Dropped out of HS at 16, Self made multi-millionaire by 18 (VID)

[Scoundrel]

Most millionaires have very few if any qualifications....

so? that could easily be twisted around...

'most people with qualifications are not millionaires'
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'most people with secular education are not millionaires'
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'secular education is bull****, and just teaches you to fail and go along with the system'

[lems]

The quickest and most simplest way to get the things you desire the most in life is getting a good paying job so you have discretionary income to spend. You get a good paying job by picking a legit major and outworking those around you.

Our generation is too busy trying to find excuses not to WORK HARD.

There is no secret to success. Everything you desire can be achieved through hard work and remianing disciplined.

Very few rich people got rich by getting lucky. The majority worked hard and put in the time and sacrifice.

edit: 3000 posts

I agree with working hard. But I don't agree with the getting a good paying job part. This is coming from a guy who has one more year of school left. You can work your ass off on your own business without getting any pay ... and then suddenly sky rocket.

[calbaisey]

1 mill from poker is nothing compared to $340 millon by 26...

And no you obviously don't need a degree to be rich, but just because you dropped out does not mean you are going to be one of those who make it big time. I only know one drop out who is doing well, and by well I mean living slightly above middle class.

[ealvintan]

1 mill from poker is nothing compared to $340 millon by 26...

And no you obviously don't need a degree to be rich, but just because you dropped out does not mean you are going to be one of those who make it big time. I only know one drop out who is doing well, and by well I mean living slightly above middle class.

He sold his companies for a combined value of $340 million but he doesn't hold 100% equity in both companies. I doubt that he could bring his company to such sky-high valuations without taking in external capital, e.g. VC funds, angel funds, etc.

[jakobi]

young millionaires are self employed...
working for others won't make you a millionaire

[xslick]

you have to believe that you're going be a millionaire and visualize it

[ShayZ]

Reminds me of myself, but he didnt **** up.
I actually worked with him, dead srs.
I owned an online advertising agency which grossed well over a million a year for 2+ years. If I actually kept with it, I couldve sold it for $40 mil too, but I got lazy and ****ed it all up.

Kudos to him!

[EnglishMisc]

Alot of the richest men in the world dropped out of college.

Sure you can get a degree as a doctor and become a millionaire. but there are very few proffesions in which you can do this.

You dont need a degree to make your own business and prouce something that people want, this takes stupidity,bravery, enormous willpower and generally alot of luck, you cant teach any of these things.

Disagree with me all you like, warren buffet got rich from well thought out and fairly lucky investments, how did he know coca cola would be as big as it is now back when he first invested?

It takes a special person to become a millionaire, degrees / higher education is not always needed.

[bigdan]

Most millionaires have very few if any qualifications....

Well the only qualification to being a millionaire is having a million dollars.

[nimble]

Reminds me of myself, but he didnt **** up.
I actually worked with him, dead srs.
I owned an online advertising agency which grossed well over a million a year for 2+ years. If I actually kept with it, I couldve sold it for $40 mil too, but I got lazy and ****ed it all up.

Kudos to him!

wish I knew how to get into this sort of ****, with the spare time I have I'd be able to put loads into it

[Endgame]

"The Secret" (Law of Attraction)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0846789/
Secret to Success

[TheSpecial1]

i cry everytime i see people do this, cos im nearly going to university but sometimes i dont feel like it, i wana get rich without uni.

negged for bein a whiny *******

[S1panorama]

negged for bein a whiny *******

why ?

[mosy28]

Reminds me of myself, but he didnt **** up.
I actually worked with him, dead srs.
I owned an online advertising agency which grossed well over a million a year for 2+ years. If I actually kept with it, I couldve sold it for $40 mil too, but I got lazy and ****ed it all up.

Kudos to him!

OP said he's a douche. Truth?

[DeathByLight]

negged for bein a whiny *******

why ?

dont worry, brought u back to green

[SUMTINGVEWYWONG]

good for him. pretty sure he owned Blue Lithium ads. Pretty cool guy.

[HiitorMiss]

people like him get all my respect simply because he thinks of his family first.

now i need to make an ad company and contact yahoo/google

[Porterhouse.Stu]

in after the hopes and dreams of "you must go to school and get an engineering degree or you fail at life!" types are crushed

those people will never make a decent living... because their degree wont help them at all, since the person behind that degree is weak.

[Kane_89]

in b4 misc ballers.

[Porterhouse.Stu]

Reminds me of myself, but he didnt **** up.
I actually worked with him, dead srs.
I owned an online advertising agency which grossed well over a million a year for 2+ years. If I actually kept with it, I couldve sold it for $40 mil too, but I got lazy and ****ed it all up.

Kudos to him!

of course.... ****ing liar.

[icanseeu1985]

i cry everytime i see people do this, cos im nearly going to university but sometimes i dont feel like it, i wana get rich without uni.

-Most people believe that they cannot achieve anything above medicority
-most people play it safe their whole life (this guy left high school at 16 to take a huge risk in his online business)
-most people just follow the crowd and do what has been done for centuries (go to university and get a job)
-people aim for really low and then blame other things for their misfortunes (what is the difference in a dream of owning a million dollar house vs a dream of owning a 30,000 dollar house??). IF u have to dream, why dream medicore/small things? if u have to think, why think medicore/small?
-people use blame luck, their circumstances, society, other people etc etc etc. Are u man enough to stand and say "**** that! it is all my fault, im going to do something about it"?

