Cost?cutting can never beat income expansion. Frugality is a virtue, yet it is not a path to great wealth. Merely cutting expenses resembles patching leaks in a leaking wooden bucket: no matter how careful you are, you cannot gather sufficient water. Expanding income is like dredging rivers to draw in fresh water, actively creating new revenue streams and breaking free from single?income constraints. Average people focus on saving to accumulate; the wealthy prioritize growing revenue. Safeguarding existing funds can only sustain basic living; expanding incremental income creates real prosperity.