Clamshell's weekly journal

[Shannon]

That sounds like a really negative mindset concerning money.

Making money usually requires one of three things: work, connections or smarts. It's a lot less work to sell a million people $1 worth of stuff than it is to sell one person $1,000,000 worth of stuff. Unless you have the right connections.

But work is usually going to be a part of the process, regardless. The more time you allow for it to happen, the less work it will take; the faster you want it to happen without working yourself crazy, the more smarts and/or connections you'll need. It's all the same amount of energy required, it just can be done in different ways. If you know some millionaires, and they like your ideas and they back you, you could end up with a lot of money for a few months worth of light work. More likely, you'll end up doing something like finding a system that works well for the Forex markets or starting a business that succeeds if you want to become a millionaire.

Working for myself has been the best experience in the world. It's taken me five years to get off the ground (mainly because I started with nothing and made some very serious mistakes along the way), but persistence, perseverance, drive and determination are making me succeed. Most self made millionaires take a while to get there, and they get there because they do the right things and they keep doing them regardless of any obstacle that comes their way. They also typically love what they do - as I do - which makes it more like fun than work. So what I would suggest is that you figure out what makes you happy, what you love to do, and then make that a stairway to wealth - without letting anyone who might be negative know about it until you have the money in the bank.