How to earn with your mind, not your time
Most people possess talent, skill, and knowledge—yet remain broke.
The reason? They fail to productize themselves.
Instead of selling scalable outcomes, they sell their time. They endure jobs or businesses they despise, their bills unpaid, their health deteriorating.
They watch others live the lives they covet, dismissing them as "special," "young," or "lucky."
But what if you could productize yourself—gaining respect, money, and fame—to live on your terms, from anywhere in the world?
What Is a Product?
A product is any human creation that solves a specific need.
A car solves the problem of movement.
A phone solves the problem of communication.
Food solves the problem of hunger.
Productize Yourself
This means transforming your unique knowledge, experiences, and skills into a service or product that addresses a specific problem for a person, company, or cohort.
You spent five years in banking.
You spent a decade teaching math in secondary school.
You spent five years as a CEO’s personal assistant.
There are people—five, four, or even one year behind your level of experience, skill, and exposure—who will pay to level up in the game of life and business.
Why This Matters
Growing up in Warri, Delta State, my sister had a friend who consulted for Shell Petroleum.
He made money—but in the pre-internet era, he couldn’t scale or distribute his knowledge.
Today, I reach more people in an hour and earn more than he did in his entire career.
The internet is leverage.
With four billion people online, you need just 1,000 to pay you $10 monthly to earn $10,000 a month—$120,000 a year.
The Skill Stack for Self Productization
Writing
Copywriting
Distribution
Marketing
Prompt engineering
Content creation
Grit
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