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0.01% does and experiences a dramatic wealth increase
If you fall into this category, you will naturally increase your expenses.
What The 0.01% Sector Does
But another sector of people, the 0.01%, does the opposite. This sector of people decreases their expenses whenever they get an increase in income, which can double, triple, or even quadruple their income increase.
Dramatically Increase Your Net Worth
The more money you earn, the more you tend to spend; there is a direct positive correlation.
But where did we learn that we had to spend more money every time we received an increase?
Is it necessary? Nope.
But obligation innately kicks in; we believe our lifestyles should be upgraded whenever our income increases.
If you want a cheat sheet to increase your net worth dramatically, take these two actions every time:
Increase your income.
Decrease your expenses.
A Temporary Decrease Works, Too
Maybe you don’t want to cut certain expenses out permanently.
Well, here’s what you can do…
Get creative with the numbers to learn how much you could save if you were to make cuts for a time-boxed period.
Maybe you desire to save an extra $5,000–10,000 within 3–6 months.
Cutting certain expenses during this period and increasing your income can help you reach this goal within your ideal timeline.
Then once you reach your goal, you can decide if it’s worth it to add the expense back to your budget or if it makes more sense to continue excluding it.
10 Areas You Can Decrease Expenses
There is always something to cut out of your budget. The question is, what are we willing to cut?
Here are ten basic categories you can look at right away:
Food
Travel
Clothing
Housing
Insurance
Dining Out
Transportation
Random Shopping
Recreational Activities
Entertainment (Subscriptions & Gaming)
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I guarantee you will find something to cut in at least one or more of these categories.
You will probably come to find out you can do with a lot less than you think. We often continue adding expenses to our lives, not questioning the value it provides. Take away the added expense long enough, and you will adjust as if it was never in your life in the first place.
Constantly ask yourself the following questions:
Do I need this?
How is this expense affecting my budget?
What value is this expense adding to my life?
What investments could make better use of this money?
How much savings would I accumulate by the end of the year if I cut this expense?
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