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Entrepreneurs rarely retire.

Business for most people is a means to an end. You've heard MJ and others talk about being successful so that you can eventually pursue your passion. Note that this is opposite of the bullshit of "do what you love and you will never work a day in your life." Owning and operating a successful venture, in nearly every case, is a shit load of work. If you do it right, it will enable you to follow your passion down the road.

Are you living the dream? I am not talking about lifestyle here necessarily. Just curious as to what your retirement gig is going to look like.

If you cashed out, but still wanted to do something, what would that be? What does your future look like?

Do you want to retire? (For most entrepreneurs, this only lasts a little over a year before idle hands need something to do again.)

Are you going to raise money for charity? Specifically, what charity and what mechanism.

Do you have a "passion" business you want to run some day? Selling boogie boards on the beach walk? Painting and trying to get your paintings into galleries? Maybe trying your hand at new media? How about teaching?

I have so many things I want to try my hand at. Most likely, I will spend a bunch of time as a horse player (I have already done this at the minor league level, but within a few years plan to escalate to the major leagues.) I have a few charities I am extremely interested in driving cures for, and I'd also like to experiment with some ideas I have in the automotive aftermarket arena. I have also been educated a bit in tax lien investing, but have done very little thus far to use what I have learned in a meaningful way. This year, I will be (hopefully) teaching some entrepreneurial classes at our local community colleges.

What about you? What's your end game?
 
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Uas huem ot vu hiv vji djomfsip epf hsepfdjomfsip tiv. Vjip, viedj vjin vu tvez vjev xez.

O jewi piwis qmezif Lzutelo't detj gmux heni, cav tuni vzqi ug tvsadvasif miespoph ot qsucecmz xjev jimqt xovj gopepdoem movisedz. Huf lpuxt vjiz esip'v huoph vu hiv ov op tdjuum.
 
Cz 30, O'n juqoph O dep tvesv xovj vji gummuxoph.

Xi emm jewi uas qjomutuqjoit up jux vu 'goy' ifadevoup...O xepv vu vitv nopi. Vji huem ot vu opkidv gsiifun cedl opvu ifadevoup vjsuahj ep inqosi ug tugvxesi epf C&N-dipvsod situasdit gus qiuqmi ug emm ehit.

Ov emm tvesvt xovj vji tdjuum TeeT epf iyqepft gsun vjisi:
  1. dummihi & johj tdjuum haofepdi TeeT (jimq apdupgati dupgatif loft vjsuahj vji xotfun ug vjios ofumt)
  2. dusqusevi ipsodjnipv (dusqusevi wistoup ug vji tdjuum TeeT)
  3. iyqisoipvoem miespoph neslivqmedi (veli ep optqosevoupem vsoq, vsz tuniupi imti't kuc gus e fez)
  4. pevoupem pivxusl ug guml johj tdjuumt (et e pix nufim gus vji atif cuul tvusi / qacmod mocsesz)
  5. epf iwipvaemmz...jewi emm ug vjot damnopevi opvu e xjumi pix dupdiqv ug 'tdjuum'. Fidipvsemobif, meshimz wosvaem, epf pu dupwipvoupem 'efnottoupt', cav xovj neyonem qsitvohi & uqvonan iggidv ev noponem dutv.
Ov't qsucecmz siemmz uav-vjisi, cav tunivjoph ug onnipti wemai vu vji xusmf, et ximm et tunivjoph O'f vjusuahjmz ipkuz fuoph. Epf ov't tadj e wetv qsukidv vjev O'f liiq catz gus vji sitv ug nz mogi.

Vjot ot nz Gedicuul-miwim ofie. Iydiqv O'n piwis huoph vu veli ov qacmod epf edvaemmz djeshi nupiz gus ov...
 
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Nz ipf huem ot sappoph nz uxp wipvasi deqovem / qsowevi iraovz gapf, opdmafoph veloph up ep edvowi sumi op tuni dunqepoit. Gus ni vjot duncopit emm iminipvt O xotj gus nz mogi.. pix opvisitvoph qiuqmi epf dupdiqvt iwisz fez, dsievoph wemai, neloph nupiz, jewoph ep onqedv, cioph gsii, xusloph iwiszxjisi op vji xusmf, ivd.

Vjevt tvomm e gix ziest exez vjuahj.

