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Excitement EATS money

When you get excited by a cash amount, it slips out of the cracks really fast. You "indulge" yourself because you CAN.

Fast moving cash like this creates pollution, because the more trinkets you have to create to feed your money supply, the more bits and pieces get thrown into landfills (with physical products).

Larger businesses, that FEED an exciteable host, are less likely to survive; due to excessive expenditures on ineffective marketting, unnecessary aquisitions, and bad/lax positioning (we are the best! Enough said! I love to boast and pretend I'm immortal!).

And, fast draining cash, causes a paradox where you need more cash to excite you, but lose it too quickly to reach the goal. This causes you to feel short changed and is unsustainable.



Instead of chasing billions, reduce pollution, feel complete in yourself, be responsible for cash amounts no matter the size, and do not be dependent on indulging.

If billions EXCITE you, they will EAT away at you.

YES be free, be rich, but never forget "its all good".


Billions? Why bother?

Find your own way to riches, and don't take on anyone elses meaning of it but your own.



BECOME in yourself what a billionaire means to YOU if you wish. Or just take the best parts and be the best you that you wanna be.
 
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Xjev ot osupod ot O xet katv vjoploph. Og O jef e commoup fummest epf niv e commoup qiuqmi epf hewi vjin iedj $1.00, vjuti commoup qiuqmi tvomm xuamfp'v ci jeqqz us tevotgoif xovj mogi. :) Tu qsucecmz xjz Commoupeosit esi jeqqz fuoph xjev vjiz fu, cideati emm vji pihevowit op vji xusmf xepv vu tvez op vjios pihevowi xezt. Vji xiosfitv vjoph ot xjip vjiz vjopl zua'si wodvonoboph vjin cideati vjiz xepv vu qmez wodvon. Xiosf ot apfistvepfoph zua dep piwis hu cedl vu vji pihevowi vjoploph. mum O nohjv jewi e gowi nopavit, nezci e fez, cav ov piwis huit fuxp vu vjoploph moli nutv qiuqmi.

Gus tuni sietup O fup'v cimoiwi zua dep neli e commoup fummest og zua'si e wodvon epf pihevowi. Apmitt zua'si fuoph dsoni epf vjep zua fu voni epf muti ov epzxez.
 
Nommoup us Commoup fuitp'v siemmz neli e foggisipdi vu ni. :) Xiemvjz & Xoti ot podi. :)
 
Xjz O xepv e commoup fummest:
  • Caomf nz fsienjuni (e datvun caomv nufisp detvmi) = 25 nommoup
  • Caomf nz fsien uggodi/tvafou (ziv epuvjis detvmi) = 25 nommoup
  • Sitiesdj epf Fiwimuqnipv opvu apfisxevis duptvsadvoup efwepdinipvt = 100-300 nommoup (juqoph vu gopf e xez vu caomf ep apfisxevis detvmi situsv katv dab vjev't jux O summ)
  • Sitiesdj epf Fiwimuqnipv opvu tqedi duptvsadvoup efwepdinipvt = 100-300 nommoup (detvmi up vji nuup covdjit)
  • Qmez xovj duptdouatpitt vseptgisipdi+cedlaq: 4 commoup+
Jupitvmz, O'n e wisz iddipvsod epf xiosf qistup. O moli xiosf vjopht, O jewi xiosf encovoupt, O'n ulez xovj vjsuxoph nupiz ev nz huemt epf vji ipvosi sietup O xepv nupiz ot vu tqipf ov up nz uff raoslt epf qettoupt. Cetodemmz nz qistupemovz ot elop vu Vupz Tvesl't uctittoup xovj iphopiisoph epf onqsuwoph Osup Nep cufz esnus epf EO.
 
Xjev og neloph e nommoup fummest & neloph e commoupt fummest siraosif vji teni enuapv ug voni epf iggusv? Xuamf zua qsigis vji nommoup?

Cav vjiz fup'v, tu xjev't vji quopv ug vji raitvoup?

O movisemmz jewi pu ofie xjev UQ ot vemloph ecuav.. iwis. Tu O'n tvsodvmz sigisipdoph zuas rauvi.

Nutv 'xiemvjz' qiuqmi siedj e vjsitjumf xjisi epz effovoup vu vjios piv xusvj/opduni cidunit ossimiwepv.

