Yes, money does grow on trees - It’s all about freedom and passive income

Here is a quick look inside of my brain:

1. For some reason when I was a little kid I always wanted to be a millionaire. When I got older and realized that a million dollars wasn’t much anymore, I wanted to be a billionaire.

2. When i was a little kid all I ever wanted was to one day own a honda prelude. After getting one at age 21 and driving it for a few weeks all I ever wanted was a BMW. Soon as I had the beemer all I could think about was getting something more expensive. I now have a Bentley and almost 2 weeks into owning it I was like I need to get a Rolls Royce next.

3. I always wanted a yacht growing up. When I was able to get one, all I started to think about is wanting a longer, bigger more extravagant yacht.

I could go on and on and on with more materialistic items but I will stop now and get to the point I am making. When I started this blog take a look at the writing I put on the homepage of the website about myself:

“Follow me through my journey as a serial entrepreneur on the path to becoming a self-made billionaire. I use the lessons I was taught as an athlete and apply them to my life as an entrepreneur.

I have no idea on exactly how many officially registered companies I own and they are all in different sectors. I also operate over 200 registered websites. I hope to inspire any young entrepreneurs or anybody that has ever thought about opening up their own business.”

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So above I talk about how I want to be a billionaire. I recently had to ask myself a very important question. That question is why do I want to be a billionaire?

I could honestly not answer that question. The only reason for me to be a billionaire was to what, get more materialistic items? I don’t need anything else and as you can see in my list above that there is no end to the amount of materialistic items you can buy. Is it worth it to sacrifice balance to get to that elusive billion dollars?

My next question to myself was do I want freedom? Yes I want freedom to do whatever I want and when I want from wherever I want to. It clicked to me and I realized I already have that and am living the dream.

I have lately taken a large step back in my direct involvement in my businesses to focus more on the other areas of my life such as mind, body and soul. I can honestly say that over the couple months that I have focused more on these areas that I feel more balanced and happier.

I wake up every morning these days with such a big smile on my face which is incredible and realize how much freedom I have. I realize I need to chase nothing as I am living the dream already doing everything I ever wanted to do. Being content is something very hard to come by. The main reason I am able to do this is because I get money in my bank account everyday now without having to do any work. This is the dream part about owning a business (yes you still have to look after things once in a while).

Everyday I get people coming to me asking me to do consulting so I can make more money. My answer to them is I don’t trade my time for dollars. Every business I have other people are running them or they are self sustaining businesses. The reason I got to this point was because of my philosophy of passive income. I have come to realize that money does grow on trees on its own if you plant it properly and take care of it once in a while.

My new philosophy is not to be a billionaire but to keep on living the dream of having FREEDOM like I currently do while increasing the amount of passive income I generate. If I get there creating passive income like I do, then so be it. If I don’t, I’m still doing everything I ever wanted to do and god do I ever love my freedom.

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If you like this post I wrote, I strongly suggest reading the following article I shave posted on my blog: The Mexican Fisherman