Some Birds Aren't Meant To Be Caged
“Some birds aren't meant to be caged.”
— Ellis Boyd, "Red" Redding, The Shawshank Redemption
Do you find yourself trapped in a "cage" you are not meant to be in?
In one of my favorite movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in jail for crimes that he did not commit.
He spent nearly 20 years behind bars.
But little by little, night after night, Andy secretly digs a tunnel through the wall of his prison cell.
Until one day…
He escapes.
And a while after his escape, his best friend in prison Ellis Boyd stated:
“Some birds aren't meant to be caged.”
How true.
But literal prison walls are not what holds most people back.
There are a lot of other types of things "imprisoning" or holding people back.
One of them being "the 9 to 5 rat race."
I've seen some people calling a job an acronym for "Jail Of Boss."
Of course that's an overstatement, but there is some level of truth to it though.
Being "trapped" in the 9 to 5 rat race usually involves working as an employee in a job, and it is usually accompanied by debt.
“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.”
— Proverbs 22:7 NIV
Financial freedom can open up for a lot of things…
The good news is you do not have to become a multi-millionaire in order to skyrocket your levels of freedom.
These days there are a lot of people that are living lifestyles of incredible freedom.
Because they have built their own online lifestyle businesses that give them: time, income and location independence.
In my research for Terrific 30 there are especially two business models that stand out as great business models for a lifestyle business—a business that can generate 5-6 figures in profit per month while the owner has a lot of free time.
And that is: an email newsletter or a paid community.
If you want to learn more about real life success stories of people that have done that—check out our FREE Online Community: Terrific30.com
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