On occasion I have been accused of having high standards.
I confess, to you here and now, that, yes, I do have high standards.
But let me point out one teensy weensy little itty bitty tiny detail…
Our culture, western culture and in particular American culture, has been so degraded that the simple act of having standards can be interpreted as having high standards.
For example, on my simple list of what you should look for in a future bride are traits that my Grandfathers generation simply took as normal. If a woman did not possess these traits she was not marriage worthy. These traits are still considered normal in most parts of the world.
Today in our world, however, even the simple thought that you could possibly marry a woman like this, a virtuous woman rather than a used up cum dump, is blasphemy.
If you would like to run a little test you can do this: explain to someone that you would only consider for marriage a woman who has not had her femininity and grace pumped out of her. The person you will have explained this to will react like you just explained that you admire Hitler. Unimaginibale for most people today.
This is because our generation is so completely void of standards and afraid of, heaven forbid, judging someone (unless that someone is a white male who projects strength rather than weakness and vulnerability). The thought that women should abstain from things like eating too much food and being a slut are just beyond the realm of thought for a decaying society full of lost and confused souls.
Friends, just because the world is burning does not mean you have to lower yourself to the level of the animals and go on a looting spree.
Just as you would hold others to higher standards you should hold yourself to the highest standard.
Like they say: BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE.
Having high standards is the mark of a man who is not swayed by the lies of the television, the lies of the governments, the lies of the deluded and drugged masses of the soul-less.
High standards are the mark of a man who is, indeed, above. Holding high standards is an easy accomplishment when others have standards only slightly above complete degradation.
The world can burn all it wants, but I am not going to lower myself to the level of an animal. I hope some of you will do the same.
-Victor Pride
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Everybody knows a few Jealous Johnny’s who can’t be happy for anyone’s success and always have a snotty, negative comment to make. Those are the people who don’t succeed. The people who don’t get ahead. The people that sabotage themselves with their negative behavior. They see a successful person and they think “What an asshole! I can’t believe girls like him! What a prick! I could do that if I wanted to!“. Those people should simply be ignored. Those armchair critics can stay in loser-ville with the other Negative Nancy’s.
You, on the other hand, are smarter than that. You know what when you see someone who has an enviable life that he probably did something to obtain his good fortune. You know that if you can put together the puzzle of what he did, learn from his successes and mistakes, then you may be able to obtain similar fortune. And when you study the lives of many enviable Men you can let all of their combined advice, teachings and mishaps inform you of what it takes to be successful. You can let the envy motivate you. There is no time for negativity when you are busy becoming something better.
If you treat successful people as teachers and you the student there is much to learn. If you treat successful people as the butt of your complaint then there is nothing to learn and nothing to gain. When someone produces a twinge of jealousy in you think not “How the hell did that asshole do that? What a lucky bastard!“. Instead, think to yourself “How can I do that?” and then put together the puzzle. What one man can do, another can do. All you need to do is reverse engineer that success. Figure out what they did and then emulate it.
It does not take creativity to be successful. Most people are not creative. What it does take is recognizing an opportunity when it presents itself.
Next time you are jealous or envious do not think negatively about what an a-hole the winner is. Instead, think to yourself how you can accomplish the same thing. Visualize yourself doing the same thing. Learn everything you can about the winners process so you can emulate or modify the process and create success for yourself. One thing you do not need to do is re-invent the wheel. The wheel is already here and it’s a great invention – it is only your job to determine how you can emulate someone who is already making money from the wheel.
“But I don’t want to be a copycat!”
Yes, you do. You think you are the only person in the world to hold a job? You are the only person in the world to work in an office or a factory? There are millions billions who trade their time for money. People who work jobs are the biggest copycats in the world.
Everyone is already a copycat. Why not copy success instead of mediocrity? It truly does not take more work or thought to run a, say, successful internet business than it does to punch in a time card every Monday through Friday.
When I went into business for myself I did not re-invent the wheel. I did what hundreds, probably thousands, of other people already do. I studied their methods. Day and night I studied. I learned and I decided what would work best for me and my strengths. The only thing hard about going into business for yourself is being DEDICATED. If you can dedicate yourself, just like you dedicate yourself to your 9-5 jive, you can accomplish something. Maybe you won’t become rich but there is one thing that is infinitely more important than material wealth – TIME.
The time and freedom to enjoy life as you wish is the most precious thing in the world.
All it takes the desire. Find the method you want to copy, find one that meshes with your strengths and sensibilities and get to copying. You can copy my step by step Spartan Entrepreneur method or you can copy any method you want. Damn near anything you want to copy can be found online.
If you cannot find a method on the internet there is a little known secret that Entrepreneurs have been using for centuries…
This secret is called….
ASKING QUESTIONS.
Find someone who does what you want to do and ask them questions. Take them to lunch or for a beer and pick their brain. Most people are happy to talk about their business and themselves. All you have to do is pick their brain. A tiny little nugget of seemingly throw-away information could prove to be invaluable to you. Instead of being Jealous of Johnny you can pick Johnny’s brain and find out what he did to build what he has built.
