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Fuck “the dream” of Being a Millionaire

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The word “millionaire” has become trite. It’s a goal that just doesn’t have the ring to it that it once did.  1 in 100 people in the US are millionaires. I certainly know 100 people that I’m smarter than, so that can’t be the secret.  I also know 100 people that lack the ambition that I have.  So to that can’t be whats required either.  So what does it take to be a millionaire? I don’t care. Who wants to be a millionaire? 99 out of 100 people, the other one already is.

According to Google 908,000 web sites contain the phrase “I’m rich” while 1,300,000 contain the terms “I’m broke”. Hmm this doesn’t correlate. It appears that way more people are willing to boast that they are rich than admit to the world that they are broke. Plus, there are a lot of us in the middle. They call this segment “the middle class”. Which brings another search to mind “middle class” turns up 23,900,000 results. WHOA! That is where we all must be!

I could show you where the rich congregate in disproportional numbers. The online news and publications that the affluent read, what they buy, where they invest, where they spend their time, what they enjoy doing. Outcome can be qualified and quantified based on consumption. Eat a lot get fat. Eat something poisonous and the autopsy will reveal what it was that caused your condition. 

Positive thinking will not make you rich. The secret is not in your mental state, it’s in the facts and figures that worked for those before you, those around you and those who will come after you. You have to research, monitor and emulate.  You have to know what it takes to become rich in order to be rich.  “Millionaire” is not a magic word, it’s not a fantasy, it’s a status that 1 in 100 Americans have already obtained.

12,500,000 sites will tell you how to “make money online”, 24,500,000 can help you “lose weight”. How much money are you making visiting links? How many calories does it burn to click your mouse. Market Basket data and data mining made Google the monster that it is today. Use it to your advantage, the answer is in the numbers. Separate the real from the fake and act. Filter… and stay tuned.

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Comments

Nice post, and I agree with most of it.  But I do think it’s important to have a good positive state.  Being optimistic never hurt anyone.

Ranked Hard  on  06/27  at  10:03 AM

Ohhh, I’m very optimistic! My point was that you have to have a clear path of action and stop looking at it like it’s a “dream”.  Plan for it.

 on  06/27  at  11:13 AM

Hmm… The salary in Romania used to be about 7.000.000 LEI so in Romania where lot;s of milioners but 7.000.000lei = 300 USD smile. Any way it;s inceredible how internet makes money selling nothing(clicks) or banner spaces. I consider it a foolishnes… but hey selling nothing makes most of the milioners in the word so smile We all have to learn how to sell nothing !

Cristina  on  06/27  at  11:21 AM

Well I guess that would make me a millionaire in a little over a days work. Maybe I should stop being a greedy American.  I also make my living online, so I guess I do it selling “nothing”.

 on  06/28  at  02:27 AM

He he… i make money with my hammers and i sweat like hell especially in the summer time when the forge is running and heating up the iron ! But hey eventualy we all do what we like and what we know to do best.

Cristina  on  06/30  at  02:18 PM

Have you considered the possibility that the famous stat being toted everywhere (1 in 100 are millionaires) is actually inaccurate?

Ranked Hard  on  07/07  at  02:06 PM

It does seem a bit exaggerated, but I have access to a lot of data and marketing tools, so I could probably pin it down. I’ll look into that smile.

 on  07/07  at  10:32 PM
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