I remember it like it was yesterday.
( Buckle your seatbelt because this'll be a bumpy ride, this story is about to get kinda boujee but I'll come back to reality at the end ).
I was on vacation with my wife in Italy last year.
It was our FIRST EVER vacation to Europe, which is pretty crazy if you look at where I was in life just a few years ago.
Renting a room from my in-laws, teaching, $50k in debt, yadda yadda yadda. You probably know the story, already.
And here I was in Italy with Coral for 10 days eating pizza 'priazzo' like it was my job.
Anyway...
I SWORE to myself that I wasn't going to work on this vacation. At the time, I was running myself into the ground trying to grow multiple businesses, manage a bunch of 'virtual' team members I had just hired that year, and on and on.
I was truly burning myself out.
So I deleted all of the apps from my phone related to work - Facebook, Instagram, Slack, etc. and even email!
But for whatever reason, in the airbnb in Venice at 3:00 AM one night... I was awake.
The *one* app I forgot to delete for my vacation was Stripe, which is basically a payment processor we use for our online courses.
So I groggily picked up my phone, hit the home button, and saw it...
... online course sales rolling in.
That's when it hit me like a ton of bricks ( but like positive energy/ 'happy bricks,' not the heavy ones ):
I was in Venice with my wife on vacation literally making money while I slept.
That was the first time my income truly felt 'passive,' thought I read somewhere not to bank on, minimal work or no work, 'passive income myth.'
But here's the rub - I put in so much work, to make that happen.
Lots of sleepless nights working, stress, fear that MOBE - My Online Biz Empire ( M$$Ms & Laptop Empires etc. ) wouldn't make it...
...you get the point. I didn't just snap my fingers, twitched my nose, did a happy dance and start making money in my sleep. It just doesn't work that way.
But here's the deal...
I don't want to discourage you. 'Passive Income' is definitely achievable, an possible to achieve, but you have to put one of two things in first:
1. Time ( aka work/play (if, it's your passion and you love what your doing) ), or money.
2. And if you're willing to do that, then it's definitely possible to create 'passive income' streams.
I've just seen *way* too many people achieve it, at this point to pretend you can't do it too.
So if you want to learn 19 legitimate, no-fluff ways to actually get started on your passive income journey...
... go here.
My thanks ian advance for your trouble, time, attention, energy and consideration.
Cheers,
- Johnny
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From: Millennial Money Man <bobby@millennialmoneyman.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 10:20 AM
Subject: The moment I *really* started to believe in passive income...
To: <joaoa.desilva2018@gmail.com>
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