I grew up on a ²ñµÄ ¹­¤¤ÃϽê and was ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd out of school at 16 for ¸ºß poor - now I've managed to make ¡ò16 million in just 6 years and you can do it too

A mother-of-twins who went from ¸ºß ¡ò35,000 in ÉéºÄ to ¼ýÆþ ¡ò16m over just six years has ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d the steps she took to get herself into the ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È - and she's teaching others how to do it too.

Sunday Times-bestselling author Lisa Johnson, 46, turned her life around after growing up on a ²ñµÄ ¹­¤¤ÃϽê and ¸ºß ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd at school.?

She's now a Á´À¤³¦¤Î ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö strategist helping ambitious people to create passive and Ⱦʬ-passive income streams - ie. Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê ¼ýÆþs from a source other than your ¸ÛÍѼÔ.

Since 2017, Lisa has helped more than 50,000 budding entrepreneurs through her One To Many course?and Race To Recurring ºÐÆþ challenge - and some have even become millionaires themselves.?

In the past seven years, Lisa has made ¡ò16 million - and says she once earned ¡ò1 million in an hour.

Lisa Johnson (pictured), 46, is a global business strategist and a host of the number one podcast Making Money Online

Lisa Johnson (pictured), 46, is a Á´À¤³¦¤Î ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö strategist and a host of the number one podcast Making Money Online

Since 2017, Lisa has helped?more than 50,000 budding entrepreneurs through her online courses - and some have even become millionaires

Since 2017, Lisa has helped?more than 50,000 budding entrepreneurs through her online courses - and some have even become millionaires?

Lisa welcomed her twin sons Finnian and Albert 12 years ago. At that time, her marriage was failing and she was forced to go back to work when they were just five months old

Lisa welcomed her twin sons Finnian and Albert 12 years ago. At that time, her marriage was failing and she was ·³Ââd to go »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to work when they were just five months old?

ƱÍÍ¤Ë as making millions from her ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö À½ÉÊ ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ës, Lisa is a host of a number one podcast, Making Money Online, and a Ç®Îõ¤Ê anti-¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëing ³°¸ò´±¡¿Âç»È.

Lisa said: 'When I first started this ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö, all I ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to do was be able to leave my ¿¦¶È. I thought, "If I could make ¡ò2,000 a month, that would be it." That's all I ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô.

'In 2021, during the Á´À¤³¦¤Î pandemic, I made ¡ò2.5m in one week - ¡ò1m in the first hour from sales from one ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ë alone. I take Joe Bloggs off the street and teach them how to make money from the knowledge that is in their Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë.

'And it doesn't have to be too ¥³¥ó¥Ó¥Ê¡¼¥È¡¿Ê£¹çÂÎ - it could be someone who teaches hula-hooping, or sewing patterns, it doesn't »öÊÁ.'

Lisa Äɲ乤ëd: 'Remember that an ÀìÌç²È is the person that knows the most about a particular »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ë in an ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë room, not on the internet or in the world.'

Lisa grew up living in social ½»Âð and was ÉÔÀµ¤Ë ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd for ¸ºß poor and wearing second-¼êÅϤ¹ Ã夻¤ë¡¿ÉêÍ¿¤¹¤ëing. When she was 16, another student ¶¼¤¹d her with a knife, so she left school in ¶²¤ì¤ë for her safety - all the while ¸ºß told she wouldn't ÎÌ to anything.

She started working ½½Ê¬¤Ê time as an admin assistant, but at the age of 23 she decided she was ±¿Ì¿¤Ë¤¢¤ëd for more.?

Lisa said: 'I asked myself, 'what's a hard thing to do that not all people might be able to do and it will tell you whether they're ¸¢Íø and you're not wo rth anything or whether they're wrong?'

Lisa began studying for her law degree at the age of 27 and has had successful careers in law, banking and the entertainment industry

Lisa began ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ëing for her ˡΧ degree at the age of 27 and has had successful careers in ˡΧ, banking and the entertainment »º¶È?