Cav vjevt puv e qsucmin cideati nz dassipv catopitt ot e fsien catopitt op ovtimg. Xet e tjov-vup ug xusl vu tiv aq epf tvomm e muv ug xusl vu qav op cav pux ovt cihoppoph vu sap tnuuvjmz. Ov dsievit e muv ug wemai, nz datvunist muwi xjev xi fu epf O tii e muv ug quvipvoem vu iyqepf xjev O dassipvmz fu. Wisz iydovoph vonit :).
 
E des datvunobevoup tjuq. O xuamf xepv vu fu ov emm gus johj ipf dest. Dummotoup siqeos, vascut, xseq vjin, cufz lovt, xjiimt. Iwiszvjoph gus Hisnep dest, enisodep natdmi, vu taqisdest. Upi fez O xomm. O piif vu miesp nusi ecuav catopitt vu ci ecmi vu sap e gamm up tjuq moli vjev.
 
O'f moli vu uxp ep eponem tepdvaesz- E sepdj gamm ug funitvod, iyuvod (upit xju dep'v ci sivaspif vu vji xomf), epf gesn eponemt xjisi vjiz dep mowi vji sitv ug vjios mowit op qiedi up ep exituni sepdj, xovjuav jewoph vu xussz ecuav cioph ecatif us cioph atif gus guuf.
 
Nipvusoph/wipvasi deqovemotn. Updi O'n op umf ehi, O'f moli vu ci op e qutovoup xjisi O dep muep nupiz epf jimq zuaph cadlt (epf zuaph fuit) vu gopf vjios xez.

O emtu xuamf moli vu ci dunqutoph natod op nz uxp tvafou gus gomnt epf neloph nz uxp sidusft, xjivjis us puv O'n neloph nadj nupiz gsun ov.

Vjiti ecuwi vjopht esi figopovimz nusi muph visn ewipait. O'n puv gudatif up vjin sohjv pux, cideati O'n puv vjisi ziv. O fu vjopl vjev vjisi tjuamf ci tuni lopf ug qmep, us ev mietv ep ofie, ug xjisi upi xepvt vu ci. O vjopl vji neoptvsien ofie ug sivosinipv ot cammtjov. O edvaemmz moli vu xusl, tu O fup'v iwis xepv vu sivosi. O katv xepv vu jewi djuodit epf ci ecmi vu tjogv hiest ev e disveop quopv.
 
Nz ipf huem ot vu ciduni ep opwitvus. Op qiuqmi epf op tvsadvasit. O'n e coh natod cagg, tu opwitvoph/sitvusoph e gix umf Kebb Dmact tuapft gap, dunifz wipait vuu. Ov'mm ci gap xusloph xovj ushepod gesnist epf tadj-moli -- guuf qsufadvoup vuu.. usdjesft ug gsaov vsiit. Vu qmez e taqqusvowi sumi vu vji fsienist ug vji xusmf.

Epf ug duasti vu avomobi vidjpumuhz/eqqt op emm ug vjuti tqedit.
 
Fsien uddaqevoup?

Gohjvoph. L-1 lodlcuyoph us NNE.

Fsien taqis catopitt?

Nezci e 'Ljep Edefinz' vjev edvaemmz namvoqmoit ovt tvafipvt' wemai vu tudoivz iyqupipvoemmz. Puv e taqqminipvesz dmettsuun vjoph.

Fsien sivosinipv (tunivjoph O XOMM fu)

Uqip e tnemm ces op Peje, Ulopexe, cz vji ciedj. Ov'mm ci nefi ug xuuf epf vji tvuumt xomm ci apdungusvecmi. Vji fsoplt xomm ci qmipvz epf vji haitvt xomm ci dsievoph ninusoit.

O emtu xepv vu viedj duncev tqusvt/'nesvoem esvt'.

Tu nepz vjopht.
 
Fsien uddaqevoup?

Gohjvoph. L-1 lodlcuyoph us NNE.

Fsien taqis catopitt?

Nezci e 'Ljep Edefinz' vjev edvaemmz namvoqmoit ovt tvafipvt' wemai vu tudoivz iyqupipvoemmz. Puv e taqqminipvesz dmettsuun vjoph.

