How I got 800% Return On Investment in a Year

April 9th, 2022

My father bought me the best birthday present ever,
a shiny new MacBook Air M1 worth $1300
I have been an Apple fanboy since 2015. I watched every Apple Event even though I knew I will not be able to afford their cheapest products.

But this birthday was different. I convinced my Father to get me a Mac because I genuinely needed it, even though it was $1300, which was damn expensive for a tech product. My father got it for me on an EMI for 12 months.

This wasn’t because he wanted to make my 18th special, but this was because I made him believe in me and assured him that it’s an INVESTMENT, not a DESIRE.

The moment I got my Mac, I started writing on Twitter, learning new skills.
I bought a Skillshare Subscription and started binging on their courses, and learnt:
1. Touch Typing (Ali Abdaal’s Fan)
2. Notion Template Designing
3. Excel
4. Coding
5. Copywriting
6. Video Editing

Though my Father never pressurized me to Earn, I didn’t want to hold myself back just because I was a kid.

I had one thing with me that Very Few Have (I don’t have it anymore);
Freedom to spend my time as I want.
I wasn’t in a University so I didn’t have to give any exams.
I wasn’t in a Job so I didn’t have to spend 8 hours doing stuff for someone else.
I wasn’t a stupid teen who liked to spend his time watching reels and playing games.

But one thing that I did wrong was… I didn’t focused on one thing.

I was doing coding while making Notion Templates
I was learning Copywriting while editing videos
If I’d focused all my energy on one thing, I could have gotten here damn early.

But the fun part started when I earned my first dollar online in November.
It was INR 27,900 to be exact, and that changed my mindset completely.

And within 3 months, I was able to buy pay off that debt for Mac, while buying my iPhone 14 and creating my studio with the money I earned just with the MacBook.

And till now, I was able to earn more than 1000% of the investment that I made back then.

I’m not saying here that you should invest $10,000 in buying 10 Macs,
NO.

What I’m saying here is, it’s a lot better to invest in yourself and your skills rather than investing in stocks and bonds when you’re in your Late Teens or Twenties.
I was able to create a stream of income not because I invested $5k in S&P500, it happened because I invested in a tool that allowed me to earn more.

As Alex Hormozi says, it’s a lot better to invest in your Earning Power than in any fixed asset.


But,it might not be a $1300 computer for you, it might be a $20 tool or a subscription like VP+ where I and My friend Jack Cole teach Video Editors to monetize Video Editing and land $1000 clients easily.
Click here if you wanna see what’s it about (only for Video Editors): https://videoproduction.plus/sayujyagupta

In the end, always try to find value in the investment that you make and not the price of it.
If a $1300 investment can help you make $3000+/month, you’re Stupid not to make it.
If a $20 investment can guide you to make $3000+/month, you’re Extremely Stupid not to make it.

Thanks for reading till the end and, do let me know your thoughts on this by replying to this email, I read and reply to all of them😄

Keep Hustling,
Sayujya Gupta