We must focus on earning our way out of this inflation period

Tony Kereluke • July 5, 2022

Time to Earn Our Way Out of Inflation & Rising Costs

Time to be more of an Earner as saving your way out of this isn`t going to cut it.

After the largest money printing episode of all time has come to an end. We now the people must pay the price which is what it looks like here moving forward. Wages are not keeping up and inflation the almighty (SECRET TAX) is being manipulated heavily by taking out gas, heating, lodging and food out of the inflation equation percentage numbers that is being disclosed to us.
Then we are communicated it`s high at 6 to 7%. It`s more like around 12% to 15% in Canada when you factor in gas, heating & energy and food and lodging.

Moving forward we must focus on earning & becoming a better earner. By earning and by earning multiple sources of revenue streams this will be your key to the gate that opens up for a better tomorrow. One must combat this attack on our wealth that we worked so hard to save and have. We must face it head on and say I am going to earn and even if that earning means 100 to 300 a month. It’s a start and every cent matters more than ever. We are not taught how to earn or how to manage our money on all levels. Even in schools we are taught to bake a high quality white sugar cake instead and given a credit card with a 19.9% interest rate. Congratulations you qualify! The system is rigged against you on all fronts and sides. It has always been this way it’s just now a lot more aggressive than before.

The question is what are you going to do about it and when?

Here are a few ways to become an Earner:

1. Create a side gig online
2. Go work part time on the side as there is lots of jobs out there to work on the side
3. Purchase a side business
4. Acquire a business
5. Start a business or start one with several partners
6. Sell your assets while they are high and restructure your deck of assets
7. Sell your goods online and sell things to people to create revenue
8. Find some buyers for a product you have and create a niche
9. Buy & Invest into real assets & businesses

It’s a nasty world out there and no one is going to help you. So one must take the nature approach and be a survivor and find a way in this nature world to survive and earn and get ahead.

#business #entrepreneurs #startabusiness #ownafranchise #ownbusiness #smallbusiness

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