ARENA999 Building Wealth So many of us are doing the wrong things for the right reasons. We get new jobs, big promotions, change careers, improve our skills, learn new skills, all in order to find financial freedom. But those things just get us more income, typically from a single source, which increases our dependency on that source. In turn, rather than gaining financial freedom, we lose even more of it. Increasing your income does not equal increasing your wealth.