Most entrepreneurs obsess over their freedom number but calculate it wrong.

They focus on accumulating enough money to quit everything, missing the deeper truth: financial independence without operational independence is just expensive prison.

The elite understand something different. True freedom isn't about having enough money to escape dependencies, it's about systematically eliminating dependencies so you need less money to be free.

While most people need $2-5 million to feel secure, dependency-conscious entrepreneurs achieve the same freedom with $500K-1M because they've engineered risk out of their lives at the system level.

The Hidden Dependency Tax

Every dependency in your business model functions as an invisible tax on your freedom.

The brutal math: Each major dependency increases your freedom number by 40-60%.

If you need $1M to be free with perfect independence, you need:

• $1.4-1.6M with one major dependency

• $2M with two dependencies

• $3M+ with three or more

Most entrepreneurs are unknowingly carrying 5-8 major dependencies, which is why their freedom number feels impossibly high.

The solution isn't earning more money faster. It's systematically eliminating dependencies to bring your freedom number down to achievable levels.

The Quick Win: Dependency Scanner (Free Tool)

Before calculating your freedom number, you need to identify what's actually keeping you trapped. This scanner reveals dependencies you might not even realize exist.