today we're gonna talk about how to make and save more money

specifically mindsets and how to find your side hustle

taking inspiration from my favorite..

one of my favorite books 'Start With Why'

we're gonna start talking about why it's important to know..

why you want to make money, why do you want to save money

and then go into how you're gonna make money, how are you gonna save money

talking about mindsets, habits, as well as lifestyle habits

and then we're gonna go into what can you do to make and save more money

this is where we're gonna talk about how you can find your side hustle

how can you create your dream job

how can you turn your dream job into a career

and the people who have done it before to take inspiration from

aaaand yes.. let's get started

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the first and most important thing is to find your North Star

find your 'why' or why you're doing what you're doing

specifically when it comes to wanting to save money and wanting to make money

how badly do you want to save and make more money

for what reason do you want to save and make more money

something rooted in kindness and something bigger than yourself

will probably take you much further in the long-run

compared to something that's rooted in greed and yourself and the things that you want

but at the end of the day.. we all have our own needs

we all have our own internal motivational driving forces

so figure out what that is and then you'll be able to do everything else

the more specific you are with your 'why'..

the more you will be able to subconsciously and consciously guide yourself to your goal

of all the things that you want to do

specifically making more money and saving more money

when I was in high school.. I wanted to be financially independent

or I want to make some money for myself so that I could go to EDC

and so that I could go to raves

and so that I could go out and do stuff and have fun with my friends

because I didn't want to keep taking money from my mom

because taking money from my mom means that she has control over me

so if I make money for myself then I can do what I want to do with it

I can spend my money however I want to spend it

fast forward to a few years ago..

I wanted to be financially independent so that I can fully support myself

and so that I can start giving money back to my parents

not that my parents need money but to me..

them having raised me and supported me emotionally, financially, physically like..

everything that you can imagine

I want to give them the life that they gave me but like give back 100x

so be it my attention, be it my presence, be it my love, be it my anything

including finances like.. I just want to shower them with love

and this isn't to say that like money = love

but it's like.. it's a part of it you know

so a really good book to read to find your 'why' is 'Start With Why'

and then I think he has a new book that's called something like 'Find Your Why'

I'll leave both of those down below

so the second thing..

how are you gonna make more money

how are you gonna save more money

so 'how' in a sense like..

what are you going to do with your life..

and your lifestyle, and your habits, your spending habits..

what are you gonna do so that it'll allow you time to make more money

and it'll allow you the opportunities to save more money

so I think what this really comes down to is

what are you willing to give up and what aren't you willing to give up

I really like the saying where it's you can have it all but not at the same time

at different points in your life you're going to prioritize

prioritize different things

if making money and if saving money is what you want to do..

what are you gonna prioritize

for example how are you gonna spend your time

are you gonna spend your time going with your friends

spending money that you could be saving

or are you gonna spend your time trying to work out

and trying to find your 'why' so you can figure out how you're gonna support your 'why'

and what you're gonna do to fulfill your 'why'

and then here too.. it's like spending habits..

what are you willing to give up? what aren't you willing to give up?

if you just need to have your coffee from your favorite coffee shop every single morning

then.. continue doing that

but then cut expenses in other areas of your life where you can cut

so just asking yourselves these questions of..

what are you willing to give up and what aren't you willing to give up?

so time is something more macro which is something that's broader

and giving up your daily coffee or not.. that's something more micro

these are just examples to show you guys that under the macro umbrella..

there's time, there can be pride, there could be ego

there could be your sense of self or this like idea of yourself

that like you need to be perfect and you can't fail because

when it comes down to what you want to give up and you don't want to give up

you might not want to give up that image of yourself but..

and I rarely tell you guys what to do and what not to do

but I feel like if you're not doing things because you're afraid of failure

that is one thing that I'm gonna tell you guys

~ don't be afraid of failure ~

like it's okay to fail

no one is perfect

there's this really good quote from 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' that says..

"Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are."

