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Just reading the last dozen posts on this thread. Loving all your stories. I develop luxury resorts, working with one partner, and have time and bank to collect Porsches, Powerstrokes, and power tools. All healthy addictions in place of drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc. Built my wealth slowly through a mix of tech and residential real estate, with one bases-loaded grand slam on the resort side of things. Always pushed my tech IPO chips into real estate. Studied AI at Stanford in the late 70s, and can't believe what that esoteric back water eddy of computer science is today. Now enjoying pulling IRAs out of mindless index funds into a couple dozen stocks, and beating the S&P and Nasdaq almost every day. Fun to watch daily. Don't let us down Jerome. Life wasn't always this pleasant. Lost my dad at 8, became man of the house as the oldest of five kids. On welfare for years as mom went to grad school to launch her career and winch us out of the leukemia ditch. She was a survivor, and I owe a LOT to her and my USMC dad, for the limited years I had with him. Life today is very YOLO-driven, while still modeling ethics and philosophy for my four kids, who are my greatest achievement. Can't wait to get them all tracking someday.
Execution Manager for a Major US Automotive Company, executing a battery cell program.. We make a similiar car to the 911 GT3 / RS, but I love the 3RS more, so I own it. Ours is better value, but you buy/marry for love, not for value.
Not mega Rich, but 40, no kids, don't plan to, Wife has a good job, zero debt, GT3RS is my splurge, mid life crisis toy.
I "sorta" retired at 35. Moved West to be a ski bum in my teens. Did odd jobs around a resort townhotography, front desk, hardware store delivery drive, snow plow operator. My dad had a few businesses growing up so I always had the entreprenuerial bug.
I married a healthcare worker and we eventually bought a small practice to run together. Grew it, sold it to a private equity back group in that space. Realized healthcare professionals weren't great at business or advocating for themselves so I decided to learn about corporate finance/investment banking and figured out how to run a sell-side M&A process. Launched a little boutique advisory at the start of Covid, got incredibly lucky and had a lot of interested clients in short order which happened to match peak valuation windows. Closed all those deals the sailed off into the sunset(sort of). Made some good cash in short order and cycled through a 991 turbo, GT4 and decided to stick with a GT3RS.
Spend most of time with the family/kids and looking for more stocks to invest in. Currently doubling the SP500 over the last 2years so hopefully I can continue that and the finance side of things will be smooth sailing. It gets a little boring/lonely at times and definitely have learned first hand that fancy possession(while I enjoy thoroughly on the track) really aren't all that important. Community, friends, family, connection. I don't really get how people ever "retire" seems boring and possibly depressing.
Yeah, I've got a job as a customer service rep. But let me tell you about a time when I needed some extra cash fast. I found myself in a pinch and decided to sell some handmade crafts online. Surprisingly, I made a decent amount within a day.
Yeah, I've got a job as a customer service rep. But let me tell you about a time when I needed some extra cash fast. I found myself in a pinch and decided to sell some handmade crafts online. Surprisingly, I made a decent amount within a day.
I give this AI a 6/10 on colloquialisms but 0/10 on contextual awareness.
Just read this whole thread tonight. Quite inspiring and intriguing the same.
As for me, I'm a third generation naval officer with 17 years of service. Used to fly on planes, now I fly a desk as an HR officer managing part-time sailors. Start my next (final?) set of orders later this year for recruiting. If nothing else, this thread piqued my brain for what I want to do when I grow up aka retire from active duty. Lots of great stories.
No inheritance as my parents and I don't have the greatest relationship. But I left college 17 years ago with more in my bank account than when I began and zero debt which let me humor the car hobby.
Yeah, I've got a job as a customer service rep. But let me tell you about a time when I needed some extra cash fast. I found myself in a pinch and decided to sell some handmade crafts online. Surprisingly, I made a decent amount within a day.
. But let me tell you about a time when I needed some extra cash fast. I found myself in a pinch and decided to sell some handmade crafts online. Surprisingly, I made a decent amount within a day. Sometimes, when you need to make money fast, a little creativity can go a long way.
I am an Electrical Engineer by qualification and trade. However, shortly after graduation, I was thrown into the family business and told to deal with the mess.
No experience, self assigned compensation package.. and needing to uplift morale. I went on what was known as "sacrificial mission".
Made sure I did not earn more than first level management, and re-invested 60% of NP the following year into staff welfare, training and contract negotiations.
There were days I wished I had a 9 to 5 job and just did what my boss would tell me. Banks calling, running after receivables, legal. Not easy being a 23 year old CEO.
But, nothing beats the feeling of having achieved something positive and made a difference to peoples' lives and careers.
That was 1997, now it's 2024 and I have taken an early retirement to enjoy time with my family while I'm still relatively healthy.
I was asked to be interviewed as a "successful" person in my industry. So here is a perspective:
When people are young, "smart" is usually taken to mean our potential to do things. It's measured by tests, how quickly one seems to think, how quickly one can learn academic things, how good one's memory is, wit, etc.
When people are old, "smart" seems to be judged by what we actually did, what we accomplished. It's measured by things like recognition by peers, social impact and influence, money, etc.
We all know people who seemed smart when they were young, but wouldn't be judged so smart when they are old. We also all know people who didn't seem smart when they were young, but could be judged to be smart when they are old (based on achievements). I think that luck plays a role here, but it's not mainly a matter of luck.
I count myself as lucky, but I also worked hard, thought deeply about things (background in philosophy helped here), took on responsibilities, was persistent, sometimes ventured off the beaten path to explore and try things, and was willing to take some risks. I tried to "be all I can be," else I would feel I kind of wasted my life. I think those attributes describe just about all "successful" people?
02-14-2024, 06:11 PM
hotography, front desk, hardware store delivery drive, snow plow operator. My dad had a few businesses growing up so I always had the entreprenuerial bug.
Actually semi retired own own business.
