How did I do it?
Well I haven't yet because that's the exact topic title I'm going to use for a new thread I'm going to make one year from now…
So who am I?
I'm 28 year old unemployed man from Belgium and my story is a little bit different than most.
After finishing my bachelor in Marketing the future was looking bright until I got some serious health issues which made me live like a plant for 6 years. I had a long list of symptoms but the most annoying ones were that I was always tired, didn't have the energy to do much, had troubles thinking clearly and was basically living from day to day, mostly in front of my computer screen. Doctors didn't know what caused this and couldn't help me but I didn't give up and started reading every book and website about health and food that I could find. Ironically that's how I discovered the cause and solved it for the most part just 1 year ago.
I always found it odd that people trade so much time for so little money and work until they are "allowed" to retire at 67 to receive a pension that is too small to pay for your expenses. So working 9 to 5 at a desk was never something I even considered. Reading Rich dad, Poor dad a couple of years ago, I knew there was another way and now that I had my energy and drive back I started making moves...
The first thing I did was creating a website and organizing a seminar about a subject I knew a lot about. It sold out and the seminar brought in some cash to buy me some time to think of what is was I wanted in life and how I would achieve it.
Then I also read the TMF , and discovered this forum. I'm a huge bookworm so I bought about 30 business & self development books (all recommended here) and started reading and taking notes. I also started selling lot's of old toys (Gijoe, turtles, etc) on a local second hand website.
Then I registered a lot of domainnames for 500 euros, that I will flip for profit in time
When I read the entire importing & ebay thread and Walter Hay's Ama I knew this was something I wanted to do, so the 1st of January I bought 70 different products of aliexpress in sample sizes between 1 and 10
While I'm waiting for them to arrive I'm working/learning about ebay and also developing my blog and website which will be my core business.
Since I only have enough money left for 5 months of rent and food, failure is not an option…
I wouldn't like to be unemployed AND homeless so yes I'm very very motivated to make this work!
Here is my goal:
I will retire when I'm 35 (which is about 6 years from now). I will have a steady passive income of at least 5000 EUR/month that will allow me to be flexible and travel wherever I want.
To do that my businesses will be as automated as possible, just like in the 4HWW
This month I also wrote how I will make that happen. In short:
1) Income from selling on ebay, amazon and my own e-commerce websites.
2) Building a website/blog where I get income from:
- Virtual products: ebooks, audiobooks, video's
- Services: Seminars, private coaching
- Direct advertising, affiliatemarketing
3) Building and monitizing niche website's (optional)
Thanks for reading... I hope I will learn a lot from all of you and I hope I will be able to inspire and help new members in the future!
Well I haven't yet because that's the exact topic title I'm going to use for a new thread I'm going to make one year from now…
So who am I?
I'm 28 year old unemployed man from Belgium and my story is a little bit different than most.
After finishing my bachelor in Marketing the future was looking bright until I got some serious health issues which made me live like a plant for 6 years. I had a long list of symptoms but the most annoying ones were that I was always tired, didn't have the energy to do much, had troubles thinking clearly and was basically living from day to day, mostly in front of my computer screen. Doctors didn't know what caused this and couldn't help me but I didn't give up and started reading every book and website about health and food that I could find. Ironically that's how I discovered the cause and solved it for the most part just 1 year ago.
I always found it odd that people trade so much time for so little money and work until they are "allowed" to retire at 67 to receive a pension that is too small to pay for your expenses. So working 9 to 5 at a desk was never something I even considered. Reading Rich dad, Poor dad a couple of years ago, I knew there was another way and now that I had my energy and drive back I started making moves...
The first thing I did was creating a website and organizing a seminar about a subject I knew a lot about. It sold out and the seminar brought in some cash to buy me some time to think of what is was I wanted in life and how I would achieve it.
Then I also read the TMF , and discovered this forum. I'm a huge bookworm so I bought about 30 business & self development books (all recommended here) and started reading and taking notes. I also started selling lot's of old toys (Gijoe, turtles, etc) on a local second hand website.
Then I registered a lot of domainnames for 500 euros, that I will flip for profit in time
When I read the entire importing & ebay thread and Walter Hay's Ama I knew this was something I wanted to do, so the 1st of January I bought 70 different products of aliexpress in sample sizes between 1 and 10
While I'm waiting for them to arrive I'm working/learning about ebay and also developing my blog and website which will be my core business.
Since I only have enough money left for 5 months of rent and food, failure is not an option…
I wouldn't like to be unemployed AND homeless so yes I'm very very motivated to make this work!
Here is my goal:
I will retire when I'm 35 (which is about 6 years from now). I will have a steady passive income of at least 5000 EUR/month that will allow me to be flexible and travel wherever I want.
To do that my businesses will be as automated as possible, just like in the 4HWW
This month I also wrote how I will make that happen. In short:
1) Income from selling on ebay, amazon and my own e-commerce websites.
2) Building a website/blog where I get income from:
- Virtual products: ebooks, audiobooks, video's
- Services: Seminars, private coaching
- Direct advertising, affiliatemarketing
3) Building and monitizing niche website's (optional)
Thanks for reading... I hope I will learn a lot from all of you and I hope I will be able to inspire and help new members in the future!
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