Glantern13
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Hello all,
I am so excited to have found The Millionaire Fastlane . What an amazing book. I have about a hundred pages left to go. I wish I would have had this book 20 years ago. Like MJ, I have always wanted a Lambo. Unlike MJ, I kind of bought into the slowlane philosophy, but I've been on the sidewalk. However, I have always known there was something wrong with the slowlane philosophy. Unfortunately for me, I am in my early 40's and just finding this out. I am currently working in an industry making around $10,000 a month after taxes. However, I work six days a week and I don't get to live in the same state as my daughter. In other words, I am not wealthy, I am poor, because I don't have the freedom to live where I want. And I just lost my job to boot and I have to find another project to get on. I just started in this industry but I knew I didn't want to do it for more than a couple of years and I still felt poor even though I can probably save $50,000 a year. It would still take me probably 15 years to save over a million if I invest right, unless my wife can get on doing what I do and then maybe it would take us five years. But I had already figured out a couple of years ago that I would need at least $5 million to retire, just like MJ said in his book.
Anyway, I have no one to blame but myself. Like most of the sheeple out there, my "education" stopped after I graduated from college. What an idiot I have been. I spent my valuable time playing Counter-Strike and World of Tanks and WOW and whatever else I could find to make me feel better. Instead I should have been hitting the library and learning skills. What a mind opener this book is.
I also of course bought into the whole idea that being a business owner meant success. But in the back of my mind I knew that was not true. Who buys a 7-11 franchise and makes it big? No one.
I have some business ideas. I need to learn how to build a website to be honest. I am going to start using my time a lot more wisely going forward. I will be hitting the books and learning. My education is about to begin. Thanks so much for the insights MJ, and I hope to learn a lot more here as well.
Glantern13
I am so excited to have found The Millionaire Fastlane . What an amazing book. I have about a hundred pages left to go. I wish I would have had this book 20 years ago. Like MJ, I have always wanted a Lambo. Unlike MJ, I kind of bought into the slowlane philosophy, but I've been on the sidewalk. However, I have always known there was something wrong with the slowlane philosophy. Unfortunately for me, I am in my early 40's and just finding this out. I am currently working in an industry making around $10,000 a month after taxes. However, I work six days a week and I don't get to live in the same state as my daughter. In other words, I am not wealthy, I am poor, because I don't have the freedom to live where I want. And I just lost my job to boot and I have to find another project to get on. I just started in this industry but I knew I didn't want to do it for more than a couple of years and I still felt poor even though I can probably save $50,000 a year. It would still take me probably 15 years to save over a million if I invest right, unless my wife can get on doing what I do and then maybe it would take us five years. But I had already figured out a couple of years ago that I would need at least $5 million to retire, just like MJ said in his book.
Anyway, I have no one to blame but myself. Like most of the sheeple out there, my "education" stopped after I graduated from college. What an idiot I have been. I spent my valuable time playing Counter-Strike and World of Tanks and WOW and whatever else I could find to make me feel better. Instead I should have been hitting the library and learning skills. What a mind opener this book is.
I also of course bought into the whole idea that being a business owner meant success. But in the back of my mind I knew that was not true. Who buys a 7-11 franchise and makes it big? No one.
I have some business ideas. I need to learn how to build a website to be honest. I am going to start using my time a lot more wisely going forward. I will be hitting the books and learning. My education is about to begin. Thanks so much for the insights MJ, and I hope to learn a lot more here as well.
Glantern13
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