I can only make $3,000 a month now. I am not satisfied with this. I want to make more money.
Not sure how deep to dive into this.
When I read your post the first thing I see is you limiting yourself with your words. :: queue the eye rolls :: You say, "I can only make $3,000 a month now." This seems like a defeated statement, and it is definitely a limiting statement. Instead, just say something like, "I am currently making $3,000 a month."
People are rarely satisfied with any amount they make, and they tend to want more.
When I was a kid, my father told me, "The only difference between a rich man and a poor man is the size of their bills." I have thought of this statement A LOT. I fully understand what he was saying, but I think we could read further into it. Yes, this is true in the sense that we are all just humans. However, I have found that there are different mindsets among different socioeconomic groups. I am guilty of this as well.
It may seem obvious, and corny, but this holds truth, "be your tomorrow today." If you want to make $10k/month, look at people who make $10k/month and replicate their strategies, while respecting their path to get where they are today. Often people think they are entitled to great wealth because they have worked hard their entire life. That is not the way things operate. There are "cheats" all along the way, and you should be looking for those before every step you make.
What are you currently doing to earn $3,000 per month?
What is your next goal, dollar per month wise? $4,000? $10,000? More?
What are you currently doing to raise that amount?
How Much Is Enough?
There was an investment banker who was at a pier in a small coastal village. The investment banker watched as a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna. The investment banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The fisherman replied, "Only a little while."
The investment banker then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The fisherman said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.
The investment banker then asked, "but what do you do with the rest of your time?"
The fisherman replied, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends. I have a fully and busy life."
The investment banker laughed at the fisherman, "I have a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal village and move to the capital, then possibly Los Angeles and eventually New York, where you will run your expanding enterprise."
The fisherman asked, "How long will this all take?"
The investment banker replied, "Probably fifteen to twenty years."
The fisherman then asked, "But what then?"
The investment banker laughed again and said, "That's the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would be a millionaire."
"Millions?", asked the fisherman, "Then what?"
The investment banker said, in a cocky and proud voice, "Then you would retire! You would move to a small coastal village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll into the village in the evening to sip wine and play your guitar with your friends!"
