July 14, 2025

Happy Monday, everyone! 🌞
Good morning! New week, fresh start, and one more chance to pretend you totally meant to wake up early and crush it today.

Now let’s talk about something that feels a little like magic—but is 100% real: Build once. Earn forever.

Today’s topic is all about the wealth shortcut most people overlook—creating assets, systems, or value that pay you again and again, long after the work is done. Think: digital products, rental income, automated businesses, or even timeless content. 🎯🔁💵

It’s not about overnight success—it’s about planting something once that keeps growing while you live your life.

Let’s dive into how to shift from “trade time for money” to “create once, earn on repeat.”

— Ryan Rincon, Founder at The Wealth Wagon Inc.

— Zen Proverb

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Hey hey 👋

Let’s play a little game.

Imagine this: You wake up, check your phone (because… of course), and see a notification that $197 landed in your account.

You didn’t send an invoice.
You didn’t trade hours for it.
You weren’t even online.

Money just… showed up.

Magical? Not really. It’s called leveraged income — and it’s a wealth game-changer.

Today we’re talking about the one money habit that’s unfairly slept on by most people chasing financial freedom:

Build assets that pay you again and again… without you being constantly involved.

And no, I’m not talking about stocks. (Well, not just stocks.)

Let’s unpack it, friend-to-friend.

Look — nothing wrong with working hard.
But most people are stuck in the “work → get paid → repeat” cycle forever.

Here’s the problem with that:

But when you build leveraged assets, you flip the script:

It’s not about being lazy.
It’s about being efficient with your brilliance.

Here’s where it gets fun — because leveraged income can look very different depending on your skills, interests, and goals.

Let’s break a few down:

Ebooks, templates, online courses, PDFs, guides…
Build once. Sell forever.

“I wrote a $19 eBook that makes $600/month while I sleep.” ← true story from a friend of mine.

YouTube. Podcasts. Newsletters (👋).
The content lives on, racking up views and ad dollars — even when you’re off eating tacos.

Code something useful once. Charge for it forever.
Don’t code? No problem. Partner with someone who does.

The classic wealth lever. Still works. Still powerful.

Index funds, dividend stocks, ETFs.
Yes, they’re slower. But they’re also powerful if you start early and stay consistent.

You don’t need to quit your job.
Or launch the next tech unicorn.
Or be famous.

You just need to start small, smart, and consistent.

Try this:

Ask yourself:

Write those answers down. One of them is your next leveraged asset idea.

Not a full-blown course. Just a starter pack:

Build something tiny that helps someone specific.

Repeat after me: Done is better than perfect.

Your first product, post, video, whatever — it won’t be flawless. But it will be real. And that’s what matters.

Get feedback. Improve. Rinse. Repeat.

They don’t rely on one paycheck.

They build machines — products, systems, assets — that keep paying them whether they’re working, sleeping, vacationing, or binging Netflix.

The good news?

You can start building yours today.

Even if:

Start small. Stay scrappy. Stack your assets.

There’s a saying I love (and definitely stole from the internet):

“You get rich by doing the same thing for a long time… after doing it wrong for a short time.”

So build.
Launch.
Learn.
Tweak.
Repeat.

That $47 digital product might make $0 in week one.
But 6 months later? It could be the reason you don’t need that annoying client anymore.

Leverage is how you go from hustling all the time to being in control of your time.

And that’s the real flex.

Why don’t finance bros play hide-and-seek?
Because good luck hiding when your ego shows up first.

July 14, 1969:
IBM announced the first "business portable computer."
It weighed over 50 pounds and cost $8,800 ($65,000+ today).
Proof that early innovation doesn’t always look sleek — but it starts the movement.

The most expensive domain name ever sold?
👉 Cars.com — sold for $872 million (yes, really), baked into a larger acquisition deal.
📱💸 Digital real estate is no joke.

Would you rather…

(Legacy or liquidity — what’s your currency of choice?)

*Answers at the bottom