June 17, 2025

Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Good morning! I hope today started with something good—a quiet moment, a great playlist, or a bagel that didn’t fall cream cheese side down.

Here’s something to chew on: What if your money could build more money... without you constantly pushing the boulder uphill?

Enter the Wealth Flywheel—a momentum-building machine where smart moves today lead to even smarter, easier wins tomorrow. Once it’s spinning, it pretty much feeds itself (no hamster wheel energy required). 💫💸

Today, we’re diving into how to get yours going—because once it starts, it’s hard to stop (in the best possible way).

Let’s build some momentum.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston Churchill

In the digital age, attention is currency.
If you're not paying with money, you’re paying with focus — so spend it like an investor, not a consumer.

— Ryan Rincon, CEO and Founder at The Wealth Wagon Inc.

Market Update: Markets bounced back strongly today with the Nasdaq climbing 1.52%, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also saw healthy gains. Bitcoin led the surge with a 2.16% increase. Nike, JP Morgan, and PayPal each posted gains of over 2%, helping to drive sentiment higher. On the downside, gold and silver both dipped slightly by 0.24%. Overall, it was a bullish session powered by tech and financials despite minor softness in metals.

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The White House has directed NASA and the Pentagon to review $22 billion in SpaceX contracts, citing the public feud between Elon Musk and President Trump.

This includes mandated re-examination of SpaceX’s role in the Golden Dome missile defense program and other critical space missions.

Coinbase is rolling out CFTC-approved perpetual futures—high-leverage, no-expiry crypto contracts—available 24/7 to U.S. users.

As the first regulated platform in the U.S. to offer these instruments, Coinbase positions itself to strengthen its derivatives offering.

At the Paris Airshow, Airbus finalized a major aircraft sale to Saudi Arabia, even while the event was overshadowed by Air India crash coverage and Middle East portfolio tensions . The deal highlights that despite cautious aerospace sentiment, demand for modern jets remains robust.

Major U.S. travel companies—including Marriott, Booking Holdings, and Vail Resorts—are rolling out layoffs in corporate and support roles. '

This cost-cutting follows stagnant leisure bookings, especially among middle- and lower-income travelers.

Israel’s national carrier El Al has canceled all flights through at least June 19, with many international routes suspended until June 23, following Israeli airspace closures due to heightened Israeli–Iran tensions.

The ripple effect includes grounded aircraft at Ben Gurion, halted evacuation flights, and diverted international connections as regional airlines avoid volatile air corridors .

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Most people think wealth is about a big break — a high-paying job, a startup exit, or a lucky investment.

But if you study the financially free — the ones who actually stay wealthy — there’s a common theme:

They’ve built a Wealth Flywheel

A system that feeds itself.
A structure that compounds.
A strategy that creates both time freedom and financial power — without requiring constant hustle.

The good news? You can build your own, starting from wherever you are right now.

A flywheel is a concept from engineering and business: a heavy wheel that takes effort to push at first, but once it starts spinning, it gains momentum and becomes almost unstoppable.

In wealth-building, a Wealth Flywheel is a set of habits, income systems, and assets that:

Once it's spinning, it becomes the difference between working for money… and money working for you.

Here’s how to build your flywheel, layer by layer:

This is your primary income stream — the fuel source.

It could be:

Your first goal is to generate more than you need to live — so you can fund everything else.

🧠 Focus:
Increase income by improving skills, raising rates, or scaling what already works.

Wealth is not just about how much you make — but how much you keep.

This is your wealth gap:

Income – Expenses = Investable Surplus

Without a wealth gap, your flywheel never gets moving.

🧠 Focus:
Don’t inflate your lifestyle with every raise. Instead, direct excess income to growth.

This is where the real leverage begins.

You start deploying your surplus income into:

The goal? Build assets that either pay you or appreciate in value — or ideally both.

🧠 Focus:
Consistent monthly investing > trying to time the market.

Once you have cash flow and assets in place, you need leverage:

This is what lets you earn without constantly trading time.

🧠 Focus:
Look for areas where effort stays the same but results multiply.

Here’s what most people miss:

The wealthy don’t just spend their income — they reinvest it into the machine.

That means:

Everything that comes out of the flywheel feeds it again.

🧠 Focus:
Ask: “How can I use this profit/insight/connection to grow the system?”

Meet Chris:

3 years in, Chris’s net worth has tripled.
He’s not just earning — he’s compounding everything.

That’s the Wealth Flywheel at work.

If you’re in a job:

If you run a business:

If you’re an investor:

If you’re starting from scratch:

Start simple. Here’s your 5-point weekly review:

If you can tick 3+ boxes weekly, your flywheel is spinning.

Most people work hard their whole lives and never build momentum.

But when you set up a Wealth Flywheel?

Everything gets easier over time.
Income becomes scalable.
Time becomes abundant.
Wealth becomes inevitable.

Start with one spin this week.
Then keep pushing.

Soon, the wheel starts spinning on its own — and that’s when wealth gets fun.

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Why did the venture capitalist bring a ladder to the pitch meeting?
Because the founder said their valuation was through the roof.

I’m not alive, but I grow.
I don’t sleep, but I can crash.
I’m watched daily but never touched.
What am I?

In 2010, a programmer paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas.
At today’s BTC value (≈$65K/BTC), that’s a $650 million meal.
It’s now known as Bitcoin Pizza Day, proving that yes — timing really is everything.

Would you rather…

(Equity in a rocket ship or ownership of your own engine?)

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