I want $10k monthly revenue

I'm done playing small. And how I plan to get to $10k/m.

Huat ah! 开工大吉! 🍊🍊

It’s a new work year based on the Chinese/lunar calendar, and as per custom, that means “Let’s get rich! Best of luck for the new work year!”

Maybe it’s timely to flip the switch, to take things up a notch too.

I feel I’ve kept myself in the shadows for a while now, for the past few years. Not so much outwardly, but inwardly. Constantly fearing what’s ahead, not wanting much, hoarding what little I had, and expecting the worst most of the time.

I’ve forgotten to ask Life for what I truly want.

I remember when I used to do that blatantly, openly, publicly, honestly and how the universe conspired to help me out.

In my 20s I wanted to work and travel in the UK, and I made my dreams known, spoke about it to family and friends around me. And everyone supported me, through vibes, wishes, support or with money. And when I was going to depart at the airport, so many came to see me off. It was one of the more heart-warming high moments of my life.

In my 30s I wanted to start my own business. I left my cushy government job and started to consult. Many of my peers approached me for work, or referred me. I remember feeling blessed to receive all the support. The business ended up performing pretty well, doing 6 figures in some good years.

The common thread in them all – I asked, I acted.

“Ask, and you shall receive.”

I asked for it, confidently, in no uncertain terms.
I acted on it, committedly, despite the uncertainty.

Now it’s the next decade. I’m almost in the middle of my 40s.

And this is my ask:

I want $10k monthly revenue.

I want a business that supports my family-oriented lifestyle now.
I want the meaning and purpose that comes with the doing work I deeply cherish.
I want a blank calendar that I can piece around for my wife, son, and elderly parents.

I want $10k monthly revenue.

I want that.
I will act on that.

I will get that.

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BUT…… It’s all nice and good to make bold declarations and stake claims like “I want $10k monthly revenue”.

It’s another to make plans and execute on them.

I’m not just saying it to get some clicks. I truly felt it, meant it, want it.

So here’s how:

Broadly:

• Keep growing existing products

• Keep launching new products

• Rinse, repeat until I get a hit product that does $10k/m, or combined revenue of all products is $10k.

Specifically:
Keep growing existing products –

• Carrd plugins: Continue to launch 1 Carrd plugin per month, contribute actively to Carrd communities

• Lists Kit: Find 1-2 distribution channels, and set in place a regular marketing cycle and workflow like I do for Carrd plugins. Build 12 directories in 12 months.

• Lifelog: Continue building new features on weekends as part of Side Project Weekends.

Keep launching new products –

• Make a SaaS boilerplate for myself to launch more SaaS fast

• Build a product in validated, saturated market with my own spin

• Consider info products, directories

• Relaunch Sheet2Bio?

$10k/m is a lagging indicator which is out of my control, so I can only focus on leading indicators. The most obvious leading indicators would be:

• Products launched

• No. of distribution channels per product

• Number of paying customers

• Profit trajectory

• Money in the bank

I need to work backwards even more based on this broad map, but it’s a start!

What else can I do?

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