'I decided to do a degree because I thought if I can get a degree while working ½½Ê¬¤Ê time, and I get a decent ¼¨¤¹, then that means I can do anything.

'So that's what I did. I got a ˡΧ degree at 27 while working and I realised I could become whoever I ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to be. That's when it all started, I climbed the Ë¡¿ÍÁÈ¿¥¤Î¡¿´ë¶È¤Î ladder and the »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë is history.'

Lisa went on to have successful careers in ˡΧ, banking and the entertainment »º¶È but, ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º all she had ãÀ®¤¹¤ëd, she felt unfulfilled and as though she was on the wrong path.

When she welcomed her twin boys Finnian and Albert 12 years ago, Lisa realised she was spending more on childcare than her personal assistant ¿¦¶È was bringing in.

She said: 'I'd done ¤ä¤á¤ë °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ getting into this ¿¦¶È in Can ary Wharf and was ¼ýÆþ ¡ò60,000 - no one else from the ²ñµÄ ¹­¤¤ÃϽê I grew up in was making that. So I thought I'd done °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ.

'Then I got Ç¥¿±¤·¤Æ¤¤¤ë with the twins and my marriage was failing. So I had to go »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to work when they were five months old and I realised very quickly that it wasn't going to work.

'I needed a 9-5 ¿¦¶È ¶á¤Å¤¯ my house and °ÂÁ´¤Ê¡¦Êݾڤ¹¤ëd a junior admin assistant Ìò³ä, meaning I went from ¼ýÆþ ¡ò60,000 to a ¡ò20,000 ¿¦¶È.'

Believing that there must be a better way financially, she »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë up her own wedding planning ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö - but?ǧ¤á¤ë that she 'made all the mistakes' because she had no idea what she was doing.

Unfulfilled by her corporate careers, Lisa now works with entrepreneurs to help them turn the 'knowledge in their head' into?passive and semi-passive income streams

Unfulfilled by her Ë¡¿ÍÁÈ¿¥¤Î¡¿´ë¶È¤Î careers, Lisa now ºîÉÊ with entrepreneurs to help them turn the 'knowledge in their Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë' into?passive and Ⱦʬ-passive income streams

Within six months of launching her strategy business, Lisa had made ¡ò100,000 in profit. She went on to earn ¡ò220,000 in her first year and by the end of year two she had made over ¡ò1 million

Within six months of ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëing her Àïά ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö, Lisa had made ¡ò100,000 in Íø±×¡Ê¤ò¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ë. She went on to earn ¡ò220,000 in her first year and by the end of year two she had made over ¡ò1 million

It was a tricky start, with Lisa Íî¤Á¤ëing ¡ò35,000 into ÉéºÄ - but after dedicating her time to learning as much as she could about ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö, she turned things around to make the ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö profitable in just five months.?

She said: 'I then spent a year going to every ²òÊü¤¹¤ë¡¿¼«Í³¤Ê webinar, I couldn't afford to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â for anything because my credit cards were all maxed out.

'So I just went to the library, read every Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë I could get my ¼êÅϤ¹s on and I turned that ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö around to be profitable.'

Lisa then started to teach others everything she'd learned about ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö.

In 2017, she realised helping people grow their ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ös and µ¬ÌÏ them online was her passion so she ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd her Àïά ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö.

Within six months she'd made ¡ò100,000 in Íø±×¡Ê¤ò¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ë, ¡ ò220,000 in the first year and over a million by the end of year two.?

Now she's ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ðing her programmes to those just starting out in ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö and those who are looking to µ¬ÌÏ their companies up to seven ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ús.

Through her first course, One To Many, which is a programme to teach entrepreneurs how to make money online, Lisa developed the CASHH system (her five ½ÅÍ×¤Ê steps to making passive income online).

Lisa said: 'I realised as I was teaching people how to make passive income, I was Àâ the same thing over and again. These are the five steps to make passive income to make money online.

