I won’t be rich (and you can too!)
When I was about 31 or so I started going on a crusade to figure out how to get rich. Not to say that I’m poor. I’m not.
But I’m also not rich.
I wasn’t quite sure what the first steps to getting rich were so I did the only thing I knew how to do. I got a library card and started listening to audiobooks. I listened to audiobooks constantly — on my commute, walking to and from the parking garage, while running, during my morning coffee. I listened to self help books, financial literacy/investment books, autobiographies of the most successful people in our present time, books on business and startups.. I listened to Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Ray Dalio, Scott Galloway, Dave Ramsey, Phil Knight, and on and on and on.
In Tim Ferriss’ book, Tribe of Mentors, Scott Adams, the creator of the less than inspiring cartoon Dilbert, talked about his success. He talked about manifesting things in his life. He said he would write the same thing down every single day and over time it came to pass. This seemed like a decent place to start so from that day I began to write down, “I will make 2.5 Million Dollars a year by the time I am 35.”
I would write it and write it, but nothing particular seemed to be changing in my professional life that would skyrocket me closer to my goal.
And then my Dad died. And I stopped.
I’m approaching 35 in a couple months now and unless a divine act of God turns anxiety and mild depression into 2.5 million dollars, the odds are not in my favor. Instead I’ve decided to temporarily power down all the audiobooks and reassess what I really want out of life.
Entrepreneurs and self help gurus are hurting instead of helping right now. I’m certain I’ll come back around because I’m a success junkie at this point — I want it so bad that I’ll almost masochistically listen to someone else who’s achieved it. I can’t help it.
But for now, I’ll keep my eyes on 35 and believe that while I may not be making 2.5 million a year, I technically didn’t say what time in my 35th year…
