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I Made $10k In Passive Income As A Child. Here’s How

It was pretty easy

Matt Lillywhite
3 min readFeb 21, 2022

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Growing up, I was an expert at making money. It’s probably because I spent several evenings per week with Elon Musk and other billionaires while my father conducted business in Silicon Valley.

From a young age, I learned the importance of paying low taxes, maximizing profit margins, and doing everything within my power to make a few more dollars.

Anyway, all of that hard work eventually paid off. Aged ten, I made $10k in monthly passive income.

Here‘s how I did it:

I Pretended To Be A Financial Analyst

Do you know about voice-changing software that can make everything you say sound deeper? Nor did I until I realized that it was possible to make a tonne of money by pretending to be 32.

Despite only being ten years old, I was invited to discuss the stock market and various other topics on TV. And by using software that made my voice sound much deeper, I gave the impression that I was a 32-year-old financial analyst from New York City.

Some people might call it deception. However, I prefer to use the phrase “strategically faking it until you make it.” In this day and age, how else are young…

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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