You may find out you were jealous for no reason. You may find out that most entrepreneur’s are not super smart geniuses, they are just regular people who decided to follow and copy the method of other tried and true pros.
Heck, you may come to find out you can do the exact same thing.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Some are of the opinion that your destiny is out of your control. That your destiny has been pre-determined and you have no choice in the matter. Some believe that it does not matter if you take action or do nothing. Some believe that whatever will be will be and there is no point in planning.
Others believe that you are the creator of all that happens in your life. BOLD & DETERMINED is of the opinion that anything a smart and mentally stable person wishes to achieve can be achieved through the sheer power of determination.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wished to become the best bodybuilder who ever lived. His parents and his peers in his small Austrian town thought bodybuilding was a ticket to nowhere and that he was wasting his time. But young Arnold had an iron will and unbreakable determination and he went on to become the greatest bodybuilder of all time.
After he found bodybuilding success, Arnold Schwarzenegger wished to become a movie star, not an actor, a star. Agents laughed at his bulky muscles and his funny accent. Arnold was not deterred, he knew his path, his destiny, and he went on to become the most famous movie star the world has ever seen.
Young Arnold could have listened to his parents in his small Austrian town of Graz, he could have given up his bodybuilding dreams and followed in the footsteps of his Police Chief father. Becoming Chief of Police is certainly not a bad living, but Arnold certainly would have wondered “what if….” until his dying day.
When asked the question “What Do You Want?” Arnold answered “I want to become the greatest bodybuilder of all time, move to America, become a movie star and then become a world leader“.
Knowing what you want is the most important part of determining and fulfilling your destiny.
Having a plan is of utmost importance. Being able to answer the question “What do you want?” with complete certainty IS your plan. If you cannot answer the question or if you answer with vague uncertainties then that is what you are surely to become: nothing but a vague uncertainty.
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Q: What do you want?
A: Oh, I don’t know. A good job I guess. Maybe some travel. You know, just be happy.
That’s exactly what this person will get. A job that pays him money and steals what is left of his soul. A week of vacation per year and one day he may make it to Cancun, Mexico. That’s it.
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Q: What do you want?
A: I want to set up a drop-shipping business selling blue widgets to overweight single moms. This business will be set up so that it can be run from anywhere in the globe. This will give me a chance to have positive cash flow while I do a little traveling. The blue widget business will not last forever so I will invest money from that venture into real estate, specifically farm land, which will give me an income for the rest of my life. I plan to raise a large family on a farm in xxxxx, away from the degenerate influence of television and public schools.
I would bet money that this person will be able to follow through with this plan, this destiny, because he knows exactly what he wants.
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How to Answer the Question “What Do You Want?”
The first step to answering this questions is to BE HONEST. It is only for you that you are answering this question so you must let go of the fear of saying something wrong or improper.
For example: I will get married some day and raise a family. I will only marry a woman who meets specific guidelines, and one of those is that she must be a virgin. Every man I know is deathly afraid to admit that they would prefer a virgin, or to even think that it’s an option. The consequence is that these men will end up with used goods. Fine for them. That is the destiny they have chosen.
When answering the question “What do you want?” it is ok to be selfish. It is imperative to be selfish when answering the question.
You likely already know what you want. For some, the ones who can answer completely, the thoughts are at the forefront of their mind. For others, those who are scared to answer with sincerity and honesty, the thoughts are what keep them awake at night.
What keeps you awake at night?
- Dread for your job?
- Money worries?
- Debt?
- Wishing you had a lovely young lady to hold?
- Excitement for the day ahead?
- Wishing you had something to be excited about?
- Depression?
What you are thinking about is likely what you have waiting for you in the future. Night time is the greatest indicator of whether or not you are following what should be your destiny. There are two options at night when you lay awake:
- You are visualizing your plan of attack, you are going over your plans, you are preparing, you are excited for the day ahead and you fall asleep content. Or…
- The demons come for you. All your mistakes and missteps come to eat you up because you are not on the path you should be on.
What To Do
Get a paper and pen and write down the most important things in your life. Read this repeatedly until you have narrowed down exactly what is most important. Then say it out loud. Don’t mumble and don’t stutter. Say it loud with confidence.
Never say “I don’t know“.
When someone says “What do you want for dinner?” you must answer with certainty.
When someone says “What do you want to do tonight?” you must answer with certainty.
This will get you used to answering questions with confidence and sincerity.
Go somewhere you can be alone. Go for a long drive. Go for a walk in the woods. Leave your phone and ipads and electronic junk behind. Just you and your thoughts. Answer the question “What do you want” and answer with complete honesty. There will be no one around to judge your thoughts, there will be no one around to laugh at you or say it can’t be one.
Look at yourself in the mirror. Do not look away. If you cannot look at yourself in the mirror without feeling disgust you cannot accomplish anything. You absolutely must be able to face yourself. When you become comfortable with yourself you will be comfortable exposing yourself and your plan to others.
Play To Your Strengths
Everyone has something they are good at. Play to the strengths you possess.
If you are low IQ you cannot move to Silicone Valley to develop web applications. If you are 5’6 and 28 years old you will not become a professional basketball player. If you live in the middle of nowhere, Kansas you are not going to become a famous actor.
