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How I Created 11 Online Streams of Income

And how you can do the same…

Michael Leonard
8 min readMar 24, 2020
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Most people think working for yourself is “risky’ but it’s not true. I think working for someone else is much more dangerous.

Why?

Because for most people, it means that you only have one stream of income.

If something happens and you suddenly don’t have a job, you’re forced to live off savings, credit cards, and desperately search for a replacement job. This can lead to settling for any job and repeating the same cycle over again in the future.

While entrepreneurship is risky as well, personally, I think it’s the safer route.

Not only do you get to control your own destiny, but you can create multiple income streams, scale your efforts, and not have a boss.

But in all reality, it probably won’t happen overnight.

When I quit my 9–5 in 2017 to become a blogger, I had almost no money coming in. Instead, I cut costs and saved up 12 months living expenses to give myself a runway. I figured if I had more time, I’d figure out how to make money online.

In the first few months, I made some money blogging, dog walking, and flipping stuff online. But everything was a struggle, it was nothing like a 9–5. Needless to say, it wasn’t the…

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Michael Leonard
Michael Leonard

Written by Michael Leonard

Golf writer, host of Wicked Smart Golf Podcast, and mental golf coach. Quit $100K career in 2017 to write & golf.

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