parents want me to be like a millionare, family friend is a millionare, my folks

[joe45]

any of u guys business majors here or done schooling in business. well my folks were talkin to me about Jerry, a guy my mom works for, who is in his late 20's and lives in south granville in vancouver-owns a 2-5 million mansion huge house and has 2 high end 100k cars-mercedess g class and a carerra. this guy finised ubc in commerce degree, but i went to community college for 2 yr diploma.
anyways they are tellin me how successful and mostly how rich rich he is since he has all those big assets. they tell me he does mutual funds , and make mad $$.

pretty much they are tellin me to be like this guy, and how to make or invent something and become a millionarie. they tell me about the guy who cared 1 8000 got junk, Jim pattision, Ci Si yang (guy who owns expo,), and also david Ho these multi millionares.

ok what do u say. i don;t think its that easy at all. i think if its that easy then everyone else would be doin it. i now a lot of ppl from my work who got degree from UBC and are workin at call centre, or doing something unrelated.

i have cousins who are around his age or even older-they have degrees from ubc, sfu and they are not successful as Jerry -well in assets, they drive entry level acura, civic, low end bmw, ......and mortaging a much much cheaper house,

how do u create something , open a busienss and become a millionare, they never taught us that in school. is it that easy or is it easy. if ur folks or someone told u that what would u think and say
i'm kinda of tried of this comparing and challenging me , to as hey Joe can u do what Jerry is doin, look at his house its so nice and has stainglass windows and steel fridge and .....fancy crap his house has. he so rich and he only went to ubc comm, hey Joe u almost have that, why don;t u and why aren;t u as rich as Jerry. well heck who nows maybe he comes from a rich family-which my folks denied, sell drugs-which they denied, yea he just works hard like 4 jobs and is smart guy-that all says my folks

 

[omgwtfm8]

It's all about passive income, owning assets, and knowing the right people. College will teach you to become a middle class citizen. If you want to learn upper class, you have to have the upper class mentality. I suggest you read, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki and talk to the guy that's making a lot of money. Show him your passion, interest, and have him be your mentor. Young wealthy people love meeting passionate people and want to learn the upper class mentality. Money is only an idea and it's all in your head about how you can achieve that big paycheck.

 

[musclyjerk]

Are you serious?

It's going to take a hell of a lot more than some degree or education to make yourself a multi-millionaire.

Is that what you want? If so, you better tell your parents they may have to support you during the hard times and to expect a lot of failure and face the high possibility that their dream just isn't going to come true.

If you want to make a lot of money for yourself, that drive is going to have to come from within.

Personally I have been trying to create a lot of wealth for myself going on 8 years - for me it has been a long learning process with much stress, anxiety with great ups and downs including bankruptcy and it's only just recently things are looking solid for the future.

The question is: What do you want out of life?

It's not easy either - with the glamorizing of wealth on TV etc it seems like anyone can do it and that it's easy if you just 'come up with an idea' or 'do what he's doing' . . . it's relaly not that easy at all! Your parents probably don't realise the sacrifices 'Jerry' had to make and the work that he puts in.

Figure out what you want out of life and go for it. Don't let others make critical descisions for you.

The Muscly Jerk

 

[Charm]

^ Very good advice from musclyjerk