As I was sitting here on Thanksgiving eve thinking about all the things I'm thankful for, my mind wandered back to something I've been thinking about a lot lately ...
This will probably end up being the longest post I've made on WF but fuck it, someone might get something out of it. I'm writing it for myself as much as anyone so if you want to post some dumb ass reply go for it.
Back in the day I was dead ass broke and practically homeless, but I never gave up. It sounds like some gay ass Tony Robbins shit but that was my motto - if I don't give up, I can't fail. That is the only secret to my success. I never gave up.
After "failing" at about 15 different things I finally found something that worked for me and the rest was history. Because I was so flat broke and struggling for so long I had this burning desire (there goes that gay Tony Robbins shit again) to make a shit ton of money so I'd never be broke again.
Long story short I overcompensated, worked 80 hour weeks, sacrificed pretty much everything EXCEPT for my girl, and basically work was my life for about 3 years. I made a few million, and reached my first goal.
At this point I knew I couldn't keep up the pace for much longer, so I scaled things back. For the past 3-4 years I've only been doing an average of 1-2 new projects per year, and working a "normal" 30-40 hour work week.
This allowed time for vacations, hobbies, fun, and overall a much more balanced life. The cash continued to flow, and I reached my second goal. Now it's time for the 3rd and final phase (at least for now) ...
I've developed, managed, bought and/or sold at least 15-20 sites over the past 7 or 8 years. I've honestly lost track of them all. When I think of all the hard work that went in to these sites I just say to myself DAMN.
I can't complain, but as they say hindsight is 20/20 and I sure would have done some things differently if I had a chance to do it all over again. Not much though - overall it's been a blast and a huge learning experience.
The one thing I wish I had stopped doing sooner is hustling, and the one thing I wished I had STARTED doing sooner was building assets. So that's my New Year's Resolution and my new motto:
Disregard Hustling - Build Assets
No more black hat shit. No more shady shit. No more building sites I know will only live for 6-12 months regardless of how much I know they can make. No more hustling on short-term crap period.
I've given myself between now and the end of the year to wrap up everything I'm involved in now that fits the above description. I will either sell off the sites or hire people to run them and put them on autopilot.
As of January 1st, 2011 till the day I die I will only spend my time on projects that involve creating or developing true assets that are evergreen and/or can easily be sold to mainstream investors for real money.
Happy Thanksgiving bitches! :rasta:
This will probably end up being the longest post I've made on WF but fuck it, someone might get something out of it. I'm writing it for myself as much as anyone so if you want to post some dumb ass reply go for it.
Back in the day I was dead ass broke and practically homeless, but I never gave up. It sounds like some gay ass Tony Robbins shit but that was my motto - if I don't give up, I can't fail. That is the only secret to my success. I never gave up.
After "failing" at about 15 different things I finally found something that worked for me and the rest was history. Because I was so flat broke and struggling for so long I had this burning desire (there goes that gay Tony Robbins shit again) to make a shit ton of money so I'd never be broke again.
Long story short I overcompensated, worked 80 hour weeks, sacrificed pretty much everything EXCEPT for my girl, and basically work was my life for about 3 years. I made a few million, and reached my first goal.
At this point I knew I couldn't keep up the pace for much longer, so I scaled things back. For the past 3-4 years I've only been doing an average of 1-2 new projects per year, and working a "normal" 30-40 hour work week.
This allowed time for vacations, hobbies, fun, and overall a much more balanced life. The cash continued to flow, and I reached my second goal. Now it's time for the 3rd and final phase (at least for now) ...
I've developed, managed, bought and/or sold at least 15-20 sites over the past 7 or 8 years. I've honestly lost track of them all. When I think of all the hard work that went in to these sites I just say to myself DAMN.
I can't complain, but as they say hindsight is 20/20 and I sure would have done some things differently if I had a chance to do it all over again. Not much though - overall it's been a blast and a huge learning experience.
The one thing I wish I had stopped doing sooner is hustling, and the one thing I wished I had STARTED doing sooner was building assets. So that's my New Year's Resolution and my new motto:
Disregard Hustling - Build Assets
No more black hat shit. No more shady shit. No more building sites I know will only live for 6-12 months regardless of how much I know they can make. No more hustling on short-term crap period.
I've given myself between now and the end of the year to wrap up everything I'm involved in now that fits the above description. I will either sell off the sites or hire people to run them and put them on autopilot.
As of January 1st, 2011 till the day I die I will only spend my time on projects that involve creating or developing true assets that are evergreen and/or can easily be sold to mainstream investors for real money.
Happy Thanksgiving bitches! :rasta:
