Top 7 Smart Ways to Build Passive Income

Lessons from Nature’s Best Engineer on Creating Systems That Work While You Sleep

By Ideogram

Think about a calm riverbank at sunset.

A beaver swims by, carrying twigs in its mouth.

Over many nights, it hauls logs, mud, and branches to the same spot. After weeks, a dam appears which is strong enough to slow the river, which in turn makes a pond and a safe home.

The interesting thing about this is that once the beaver has done all that work, it gets the rewards for years. The dam keeps its home safe, raises the water to hide the entrance, and even makes new places to find food. A short, intense bit of work, then it gets long-term safety.

That’s how real passive income works. You create something once be it a system, a product, even a channel and it keeps paying you even after you’ve stopped working on it.

Here are seven digital dams you can build now to make income that comes in even while you’re asleep.

1. Automated Print-on-Demand 👕

Beavers build a place to live and get to enjoy it; you can do that too with things like t-shirts and mugs.