You can be wealthy without a large salary because it’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep after expenses.

If you can invest more than 20% of your income each year, you’ll be achieving wealth faster than 70% of Americans.

The more that you’re able to save/invest, the less you need to live on (expenses) and that margin or gap (the white space in the image) is your measure of how long you need to work, and how long until you’re financially independent.