Stacking income (sounds fancy)

Next, I’m going to move onto stacking my income. Upping my income will work in tiers.

First, we’ve got the quick wins. That’s where Gary Vee’s $20,170 challenge comes into it. Watch the video to understand the exact concept, but the theory goes if you put the same amount of time you spend watching crap on TV or playing games, and put it towards something like buying items from garage sales for cheap and selling them for more online, you can make $20,170 in one year on the side. As he would say #SideHustle

Another part of this is selling the crap you have lying around that you’re not using. What a super quick win.

The second tier is weekly contracts. These are around 3 hours a week each and are for smaller amounts but are fixed. This means I’m guaranteed a certain level of income every week.

The third tier is the startups I love to create. SnapMyWedding is passively making around $1,000 USD a month. My mobile food truck is making around another $1,000. And I’m earning $750 a week from INBOUND (my main baby) because my co-founder and I agreed to put most of the revenue back into the company.

The final tier is optional. Finding an opportunity in a more established start-up who are looking for a remote marketer / growth hacker / CMO. This will be 30+ hours a week, and net a much larger amount of income.

Now what’s interesting is that I can easily do all these four tiers, but before I was only doing one. Why? Because I was too proud to admit that sometimes an entrepreneur needs a job. Sometimes it’s not all glamour and fame (actually 95% of it isn’t). But at the end of the day, I love it. The grind. It’s just about making it that little more sustainable for myself and my family.

So that’s me for 2017. If you’re interested, make sure you hit subscribe button on YouTube and follow me on Instagram to see the journey. I’ll be launching a progress video each week and will create a more structured breakdown blog post each month as well.

If you’re keen to build a foundation with me for a better life, then join a long. We can keep accountable and have some fun. I reckon I can move $40,000 through garage sales and from the crap in my house.

What number are you aiming for?

Gary — you joining me?