16 min • Caleb & Mary Beth Lutz

Most people start a side hustle before they know a single real number about their own money. Do this first. It takes an afternoon and it changes everything after it.

In this episode, Caleb and Mary Beth cover the groundwork almost everyone skips, including the numbers you need in front of you and the mindset traps that quietly cost people years.

We cover:

→ Why chasing income before you know your numbers backfires

→ The handful of numbers you actually need to find

→ The mindset traps that stall people before they start

→ Why more income does not fix a spending problem

→ What to have in place before you add a single stream

Nobody wants to do this part. It is also the part that makes everything after it work.

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