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💰 THE SECRET MOST EMPLOYEES NEVER DISCOVER

Are you trading precious time for a salary someone else capped?

Last year, I earned just under $500K in tech sales, while raising two kids, designing our first permaculture systems, and starting my doctorate.

But this isn’t just about income.
It’s about what that income made possible:

• Buying land

• Funding real assets

• Reclaiming time, direction, and legacy

Let me show you how this applies to your own freedom journey, especially if you're still in a W-2 role.

W-2 RICHES ARE REAL: THE COMMISSION ADVANTAGE

Commission is the great equalizer.
It’s one of the few ways W‑2 employees can break out of capped compensation and reclaim leverage.

Why Commission Changes Everything:

• Unlimited earnings – No artificial ceiling on your income potential

• True meritocracy – Results matter more than degrees or networks

• Financial acceleration – One great quarter can erase years of debt

• Inflation protection – Your income can rise with the cost of living

• Portable skills – Sales expertise transfers across careers and ventures

I will always have love for a good sales job.

Yes, credentials still help.
Connections still matter.
But once you’re in? It’s you vs. quota. And that’s power.

If you’re already in sales, double down. If you’re not, consider adding a commission‑based stream: affiliate offers, consulting, or even referral bonuses inside your current role. The goal is to plug at least one uncapped valve into your income mix.

📈 MY REAL-WORLD RESULTS

In 2024, I earned nearly $500K selling talent management software to Higher Ed.
Over the past three years, I’ve made close to $900K in tech sales. (before taxes…oh taxes. That’s a whole other newsletter)

That money built more than savings, it built systems:

• Fruit trees and water catchment

• Paid-off tools and long-term assets

• Breathing room to raise my kids in real time

In January, I stepped into an even more aligned GovTech role — helping governments:

• Accelerate access to critical services

• Upgrade the digital systems people rely on every day

• Improve the way public programs reach families like mine, and yours

This isn’t hustle culture.
This is mission-aligned income that funds real sovereignty. When you believe in the product, the mission, the why behind what you offer, the work becomes something more powerful.

I get to build a better world and create an income that gives my children options.

I honestly don’t think I’ll ever leave GovTech.
But it’s powerful knowing that, because of how I’ve built this, I could still retire before 40 if I wanted to.

That’s the kind of leverage Seed & Society is all about: working when you want, on what you believe in, with full ownership of your future.

🌱DIRT DIARIES: WEALTH GROWS IN GUILDS

Back to the soil.

This weekend I traded the laptop for a shovel and planted our first companion guilds:

• Marigolds Pest patrol + bright pops of color

• Lemon Balm Pollinator magnet + calming tea leaves

• Chives Nitrogen fixer + the best baked‑potato topping on earth

What it reminded me of: nothing grows alone.
Not fruit trees. Not movements. Not families trying to unplug from broken systems and build something real.

Next steps: haul in lots of mulch and woodchips, then layer cardboard to smother weeds. It’s hard work. Southern sun, sore shoulders, endless reps with compost, but every seed feels like another deposit into our long‑term sovereignty account.

Why guilds are wealth lessons in disguise

And yes: I’m using AI even here — mapping optimal plant spacing, designing water flow, and simulating microclimates before we commit to infrastructure. Technology and land stewardship don’t have to be opposites. In our world, they strengthen each other.

The Wealth Playbook Drops Soon

If you’ve been watching this journey and wondering how to start your own, this is for you:

🛠️ Pre-orders are now open for the Land & Digital Wealth Playbook.
This is the full blueprint I’m using to:

• Stack six-figure income while staying home with my kids

• Buy and design sovereign land systems

• Use AI to automate, scale, and protect my freedom

• Build parallel income streams in an unpredictable world

No fluff. Just real tools, templates, systems, and strategy.
Pre-order here → SeedandSociety.com
This is the first official product of the Seed & Society movement, and I’m proud of every word in it.

Remember, the first 100 orders get an exclusive behind-the-scenes video 

Special thank you to everyone that has pre-ordered so far, I won’t let you down 🤎

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From Commission to Compost

This work is the same, Whether I’m sending proposals or hauling mulch.
It’s strategic. It’s slow at first. But it compounds.

So here’s your reminder: You don’t need to choose between wealth and roots. You can have both. You can build both. You just need the tools, and the community, to make it real.

We’re not chasing status here.
We’re designing systems that give us:

• Ownership

• Autonomy

• Intergenerational peace

Whether you’re closing deals or layering compost, the truth is the same:

Sovereignty is a skill set. And you can learn it.

Building wealth isn’t just about what you earn — it’s about what you keep, what you grow, and what supports your life in the long haul.

—
Makeda
Founder & Chief Architect
Seed & Society

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