A surprising way to make significantly more money: Work for free
A surprising way to make significantly more money: Work for free.
Work “for free” in the short-term, in exchange for a chance of a big payout in the long-term.
Examples:
- Build a product
- Create a course
- Blog, tweet, podcast, and speak to build a consulting business
Being willing to work for free dramatically increases the chance of having a big win where I own all the upside.
The world pays for risk. So, if I’m willing to bear the risk of working for free, I get to enjoy all the fruits of my labor of it pays off.
I know developers who have made over a million/year by working “for free” in the short-term. How? They spent some of their free time building products.