Note: This is an email I sent out around a year ago. It’s about “winning your game” and not anyone else’s. People seem to really like this email, so I’m re-sending it this morning as a little reminder to win YOUR game
One of the sub-Reddits I browse a few times a week is called “FatFIRE”.
It’s basically a bunch of people who want to retire early…
But they don’t want to retire early by pinching pennies and living on $30k a year.
They want to live like kings, and still retire early.
So many of the people in that sub are entrepreneurs who have sold businesses for $20 – $100 million…
Others are high-earners like lawyers, doctors and tech developers…
So it’s a lot of people living “the dream”.
They’re taking $30k vacations in the Maldives…
They have second homes in Aspen…
They have personal chefs cooking all their meals…
So it’s a good life.
And it’s a life that most people would kill for.
But despite everything they have…
At least once a week there’s a post in that subReddit from someone who worked their ass off, made a ton of money, and they’re still unhappy.
This happens over and over again.
And having been in this situation myself after I sold my first business in 2017, here’s my take on it…
If you’re trying to get rich to make your parents proud of you…
Or to impress some woman…
Or to prove everyone wrong that picked on you in highschool…
You ain’t gonna be happy.
I can guarantee you that.
Even if you do get rich, it won’t change anything about how you feel about yourself.
Cause you’re not doing it for you…
You’re doing it for someone else.
And that’s a hollow feeling.
This is why I’m such a big advocate of going after what YOU want.
Cause what YOU want might be very different from what your parents want for you…
Or what society wants for you…
I’ll give ya an example of this…
I have a friend back in Ohio who spent the last 7 years of his life going to school to be a dentist.
And now that he’s successful, his family always brags about him…
They tell their friends how well he’s doing…
And show pictures of his million dollar house…
Which all sounds good on the surface…
But I know him personally…
And he’s fucking miserable.
Seriously.
He hates being a dentist.
He wakes up every morning dreading going into the office.
But he feels like he can’t get out.
He’s got student loans up the wazoo…
And a bunch of people relying on him.
So he’s stuck.
And as much as that sucks for him…
His story illustrates the point I want to make.
And that’s this…
In the end, you want to win YOUR game.
Not your parents game…
Or society’s game…
But YOUR game.
That means doing what YOU want…
Living how YOU want…
And going after what’s meaningful to YOU…
That’s the key.
That’s how you have a good life.
It’s not from chasing shit that will make everyone else happy.
It’s from going after what you want.
That’s a simple idea…
But it’s one that will change your life if you follow it.
So I hope you take it to heart.
– Justin
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