[Frank Drebin]

The quickest and most simplest way to get the things you desire the most in life is getting a good paying job so you have discretionary income to spend. You get a good paying job by picking a legit major and outworking those around you.

Our generation is too busy trying to find excuses not to WORK HARD.

There is no secret to success. Everything you desire can be achieved through hard work and remianing disciplined.

Very few rich people got rich by getting lucky. The majority worked hard and put in the time and sacrifice.

edit: 3000 posts

I agree with working hard. But I don't agree with the getting a good paying job part. This is coming from a guy who has one more year of school left. You can work your ass off on your own business without getting any pay ... and then suddenly sky rocket.

I don't get this line of thinking. People have been brainwashed that you can't ever be rich working for someone else. I guess it depends on what you consider "rich". IMO a well paying job is absolutely essential to building wealth.

Getting rich is about taking risks and getting lucky at the same time. If you make 50k a year and live like a hermit off 35k you have ~15k a year to throw towards investments etc. You may get lucky early on and hit a 10 bagger but likely it will take a long time to appreciate your assets. However, if you're making 150k a year and live like your making 65, you have ~80k a year to play with, every year. You can clear up personal debt and put more towards investments. Add the fact that you can recover easier from a bad investment, and may be more willing to take risks because you know you have piles of money coming in.

I'm talking about traditional investments for a working man, high risk small cap stocks/ real estate/ silent partner in a small business etc.

Just IMO, doctors can be broke and teachers can be millionaires, it's all on how you spend and invest.

I have a couple ebooks for anyone who's interested, pm me with an email address if you want any of these:

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Think And Grow Rich
The Millionaire Next Door
Stop Acting Rich

[jujuB]

he's an outlier, he got lucky at the right time.

i've said before, some people just "have it".

it also helped that this man grew up at a time where things were just being discovered...

it helps to be growing up at the right time era

Reminds me of myself, but he didnt **** up.
I actually worked with him, dead srs.
I owned an online advertising agency which grossed well over a million a year for 2+ years. If I actually kept with it, I couldve sold it for $40 mil too, but I got lazy and ****ed it all up.

Kudos to him!

lol damn...
that's fckin crazy man.

[Frank Drebin]

-Most people believe that they cannot achieve anything above medicority
-most people play it safe their whole life (this guy left high school at 16 to take a huge risk in his online business)
-most people just follow the crowd and do what has been done for centuries (go to university and get a job)
-people aim for really low and then blame other things for their misfortunes (what is the difference in a dream of owning a million dollar house vs a dream of owning a 30,000 dollar house??). IF u have to dream, why dream medicore/small things? if u have to think, why think medicore/small?
-people use blame luck, their circumstances, society, other people etc etc etc. Are u man enough to stand and say "**** that! it is all my fault, im going to do something about it"?

LOL @ huge risk of dropping out of school at 16. It's only a huge risk if you have something to lose, ie) a high paying job. At 16 in grade 10 or 11 what was he giving up?

[Frank Drebin]

i've said before, some people just "have it".

it also helped that this man grew up at a time where things were just being discovered...

it helps to be growing up at the right time era

There's always times where people get lucky...housing market, last years stock market etc. There will always be times in our lifetime to take advantage of a situation.

[loseyourself]

I don't get this line of thinking. People have been brainwashed that you can't ever be rich working for someone else. I guess it depends on what you consider "rich". IMO a well paying job is absolutely essential to building wealth.

Getting rich is about taking risks and getting lucky at the same time. If you make 50k a year and live like a hermit off 35k you have ~15k a year to throw towards investments etc. You may get lucky early on and hit a 10 bagger but likely it will take a long time to appreciate your assets. However, if you're making 150k a year and live like your making 65, you have ~80k a year to play with, every year. You can clear up personal debt and put more towards investments. Add the fact that you can recover easier from a bad investment, and may be more willing to take risks because you know you have piles of money coming in.

I'm talking about traditional investments for a working man, high risk small cap stocks/ real estate/ silent partner in a small business etc.

Just IMO, doctors can be broke and teachers can be millionaires, it's all on how you spend and invest.

I have a couple ebooks for anyone who's interested, pm me with an email address if you want any of these:

Rich Dad Poor Dad
Think And Grow Rich
The Millionaire Next Door
Stop Acting Rich

nice book list, lol

[loseyourself]

There's always times where people get lucky...housing market, last years stock market etc. There will always be times in our lifetime to take advantage of a situation.

This. There are opportunities every single day.

[icanseeu1985]

LOL @ huge risk of dropping out of school at 16. It's only a huge risk if you have something to lose, ie) a high paying job. At 16 in grade 10 or 11 what was he giving up?

Maybe it is not that extreme for a risk, but it still is a risk. It is a risk leaving school to start an online business, if it fails; u end up wasting time. Time is the risk. playing it safe means staying in school like everybody else.

[kornelax]

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[DavidC193]

Nice blog^^