early. You stay late. You take the performance reviews seriously. You’ve even floated the idea of “taking on more responsibility” to your manager.
And yet, each time the cost of living goes up, your paycheck seems to lag just behind it — like a dog chasing a car it’ll never catch. Sure, you may get some breadcrumbs in the form of a 2% raise, but it never quite makes up for everything else.
Most people live this way for decades, through no fault of their own. The employment system of today’s world is a far cry from decency, and it seems to keep going in that direction for the foreseeable future.
The sobering truth? Your salary alone, in this shape and form, won’t make you rich. Not now. Not ever. No matter how hard you work or how loyal you stay. Salaries are not made to build wealth, rather only to sustain subsistence.
But there’s a smarter way to use the time and skills you already have — one that doesn’t require quitting your job, taking massive risks, or hustling around the clock. You just need a system.
