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law school followed directly by medical school and then an anesthesia residency--->turn expert witness. mo money, mo money, mo money.
I was in law school with an anesthesiologist who was there on disability....drawing $13K/mo because he was disabled due to drug addiction. L keed u not.

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Old 01-18-2012, 01:35 PM
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Go into Politics.
Old 01-18-2012, 01:42 PM
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How To Get Rich
  1. Pick something you absolutely love doing
  2. Learn everything you can about it. Become an expert in it. Get to the point where you are contributing more to the body of knowledge than you take from it.
  3. Be a frequent and active voice in your field. The idea is to build your brand.
  4. Learn business ethics and be ruthless about adhering to it. People must trust your brand.
  5. Do this thing for people, and give them more than they ask for. Be over the top with customer service - it's a dying art, and people are grateful for it.
  6. Once people know your work ethic (or product), and associate it with your brand, you have set the stage to really grow.

I don't care what the product or service is. A guy that kicks ass washing peoples' nasty trash cans will do quite well.

With business, it's not the idea that makes the money - it's the implementation.
Old 01-18-2012, 01:48 PM
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I'm already married. No sugar mama for me.
Although her money would be nice, what if shes really ugly? I wouldn't even be able to get it up to satisfy her and earn my keep
When you are giving her one use 2 paper bags. One for her head and one for yours in case hers comes off.
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Old 01-18-2012, 01:53 PM
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Illegal fire arms to mexico.
Seems like the BATF already cornered that market.
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I was in law school with an anesthesiologist who was there on disability....drawing $13K/mo because he was disabled due to drug addiction. L keed u not.
Is this a great country, or what???
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Old 01-18-2012, 01:55 PM
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stop having kids, to start
get painfully frugal
put your woman to work (day care)
then parlay your money
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The wife would work for me if I start my own company.

I get requests to be an expert witness all the time. I thought it was a scam.
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Easy. List out what you are willing to give up to get rich. The value of what you give up will roughly equal what you get.
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Old 01-18-2012, 02:17 PM
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When you are giving her one use 2 paper bags. One for her head and one for yours in case hers comes off.
Ah, the old arkansas two bagger
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Go into Politics.
To many things I've done that I don't want anyone to know about for that.
Old 01-18-2012, 02:19 PM
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Skip getting rich and learn how to steal cars so you can boost a new one at the dealer. (and then drive it like you stole it)
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What do you like doing?

I mean . . . . besides "getting rich?" whatever the fk that is.
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Old 01-18-2012, 02:24 PM
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I'm planning on using my young looks to find me a good lookin sugar momma...


And no, it hasn't worked yet...


Plan B is to be a ruthless business man and make my millions on the backs of my employees...
Pass the Dust he thinks he is Romney
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Skip getting rich and learn how to steal cars so you can boost a new one at the dealer. (and then drive it like you stole it)
Like in that other thread?
Old 01-18-2012, 02:29 PM
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What do you like doing?

I mean . . . . besides "getting rich?" whatever the fk that is.
I like playing guitar, running, video games, learning about cars.
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Get elected to Congress or get appointed as a federal judge...

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Invest in the sins alcohol, tobacco, prostitution, gambling (don't gamble invest in gambling) and last but not least invest in death. Yep, open a mortuary, embalming business or crematory. Everybody gotta die sometime.
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stop having kids, to start
That will really help. You basically have two options;

1. Go horribly into debt.

2. Be patient.

Both suck.

Depends on how bad you want one!
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Old 01-18-2012, 02:38 PM
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I want a newer porsche. Those cost more than I can afford. Do I pretty much need to own my own business to get rich? What did you guys do to get rich?
I have very little capital. Plus I'm married with kids and my wife doesn't work.
I'm a numbers guy and credentialed. I do ok, but not for socal.
Thinking of starting my own company. I know how well those annuity wholesalers and reps do, I want a slice of that action. this needs to be something I can do outside of my regular job, at least while I get started.

Any of you rich dudes out there, please share your success stories and advice.
First problem is that you don't think like rich folks do...rich folks wnat the money and not the Porsche..Porsche is OVERHEAD EXPENSE...

You got a day job, now you need a part-time business where your wife can contribute. Something you like that can make you some dinero..that you can save (low overhead expense). YOu will need to put in a bunch of years living at the bone..to build up capital. Way below income level. Ten years ago I could have suggested where you could have put that capital, but now...everything is a role of the dice...

All in all I think Big Cap stocks that pay healthy dividends along with Google and Apple are still good bets. Perhaps rental property

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