🙅 Passive Income 🙅
Welcome to another edition of Thinker Thursday, where we curate the best content for you to help you think about your lifestyle, your business, and your non-tech entrepreneurial pursuits.
Here’s a nickel’s worth of free advice:
If you come across a “business idea” or “side hustle” on a TikTok, YouTube short, or Instagram reel, then it is probably not a good idea to pursue it.
Notice how we said probably, I’m sure there are some out there that are fine. The problem is these are so full of clickbaity things that are designed to get you to buy a course or an ebook on how to get rich off “passive income”.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Passive income is a fool’s errand.
That’s why we’re starting off Thinker Thursday with a few of our past articles:
Save your money, figure it out yourself.
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about using a drone to shoot awesome real estate footage. I guess it was a pretty compelling argument, because I went and bought a drone for myself. It’s been a really fun toy and has allowed me to shoot some really cool photos and videos.
Buyer Beware
As a young entrepreneur it is so easy to get sucked into the world of Real Estate. Everywhere you look on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit people are claiming that buying real estate is passive income and will help you quit your 9 to 5 so you can travel the world and so on. There are so many “gurus” out there claiming they have the key to getting r…
Tweets
TV Shows
Nothing will give you a new perspective on life like being dropped in the woods to fend for yourself. No food, no camera crew, no resources except the ten items in your backpack.
Alone has great stories of perseverance and survival, we highly recommend it.
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