Did your parents have a residual income business or passive income stream built into there life as you were growing up? Or maybe they have one now? Did they ever talk to you about income strategies or how to make money besides working full time and saving up? Although I love my parents dearly and they have done so much for me I must admit they never taught me too much about how to invest and earn residual income. All of my learning and earning has come from my own drive and picking it up from other people.

It’s true what most people say that we are very similar to our family members and parents. This isn’t just for the way we worry or handle situations this also goes for the way we think about money and finances. My parents have always been in the school of thought of working hard, saving your money in banks and mutual funds, and of course putting money into their retirement savings plan. While that is all fine and dandy and they have been able to save money this way they never actually taught me about how to make residual income – I’ve had to learn it all for myself.

So you might ask what does this have to do with teaching us how to start our own business that brings in money while we sleep. Well what this means for you is that if your parents didn’t teach you all about finances and how to make a passive income the right way then you’ll need to go out of your way to not follow in their exact footsteps when it comes to the financial game of life.

I know in my case I have started to earn an online residual income through not going to an office everyday like my dad or mom may have hoped I would. I learn all about residual income streams and techniques from reading books like “rich dad, poor dad”, finding coaches to teach me about making income online, and also hanging around the internet and finding good blogs like this one that give out insightful learning on the subject of earning income.

So what’s the moral of this story? Love and appreciate your parents and what they have taught you. But remember to analyze what they have taught you in terms of financial thinking. I’m sure some parents understand how to build residual income and teach it to there kids but I know most don’t and therefore it’s up to you to go our and learn it yourself!

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