Why aren't you a millionaire?

Mint Aero

Hmm well? For me, it's because I've never actually tried. Like ever. Sure, I've often thought to myself "yeah I'm gonna make it big someday" but so far I've done sweet f**k all to achieve this.

Until tonight whilst vegetating in front of YouTube in my jocks, I happened upon a video of young self made millionaires. I'm jealous. I want money and lots of it. I'm going to do something about that.

So yes, other than say I'm going to be proactive about it henceforth I still haven't actually done anything.

What say you? I want to hear stories about your attempts or lack thereof/why, failures & successes.

kfallon

This time next year.....

The Backwards Man

Who said I'm not?

NIMAN

Money isn't the most important thing in my life, so I haven't bothered becoming one.

Mint Aero

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Who said I'm not?

Then you may post under the following;

Mint Aero wrote: »

What say you? I want to hear stories about your attempts or lack thereof/why, failures & successes.

FloatingVoter

....because I'm a billionaire.

131spanner

That slum-dog lad beat me to it.

Saganist

We've been encouraged in this country that if you fail at trying to become a millionaire even once in your life, then you have no way back..

Sir Arthur Daley

More to life than money mint man.

daviecronin

I really like the phrase.. 'Maybe money doesn't buy happiness but either does poverty'

You have to be an entrepreneur and go big! You have dreams and you can do it if you put your mind to it.

delw

Probably because i haven't got a million euro

md23040

Once you accept the mediocrity of life, and inertia kicks in tomorrow you'll start to feel a lot better.

The_Valeyard

Cause I keep spending my money on stuff, you know.....life and surviving.

Hold the Cheez Whiz

I briefly worked for a premier Wall Street investment bank in the 1990s. If I had stayed with them, in the group I was working in, I would have been a millionaire by now. But I thought it was kind of boring and I wanted to travel and have a life, not spend 80+ hours a week on the trading desk. Plus I'm not sure if I could have lived with myself, TBH. If I ever become a millionaire, I'd rather have it be due to my creativity, not because I gambled with other peoples' money and profited from the misery of others.

Omackeral

Because I got too cocky and didn't Ask the Audience.

Right Turn Clyde

I have no interest in hoarding money. It doesn't make me happy. I only want to earn enough to take care of my family and keep myself supplied with books and music.

My step-father died during the summer, at a young age. He worked all of his life. He actually died on his way to work. He wasn't a rich man. He had no savings and he lived on his wages, week to week. He was a good and honest man. One of the best. If a simple life was good enough for him, it's damn sure good enough for me.

Sir Arthur Daley

You cant take it with you.

Mint Aero

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

More to life than money mint man.

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

You cant take it with you.

I wouldn't have any problems leaving a couple of million behind when I hit the bucket

was.deevey

I wouldn't have any problems leaving a couple of million behind when I hit the bucket

I wouldnt have any problems spending a couple of million before I hit the bucket

Banjo String

I got more money, than a horse has hair.

My rich old uncle died and answered all my prayers.

md23040

Here's the old positivity story trotted out to make everybody more comfortable in their skin but very poignant.

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish.

“How long it took you to catch them?” The American asked.

“Only a little while.” The Mexican replied.

“Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?” The American then asked.

“I have enough to support my family’s immediate needs.” The Mexican said.

“But,” The American then asked, “What do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senor.”

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds you buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.”

“Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the consumers, eventually opening your own can factory. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?”

To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”

“But what then, senor?”

The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO (Initial Public Offering) and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

“Millions, senor? Then what?”

The American said slowly, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos…”

Sam Kade

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

More to life than money mint man.

Not much of a life without it though

Sir Arthur Daley

What is the moral of john joes story?

Tail Docker

pfffft.

monkeysnapper

Because I don't have enough intelligence to get a good job that pays me more ,

I don't have enough spare cash to buy a lottery ticket either.

I don't have any millionaire parents , nether does my wife so there's no big pay day when they leave us .

The money I do make goes on my mortgage and bills and a holiday once a year so I'm never going to get there either.


Does any of this bother me ..... .?

List of the things I love the most .

1. Spending time with my wife and kids.
2. Photography
3 cycling and hill walking
4 walking my dogs

My mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer at 65 and my wife's dad is very sick, one of my best friends died last year of a heart attack at 35 .



Enjoy your life . And make the most of it lovely people . :0) x

DanWall

1 in 4 people in Monaco are millionaires, so all you have to do is move to Monaco and you have a 1 in 4 chance

Mint Aero

DanWall wrote: »

1 in 4 people in Monaco are millionaires, so all you have to do is move to Monaco and you have a 1 in 4 chance

This guy, this guy here. I like the cut of his jib.

osarusan

Because somebody stole my ideas to make a toilet duck.

In my original designs, I had it as a goat.

(who will get the reference?)

Sir Arthur Daley

The export market is the quickest way of becoming a millionaire today, the congo cannot get machinery quick enough.

thehouses

'Cos it takes money to make money...

NotASheeple

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Because I don't have enough intelligence to get a good job that pays me more

Don't put yourself down. It has nothing to do with intelligence and all to do with personal circumstances and oppourtunity.

