I am working as BJP President in Delhi. I earn money by singing, acting, dancing etc. I have a brand value.
My grandma told me that to be wealthy you need at least seven streams of income, so that's my goal. I have a big family. I want to take care of everybody.
In todays uncertain economy, the safest solution to be wealthy, be in total control and enjoy freedom for you and your family is to have multiple streams of income.
I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you don't live the rest of your life off the money you make in boxing. You still have to create positive forms of income.
I wasn't that academic, but I always made sure I was earning money. I never wanted to put all my eggs in one basket. Even when I started doing music, my parents were like, 'You need to work; you can't just live off music.' I always knew that. So I worked until I knew I was going to be financially okay.
Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.
Even though I'm already successful and have a career, it is always good to have your eggs in more than one basket.
I paint because I love to paint. If someone buys the prints or whatever, so be it, but it's not my main form of business. As a performer, that is my main form of business.
A lot of people ask, 'How did you start the business, and how did you do it money-wise?' And the truth is that I had three jobs. A day job, an evening job, and then designing my collection as well. That's just how we did it.
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
The more you live, the better an actor you are, but maybe I'd like to do something else on the side. Something to pay the bills as well.
Never depend on a single source of income.
If companies are able to have multiple revenue streams and have their hands in multiple pools of money, then why shouldn't the people who actually work for those brands be able to do the exact same thing?
I run a printing press from where I get my bread. If at all I get any butter, it comes from acting.
My wealth doesn't come from offerings alone.
I'm always trying to do as many different things as I can, just so when one is not doing so hot, maybe the other is still there.
No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.
If one job doesn't pay all the bills, don't worry. You can get another one and another one and another one.
As much as like my first love and first entry point into this business is through the theater, it's hard to make a living exclusively in theater, and so you kind of have to branch out and have as many revenue streams, and capacities and possibilities for expression that you can.
I can still do clothing, movies, cartoons. I'mma get mine regardless. Whether I put an album out or not, I'm still gonna see a check.
I've never relied on one job and usually have a few different gigs going.
I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I'd still have plenty of other things to do.
I make my money from a lot of different sources, so I'm not depending on any one thing to really pull through.