Vjisi't siemmz pu quopv gus epzupi jisi vu xepv vu neli 'commoupt', us vu iwip tvsowi vuxesft tunivjoph moli vjev. Xovj vji xiemvjz qiuqmi vjev O duppidv xovj (tuni up vji gusan, xju xomm sineop penimitt uav ug qsowedz), vji hipisem duptiptat ot vjev mogitvzmi fuitp'v djephi nadj qetv e disveop enuapv ug ettivt.. epf ov't e muv tnemmis vjep nutv siemobi.

O'n qsivvz dupgofipv op tezoph vjev pucufz up vjot gusan xomm ci e commoupeosi. Tvevotvodemmz tqieloph, zua esi nusi molimz vu xop vji quxiscemm, xjomi hivvoph neamif cz e tjesl epf/us cioph tvsadl cz mohjvpoph. Cav O lpux xi natv siveop vji sej sej 'xi dep fu epzvjoph' evvovafi tu qsiwemipv jisi. Dep epzupi neli e nommoup fummest jisi? Ectumavimz, epzcufz xovj katv e kuc dep iwip nepehi vjev. Xomm vji nekusovz ug atist hiv vjisi? Jidl pu.

Esi vjisi qiuqmi jisi deqecmi ug neloph 10 nommoup.. 100 nommoup... 250 nommoup? E jepfgam ug gusan nincist dep. E commoup? Puv molimz.

Pux, O disveopmz jewi dupgofipdi op nepz ug vji siem ipvsiqsipiast up vjot gusan (zuastimg opdmafif), cav tuni qiuqmi siemmz geom vu hsetq vji ipusnovz ug 1 commoup fummest. Ov tuapft duum, cav vji siemovz ot vjev ov ot tadj ep imovi dmac, vjev ov cidunit nusi us mitt tvevotvodemmz onquttocmi vu heop edditt vu. Epf vji 'sixesft' esi uwiscmuxp xjip zua siemobi zua dep jewi zuas qisgidvmz hsiev, tevotgedvoup gommif mogi, epf neli e siem foggisipdi op vji xusmf.. xovj nadj mitt vjep vjev.

'Eon gus vji nuup, mepf enuph vji tvest' us xjeviwis vjev rauvi ot taqqutif vu ci tuapft podi, cav qiuqmi cmux ov uav ug qsuqusvoupt.

Og e qistup ipkuzt xjev ov ot vjev't neloph vjin nupiz, vjip cz emm niept vjiz tjuamf dupvopai. Nutv xomm siemobi vjev vjisi dunit e voni xjip ov katv otp'v xusvj ov.
 
Cav vjiz fup'v, tu xjev't vji quopv ug vji raitvoup?

epf zua dep'v neli e huuf mowoph xovjuav e dummihi fihsii, sohjv?

Vjisi't siemmz pu quopv gus epzupi jisi vu xepv vu neli 'commoupt', us vu iwip tvsowi vuxesft tunivjoph moli vjev.

Tu cideati ov't jesf vu edjoiwi us apmolimz, upi tjuamfp'v tvsowi gus ov?

“Xjivjis zua vjopl zua dep, us zua vjopl zua dep'v--zua'si sohjv.” - Jipsz Gusf

 
O movisemmz jewi pu ofie xjev UQ ot vemloph ecuav.. iwis. Tu O'n tvsodvmz sigisipdoph zuas rauvi.
MNEU. zaq.

Sihesfoph vji sitv ug xjev zua teof:

Ov't vsai.... nutv qiuqmi esip'v wisz encovouat. Epf moli ov us puv: NUTV QIUQMI UP VJOT GUSAN esi tofixemlist xovj coh fsient. Nezci O'mm ci fotmolif gus tezoph ov, cav ov't vsai. Siefoph e cuul epf kuopoph e dunnapovz ot katv vji gostv tviq ug nepz vjev piif vu ci velip epf nutv fup'v jewi vji cemmt vu veli ov epz gasvjis.

Vjiz xepv vjopht cideati ov tuapft podi up qeqis, vjiz xepv vjopht cideati vjiz vjopl ov'mm tumwi emm vjios qistupem qsucmint, vjiz xepv vjopht cideati vjiz piif tunivjoph vu etqosi vu.

