Yes that’s right, I’m going to be a millionaire! It sounds so weird to say, mainly because I know it is going to happen. No nobody is giving me a million dollars, I have not wont he lottery, and I’m not getting a big inheritance (would be nice). I’m going to make this money, and by the time I hit forty (8 years from now) I’m going to be a millionaire. This is a big goal, but one I know I will hit and it feels great!
2009 was a great year for me personally and in business. I work 12-18 hour days sometimes, I’m sleepy a lot, and according to my kids I’m cranky lol but overall life is good. I have to remind myself how good I have it sometimes. I remember 6 years ago I was thinking making 30k a year was ballin’ lol – Now I dunno how we would survive on that. We have 6 kids and we would just be poor as hell!
Poker Changed My Life
I was one of those guys who say Moneymaker on ESPN and figured if he could do it, I could too. I started playing poker on Paradise Poker and after losing $50 I went super hot and never looked back. Later I needed a new hobby and built a website on Lycos (Tripod) Being the perfectionist I am, I quickly realized a cheap website creator type thing like that wasn’t going to be enough. So I moved on to bigger and better things. Hell I didn’t even make any money during the first year and a half lol. It was fun though and the thought of creating a website various people might visit intrigued me.
Anyway, that is my new big time goal. I have 8 years to make it, and I’m more than 1/4 of the way there. If the start of 2010 is any indication, I should make it with a few years to spare. More than the money, the stability appeals to me more than anything. My brother and sister in-law are both Teachers at our local High school, and they even fo extra things to make money and they still struggle with no end in site. I remember that feeling all too well and I never want to live paycheck to paycheck again.
Its funny, I almost feel arrogant saying something like that out loud. I just don’t ever want to have to worry about money again. Worrying about money sucks. Most couples fight more about money than anything else, including sex! Tons of people I know seem to have given up on their dreams of freedom and stablility. They think staying at the jobs (which most hate) keeps them stable and worst yet they think they don’t have any choices. Sure they may not become internet guru’s but they have lost motivation to even try which is sad.
Anyway, I think I’m rambling now. I have high hoped for this new decade and I just feel lucky. A few years from now people will be saying “If only I got into Internet Marketing a few years ago”. We are the future of Poker, we are bringing a whole new generation of poker players into the market. We actually create a bigger marketing base for ourselves! <0—– It awesome and something most marketers cannot do. We all need to consider ourselves lucky….
Let’s go make some money!
It’s interesting to see that even an American says “I almost feel arrogant” when talking loud about his monetary goals.
In central Europe only very few people would dare to say that they want to be a millionaire and that they already did 1/4 of that path.
Anyway, I found your post inspiring and motivating. Maybe you could write a follow-up post and tell us your strategy for achieving you goal.
Very motivational post Randy, really. With an attitude that positive and your sites / experience I honestly think you may be setting the timescale a little long here… millionaire by 2012, retired by 40?? No point making easy goals im my experience!
Cheers, Mark
Like Mark said.. really inspiring post. I hope you achieve your goal sooner then planned, you deserve it.
Good to see you’re moving up Randy! I like the blog setup, looks alot cleaner then when you asked me to make a logo a few years ago.