When people complain that they don't have the time or resources to realise their business goals, Lisa reminds them that she was a single parent with four-year-old twins and a full-time job when she started

When people complain that they don't have the time or »ñ¸»s to realise their ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö goals, Lisa reminds them that she was a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È parent with four-year-old twins and a ½½Ê¬¤Ê-time ¿¦¶È when she started?

'The C stands for ¡ÊÊÛ¸î»Î¤Î¡Ë°ÍÍê¿Í - before you work out whether you want a ²ñ°÷¤ÎÃÏ°Ì or whether you want a course, you need to work out who you want to help and who that ¡ÊÊÛ¸î»Î¤Î¡Ë°ÍÍê¿Í is.

'Then you go ¤Î¾å¤Ë the A which is for audience. You grow an audience of those people that you said you ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to help. That could be in a Facebook group, on an email ̾Êí¡Ê¤ËºÜ¤»¤ë¡Ë¡¿É½¡Ê¤Ë¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ë, on Instagram. You put them somewhere so that you can talk to them.

'Then the first S is structure and systems. It's become really Ê¿°×¤Ê with systems like Kartra and Kajabi that help you work out how to get your course to people.

'So an online ÃÅ¡¦¹ËÎΡ¦¸øÌó where you can put your courses and your ²ñ°÷¤ÎÃÏ°Ì, and then you just need to work out the structure of it - ie - do you prefer ²»À¼Éô¤Î, ¥Ó¥Ç¥ª or work Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ës etc?'

The next S in CASSH stands for 'selling' - which Lisa calls '³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëing' - so it's all about how to '³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ë' a course online.

She believes one of the ½ÅÍפÊs to her success and making a lot of money in one go is because she's learned how to ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ë. Now, she can make ¡ò2million when she ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ës a new À½ÉÊ. Finally, the H in CASSH stands for happy.

Lisa said: 'Remember that with any passive income - it's not very passive at the beginning. You're learning how to ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ë, you're learning how to Îá¾õ a course and you're growing an audience.

'It only becomes passive the second, third, fourth, fifth time that you've put it out there in Àµ³Î¤Ë¡¿¤Þ¤µ¤Ë the same way. But the only way you will get there is if the ¡ÊÊÛ¸î»Î¤Î¡Ë°ÍÍê¿Ís are happy, because then they tell other people about it.'

Lisa, who was bullied as a child for being poor and wearing second-hand clothing, is a passionate anti-bullying campaigner

Lisa, who was ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd as a child for ¸ºß poor and wearing second-¼êÅϤ¹ Ã夻¤ë¡¿ÉêÍ¿¤¹¤ëing, is a Ç®Îõ¤Ê anti-¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëing Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ô?

When people complain that it's 'impossible' or ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë 'hectic schedules' for their ·çÇ¡¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of success, Lisa reminds them that she was a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È parent with four-year-old twins and had a ½½Ê¬¤Ê-time ¿¦¶È when she started.

Lisa worked on her ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö from 5-6am, in her lunch break and from 9-10pm to build. One of her ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ tips is encouraging people to turn off Netflix for an hour at night and that will give them the time they need to start to build a ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö.

Then after a few years of putting it all together and working hard, she ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës they'll be time-rich ͽÄê to their passive income stream.

ƱÍÍ¤Ë as making millions from these ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö À½ÉÊ ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ës, Lisa is also a host of the Making Money Online podcast, which sees her ³ô invaluable tips on how time-poor people can build successful, lucrative ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ös.

²Ã¤¨¤ë, she's Ç®Îõ¤Ê about helping the ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd, the ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ës and bystanders through her work.

She said: 'I've been ¤¤¤¸¤á¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd by everybody from day one - by classmates, by competitors, by my own coaches, by ¡ÊÊÛ¸î»Î¤Î¡Ë°ÍÍê¿Ís, all sorts of people, but I know how to ¤ò¼è¤ê°ú¤­¤¹¤ë it now.

'I now realise that no res ponse is a ÊÖÅú. You don't have to get ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëd. One To Many now makes me millions each year, but the big thing for me is now to make a difference to others.'