Richard CanfieldPodcast Host and IBC Advisor, Ascendant Financial · Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner | Author of 4 Books

I Made $450K… But I Was Happier at $31K

8 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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My last year in construction, I made about $450,000. That's the opposite version of 10x, if anyone's doing the math. My first year, I made $31,000. But here's what's fascinating. We were incredibly content. We were incredibly happy. We started out in a small farmhouse, renting that until we found our house.
In the country.
Just as God would have it.
I kind of made a niche there at that company, and I doubled my income. And then I doubled my income again. And then I doubled my income again and kind of carved out my own spot, and that continued to grow.