"Failure is a part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success."

and under the micro umbrella..

there'll be like your daily cup of coffee

your daily lifestyle decisions, your purchase decisions..

how you spend your money

you can cook for yourself

there's so many things that you can do in your life to figure out..

ok, where exactly am I spending the most money

can I cut expenses here? can I cut expenses here?

can I cut expense across all of these things?

do I need to buy that thing?

do I need to buy this thing?.. like probably not

there's a very big difference between what we want and what we need

and I think I talk about this in more detail in another video that I'll link up there

and link down below about budgeting

so all of that can be summed up in: prioritizing is so important

prioritizing what's important to you

knowing what's important to you

and figuring out how you can apply that into your life

so at the end of the day.. I really believe that mindset is so important

if we are constantly believing that we can't, that we shouldn't, that we cannot

~ cannot is can't ~

if we just keep talking down ourselves

and if we keep..

not even belittling but like.. if you believe you can't do it

then like you won't be able to do it, right?

because if you don't believe in yourself then no one's gonna believe in you

so I think it's so important for us to believe in ourselves

to believe in our self-worth

to give ourselves the love and the care that we deserve

which includes believing that you're deserving of everything that you work for

and that success and that money can come if you really put in the work

like really put in the work to figure out what your thing is

and we're gonna get into this in the next section

so two really good books for this would be 'Think and Grow Rich' as well as "Rich Dad Poor Dad'

these books are both very very helpful in mindsets

so what can you do to make money and what can you do to save money

let's start with what can you do to make money

a few of guys have asked me..

what some ideas are of creative side hustles that you guys can do

I'm not gonna give you guys a direct answer

because it's very easy to Google like 'what are some great ideas for side hustles'

and then just do whatever comes to mind

but I think what's more important is to ask yourself..

what makes you excited, right?

like for me.. thrifting made me happy and thrifting makes me really excited

very therapeutic to me and I really like finding good deals

and so when I started selling my own clothes that I bought from you know a few years ago

I would buy some designer pieces that are like $20

I'd be able to list it on eBay

sell it for you know $100 after wearing it for a few years

I realized that there was a market for clothes online

maybe some people don't want to go through the trouble of thrifting

maybe some people don't have access to thrift shops

kind of like putting two and two together..

I started thrifting and reselling online on eBay

and I made a few videos back in the day when my channel first started about that

so what this means is basically just finding something that you love doing already

and see if there's any way that you can make money on it

here are some more examples

I'm sure you guys know Marie Kondo

KonMari method of tidying

the magic of tidying, in your closet, decluttering

letting go of things that don't spark joy in your life

when I first read her book..

it's a great book and it really helped me declutter my life for sure

but what I found fascinating was the fact that she made a career out of cleaning

you know like she made her career out of tidying things

and she talks about how she genuinely loves and enjoys and appreciates

the act of cleaning and the act of tidying

and helping people achieve that state of calm and peace within themselves

and just with their surroundings and with their environment

so when I read that I was just like if she can clean and make a career out of it..

then I can.. in theory.. find something that I really love doing

slash something that I really like talking about online

and make a career out of it too

another example is one of my cousins loves cooking

so while he's hosting private dinners..

because he's just starting out.. he's not making too much money

especially if he's sourcing ingredients from Whole Foods and farmers markets

and using like organic, locally-sourced, in-season produce

he can't charge that much yet because he's just starting out

so on the side.. his side hustle for a side hustle..

he's selling gourmet cookies on Etsy that are literally so bomb

I'm gonna throw a picture up there

if you guys want to check it out

and maybe consider buying some for yourself

and supporting my humble cousin

I'll leave the link down below

another one of my friends started teaching courses online

he used to be in sales so he's very good at talking

he's very good at teaching

he's very good at selling

so he is doing his own courses online

and a few of my cousins are doing Amazon wholesale

so they will find products in Asia and sell it on Amazon

and that's something that you know..

these are just to give you guys examples

that if you really really wanted to do something you will find a way to do these things

all of the people I listed, including myself, I didn't want to work a 9 to 5 job

I didn't want to do the things that people were doing..

not because I didn't want to do that..

because I just didn't find it fulfilling

so I went out of my way to ask myself..

what would a meaningful life look like to me?

what would a fulfilling life look like to me?

and that led me like so many places