Sunday, May 4, 2014

After a goal of retiring in 5 years. I come back to this blog. I am back financially free. What i have learnt . Through successes and mistakes.

It has been a while since my last post. Just under 5 years.
I left to pursue, and 100% concentrate on retiring in 5 years.
What have I been doing?
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I have been working 15 hour days.
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I Have read 1 book a month.
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I have developed an income source a month each giving me an income that has now surpassed my Living expenses. I actually did that a while ago but now I am completely free.
I wanted to be fully free before I preached and taught others. I wanted to make sure I ironed out all the mistakes and learnt from them.

I would like to say. This (picture of Walter white badass) is what I did when I realised I now no longer have to work.  Just being cool and going "I won. lets Move on to stage two".


When I realised I never have to work again.

I broke down and cried. You will never understand what it feels like until you have done it.


A relief just sweeps over you. And all the stresses, anxiety, the pressure all gets released in one hit.
You either scream with joy, like you won the lotto or you just cry.
I was the latter. I have a sick child a family to support. And not long ago if i lost my job (being the sole bread winner) then we would lose everything. The burdens and stress, of worrying about my family's needs.
Now knowing that if  I die tomorrow my children and grand children will be taken care of for life.

For me retired means financial freedom. It means I have more money coming in then money going out.

Retirement does not mean what it used to. I am not getting a gold watch and going fishing. But, I do not have to work any more. That is what retirement means. you can do what ever you want.
I have realised the formula for wealth. By talking to those who have done it before me, and through self discovery.

I am not retired. I am a CEO of my business. And I am not finished yet.
I could walk away if I want, but I am not ready yet. Making money makes me happy. Showing others how to do the same makes me happy.

Perhaps that is the next lesson I must learn. To say enough is enough. But I still don't think I am there. I made a goal to be a billionaire and I have a few steps to go. I am not sure I will see it in my life time. But I will get close depending how long I live. I still have more ventures, businesses and money and wealth creation ideas to do.

Over the next few blogs i will explain how to move from doing it all to being able to free up time to start a new venture. How you can do 100 businesses at once.

We will continue the financial training I started
I will explain all the things that have worked and not worked
I will delve in what you should invest in for the long term and what you should invest in for income now.

To donate to this blog.
I am doing this in good faith and offering this for free. To teach and to guide.
But this has two dilemmas.
No.1
You can not be committed to something if you do not have time or money invested in it.
For example if you pay for something you will work harder to commit to the goal.
You will stay on track. If you are not committed then you can easily quit.
So Make a donation to the tip jar. What ever you feel is a high enough number.
This is something I learnt.

If you commit. You will read everything more thoroughly. You have to be invested  in your education. Drop out rate for free online seminars is more than 99%.
2.
Pay for what you use. Lots of people work really hard on their projects.
People will pay $6.00 for a cup of coffee. But find it hard to pay for valuable information. For years, the only ones willing to pay for information were spies.

With the abundance of information out there. The only one making money are people who decide to make you pay for it before you see it. Because we get a sense of if its freely available then its less valuable. And ifs free and works so well well "why isn't everyone doing it".
Well let me tell you, the best information is just under our noses. It is right there for free but we choose to ignore it because we don't know what we are looking for. And what to do with it.
For example. There is a guy at my gym, he is poor, he barely works. But is huge and everyone asks his advice, he knows EVERYTHING  there is to know about working out. He spends most of his workout helping others and conversing. He offers this for free. He was building a following. No one asks the "professional trainers" they all asked this guy. So the trainers who work there, earn their money and this guy does the work.
What could he of done to transfer from a huge following and poor to a success?
Well I was one who took his advice, and he found out what i did and we both shared valuable information to to help each other out. And we made a partnership. I will explain more about this in another blog.
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I like the pay as you go society. If I watch a movie at the cinema. I have paid for it no matter what. Even it its horrible.
We should pay what we think it deserves.

If i really want to see a movie i will pay for it. If i wouldn't mind seeing it. I have to make the decision between perhaps borrowing it for free or paying for it. There is no tier system. I don't see why some movies not doing so well shouldn't be 50% off like other products.
For example of  coffee. If the person behind the counter is rude, I paid for customer service.I would pay less if the coffee was cold and tasted awful. I would either want a refund or to pay less.
But if the coffee was brewed to perfection the staff were attentive and bought a smile to my face. I would like to also leave a tip.

Being forced to pay for things means company's and others have the power over you..  If someone gave me enjoyment I will click on their ad to donate. This is what big corporations need to learn.
Donate or click on adds for people who donate their spare, free time for others to learn.
You can click on some of the advertising or buy products through their links. It wont cost you anything but it will keep the blog going.

Ads are going to be there if you like it or not. They are annoyance and intrusive. They pop up in your way and you just close them. Well if you click on them it will cost that company money. You don't have to buy. That company will start to spend vast amounts on advertising. And little bloggers and you tubers will get a supplement income to help their families.

I now have just come back and I am earning 11c a month on  this blog.  If you would like to hear my journey of self discovery why not click on an advertisement. I think I only earn a maximum of 2 cents a click. So if you want to hear my 2c worth have a click make advertisers pay to keep this blog going. Wont cost you a cent.

Also start making advertisers pay. When you come across a good blog or you tube video. Click on the add Make the advertiser pay for being in that space. Don't let them just sit there for free. Start spreading the wealth from an elite few, to everyone.











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