Top 6 Ways to Get Wealthy in 2026

In today’s training video, I will share the top 6 ways to get wealthy in 2026. But before I do, I want to share my definition of “wealthy” for context:

Wealthy is the freedom to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want. 

I’m writing this post from Lake Arrowhead, CA where I’m living with my family for the summer in a beautiful lake house which we purchased in August of 2023 (just one year after I founded Untap Your Sales Potential). 

Most of my wealth was built in tech sales over a 20 year career. I no longer have to work, but choose to work because I want to serve others and I love what I do. 

I encourage others to focus on building wealth so they have the same freedom to pursue what they love without the pressure to perform.  

There’s a big difference between WANTING to work to pursue a dream and serve others versus NEEDING to work to provide and survive. I now have the blessing of choosing to work, as opposed to operating from scarcity and survival mode which I did for most of my career. 

There are many other benefits to becoming wealthy, including lower financial stress, the ability to spend more quality time with friends and family, giving back, and my personal favorite: creating amazing experiences with the people I love. 

So do I think it’s worth it to make wealth building a goal? Absolutely. But the key is to do it with the right intentions and underlying motivations. 

Because the love of money and chasing wealth for its own sake can be very dangerous. 

“But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction” (1 Timothy 6:9).

That’s why it’s so important to build wealth without sacrificing your health, relationships, values, or integrity.  And that’s exactly what I’m going to share in today’s video. 

So without further ado, here are the top 6 ways to become wealthy in 2026: 

1. Develop the qualities that becoming wealthy requires FIRST. These include hard work, discipline, consistency, growth, and patience. 

2. Always be saving (regardless of how much you earn). Your net worth isn’t based on your income level; it’s based on your savings (investments + cash + home equity). Make a habit of saving now, even if you don’t have the income you desire yet. As your income increases, so will your savings. 

3. Live people your means. Lifestyle creep is real. Don’t increase your living expenses proportionally as your income increases, or else you will never save what you need. I’ve seen plenty of people making $300,000/year living paycheck to paycheck. 

4. Increase your skills to increase your earning capacity. Regardless of how much I earn, I am always investing in myself by hiring mentors and coaches so I don’t need to figure everything out on my own. The wealthiest people surround themselves with people smarter than them so they can keep learning and keep earning. I speak more about how to do this here

5. Always increase your income on an annual basis. You do this by getting promoted, changing companies, or even changing careers. How do you know when it’s time to leave your current job? When you stop earning AND stop learning. If you haven’t MASTERED your current role, you are unlikely to earn more in your new role even if you switch companies, so don’t leave prematurely until you are done growing AND have reached your earning capacity in that role. I always leave positions when I’m the very best and am peaking, NOT when I’m struggling and looking for something better. 

6. Invest aggressively in conservative places. What I mean by “invest aggressively” is to invest most of your excess savings, rather than keeping it in cash (I recommend keeping 3-6 months living expenses in cash and investing the rest). When I say “in conservative places” I mean don’t put all your investments in one basket. I invest primarily in S&P 500 index funds (90%), with a smaller portfolio allocation (10%) in syndicated real estate and tech. The key is to diversify, and index funds provide that diversification and mitigate the risk of being overinvested in a few areas (such as one single stock, crypto, etc.). In fact, only 11% of large cap active managers beat the S&P over a 5 year period, so why on earth would I try to outperform the market? 

So there you have it – these are my top 6 ways to get wealthy in 2026. In this week’s training video, I break down each of these strategies in detail.

You can access the full video here: https://youtu.be/rRRqMMcpgGM

PS – I’m not a financial advisor and only sharing what works for me. Please work with a professional on any investment decisions.