Freelance Your Way to Freedom

24The Benefits of Systems That Work in Your Place

It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.

— Robert Kiyosaki

When it comes to financial freedom, at its rawest core is the need to switch from active to passive income in as many areas of your business as possible. Trading time for money is where we all must start. Building up freelancing businesses that turn into side hustle empires starts with active income. I was steeped in nothing but active income for the first five years of my journey, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

But at some point, you're going to have a thought: What if I could make this money in my sleep? What if you could work half of the hours you currently are, and make the same money, if not more? This is the thought that pops into every single millionaire’s and billionaire's brain in the world. They talk to each other about passive income in passing, like it's a normal, logical element of their businesses that's needed to scale it to the billions. They already know the financial freedom secret, while the rest of us complete our schooling and receive training at corporations that don't ever dare touch the concept of passive income.

But these billionaires, too, came from a place of not knowing at some point. They made the decision to reject what society was telling them and uncover the secret we are talking about right now. Can you fault them for it? They were—and ...