Simple things.
You can have any material possession and all the success, but one thing that remains solid fact, your happiness will always rely on others. The people you've surrounded yourself with. You can drive the Jag all you wish if you have it, but it'll always be better when there's someone to share the experience with, otherwise your memories or stories and other solo experiences won't be much.
Bro's before hoes. But keep in mind not all of them will be hoes and it's better to ditch your buddies for her, granted she's worth it. In any case fly solo when it comes to dating or any intimate relationships. Sometimes she'll do things that raise your suspicions and you may even be enraged over innocent things. You might learn the hard way from that sometime. She might even really screw you over. If that happens, look at it as an chance to get hard, then when shit happens you'll handle it better. You might even thank her.
Watch business news everyday. It will be boring at first, most people don't do this, but you'll notice those who do ( people calling in and questioning hot shots on TV ) have their mind on their money. CNBC's Fast Money is fun for business news, capture it on the PVR if you have one in your home. But don't always believe everything they say. It's just a good habit watching analytical data and knowing about the economics behind it and a good way to learn about what's hot in the market. After awhile venture out online and look into what investment interests you. Every rich person invests their money. All of them. If you want to be like that, think the way they do.
The harder you work, the less money you'll make. This is the case in factories or construction or programming, while the one on top will not work as hard. I would say programming is a super power. No company pays a worker what they are really worth, and the most successful in programming made it with side projects. For what Bill Gates has, he did minimal work to get it. Bought DOS from Apple and modified it into MSDOS and then we saw Windows which at the time was basically a modified Apple OS. Bill won his court cases since he bought and owned DOS. Now he's pimped out while others do the work and build his empire. Less work.
Side note. How much you can save, half or most or less, will determine your deadlines. In all 3 cases, I suggest you don't cheat on the details, though you can. Use cheap hacks and all chances to make extra. You really want to risk your saving otherwise you're not going to see any significant financial growth. Don't waste money on useless things until you're comfortable doing so. Each dollar is worth more than you think so treat them as such.
You will have to work while you're young, unless you have a brilliant scheme to rake it in. Make a budget for the sake of saving. Saving is also not enough, you'll be looking forward to making some risks. Never sell for less, and you can do that so long as you never invest more than you can afford to lose. You will never lose as long as you never sell for less. Keep making money. When you have a lot to lose, shit can get pretty tense at times. In comparison being broke was less stressful in some cases.
Literally. You will not get any money unless you ask for it. Discuss payment in any business venture. If you don't do this you won't be respected by whoever is paying you.
Give. If you don't give, it's likely because you don't think you can. Give only when it's rewarding, this also goes for if it makes you feel good believe it or not. Don't give away too much unless you're there already.
Ever see that Youtuber "Mr. Beast ?" This kid is going to be bigger than PewDiePie who is said to make about 12 million a year on just youtube. Basically Mr. Beast uses the concept "In Giving do we receive" and he probably gave away millions of dollars in his videos or he does kind acts like hoarding at walmart and giving it to the needy or gives thousands to random twitch streamers, meanwhile that content gains him a lot of admiration and he makes money off of sponsors, youtube, and merchandising, which allows him to keep doing very expensive stuff constantly.
It's the giving endlessly, is where his production costs go obviously, but this works with everything as though it's programmed into reality. All output.
Another thing about Mr. Beast. This guy and his crew appear to be retardedly happy. I would narrow this down to the company he keeps and the things they do on that show. They shock people will happiness, like they are in the happiness business. It's not the money that makes us happy, it's what we can do with it and what we do I would debate always involves others.
I'm thinking about putting down a 10k deposit just to drive a Lambo for 2k for a day. With that in mind it's easy to know if you'd rather share that experience with anyone, or if you'd just drive around by yourself.
Losing a parent isn't the same experience for everyone. A friend of mine was smashed when his Mother died. I personally think it's irrational to not let go after awhile. I've seen some women never get over their late Father's passing, and they do things like maintain cars they cannot afford to maintain and it gets worse with rust and it needs work, but they cannot get rid of it like they should have decades ago and it serves as a weight in their life. Mourn if you will, but it's better if it doesn't disable you for a long time.
I always used to say, you already know what you need to do, it's just a matter of doing it, and it really isn't that hard.
Tony, Billy, Ed, anyone in their mid-30s and above.
What do you have to teach me? How do I become happy or fulfilled, what is there to life that you want to share with a 23 year old Belg-Russian?
How do I get rich?
What is it like losing a parent?
Please tell me, what it is.
To become happy and fulfilled, be active.
To become rich, invest early and invest often. Additionally, swallow your pride/ego when dealing with your boss and others that are superior to you.
Losing a parent is painful.
Tony, Billy, Ed, anyone in their mid-30s and above.
What do you have to teach me? How do I become happy or fulfilled, what is there to life that you want to share with a 23 year old Belg-Russian?
How do I get rich?
What is it like losing a parent?
Please tell me, what it is.
To become happy and fulfilled, be active.
Bullshit, paranoia is active and suffers over it.
Tony, Billy, Ed, anyone in their mid-30s and above.
What do you have to teach me? How do I become happy or fulfilled, what is there to life that you want to share with a 23 year old Belg-Russian?
How do I get rich?
What is it like losing a parent?
Please tell me, what it is.
those are huge questions.
how to be happy? follow your passion.
how to be rich? follow your passion, you will work harder at your passion. but also look around at other people doing well, its ok to copy. there is this dude i been keeping my eye on. he started out as a carpenter. the dude built one house. then sold it, then two, you get the picture, now the fucking guy does not work. he plays in a rock band instead. and does carpentry for a hobby. carpentry was his passion. he still builds things for people. i think the trick here is finding something you like to do that is in demand and valued by the general public.
hey i thought you lost your mom a while back? no? it sucks dude, thats all i got to say about that cuz im still fucked up about losing my parents.
make a plan now, dont get to my age and wish you had done something, no regrets, write your plan down and put it on the fridge. look at it every morning. when you get to the end of your life, you should be worn the fuck out.
do the important things first, whatever they are. dont get bogged down with the bullshit, prioritize
dont forget to party and have fun, not too much though
get good friends, seek them out, its who you know, sometimes, dump the bad friends that cause you trouble.
good luck, and i want to hear about your progress. you follow this, you will win.
this is what i tell my kids BTW
How do I become happy or fulfilled?
How do I get rich?
Make yourself valuable to other people through your skills. Everyone is good or talented at SOMETHING, build on those natural talents and seek work that revolves around those. You'll have it much easier this way.
What is it like losing a parent?
I don't know yet.
Why did you reply to an almost 2 year old thread?
Threads never die, they just get pushed back
Do not spend your 20s and 30s trying to impress 17 year old girls on edgy forums. You will regret it. Instead focus on investing any tiny bits of money you have (10 can turn to 1000 and more, dont underestimate small risky investments) and also focus on enjoying your youth, don't get caught in the "if I deprive myself of lifes joys now I will enjoy more when im older" mentality. Its better to be the young broke guy whos having sex with a girl in thailand out of her own lust for you than the old white guy who the girls force themselves to fuck for rice money.
t: 25 year old boomer
