From the outside looking in, it may appear that another person’s success happened overnight, but, that’s usually never true.
For Russ, his success did not come overnight. After much time of grinding and putting his 10,000 hours in, he was able to see his independent music earnings go from $626 in June 2015 to $102,000 in June 2016.
*Numbers are fair estimates as Russ ran through the numbers on the video.
June 2015: $626
July 2015: $1100
August 2015: $1500
September 2015: $3000
October 2015: $4200
November 2015: $4600
December 2015: $8200
January 2016: $16,000
February 2016: $18,000
March 2016: $20,000
April 2016: $25,000
May 2016: $73,000
June 2016: $102,000
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Russ admitted that he’s not surprised at the numbers he did over the course of year, stating, he’s worked very hard for the income to manifest.
