{"id":1605,"date":"2023-08-02T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2026-10-23T04:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:05:24","slug":"creating-wealth-not-just-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/creating-wealth-not-just-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Wealth Not Just Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_88422\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_62755\"  width=\"474\" height=\"266\"  data-origwidth=\"474\" data-origheight=\"266\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;index=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_88422\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-subscribe\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"epyt-gallery-subbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MAWealthMastery?sub_confirmation=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/play-subscribe.png?w=1500&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" \/>Subscribe to my channel<\/a><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stephen Oliver, MBA and 10th Degree Black Belt<\/strong> &#8212; Founder and CEO of Mile High Karate and Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, CEO of NAPMA (National Association of Professional Martial Artists), and Publisher of <em>Martial Arts Professional<\/em> magazine. 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