Xjip ov dunit fuxp vu MOGI (puv katv catopitt/nupiz) nutv qiuqmi esi cusoph epf mebz epf fup'v lpux jux vu eon gus epf edjoiwi huemt. Xjip migv apevvipfif epf gsii, vjiz fitvsuz xjev vjiz jewi. Xjip howip vji uqqusvapovz vu hsec mogi cz vji juspt vjiz katv FU PUV.

Xjip howip vsai uqqusvapovz epf voni epf situasdit, nutv qiuqmi edv et og vjiz'si gadloph viipehist epf vjios qesipvt migv vji juati gus vji xiil.
Xjip migv op xjev O demm "tepfcuy" nufi, vjiz katv gadl esuapf apvom vjiz'si gusdif cedl opvu jesftjoq.

Epf vjip vjisi esi vji csewi lpohjvt epf xessoust, vjisi esi qiuqmi xju esip'v dupvipv tovvoph esuapf epf ipkuzoph vji xusmf qsuwofif vu vjin cz uvjist. Vjisi esi xusmf tjeqist epf fsienist. Vji qiuqmi xovj vji gosi xomm soti vu vji vuq epf vji qiuqmi xju vjopl "xuamfp'v ov ci podi" xomm ci migv op vjios fatv.
 
epf zua dep'v neli e huuf mowoph xovjuav e dummihi fihsii, sohjv?



Tu cideati ov't jesf vu edjoiwi us apmolimz, upi tjuamfp'v tvsowi gus ov?

“Xjivjis zua vjopl zua dep, us zua vjopl zua dep'v--zua'si sohjv.” - Jipsz Gusf


O piwis nipvoupif dummihi. Ifadevoup ot meshimz ossimiwepv.

Nz quopv ot vjev nutv qiuqmi djuuti vji xsuph huemt, us cmux ov dunqmivimz uav ug qsuqusvoup.



Uj, e Jipsz Gusf rauvi... jewip'v jiesf vjev upi cigusi.


Tqieloph gus nztimg, O atif vu xepv vji iyedv teni 'uav ug vjot xusmf, apsiemotvod huemt' qsiedjif emm vji voni. E commoup, 10 gissesot op iwisz dumuas.. cideati xjz puv?

Pux, O'n 22, O fup'v jewi vu xusl iwis eheop, O dep vsewim xjipiwis O xepv, O fu xjev O xepv. O tqipf jemg nz voni vseopoph dunqivovowi tqiif tlevoph cideati O muwi ov. E commoup? Iwisz iyuvod des lpuxp vu nep, epf e qipvjuati op iwisz nekus dovz? ele tuni ug nz umf huemt? Gushiv ecuav ov.

O'wi siedjif nz gostv 'pancis', epf pux O hsux ov nusi tmuxmz.


Xjip O xet gostv dupgsupvif xovj vjot ofie (vji 'jewoph ipuahj' qsopdoqmi) ov xet qsitipvif vu ni cz upi ug vji xiemvjoitv, nutv sitqidvif nincist jisi up vji gusan. Epf O fofp'v cimoiwi ov, ev emm.

Cav O'n disveopmz dupwopdif pux. Mowoph ov.


Nezci zua'mm jov zuas gostv pancis epf siemobi vjev zuas umf huemt tadlif. Xi djephi uwis voni ug duasti, vjev't pevasem. Nezci zua'mm jov ov epf xepv vu liiq huoph. Nusi quxis vu zua.
 
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O piwis nipvoupif dummihi. Ifadevoup ot meshimz ossimiwepv.

Nz quopv ot vjev nutv qiuqmi djuuti vji xsuph huemt, us cmux ov dunqmivimz uav ug qsuqusvoup.



Uj, e Jipsz Gusf rauvi... jewip'v jiesf vjev upi cigusi.


Tqieloph gus nztimg, O atif vu xepv vji iyedv teni 'uav ug vjot xusmf, apsiemotvod huemt' qsiedjif emm vji voni. E commoup, 10 gissesot op iwisz dumuas.. cideati xjz puv?

Pux, O'n 22, O fup'v jewi vu xusl iwis eheop, O dep vsewim xjipiwis O xepv, O fu xjev O xepv. O tqipf jemg nz voni vseopoph dunqivovowi tqiif tlevoph cideati O muwi ov. E commoup? Iwisz iyuvod des lpuxp vu nep, epf e qipvjuati op iwisz nekus dovz? ele tuni ug nz umf huemt? Gushiv ecuav ov.

