How To Become A Millionaire WITHOUT Starting A Business

The fastest way to become a millionaire is to start a business and invest the profits. But what if you're not an entrepreneur? What if you don't want to start a business at all? Can you still become a millionaire? The answer is yes. And in this video I'm going to share with you three ways to make extra money so that you can invest for long term growth and passive income so that eventually you become a millionaire. Full disclosure, I totally think you should become an entrepreneur. I totally think the best way to become a millionaire is by building a compelling brand, getting it to 100 sales a day, and you using that cash flow to invest into long term growth that is gonna set you up financially for life. That's what I believe to my core. But I also know that 90% of people are never going to take the risk of becoming an entrepreneur. And so instead they're looking for just side things to make extra money. And if that's you, then I'm making this video so that you know what to do to put yourself on the path to becoming a millionaire, even if you never wanna be an entrepreneur. So the first thing that you need to know is, is that you will make your wealth through what you invest in, not how much money you make. In the entrepreneur world even they don't do this well. You might have heard about people making millions of dollars and then going broke. And that's because they don't invest their money into long term things that are gonna grow over years or decades. You can become a millionaire making very little money. You can become a millionaire making $50,000 a year as long as you are consistently taking a piece of that and investing it into things that are going to grow for the long term. And that is where you are going to make your wealth. You're not going to make your wealth by starting a blog. You're not going to make your wealth by starting a really successful business. You're going to build your wealth by taking all of those things and putting the cash into things that are going to grow. Have I beat this to death yet? Now this is not financial advice. I'm not a financial advisor. But the question comes up about where do you invest for the long term. And Warren Buffett says that if you don't know, then just put it into long term low cost index funds. The S&P 500 has an average growth rate of over 9% per year. And if all you did was put $1500 a month or so into long term S&P 500 index funds, you're A millionaire over a couple of decades. That's clearly the source slow lane to becoming a millionaire, but it's a predictable path. So the real secret is freeing up as much cash as possible so that you can put as much as you can into that type of an investment. Whether it is dividend paying stock or it's just low cost index funds that you put in for a very long time. We've got to free up as much cash flow to be able to bankroll those investments. That's the real key. In fact, I wish my entrepreneur peers knew that from the very beginning. Because then when they started a business that sold products on Amazon or they started a blog that made an extra 5k a month, they knew to just park all that cash into the thing that is going to make them rich. And that's what they're investing in. Now. If you're not going to start a business, then there's two things that I would suggest you look at to free up some extra cash so that you can buy more investments. The first is to monetize unused things. The extra bedroom in your house, the car that you're not driving, the RV you've got in storage, the junk you need to sell your extra time, find what you have excess of and monetize it. If you've got extra time, then go walk dogs on Rover, drive for uber, babysit on care.com, monetize that extra time so that you make an extra one to $2,000 a month. That's more than enough money for you to start building a portfolio of investments that's gonna make you a millionaire. Number two, take on one extra client. Unless you work for the government, you have a skill set that your boss is paying you for. Your boss is paying you to do customer service, to do sales, to, to look at financial documents, to talk to customers. You have a specific skill set that you're being paid for. I have seen so many people in the corporate world or working nine to five jobs that simply say I want to earn extra cash. So I'm going to take on one client on the side and they're going to pay me for my extra time. For example, I have a team member@capitalism.com that is the controller of the all financial decisions. I also have a client@Capitalism.com who needed part time help looking at their financial statements and making decisions for their business. I introduced the two of them so that my team member could make a little bit of extra money and my client could get the help that he needed in A few hours a month. She provides a tremendous amount of value for him. And he's told me that she's a valuable part of his business business. So she is making some extra money by taking the same skill set that she uses here working for me. And now she has one extra client that allows her to make extra money and she's investing that cash. So if you monetize your extra space, your extra time, your extra stuff, and you take on one side client, it's very reasonable to think that you'll make a few thousand extra dollars every month and you can invest that into long term loan low cost index funds. And doing only that can put you on the path to becoming a millionaire. Let me give you one bonus tip to make some extra cash so you can invest even more aggressively. Here's how to negotiate a raise. Most people will come to their boss and they'll say, here's all the reasons why I deserve a raise. I've done this and I've done this and I've done this. You should give me more money. That is the wrong way to negotiate a raise. The right way to negotiate a raise is to get on the same side of the negotiation table. And as your boss, and you can say something like this, boss, can you help me understand the three year goals of this business? Because I'm looking for more opportunity and I want to do it here at this company. So I'd like to understand more about where we're trying to go so that I can position myself to help the company get there as fast as possible. That is an appropriate way to negotiate a raise. Because now you are saying, I'm willing to learn new skills and I am willing to do more things and I want to be in alignment with the growth of this business. And then you ask this question, great, now that I know this, what are the skills or the opportunities that I can align myself with that would put me in a position to grow the fastest, to make more money here, and to contribute the most value to this company. That puts you on the same side of the negotiation table as your boss and it makes them feel good about giving you a raise rather than them negotiating against you. So those are three ways to make extra cash. Monetize your unused stuff, take on one extra client and negotiate a raise by getting on the same side of the table as your boss. Doing those three things will help you make extra money so that you can invest for the long term, which is how you'll actually become a millionaire. Don't fall into the trap of making more money so that you can spend more. That is the way to stay on the rat race that you never get off. The way that you build long term wealth so that you can actually retire one day and have enough passive income so that you can someday quit your job is through what you invest in, not how much money you make. Anybody can become a millionaire. In fact, Warren Buffett says that given enough time, it's really hard for someone not to become fabulously wealthy because investing is so simple. Simple. Trouble is, most people never do that. They just stay on the hamster wheel and they spend all the money they make rather than allowing their money to work for them. So if you make extra cash and you keep a keen eye for where you can boost your income throughout the next several years or even the next decade, and you always look to invest that cash for the long term, you've got a very high chance of becoming a millionaire, even if you never start a business. Of course if you do start a business, then you put yourself in the position to make way more cash than if you're working a 9 to 5 job. And that gives you a big treasure chest to invest. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs just try to make more money so they can buy more stuff to impress people they don't even like. But what really impresses people is having a really, really big net worth. And the way you do that is what you invest in, not by how much money you make. If you want to start a business, you so that you can become a millionaire faster, that's how I can bring the most value to you. In the link below this video, I've got a free resource called A Hundred Sales a Day. Because it's how we get businesses to go from nothing to a hundred sales a day so that they can have a million dollar business. It takes about 12 months, so if you want to get to the million not in 30 years, but in like 12 to 18 months, click the link and download that. It's free and it comes with a bunch of videos and podcasts and that will help you execute on that vision. I'm Ryan Daniel Moran with capitalism.com thanks for watching. Let me know what you thought in the comments and I'll see you next time.