Your parents’ financial advice is dead (and what to do about it)

The American Dream isn’t what it used to be.

Back in the 1970s, it sounds almost unbelievable what was possible for the middle class:

• Working at the same company for decades

• Raising a family in your early twenties without going broke

• Buying a house on a single income (maybe even paying it off by the time your kids finished high school)

All of that sounds like a pipe dream these days, doesn’t it?

But a lot of Boomers never got the memo.

And even though they meant well... the advice they gave the next generation was built for a world that doesn’t exist anymore.

They told us the path to success was to:

• Get a four-year degree

• Pile up student loans and other debt

• Pray that you can score a job at a prestigious company (and hope you don’t get caught in mass layoffs a few years later...)

All with the promise that if you keep your nose to the grindstone until you retire, the almighty hand of the free market will bless you with financial security.

But in today’s economy, being an employee doesn’t buy you security. It just buys you survival. AKA making a livable (but not amazing) paycheck, renting for the rest of your life, and hoping your stocks and crypto can outpace inflation.

Don’t get me wrong — I’m not talking bad about anyone who works a W2 job. Far from it!

I’m simply saying that the perks of the salaried lifestyle continue to shrink each year.

And I believe that if you want true financial security and freedom, the fastest way to achieve that will be through acquiring a small, profitable business.

It takes a lot more work up front than finding a salaried job. And the responsibility is far greater.

But in my experience, it’s so worth it.

At this point, I’ve helped hundreds of students inside Acquisition Ace to buy their first businesses and radically change their financial futures.

More importantly:

They’re no longer sacrificing their lives climbing the corporate ladder, pouring 40 hours a week into building someone else’s company and lifestyle.

Instead, they’re putting that time into scaling their own businesses, calling the shots, and building financial freedom on their own terms.

If you want to achieve that for yourself, here’s a little something that might help...

I occasionally come across high-quality small business deals and share them with subscribers on this email list.

Not every opportunity will be a perfect fit. But for the right person (maybe you), it could be the exact right offer at the right time.

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Onward,

— Ben Kelly