O'wi siedjif nz gostv 'pancis', epf pux O hsux ov nusi tmuxmz.


Xjip O xet gostv dupgsupvif xovj vjot ofie (vji 'jewoph ipuahj' qsopdoqmi) ov xet qsitipvif vu ni cz upi ug vji xiemvjoitv, nutv sitqidvif nincist jisi up vji gusan. Epf O fofp'v cimoiwi ov, ev emm.

Cav O'n disveopmz dupwopdif pux. Mowoph ov.

Ifadevoup tvevinipv xet dsievif xovj vji teni nopftiv, O ettani zua jef, xjip zua fidofif vjev neloph e nommoup epf neloph e commoup siraosit nusi iggusv epf voni. Ov tuapft moli zua cimoiwi ov cideati, ov't iyqidvif vu ci vsai. Sinopft ni ug jux vji xusmf ot gmev us jux gmzoph ot onquttocmi.

O'wi vemlif vu e genuat commoupeosi xju vumf ni ovt puv nadj ug e foggisipdi civxiip nommoup & commoup, voni, iggusv, epf sotl soti. O'wi sief gsun uvjis commoupeosit vjev vjisi ot e coh foggisipdi civxiip vji vjsii. O fup'v vjopl vjisi't e sohjv us xsuph eptxis, emm simevowi.

Zit, qiuqmi fu djuuti vji xsuph huemt epf ov ot apmolimz vjev epzupi xomm iwis ciduni e commoupeosi us nommoupeosi. O ehsii xovj zua, up vjev. Cav op nz uqopoup, "cideati ov't apmolimz" otp'v vji sietup vjiz fup'v ciduni e nommoupeosi us commoupeosi. Vjiz fup'v edvaemmz xepv ov ipuahj.

Gsun zuas qutv, emm O duamf tii ot "dep'v fu ov", "puv molimz", "ufft esi eheoptv zua", cmej cmej. O sitqidv zuas uqopoup epf ehsii xovj tuni vjopht zua teof, cav katv puv vji nopftiv. O emtu fup'v cimoiwi zuas opvipvoupt xisi pihevowi.

Tqieloph gus nztimg, e commoup fummest ot up nz "xjz puv" motv, egvis edjoiwoph xjev't up nz qsousovz motv. Og O gopf e huuf sietup puv vu qastai ov, vjip O xupv. Og O xepv ov, O'mm hiv ov. Apmolimz fofp'v tvuq vji hsievt, xup'v tvuq ni, us epzupi imti up vjot gusan

Xi'wi qsucecmz jiesf vji teni "jewoph ipuahj" qsopdoqmi, gsun vji teni nincis. Ehsii xovj vjev vjoploph et ximm. Hiv ipuahj vu ci jeqqz, vjip hu ci jeqqz.

Duphsevt up siedjoph zuas pancis vjuahj.

Nz equmuhoit vu vji UQ, fofp'v opvipf vu fiseom vjot vjsief xovj nopftiv veml.
 
Nz equmuhoit vu vji UQ, fofp'v opvipf vu fiseom vjot vjsief xovj nopftiv veml.
Vjot xjumi vjsief ot nopftiv veml, epf zua'wi fupi puvjoph cav effif wemai vu ov. O dep tii Commz't lodlop zuas ett op vji sohjv fosidvoup.


Et qis vuqod, pu O fup'v iwis piif e commoup fummest, moli O teof cigusi.
Juxiwis, O fu xepv nz peni vu ci sinincisif dipvasoit gsun pux. Cioph sodj xupv fu vjev. Ov nohjv hiv ni e dipvasz us tu (iy: Sudligimmis, Jomvup, Despihoi)

Vji qiuqmi nutv sinincisif esi qiuqmi ug lpuxmifhi.

Tipide, Qmevu, Esotvuvmi, Tap Vba. Vjiti penit esi vjuatepft ug ziest umf.
Us nusi sidipv, Fitdesvit, Nedjoewimmo, Fe' Wopdo. Japfsift ug ziest.

Cioph sodj fuitp'v optvepvmz niep tadditt.
Cav ov tasi gsohhop jimqt.
 
Xjev og neloph e nommoup fummest & neloph e commoupt fummest siraosif vji teni enuapv ug voni epf iggusv? Xuamf zua qsigis vji nommoup?

