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In this episode of Superhuman AI: Decoding the Future, Zain and Hassan explore practical strategies for increasing your income through the use of leverage. They introduce five key types of leverage—knowledge, labor, capital, technology, and media/distribution—offering a roadmap for turning skills into higher earnings.

They share their personal experiences to illustrate these principles: Hassan recounts his journey from working at a startup to joining a founding team, and Zain discusses how he leveraged knowledge and labor to launch his own successful social media consultancy and create the Superhuman AI newsletter. Through consistency and hard work, they demonstrate how small, incremental efforts compound into meaningful career and income growth over time.

Zain and Hassan also underscore the value of building a public presence and network to unlock higher opportunities and income potential. They caution that this approach is not a get-rich-quick scheme but a systematic and sustainable strategy for achieving long-term financial success.

Packed with actionable insights to enthuse the budding entrepreneurs of 2025, this episode offers a practical guide to using leverage and continuous learning to create meaningful career and income growth.

What we talk about:

0:48 - The challenge – how to achieve $8,000 per month of income.

1:59 – What is leverage and why do you need it?

3:45 – The importance of compounding.

5:21 – Building leverage from zero.

7:21 – Permission and permissionless leverage.

8:33 – How Hassan built his leverage.

10:46 – The most accessible form of leverage is knowledge.

11:52 – Zain’s system for supercharging your knowledge.

13:45 – Building Leverage within a job.

15:13 – How to choose the right jobs after graduating.

16:25 – Do you want to build or sell?

20:11 – Forget your job title and focus on your experience.

23:54 – Why should you share your knowledge and build an audience?

29:29 – Utilising your leverage to 3x your income.

33:08 – How Zain used this process to generate $100k+ per month.

38:12 – Consistency is key.