Todd PolkeInvestment Strategist l Wealth Coach l Speaker, Todd Polke · Investment Strategist l Helping Investors and Business Owners grow their Wealth Faster

Having only one income stream is risky. #shorts #australia #finance #money

1 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker warns that depending solely on a single job for income is dangerous, especially given upcoming housing affordability challenges. They argue that one income stream is highly risky, two is marginally safer, and three provides stability. The speaker outlines their Invest or Scale programs, which aim to help participants develop at least three income streams within 12 months, with many clients eventually achieving five to six streams. While these streams may start modestly, the speaker uses a river tributary analogy to illustrate incremental growth toward financial freedom.

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One of the things I'm super concerned about is people who are still relying just on their job to fund their lifestyle and to hope to create freedom off. I think it's incredibly risky, especially what's coming on, right? Where, you know, the whole breadcrumbs where I, I don't think people are gonna be able to afford to get into homes very, very soon. Like, one income stream is incredibly risky, 2 is kind of okay, 3 is where stability comes into play. Now, my average investor who comes in and works with me, after 12 months within the Invest or Scale programs, they— my outcome for them is to have 3 income streams coming into their bank accounts. And very often, a lot of my Scale clients will have 5 to 6 different income streams coming in. Now, that doesn't mean they're all like, uh, you know, bringing in $50 grand a year or things like that, but beautiful things start small, you know. And so we want to start small and start building up step by step. I kind of liken it to tributaries of a river.