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Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Make & Sell Your First Online Course

Otherwise known as “f**k-you money"

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Ash Ambirge
Sep 18, 2024
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Online courses: they’re hands-down the best way to make real, REAL money. Otherwise known as “f**k-you money,” which is absolutely the term I’m privy to.

(See also: “That’s a f**k you house.” Or, “that’s a f**k-you car. Except these days all I seem to want is a f**k you garden. Maybe that should that be the title of my next book?!?!)

If you’ve been reading for the last, ohhhh, 15 years? You know the first course I ever gave was a creative writing workshop, in the year 2010, and my life would never, ever be the same.

I brought in $30,000 that month—big-ass bucks for a 26 year-old—and the beauty of S-C-A-L-E was born.

Scale is a stupid word. It’s not a sexy word. It’s not a word you’d know unless you’ve been working for yourself for fifteen years. (Or you’re an economist.) (Do we know any hot economists???)

But, here’s the skinny:

  1. Business That Does Not Scale = your income is tied to the number of hours you work. 🥵 You stop working, you stop earning. Also commonly known as “freelancing,” …

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