Work Less, Earn More: Why High Performers Live a Good Life

You don’t have to spend the rest of your life feeling exhausted from work, waiting for the weekend, and barely making ends meet every month.

Instead, there are smart choices we can make now to set ourselves up well for later. But that means we have to do hard things today, and that’s exactly why not everyone is earning more.

Most people have a very short time horizon. If you’re willing to look farther, you will make better choices today. Choices that improve your life.

Here are two of those choices. I believe these are the most important reasons why some people earn more than others.

1. Aim for being the best

There’s a huge income gap between people who are on top and those who are considered “average.” Take the publishing industry, for example.

The average advance for a brand new author’s debut fiction novel is somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000. While Stephen King can get more than $30 million for a book deal.

We can also look at basketball. There are literally thousands of people who love to play basketball. But only a handful can get into the NBA and earn million-dollar paychecks.