Tag: starting a business
Your Income Should Increase Every Year
Being an employee has many perks, like not worrying about anyone other than yourself. People become used to life as an employee, often choosing this over starting a business or creating content. But three things being an employee strips you off: freedom of time, money, and location. Today, I will talk specifically about freedom of…
Single Ladies, What Are Your Retirement Plans?
This piece will be an uncompromising look at the future of relationships, marriage, and retirement for both men and women. I don’t know if there has ever been a time where the division between men and women has been so visible. Sure, we can point to the 1950s and 1960s and say that women didn’t…
Become CEO of Yourself 2
The most challenging part of achieving everything we want in life is controlling our behaviors. We don’t have much control over the results of our actions; however, we can control our efforts to obtain great results. For example, we can wake up early every morning, make our beds, build our business, exercise, and read books…
5 Takeaways from “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook”
“Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook” by Gary Vaynerchuck is a book about content creation and entrepreneurship, two of my favorite subjects. Let me preface this article by saying that I love Gary V’s content. He is a pure entrepreneur, which is extremely rare. I watched a Gary V YouTube video where he said, “You should…
Overcome Financial Adversity
Everyone alive has some form of financial adversity to overcome. Even the people born with a silver spoon (rich) have to learn how to maintain their wealth. Let’s review some of the financial challenges we can all face at some time; then, we can work on overcoming them. Born poor. There is nothing we could…
The Balanced Writer: Write Full-Time while Working Full-Time
I never in a million years thought that I would ever release a book—definitely not a book that was 1,300 pages long. It turns out that I love to write, a passion that I believe that many people share with me. So why aren’t there more writers? In one word—life. Once we get out into…
Self-Storage vs. Mobile Home vs. RV Park 3: The Best Passive Large Business
We have taken a pleasant journey from a one-acre lot to a more oversized 10-acre lot. We built barn houses, RV hook-ups, and mobile homes. Today, we will buy a mega-sized commercial property already operating our business of choice. Welcome back to the Self-Storage vs. Mobile Home vs. RV Park series (Part 1, Part 2),…
The Metaverse 103: Business in the Metaverse
The world as we know it is about to change. We can either accept our fate or get left behind. But, there is a third option⎼we can profit from this change. The change I am referring to is the metaverse. Yes, the metaverse is the new buzzword around town, but it carries enormous implications. Previously,…
Don’t Gamble with Retirement 5
It’s been 95 days since the last article in the Don’t Gamble with Retirement series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). Over those 95 days, I have written 120 articles, plus created books and covers for each piece. It’s been a fantastic ride and one I look forward to continuing for the next…
Merry Debt-Free Christmas
How’s your holiday season going? Hopefully well. How about your finances? Again, hopefully well. If you are already debt-free, then I have some guidance for you on that front. If you are eager to reach that zero balance, this is the article for you. It’s hard to fully appreciate the finer things in life when…
The Core Values of Passive Income: Self-Education, Self-Motivation, Self-Dedication
A US Marine has three core values that we live by—honor, courage, and commitment. These are words we count on in the most difficult of times. Two years into my journey to financial independence, I found that there are also core values on this path. Building streams of passive income isn’t for everyone. In fact,…
The Magic of Being a Content Creator
I’ll be direct; the magic of being a content creator is that you are creating an advertising platform for a subject where your passion lies. Every single business needs some form of advertising to survive. Now, I will unpack these statements throughout this article, but I wanted to be clear. Content creators are entrepreneurs—strong ones.…
5 Takeaways from “Passive Income Freedom”
“Passive Income Freedom” by Gundi Gabrielle follows my heart by discussing my favorite topic, passive income. These words are music to my ears, and this book plays the perfect harmony. Inside the book, the author gives us over 23 passive income ideas. She thoroughly explains each concept, and you have enough resources to start further…
5 Takeaways from “Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds”
“Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds” by Joana Penn is a quick look into the future of writing, being an author, and book publishing. I have become hyper-aware of the necessity to prepare for the outlook of automation, blockchain, and virtual reality, so this book is right up my alley. The future is coming for…
Inflation vs. Passive Income 2: 5 Steps to Beat Inflation
Inflation is upon us. We are entering an inflationary time that the US hasn’t seen since the 1970s. We need to understand what inflation is and how we can combat it with sources of passive income. Luckily, I have been writing about inflation for the last 6-8 months, so I have some prior works you…
What Type of Home Business Should You Start 3: Online
After working in the “real world” for over 23 years, I am ready to start a home-based business. How about you? There are many businesses we can begin from home and make a decent living over the years. Welcome back to the What Type of Home-Based Business series (part 1, part 2), where I discuss…
Self-Storage vs. Mobile Home vs. RV Park: The Best Passive Small Business
The best part about reading tons of books is that eventually, you’ll start comparing things that people usually don’t compare. Today is one of those cases as I look at self-storage, mobile homes, and RV parks. However, I will not be looking at the sprawling, mega-acre versions of these businesses. Those huge properties are commercial…
The Average Millionaire has 7 Streams of Income
The average millionaire has seven streams of income—how many do you have? My wife and I will reach $1 million in our dividend portfolio in roughly five more years. However, we are not obsessed with becoming millionaires. You see, we are just following the steps that I laid out in my book “4 Steps to…
New Year’s Passive Income Resolution 2022
Happy New Year 2022! (Pause) Now it’s time to get to work. This year we have a big mission to complete. You can call it a goal or a resolution—the name doesn’t matter. We will take life seriously and build a passive income stream of $100/month by the end of 2022. “But Josh, $100/month is…
S.E.O. and Your New Business
How do you like getting things for free? Well, I know I love to receive as many freebies as I can. When it comes to business, the primary way to draw people to your product is through advertising. Most advertising you will have to pay for, but there are other ways to get free attention.…