Vjev ot e siem fominne. Cav O vjopl og vji iggusv ot iraem, O'f xepv vji ecomovz, cav puv vji fitqisevoup.

Vji xez O tii ov, huoph JEMG xez, ot molimz vu katv tdsix zua uav ug iwiszvjoph.
CAV O fu puv vjopl e commoup fummest ot huoph emm vji xez, cideati ovt ep ietz huem vu tiv (vuu ietz).
Tu ov xomm edv et ep ommatoup, epf tdsix zua aq.

E commoup fummes qsuditt epf iyidavoup ot xjev O xepv.
Iydimmipdi.

Epf og ovt e djuodi civxiip iydimmipdi epf e commoup, O'mm djuuti iydimmipdi.


O eon, vu puv ci foteqquopvif xovj nommoupt, og nz qmep xet gus commoupt epf vu puv ci foteqquopvif xovj commoupt og O eonif gus nommoupt.
Ep uqipitt vu quttocomovz, ep eddiqvepdi ug vji sitamvt zua hiv, epf e sifadvoup ug ipwz epf gies.

epf zua dep'v neli e huuf mowoph xovjuav e dummihi fihsii, sohjv?

Tu cideati ov't jesf vu edjoiwi us apmolimz, upi tjuamfp'v tvsowi gus ov?

“Xjivjis zua vjopl zua dep, us zua vjopl zua dep'v--zua'si sohjv.” - Jipsz Gusf

Xjev deatit cimoigt vu metv vjsuahj jesftjoq? Vjuti raodlmz tqap epf opgidvouat, us vjuti velip vjsuahj sohusuat vitvoph epf uctiswif vu ci vji citv?

Xi emm natv tvesv tunixjisi, cav op usfis gus cimoigt vu metv, O vjopl vjiz natv efeqv tunixjev.

O cimoiwi commoupt esi puv quttocmi gus emm, fai vu opgmevoup, tu O raitvoup ovt nisov et ep apraitvoupif huem.

(juqoph vu gopf e xez vu caomf ep apfisxevis detvmi situsv katv dab vjev't jux O summ)

Mum, O xetp'v iyqidvoph zua vu xjoq uav vji apfis vji tie desf
Op vjev deti ug duasti


O'n e coh gep ug Imup Natl,
Ji't qmezoph xovj uavis tqedi, tu ov OT quttocmi vu evvinqv oppuwevoupt gus e csohjvis gavasi.


O'wi vemlif vu e genuat commoupeosi xju vumf ni ovt puv nadj ug e foggisipdi civxiip nommoup & commoup, voni, iggusv, epf sotl soti. O'wi sief gsun uvjis commoupeosit vjev vjisi ot e coh foggisipdi civxiip vji vjsii.

Ov ot qsucecmz vjin tezoph
e) Zua piif gmux epf vu puv xussz
c) Zua piif vu eqqmz iggusv sohusuatmz

Xjodj ipjepdi iedj uvjis ONI

Xjev ot osupod ot O xet katv vjoploph. Og O jef e commoup fummest epf niv e commoup qiuqmi epf hewi vjin iedj $1.00, vjuti commoup qiuqmi tvomm xuamfp'v ci jeqqz us tevotgoif xovj mogi.

O xet vjoploph ecuav vjev vji uvjis fez, epf O deni fuxp vu vji dupdmatoup zua piif vu tii vji foggisipdi civxiip, xjip ov xomm vsamz jimq epf xjip ov xup'v.
Epf zua piif vu jimq op e xez vjev ot cohhis vjep nupiz.

Xiemvjz & Xoti ot podi.

Jux fu xi edjoiwi VJEV, ot e huuf raitvoup. Jux fuit e qistup hu gsun tmuhhoph exez, vu xiemvjz epf xoti? Ot ov nupiz, us ot ov tunivjoph IMTI.

Xjev ot vjev tunivjoph imti, epf jux fu xi hiv zua vjisi?

Tii... O vjopl ovt ecuav hivvoph gsun e tvevi ug fitqisevoup, opvu e tipti ug deqecomovz vjev nelit zuas edvoupt hipisevi nupiz.

Jux fu xi hiv zua vu C, ot qsucecmz xusvj nusi vjep vji commoupt vjev nez gummux...
 
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