1- Assets > income. The wealthy don’t chase high salaries. They buy assets that create passive income streams. This is why I started buying small businesses instead of climbing the corporate ladder. Today, I own 7x small businesses that pay me $850,000/year that allowed me to quit J.P Morgan and get my time back. 2- Other people’s money (OPM). The rich rarely use their own cash. They leverage financing like SBA loans to buy income-producing assets. You can do this to buy businesses with little t