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Michael Lim

The 150-250k salary trap 🪤


G’day friends,

You just got the promotion.

Congrats.

All the hard work and effort has paid off.

You’re now making $150-$250k in your corporate job.

But this is a dangerous trap.

This salary range is the tipping point.

The threshold of no return.

At this stage, you feel like:

  • You’ve made it.
  • The years of study and effort was worth it.
  • You’re considered successful by everyone around you.

But this is where your job starts to consume your entire life.

My friends and family at this income bracket start to:

  • Get a bigger house.
  • A more luxurious car.
  • Put the kids in private schools.

You’ve built a life where you need that next promotion keep sustain it.

But you can’t get a promotion unless you become an executive.

Moving up or down in role isn’t realistic.

This is the trap.

You’ve locked yourself into golden handcuffs.

And started living in a velvet prison.

You’ve chained yourself to your job.

You can neither leave it or nor get promoted without a significant hit to your lifestyle.

You start to dread Mondays.

You start to think:

Will this be my life for the next 35+ years?

To compensate, you start eating junk food because you ‘deserve it’.

You go on retail spending splurges because ‘you need this’,

One glass of wine every night turns into two. And sometimes 3 on a Friday.

Doubts start to creep in.

You entertain dangerous thoughts of Stepping Off.

But you've worked so hard to get here.

Giving it up will feel like a waste.

If this is where you find yourself.

This resource might help you: CLICK HERE.​

Let’s Launch Together,

Michael ‘golden cuffs & velvet prisons’ Lim.

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Michael Lim

🏆 x 5 Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur. Sold my first one-person business at 28. Currently traveling Southeast Asia.

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