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The Wealth Work Most People Avoid (But Actually Works)
The strategy for building once and benefiting for years.
Makeda Boehm
June 10, 2025
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Everyone’s chasing passive income.
Building courses. Starting dropshipping. Creating affiliate funnels. Buying rental properties.
I’m doing some of these things too, but here’s what I’ve learned that most people miss:
There’s no such thing as immediately passive income.
There’s only front-loaded work that pays dividends later.
And most people are front-loading the wrong work.
Income can become passive — like high-yield savings, dividends, or royalties. But here's the truth:
That high-yield savings account, or trust fund? Someone had to earn, save, and park the money first.
Those dividends? Investments researched, funded, and held through market noise.
Royalties? Came from creating something once that people still want.
The pattern is the same:
Front-load the right work → structure it smartly → let it compound.
So while there’s technically elements of passive income, it's not truly effortless. It's just deferred effort. And most people expect a payout before doing the hard part.
🧠 The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
Leverage isn’t about doing nothing.
It’s about doing the right work once—so it continues to pay off long after.
Most people chase passive income hoping for relief.
But they build brittle systems, and stay stuck in effort loops disguised as freedom.
Here’s the better question:
What can I build now that gets stronger over time—even when I’m traveling with my family, in the garden, or still working my corporate career?
A rental unit with tenants, repairs, and late-night emergencies?
That’s not passive. That’s a job with extra paperwork.
🔁 The Three Types of Leverage Most People Miss
1. Knowledge Leverage
Most people think expertise means having all the answers.
But real leverage comes from knowing how to ask the right questions and connect dots others can’t see.
I don't know everything about homesteading or digital income.
But I know how to look at someone’s situation and map the clearest path from where they are to where they want to be.
2. Network Leverage
It’s not about having a huge following.
It’s about building trust with the right people who can amplify your message and refer aligned opportunities.
I’d rather have 1,000 engaged subscribers who trust my recommendations than 100,000 followers who scroll past my content.
3. System Leverage
This is where most people get stuck.
They build systems that still require their constant input.
Real system leverage means creating frameworks that work whether you’re actively managing them, or not.
🤖 Where AI Fits Into Real Leverage
Most people are using AI to write social captions faster (which is a great idea).
But I’m also using it to design systems that free up entire hours of my week.
Whether it’s automating email sequences in Kit, having crop planting dates calculated for me with Seedtime, or even creating income generating courses in LearnWorlds — AI is part of how I build leverage at scale.
Not because it’s trendy.
Because it lets me multiply the impact of my time and decisions — without needing a team.
AI isn’t replacing your work.
It’s replacing the need to do low-leverage tasks manually.
Used strategically, it becomes your digital operations team—working behind the scenes while you’re homesteading, snorkeling in Roatan, or still holding down your 9-to-5.
🚫 Why Most Wealth Advice Gets This Backwards
The internet convinced us that wealth building should be easy, fast, and require minimal upfront effort.
Not saying that doesn’t happen, but luck isn’t a strategy.
Real, repeatable, systemic wealth building typically looks like this:
Heavy strategic thinking on the front end
Deliberate skill development in areas that compound (AI resources below)
Building systems that get stronger with time, not weaker
Making 90-day decisions with 3-year impact
Most people want the outcome without the foundation.
That’s why they stay stuck.
🧭 The Framework I Naturally Use When Advising People
Whenever someone asks for my help—whether it’s a friend, colleague, or overwhelmed parent—this is the mental map I return to:
What systems can you build once that pay dividends for years?
Where can you front-load work that eliminates recurring problems?
What expertise do you already have that others need but can’t find?
How can you turn your income into assets that compound independently?
This isn’t about working harder.
It’s about working on what matters more.
🎙️ This Week on The Seed & Society™ Podcast
Three episodes. Under 15 minutes each. Built to help you shift from hustle to systems:
💬 Sell Your Value Intentionally
(Instead of hoping someone notices)
🧠 Why Your Circle Can’t Validate Your Business Ideas
(And what to do instead)
🛠️ The Physical Foundation That Makes Digital Leverage Work
(Because systems don’t run on chaos)
Check out Episode 5 Below
🔜 Coming Soon:
🧰 Time Wealth Toolkit + Digital Income Launch Stack
These are the exact systems and tools I’m using to to generate income without compromising time, parenting, or values.
From the Canon EOS R50 Creator Kit we got to film content, to the Vego Steel Garden Beds we chose to start our garden with (and they’ll last for the next 20 years!).
If you want a sneak peak before they go public, reply to this email or DM me on Instagram @seedandsociety.
You don’t need more hustle.
You need better systems.
Talk soon,
Makeda
Founder, Seed & Society™
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