Passive Income I spent 12 years climbing the corporate ladder. Then I discovered my salary was my biggest financial liability. Here's the math no one teaches you in business school: A $200K salary requires 2,080 hours/year to maintain. A $200K passive income stream requires 0. The difference? Leverage. After building a crypto staking portfolio through ResidualVault, I tracked 14 months of real data: → Month 1: $340 in staking rewards → Month 6: $1,820 in staking rewards → Month 14: $4,650 in staking rewards Compounding isn't just a financial concept. It's a professional strategy. The professionals winning in 2025 aren't choosing between career growth AND financial independence. They're using one to fund the other. Here's the framework I now teach: 1. Treat passive income like a second job — track it weekly 2. Reinvest 80% of staking rewards for 24 months minimum 3. Let compounding do the heavy lifting by year 3 The average finance professional waits until retirement to think about passive income.…