November 2022
Beginner
272 pages
4h 22m
English
Content preview from Freelance Your Way to Freedom
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FOREWORD
I'm currently sitting at the highest café in the Chamonix ski resort, facing Mont Blanc, the second‐tallest mountain in Europe, and drinking hot wine as I write this.
My workload these days is around five hours a week, totally remote.
My computer, camera, sometimes WiFi, and power are literally the only things I require for my work.
I'm 33, a multimillionaire, an entrepreneur running multiple businesses, and an investor in real estate (11 dwellings at present count), precious metals, crypto, fine art, businesses, and more. Technically, I could be completely retired as my passive income from just my properties is enough to cover all my expenses, which is 100 percent hands off. Retirement is not something I seek, however.
Obviously, this isn't a position that I landed into straight away. I had to start at the bottom of the entrepreneurial ladder.
And it started with a simple idea: I will learn to work remotely. There is no plan B.
I knew my life was going to be filled with endless adventures and travel, and I knew a job would get in the way of that. And I wasn't about to allow some silly need for a paycheck get in the way, just so that I could feed myself.
And I meant that. I wasn't going to have a plan B. That was never an option—no matter how long it took, no matter if I had to eat baked beans for years, no matter if I had to sleep on friends’ couches without a place to call my own. All my energy was directed at this goal.
I started working in bars, juggling four waitress/bartender ...
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