Money Foundations & Career Leverage
Build an automated money system, choose a high-income skill that compounds, validate a side income idea, and audit your career's exposure to AI disruption — in that order.
14 lessons ~11 hoursSelf-paced
Who this is for
Adults who earn an income but don't have a system; or who have a system but worry their role is becoming commoditised. Best for the ‘next ten years’ planner, not for someone trying to get rich this quarter.
The sequence
- 10 min
worksheet
Money split planner
7-day quickstart
- Day 1 — Read the personal finance foundations preview lesson and pull last month's spending.
- Day 2 — Run the money allocation calculator. Pick a split.
- Day 3 — Print the money split planner; set up the four standing orders.
- Day 4 — Read the high-income skills preview lesson; list five skills you already use.
- Day 5 — Score each skill for compounding, rarity, and AI exposure.
- Day 6 — Pick one skill to deepen for 90 days.
- Day 7 — Decide what you'll publish to make the skill visible.
30-day plan
Week 1
Automate money
- Complete the personal finance foundations micro-course.
- Set up the four standing orders.
- Open an emergency fund account if you don't have one.
Week 2
Choose a skill
- Complete the high-income skills micro-course.
- Pick one skill to deepen for the next 90 days.
- Block one weekly hour for deliberate practice.
Week 3
Validate a side income
- Complete the side-hustle-to-scaled-business micro-course.
- Validate one offer with three real conversations.
- Define the smallest paying version of the offer.
Week 4
AI exposure
- Complete the career resilience in the AI era micro-course.
- Audit your weekly tasks for AI substitution risk.
- Identify one part of your role that benefits from human judgement and double down.
Completion checklist
- Four standing orders set up and running.
- Emergency fund target written down and on schedule.
- One high-income skill picked and being practised weekly.
- One offer validated by real conversations.
- AI exposure audit done; one resilience bet placed.