Episode 239: "How To Build Up Others By Using Leveraged Income"

A while ago I decided that I didn't need to read MORE books, I needed to read books MORE. What I mean by that is that I would shuffle from book to book, just to say that I read them. But what I really needed to do was get more out of the books I already have. This is a paragraph from the book I am reading for the 3rd time while reinforcing the message with an audiobook. This paragraph comes from "Building An Empire" by Brian Carruthers. I knew many people who have time and no money, and they are unhappy. I knew many people who have money and no time, and they are unhappy. I knew few who have both time and money together, which creates true freedom. That was what I was after. In real estate, I felt like I would never be able to let up off the gas pedal to enjoy life without my income slowing down too. In the real estate business as a broker, I would be the only one getting to benefit from leverage when the agents made sales. I felt bad that the agents were all on perpetual treadmills, with one broker getting the chance to earn from other people's efforts. So if I recruited an agent to come work for us selling houses, I was simply helping them onto the treadmill. That didn't sit well with me, especially now that I knew of a better way.