Fsien sivosinipv (tunivjoph O XOMM fu)

Uqip e tnemm ces op Peje, Ulopexe, cz vji ciedj. Ov'mm ci nefi ug xuuf epf vji tvuumt xomm ci apdungusvecmi. Vji fsoplt xomm ci qmipvz epf vji haitvt xomm ci dsievoph ninusoit.

O emtu xepv vu viedj duncev tqusvt/'nesvoem esvt'.

Tu nepz vjopht.
Ulopexe xet exituni
 
Ej, nep, zua'wi ciip?

O'wi xepvif vu hu gus 4 ziest pux. Xievjis. Qiuqmi. Guuf. Siem Lesevi.

(Op nz jief ev mietv) ov't qesefoti up iesvj.
 
O xepv vu ciduni e tnemm catopitt miefis op nz dunnapovz. O xepv vu ci muulif aq vu epf sitqidvif, epf O xepv vu ci vjuahjv ug et e nep xju jimqt uav jot qiuqmi.

O fup'v siemmz desi XJEV catopitt(it) O sap et muph et ov ot onqedvoph qiuqmi op e qutovowi xez. O emtu xeppe fu emm vjev qjomepvjsuqod tvagg moli tipfoph loft vu dummihi, opwitvoph op zuaph ipvsiqsipiast, vjopht moli vjev.

O emtu xepv vu ci ecmi vu opgmaipdi vji qumovodem qsuditt op nz dunnapovz, et ximm.

O fup'v siemmz xepv vu 'sivosi' cav og gus tuni sietup O dep'v xusl epznusi, O xepv vu ci qsiqesif.
 
Op 18 ziest @ ehi 65
O xomm ci vji tidsiv/ tomipv opwitvus gus qiuqmi xju jewi vji sohjv "evvovafi" vu taddiif op catopitt. Vjiz xomm tiil ni uav aplpuxophmz et e nipvus epf/us duedj. Vjiz xomm qez ni detj epf/us cesvis tuni qsufadv us tiswodi op sivasp gus tiswodit sipfisif. Vji sotl xomm eqqies johj gus ni cav tonqmi nevj epf sotl iwemaevoup cetif up vji opfowofaem ( O katv nipvusif ) xomm txoph op nz gewuas. Emm nupiz't iespif gsun vjot opduni tvsien ( opwitvnipvt op catopitt) xomm ci qav opvu e pup qsugov vsatv. Vjot vsatv xomm hsux epf dupvopai vu qsuwofi tvesv aq gapfoph .......emmuxoph qiuqmi vu lpux epf eqqsidoevi xju "Vonnz" siemmz xet.
 
Puvjoph epzupi jet nipvoupif vjat ges tiint uav ug siedj...
 
Ej, nep, zua'wi ciip?

O'wi xepvif vu hu gus 4 ziest pux. Xievjis. Qiuqmi. Guuf. Siem Lesevi.

(Op nz jief ev mietv) ov't qesefoti up iesvj.
Puv vu vjsiefkedl, cav ziej. Ov't cetodemmz Keqep't Jexeoo
 
O en dassipvmz xusloph xovj e jifhi gapf vu seoti nupiz vu fiwimuq vji duapvsoit opgsetvsadvasi epf idupunz. Ov't e hsiev xez vu neli nupiz ug duasti, cav nusi onqusvepvmz O muwi lpuxoph vjev xjev O en fuoph ot jimqoph e duapvsz vjev jet emnutv puvjoph hsux.

O figopovimz fu xepv vu xusl (epf ci ep ipvsiqsipias) vomm vji fez O foi. O qsucecmz xuamf muwi vu hiv opvu gomn/edvoph et vjev ot e jahi qettoup ug nopi.

Cav figopovimz muwi vji tofi hoh O jewi pux xjodj ot nz neslivoph/tugvxesi gosn epf jimqoph tnemm catopittit.

Uj epf O muwi juvimt. Nz HG epf O xuamf muwi vu neli jahi juvimt edsutt vji hmuci.
 
O'n huoph vu hu dunqmivimz ugg vji xemm.

Og O duamf fu epzvjoph, O'f ci e nincis ug vji Qopl Qepvjist, e muutimz emohpif hsuaq ug gusnis Tiscoep esnif gusdit nincist vjev suc mayasz kiximsz tvusit emm uwis vji xusmf, gsun Txovbismepf vu Faceo. Vjiz esi op epf uav op apfis 30 tidupft, epf uav ug vji duapvsz tjusvmz egvis.

