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phil
@phil
One of the best lessons to learn early in life is how it feels to make money by the hour, as a salary, and through self-employment. They are profoundly different. I know people happily employed in each mode. I also know people who are dissatisfied because their personality doesn’t match their earning style.
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Earning styles are like relationship styles. Might not need to try every one of them, but if dissatisfied, they are among the things to think about.
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
@ryanrodenbaugh.eth
One of my best lessons early in life was how it felt to make money doing manual labor. Had a summer job doing manual labor at like age 16. It paid well for a 16 year old, but man I hated it. One of my childhood best friends still does work like that. He loves it. He could never ever sit at a desk.
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@aviationdoctor.eth
Very true. I’ve only ever been a “salary man”, but making some (modest) gains day trading crypto for fun has opened my mind to the limitless/uncapped $ potential for someone able to consistently excel at what they do. That’s a very novel perspective for someone earning a predictable amount of $ every month.
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Jack Miller
@cosimojack.eth
I like this framing a lot. Give you maximum coverage to explore your own style will also teaching you: -Value of a dollar -Value of time -Value accrual
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Moving from "hours for dollars" to untethering time worked/money earned is a huge mindset shift. Most adults have to ask permission to do things like take a day off, or even take a long lunch break. I understand why, it just seems so strange that this is still how the world works.
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One is scalable because earnings are not tied to labour. To have leverage on earnings these must be decoupled.
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