The Beginning
I tried to make a couple of bucks these last few years. This post will completely reveal my journey from me being a pupper to something of a zillionaire (at least that's what I call myself). Bare with me as I take you through my riveting journey from rags to riches. Don't stop reading this post. I've got thousands of pages to share. I totally believe it would change your life.
It all started when I hard a "balloon" dream of wanting to become a billionaire. The idea fascinated me for a very long time. But I just didn't know how to arrive there. So I wrote out my first plan I thought could get me maybe $10,000 for an entire lifetime.
Step 1
Buy item A at $10 and sell for $20 (100% Markup).
Step 2
Continue till you get to $10,000 gross sales.
That was a good plan till I find out it would take me a very long time to reach that goal. I found out the hard. The first thing I discovered was that I didn't own a business and had no employees as a result. So if I was going to do this, I needed to hire extra hands. "Nobody ever makes ever makes real money without hiring some good people", I thought to myself. Sadly, I also didn't possess that skill. Dead end! So i decided to go solo on this journey till good guys came my way or at least when I started to hire people.
Nothing Good Happens Without Preparation
A wise old preacher once told me "Nothing good happens without the skill of learning". That made sense since another man is reported to have told said that "If you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book" because he will never read it. Mmmmm...well said but also that applies to all other races. If one wanted to know something, he better read it or else he/she would be in the dark concerning the subject matter. That reminds me of Eddie Griffin's words in his HBO Special "Tell 'em I said" when he said "Get a book a men. Reading is fun-to-mental. Fun to mental." That means fun for the mind. That got me thinking. So I had to pick up a book and read so I could get out of the dark into the sunlight.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGidFKs5XU
So I picked up a couple of books from the library and decided to read just to find out if I was missing something. This was my list of books.
1. Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin
2. The way of Wealth by Benjamin Franklin
3. The Art of Money Getting by P.T, Barnum - This one got me. It's a total must read.
4. I will not disclose this last one. That would be for another post. It's a very important book and very dear to me.
The Cold Hard Lessons - What P.T. Barnum taught me.
Mmmm...money is hard or is it mankind? P.T. Bynum book tells it all on the subject of money. I will leave my dear readers to grab a copy of this book. In the next post I will tell you how I got into trouble trying to make a buck.