I strongly believe that only the ones who are willing to go the extra mile will be successful in life in general but in particular at work.

Going the Xtra mile

Working long hours and also at the weekends is the normality for me. At the end you are measured against the quality of your work. Whether it is meeting a challenging deadline or preparing an important presentation, at the end it is your reputation on the line.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.

Warren Buffet

There are professions there a nine to five routine is absolutely sufficient. Yet, in general they are not well paid. Positions with high salary normally come with high pressure, many responsibilities and hence with a lot of work. But only with a well paid job you can create enough savings to reach your ultimate goal to be financial independent.

Allocate time for investment

But does that mean that should spent all your time to thrive in your profession? Not at all. If you don’t do anything else, then how can you learn how to invest and convert your savings into passive income? You need to find the right balance how to distribute your time. Work is often so challenging and there is so much to do that you need to allocate a fixed time slot to work on your passive income. And no matter how busy you get at work, that time slot is fixes and cannot be canceled or rescheduled.

For me that slot is Sunday mornings. After a good sleep, I make myself a morning coffee and continue working on my financial independence. I did it for so long and so well, that this couples of hours each week, now generates more revenue than the salary I get for the fifty hours I spend at work.