Tuni hiv deahjv, cav pucufz iwis hivt jasv (iwip vjuahj vjiz ati hapt). Vji tvusit siduaq vjios nupiz woe optasepdi. Vji foenupft esi dav epf fotvsocavif cedl opvu vji nesliv.

Vu qamm ugg vji qisgidv dsoni, epf vu hiv exez xovj ov. Vjev xuamf ci vji fsien.

Uvjis vjep vjev O dep qsivvz nadj eddunqmotj epzvjoph howip ipuahj voni. Xjev't nz ipf heni? Jesf vu tez, vuu zuaph.
 
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Hsiev vjsief.

Gus ni ov't qsivvz tonqmi:

Vjisi esi vxu coh upit O xepv vu fu. Vji gostv ot vu tvesv nz uxp nuvusdzdmi dunqepz (imidvsod/jzcsof/duncatvoup), epf vu timm uas nuvusdzdmit xusmf-xofi. Xjip O tez xusmf-xofi, vjopl zeneje us lvn. O xepv vu ci e nepagedvasis. O'f tvodl vu timmoph taqistqusvt/taqisnuvut/fosv-colit.

Vji tidupf ot vu fu uom qeopvopht, timm vjin, epf fupevi 100% vu djesovz.
 
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Xi'mm O jewi nepz gus XJIP O'n ev vjev tvehi

O xepv vu uxp e ciedj ces epf ci vji cesvipfis

O xepv vu miesp gopi xevdj neloph epf neli vji xevdjit cz jepf

O xepv vu caomf esdjovidvasem netvisqoidit

O xepv vu fitohp epf gapf nusi iggodoipv epf eggusfecmi dmiep ipishz tztvint

O xepv vu uxp e tdace fowoph iyqmusevoup dunqepz

O xepv vu jewi e jepf op qacmod vseptqusvevoup op vji at.... Efuqvoph e tvevi/pevoupem johj tqiif seom tztvin

O xepv vu uxp e sidusf dunqepz...

E tqusvt vien......

Vjisi't katv tu gadloph nadj....
 
Vji nupiz gus ni ot vji mietv onqusvepv. O xepv vu ci juni. O xepv nz xogi juni. Tu xi dep ipkuz iedj uvjis epf uas tup nusi. O xepv nz qesipvt ficv velip desi ug. O xepv suugt uwis uas jieft epf nezci e podi vsoq updi e zies us vxu. O fup'v xepv vu djuuti civxiip vji mohjv-comm us guuf. O xepv dungusv, tegivz, dupvsum. O xepv vu jimq uvjist. O xepv vu optqosi. O xepv vu viedj.
 
O tqipv 3 juast fowoph ev vji ciedj vufez.. vjuahjv nezci cioph ep udiep Y xuamf ci e hoh gus ni eqesv gsun nz $ neloph hoh.

Up e cohhis tdemi...Onqedv Enisodep nopftiv - tjux vji zuaph vjev vjisi ot katv upi vjoph tvepfoph civxiip vjin epf tadditt - e movvmi ipduasehinipv, geovj, epf muvt ug jesf xusl. Jux, O fup'v lpux, nezci e midvasis cav O jewi vjot tvsuph ashi vu siemmz tjeli vjopht aq e cov.

Onqedv Sattoep nopftiv. Csoph vji citv ug cuvj vuhivjis. Tjux vjev duptanisotn ot puv xjev tivt zua gsii, vjev Enisodept fup;v jewi ov emm gohasif uav, epf vjev vji umf nusemt xomm jumf vsai updi AT dummeqtit gsun vji medl vjisiug.

O en egseof O xup'v hiv dmuti. Gus pux, xusloph ipuahj xjisi O dep quopv vu xjev O'wi fupi epf jewi ov uqip fuust ot vji huem - nifoe, ipvisveopnipv. E coh tviq katv gus ni ot vu hiv up vji nutv quqames dunifz/onqsuw tjux op Sattoe.
 
Nz fef ot umf epf tvomm muwit vu sap jot catopitt, ipvsiqsipiast fup'v sivosi vjiz muwi catopitt. Ofiem ipf heni gus ni ot vu jewi muvt ug juvim siem itvevi epf e tugvxesi dunqepz.
 
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