the lazy way to more income in 2026 · A.I. Royalty Rockstars

Jason Eckerman

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the lazy way to more income in 2026

Happy New Year!

As I’m battling the crud from holiday travels (a story for another day)…

I’ve been thinking about New Years resolutions and goals.

And for the first time in YEARS…

I’m NOT setting income goals for the year.

Every January I used to pick a number... chase it like my golden doodle doing backyard zoomies... and then (assuming I caught it) just pick a BIGGER number the next year.

Groundbreaking stuff, I know.

But this year I'm trying something different...

I'm setting ASSET GOALS instead.

Not "how much MONEY can I make?"

But "How many things can I OWN… that make money WITHOUT me doing more work?"

It sounds like the same question...

I promise you it’s not.

Revenue goals were useful, but kept me on the treadmill. Hit the number? Great — now I’d get run FASTER next year to hit a bigger number.

Asset goals are more like... collecting little money-printing machines and letting them hum in the background while I go touch grass and play with my kids.

That’s why in 2026...

My goal is to license out tiny AI tools to another 10-20 people as fast as possible.

Microinfluencers. Folks with audiences. People who can actually USE what I've already built.

They get a tool that helps their people.

I get another revenue stream.

I do as close to zero extra work as possible. (My favorite amount of work.)

It's the easiest way I know for rockstars to stack royalty income with AI in 2026.

And that's the mindset shift I'm challenging you with this year...

Control assets. Don't chase revenue.

Thanks to AI, this is getting EASIER than ever to do.

Even for non-technical people who can barely spell AI.

Here's to a 2026 full of collected assets and minimal chasing.