Personal Finance

Ways to increase your income

One of the most popular mantras for financial success is to simply live within your means. For most people, living within your means often means spending less than you earn and therefore watching your spending and finding ways to be frugal.

The flip side to spending less than you earn is to make more than you spend. This twist puts the emphasis on the income side of the strategy instead of the spending side. Although cutting expenses is a reasonable strategy, you can only cut expenses so far . . . theoretically down to $0. Increasing your income is potentially unlimited. In one of my interviews with Frugal Trader from Million Dollar Journey, he said: “it’s all about the cash flow and the more you have, the easier it is to reach your financial goals.”

Does higher income equal more wealth?

According to the book, The Millionaire Next Door by William Danko and Thomas Stanley, there is a positive relationship between wealth and income, “Yes, higher-income households tend to have more wealth than lower- and middle-income households.”

So the solution is simple – just make more money. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done but at the same time, it’s far from impossible. Too many people take the path of least resistance, lack of work ethic and some people are just plain lazy.

Making more money may be simple but it’s not necessarily easy. The opportunities are there. You just have to want it bad enough. If you are feeling like making more money may be an opportunity you want to explore, here’s a list of some examples of things you can brainstorm and try.

This list is far from complete. Can you think of other ways to generate cash flow?

Despite this strong correlation, the key to financial success is not just how much money you make but what you do with it that really counts. What really matters is how much of that income is saved.


  1. Ellen

    You probably wouldn’t consider winning the lottery a good way to increase cash flow, would you? 🙂

  2. Vanessa

    This isn’t exactly way to increase your income, but maybe if you barter some of your things you don’t want, you can then move forward with the new items and sell those if they are of greater value..just a thought. Good article..more money can equal more savings!

  3. Frank

    This was so stupid.

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