Tin Foil Hat

Because I'm a van driver. I'd want to be ferrying Golden Brown to get even close.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Because my numbers never came up

JuliusCaesar

Because I've never yet managed to buy the winning lotto ticket.




Because I have (just) enough, and I don't need or want much more... another €10k and I'd be rich! There's only so much food I can eat, there're only so many clothes I can wear. I've no interest in showing off, and most of the rich people I've met in my life - well, let's say I'd not much interest in meeting them twice (entitled tw*ts with the imagination of footstools, mostly born into wealthy families). Yes, I'd LOVE to have the mortgage paid off but I'd doing my best.

Bafucin

Mint Aero wrote: »

Hmm well? For me, it's because I've never actually tried. Like ever. Sure, I've often thought to myself "yeah I'm gonna make it big someday" but so far I've done sweet f**k all to achieve this.

Until tonight whilst vegetating in front of YouTube in my jocks, I happened upon a video of young self made millionaires. I'm jealous. I want money and lots of it. I'm going to do something about that.

So yes, other than say I'm going to be proactive about it henceforth I still haven't actually done anything.

What say you? I want to hear stories about your attempts or lack thereof/why, failures & successes.

Because the man from Del Monte never came.

the PETA files

Because who needs to be a millionaire when you have taken over the world. Isn't that right, Brain?

--LOS--

"petafile"



ummm I spend all my time paying to study with the hopes that one day someone will pay me to study. I might come into some land some day ¬_¬

creolebelle

Because I'm lazy but once I start working full time, I want to start purchasing investment properties. That's how my grandfather became wealthy. His real estate portfolio was in the millions, then he got Alzheimer's and died. Then it was pissed away because of taxes and debts

Buona Fortuna

I could be one if I wanted to.
















I'd just have to convert all my money to Sri Lankan Rupees

Funnymuffin

I chose to have children instead:)

ronjo

I was pretty well on the way 10 years ago, IT contracting around Europe then met the wife and 2 kids later in a permanent job earning a hell of a lot less. I wouldnt change it though.
House and rented out flat both paid for.

Czarcasm

Because I don't like money. My parents were wealthy, and holding on to it made them miserable, bitter and twisted. I promised myself from an early age that I wouldn't end up like them so every penny I got I gave it away to someone else who needed it more than I do.

I quickly found out that while money would never make me happy, it has the ability to enable other people to be happy, but seeing ms giving it away didn't make my wife very happy, and the more I tried to give it away, the more seemed to come my way, and that was making me miserable.

So now I let my wife handle our finances. I have no idea how much we have, I leave my wife handle all that, which seems to make her happy, and seeing her happy makes me happy. That's as much as I can ask for from life, seeing other people happy makes me happy and doing things for other people seems to make them happy, and that enriches my life more than any figures on a balance sheet.

I came into the world with nothing, and I'll leave with nothing, and if I can make other people happy while I'm here, I'll die happy myself.

PizzamanIRL

I am a millionaire. The money just isn't with me right now, but it's out there somewhere.

Frank Lee Midere

The idea that all it takes is a little application and anybody can become a millionaire is nonsense.

Celly Smunt

I have over million strung up in investments from about 10 years ago when i was playing "the game" (not property),and these are growing still today.

Do i care about the money? Not at all,if it goes tomorrow so be it.

I got that money from taking from small businesses who were struggling,causing pain to mom and pop. If i could give it back to them all i would.


I guess money gives you the freedom to do what you love, but apart from that theres not much more. Money earned without your merit comes at a cost of yourself. If i earned the money through creativity it would be a completely different situation.

smash

OP, have you set up your pyramid scheme yet?

donutheadhomer

FloatingVoter wrote: »

....because I'm a billionaire.

every billionaire is also a millionaire

twowheelsonly

I'm not a millionaire yet but should be in the next week or so.

Just waiting on a fella to transfer funds into my account.
Don't know how this fella tracked me down but apparently he was a security consultant for my late Uncle Richard G'wan-Boy who died tragically in a plane crash in Africa and left 30 million dollars behind. Have all my bank details sent off and just awaiting the transfer as we speak...

The reason I'm not a millionaire yet is because I'm a Civil Service PAYE worker and despite reports to the contrary the wages and benefits don't quite stack up into the millionaire category. Close, but not quite...

Mint Aero

smash wrote: »

OP, have you set up your pyramid scheme yet?

Not quite but I have begged for money twice online since last night, just waiting for some millionaire to throw me a dime.

Bog Standard User

Mint Aero wrote: »

Hmm well? For me, it's because I've never actually tried. Like ever. Sure, I've often thought to myself "yeah I'm gonna make it big someday" but so far I've done sweet f**k all to achieve this.

Until tonight whilst vegetating in front of YouTube in my jocks, I happened upon a video of young self made millionaires. I'm jealous. I want money and lots of it. I'm going to do something about that.

So yes, other than say I'm going to be proactive about it henceforth I still haven't actually done anything.

What say you? I want to hear stories about your attempts or lack thereof/why, failures & successes.

cos i havent won the lottery yet

Buona Fortuna

Mint Aero wrote: »

Not quite but I have begged for money twice online since last night, just waiting for some millionaire to throw me a dime.

On Boards? Wastin your time