Welcome to the Graham Cochran show where each week I help you create more money,

margin, and meaning in your life.

I'm your host, of course, Graham Cochran.

Let's get into it.

If you stopped working tomorrow, how long would your income keep coming in?

For most people, the answer is obvious, and the reason has to do with something most people

have never been taught about money.

There aren't just one or two ways to make money.

There are actually four levels of income. And most people

spend their entire lives stuck on the second level without even realizing it. Today, I'm going

to show you what I call the income ladder, the four levels of income and why the people who

build real wealth move past level to as fast as possible. I don't know about you,

but when I was growing up, what I was taught by my parents, by my teachers, by my classmates,

by society was go to school, get good grades, get into college, get a degree so you can get

a high paying job with benefits. And then I guess

everything else takes care of itself. And that was the programming I had. It's important to

understand that you and I are the sum of our programming. We are programmed by our parents, we're programmed by

our peers, we're programmed by the media, we're programmed by our friend group, by our church,

by the people we hang around with for better or for worse. The question is, is the programming

serving you or not? So for me, the programming led me down a path that certainly kept me out of poverty

and allowed me to have economic dignity, which is important, but it kept me trapped. And the question

I want to ask you is, are you making enough money? And that's a personal question. I can't

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