How To Build A Five-Figure Per Month Business In Less Than 2 Hours Per Day.

Every constraint you have is an opportunity for innovation.

120 minutes of daily effort is all it takes to build a business.

But most people can’t commit to that.

They are more than willing to spend 8 hours building someone else’s dream and selling someone else’s product, but they can’t commit to 2 hours per day building something for themselves.

Here’s how you can do it.

Every constraint you have is an opportunity for innovation.

I work a 9–5 job alongside building a one-person business.

This means I don’t have endless time to work on my one-person business. I don’t always have a 4-hour block in the morning on weekdays to only work on my business. Most of the time, I only have 1 or 2. Sometimes less.

So I have to focus on high-leverage tasks.

But even within that time, I’ve created a one-person business that generates $6 — $7k monthly. That’s more than a full-time income for a large majority of Australians. But this doesn’t come without sacrifice.

Here’s the reality:

• I write the majority of my articles while on the train to work.

• I don’t watch Netflix or reality TV to build my business after work.

• I use my weekend mornings to work on my business for 4–5 hours.

• I don’t go out from Sunday night to Thursday night to get enough sleep and rest.

You’ll have to work hard and make sacrifices.

The journey will feel lonely. You’ll question yourself often. And a sense of imposter syndrome is always around the corner. If you aren’t willing to endure this, stop reading.

I can’t help you if you aren’t prepared to work hard. It isn’t optional.

Start with building an audience and personal brand.

I’ve built an audience of around 40,000+ across all my platforms.

While it’s not the biggest, I sometimes forget it’s like selling out an entire AAMI Park Stadium in Melbourne. It’s an audience size bigger than 90% of people I know. And it is more than enough to build towards making six figures per year.

If you’re not building your own audience, you’re part of someone else’s.

Audience building takes time. Building a portfolio of content and work is a long game. That's why I advocate keeping your day job while you do it. You can enjoy the security of your job while embracing the creativity of content creation and personal branding.

Here’s how you can start:

• Write down all your interests, hobbies, and curiosities.

• Brainstorm all the skills you’ve learned in your 9–5 job.

• Plan out your ideal life. What do you want to be doing in 3–5 years?

Now, combine all of them into a unique personal brand.

I’ve combined my skillset in government policy, marketing, personal branding, writing, content creation, and books into a personal brand. It’s so unique that I’m not competing with anyone. And no one can outcompete me being me.

Build an audience first, and then build whatever one-person business you want.

Focus on one customer and solve one problem through one method.

My biggest mistake is biting off more than I can chew.

Twelve months ago, I tried to launch three digital products simultaneously… and a newsletter. Because I spread myself out so much, all my products bombed.

The worst part? They were free.

I had sunk four months of effort into them with no return—no leads, no projects, no money, nothing. I burned myself out badly and almost crashed my one-person business.

It took me months to recover.

I was wrecked emotionally, and my confidence was so low. Looking back, it was one of the most challenging periods of my life. I couldn’t create another digital product until three months later.

I’ve trained myself to create digital products in less than a few weeks.

I can even create something in a day. The fastest digital product I ever created was 1 hour. Instead of building the perfect product, I focus on solving one problem for one customer avatar.

That’s it. Anything more is too much.

You become liberated once you accept that you can’t solve it all.

Don’t try to boil the ocean. You’ll end up boiling yourself.

Self-improvement isn’t optional

The growth of your one-person business is ONLY constrained by your growth.

Your business will never grow faster than you. You are the bottleneck and the cause of all your business problems. You have no one else to blame but you. It’s a harsh reality that makes your life better the sooner you accept this.

That’s why self-improvement is a requirement.

I invest the majority of my free time:

• Reading business, marketing, and sales books.

• Completing online courses by creators I respect and trust.

• Getting coached by people who have achieved what I want.

You won't have a one-person business if you can’t make this investment.

This journey will take longer than you think.

I’ve been writing online for five years.

But I didn’t start to take my writing seriously until two years ago when I quit my old 9–5 job.

Your journey will be different from mine. But no matter, it’ll take time—and more time than you thought it would. I’m 28 now, and I’ve given myself until the age of 33 to figure this out.

That’s another five years on top of what I’ve already done.

Can you commit to half a decade (or more) of work with no guarantee of success? Because that’s what it’ll take.

While it’s a long journey, I’ve had loads of fun along the way and wake up most mornings excited to write and create.

If you can marry a five-year timeline, your success is nearly guaranteed.

I haven’t seen a person do something consistently for five years and not achieve some success.

Consistency > intensity.

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👉 I’ve previously sold a one-person business and I’m in the process of scaling another one to $20k per month. If you want my one-person business growth system, I’ve created a FREE email course for you to get started.