To the op, your friend sounds like he's the type who says he's gonna do A2M from Jessica Alba to Charlize Theron, while Olga Kurylenko is sucking his balls. Obviously he's got some "positive mindset" thing going on, but I'd just find that offputting. It makes him look silly.
Anyway, its an interesting topic as it raises lots of points. Firstly, you have to look at who he's looking to emulate. True self made legitimate billionaires are far rarer than many people think. Money is inherited, people are front men for organisations ("standardbearers" etc), people launder money or commit major frauds or are involved in heavy criminality. People get positions as part of some elaborate croney capitalism etc etc. But if you look in the "Times Rich List" it will assure you they are purer than the driven snow and started out by investing their unemployment benefit cheque or some lame story. I can think of a few "household names" where I know the official line is absolute shite and the business's engine for growth was actually crime/inheritance or whatever in substantial part.
I set myself some pretty lofty goals when I was 22. The problem with targetting very high levels of wealth is that some businesses are scaleable at low levels. Some only really work when you are starting with lots of money. I knew a guy who became a millionaire owning a pub. No money laundering, no wonderful business concept. He was an objectionable prick that bought just when the local university was expanding. Could he repeat that with 2, 3 or 100 pubs? Absolutely not. Likewise hedge funds or office development are a good way to turn big money into bigger money. But you need a fair bit of money, skills and connection to get started. True self made billionaires (or even say 70m plus networthers) often struggle for a LONG time before reaching success. James Dyson is a good example of that. And he admits that his billions today still don't compensate for the hardship and poverty he experienced in the past. I had to make sacrifices for longer term gain. You're losing out on fun in quality years, I'm not sure its always worth it.
Often extreme wealth is no different from winning the lottery. I'm thinking the guy behind Skype, Michael Dell, Fuckerberg etc. Atleast Gates had a scaleable plan. Even if Windows failed, he'd built a really good business in software and computer games etc.
I'd say to people, take a look at the REAL lives of super wealthy, or apparently super wealthy people. Your money isn't for you, its for hosting parties for 200/500 people who aren't your friends, and funding charities you don't even believe in. Often your "friends" are scumbags who'll drop you in a flash after they are caught stealing, or you aren't any use to them. You could be one step away from 15 yrs in jail, just on a change of government. Imagine that hanging over your head for decades. Billionaires often aren't alpha in the red pill sense. Their central nervous system is oftern too stressed to build muscle, they can look old before their time. Consumed in their work for years/decades even and one day they wake up and think "fuck I never knew I was THAT old"! The women they marry are often plain as fuck or like prostitutes in every sense of the word.Effectively they're a form of geek in many cases.
Finally, I'd ask people, whether they really want to BE a billionaire ie simply numbers on a screen? Or just live like one/a very wealthy person? Self made billionaires are either criminals/front men/trust fund kids OR people who just love their business. Why earn 1bn to have 5 of your 6 houses empty? And your 100m yacht unused for 46 weeks of the year. Do you want your home full of virtual strangers most weeks? People visiting and won't shift 2 weeks later, unless you ask them to? I've seen what huge mansions and the like bring to some people.
I think there's actually something a little diseased about the billionaire lifestyle that MTV and the like promote to us. Its actually a poor use of resources and worships money for money's sake. Rather than rewarding talent, skill and effort. True self made billionaires often know the system needs changing. And quite a group of them have voiced disapproval of the idea of their kids getting large (or even ANY) inheritances.
Anyway, billionaires need to optimise resources to become billionaires. Its ironic that when they reach that stage, they build up assets that are actually left to rot, literally on many occasions. I think the solution for aspiring red pillers might lie more in fractional ownership, lifestyle concierge services and generally networking among fellow redpillers. That opens up the jet set lifestyle to far more, and its a far better use of resources for everyone.
Anyway, its an interesting topic as it raises lots of points. Firstly, you have to look at who he's looking to emulate. True self made legitimate billionaires are far rarer than many people think. Money is inherited, people are front men for organisations ("standardbearers" etc), people launder money or commit major frauds or are involved in heavy criminality. People get positions as part of some elaborate croney capitalism etc etc. But if you look in the "Times Rich List" it will assure you they are purer than the driven snow and started out by investing their unemployment benefit cheque or some lame story. I can think of a few "household names" where I know the official line is absolute shite and the business's engine for growth was actually crime/inheritance or whatever in substantial part.
I set myself some pretty lofty goals when I was 22. The problem with targetting very high levels of wealth is that some businesses are scaleable at low levels. Some only really work when you are starting with lots of money. I knew a guy who became a millionaire owning a pub. No money laundering, no wonderful business concept. He was an objectionable prick that bought just when the local university was expanding. Could he repeat that with 2, 3 or 100 pubs? Absolutely not. Likewise hedge funds or office development are a good way to turn big money into bigger money. But you need a fair bit of money, skills and connection to get started. True self made billionaires (or even say 70m plus networthers) often struggle for a LONG time before reaching success. James Dyson is a good example of that. And he admits that his billions today still don't compensate for the hardship and poverty he experienced in the past. I had to make sacrifices for longer term gain. You're losing out on fun in quality years, I'm not sure its always worth it.
Often extreme wealth is no different from winning the lottery. I'm thinking the guy behind Skype, Michael Dell, Fuckerberg etc. Atleast Gates had a scaleable plan. Even if Windows failed, he'd built a really good business in software and computer games etc.
I'd say to people, take a look at the REAL lives of super wealthy, or apparently super wealthy people. Your money isn't for you, its for hosting parties for 200/500 people who aren't your friends, and funding charities you don't even believe in. Often your "friends" are scumbags who'll drop you in a flash after they are caught stealing, or you aren't any use to them. You could be one step away from 15 yrs in jail, just on a change of government. Imagine that hanging over your head for decades. Billionaires often aren't alpha in the red pill sense. Their central nervous system is oftern too stressed to build muscle, they can look old before their time. Consumed in their work for years/decades even and one day they wake up and think "fuck I never knew I was THAT old"! The women they marry are often plain as fuck or like prostitutes in every sense of the word.Effectively they're a form of geek in many cases.
Finally, I'd ask people, whether they really want to BE a billionaire ie simply numbers on a screen? Or just live like one/a very wealthy person? Self made billionaires are either criminals/front men/trust fund kids OR people who just love their business. Why earn 1bn to have 5 of your 6 houses empty? And your 100m yacht unused for 46 weeks of the year. Do you want your home full of virtual strangers most weeks? People visiting and won't shift 2 weeks later, unless you ask them to? I've seen what huge mansions and the like bring to some people.
I think there's actually something a little diseased about the billionaire lifestyle that MTV and the like promote to us. Its actually a poor use of resources and worships money for money's sake. Rather than rewarding talent, skill and effort. True self made billionaires often know the system needs changing. And quite a group of them have voiced disapproval of the idea of their kids getting large (or even ANY) inheritances.
Anyway, billionaires need to optimise resources to become billionaires. Its ironic that when they reach that stage, they build up assets that are actually left to rot, literally on many occasions. I think the solution for aspiring red pillers might lie more in fractional ownership, lifestyle concierge services and generally networking among fellow redpillers. That opens up the jet set lifestyle to far more, and its a far better use of resources for everyone.