Dreams Do Not Have To Be Grand
The dream for the entirety of my early adult life has been to be self-employed. This is not a grand dream, there are millions who make money on their own. All it takes to become self-employed is a method and a determination to make it work. Once I made the decision to go my own way and never look back it has been downhill.
It has been over 4 years since I have received a paycheck from an employer. If I had simply made the decision earlier and followed through with determination it could have been 10 years ago.
The Power Of Visualization
You must visualize yourself as you want to be. I did this long before I went into business on my own. I visualized exactly what I would be doing, how I would be acting, and wouldn’t you know it? Two or three years later I was doing exactly what I visualized myself doing.
When I want to lift a heavy weight for the first time I visualize it before I lift, sometimes for days. I see myself lifting it in my mind, by the time I get to the gym I have already lifted it a dozen times in my head. My brain already knows I can lift the weight, so I just pick it up and lift it.
The barriers we have are mostly psychological. If we can get past them in our mind they are extremely easy to fulfill in real life.
Choosing Your Destiny
Friends, it is your choice how you wish to live your life. The world is yours for the taking. Your destiny will be what you have built it to be. If you build upon it with a bunch of “I don’t know’s” or a bunch of letting things happen rather than taking action and making them happen then that is the destiny you have to look forward to.
If you have made the decision to plan out your life, rather than letting it happen, you can look forward to your plan coming to fruition.
Friends, I wish you all the best. I hope you will make a plan and follow through. The world has plenty of worker-bee slaves. Let those motherfuckers have it. Your destiny is yours to choose. The choices you make today will affect your tomorrow. Make the right one.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Last night I played some poker with a group of friends and some friends of friends.
One gentleman showed up to the game unshaved (for several days), longish unkempt hair, and wearing ill-fitting clothing.
Towards the end of the game it came out that he was unemployed and he truly needed the money he was winning. He came out on top about $20, but this $20 was highly important to him.
“I’m jobless right now. Every time I win I think ‘That’s a fountain drink. That’s a value meal’”.
Naturally, when this bit of information came out I thought to myself “You look like a dirty bum, you have no money, and your priorities are soda’s and value meals“.
This, friends, is the definition of a loser. One who is so desperately poor that $20 makes a big difference but with that $20 he will waste it on junk food.
This guy could have spent his money on some rice, beans and chicken that would feed him for a week and give him a good amount of protein. He could have spent his time BUILDING something that will pay him handsomely.
But he is not a builder, he is a waiter.
He waits and waits and waits and waits for something to come his way. Like a random poker game.
Friends, a winner waits for nothing. A winner takes action and makes plans and follows through.
If I were broke as a joke this is what I would do:
I would follow the method laid out in The Spartan Entrepreneur’s Guide to Making $100 Per Day Online.
I would not leave my house except to go to the gym or the grocery store.
I would focus 500% on building an income. Morning until night.
When offers from friends and family come in to a) go to dinner b) go for drinks c) see a movie my answer will always be the same: No. I’m busy.
At the poker game I lost $50. That $50 doesn’t matter at all to me. I will never miss it and I will never notice it is gone. That $50 was not 50 soda pops I could have purchased.
That is the difference between being unemployed an being broke as a fucking joke.
Friends, it is up to you to make your life happen. Self-reliability is the only type of reliability that is certain.
Poker bum made the decision to be a bum. I have made the decision to be a Wolf.
What is your decision?
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
Welcome back to the premises, friends.
We have a new E-book available for you and I’m pumped up about it.
It’s called The Spartan Entrepreneur’s Guide to Making $100 Per Day Online.
It’s a method that I think is fantastic. I’ve got a bunch of my friends doing it and I even have my little brother doing it.
I think you guys who want to make some dough are going to get some real benefit from it.
Go ahead and take a look at the sales page for more information and to order your copy.
Sincerely,
Victor Pride
PS – It is a digital product. After you order your copy you will be able to download it right away and get started ASAP.
PPS – The sales page is through Paypal but if you don’t have a Paypal account you can use a credit card.
PPPS – Here are some comments from regular BOLD & DETERMINED readers…
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“About ‘The Spartan Entrepreneur’s Guide to Making $100 Per Day Online’.
Just bought it and read it.
Holy s*%t. That’s brilliant Vic, you blew my mind. I’ve already registered a domain and picked a niche. I’ll be working on it during during my work day and I’ll be using it as one of my key software marketing techniques. I’ll keep you updated on my progress. If you want a testimonial, you got it. Why only $7 though?” – Russ
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“I bought the ebook. Gentlemen, for 7 bucks, it is a steal. I have read a lot on doing business on the internet and the Spartan Entrepreneur is a fresh method. I am giving this a 100% effort. Godspeed.” – Leon Maderas
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“The same thing I was thinking on why this was only $7.
Its one hell of a gift Victor and I really do appreciate it.
But to stay back on subject, I highly recommend this ebook!” - Marquise
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“This is pretty damn mind-blowing; I’m already getting some ideas of how to piece together a site based on my interests and talents and linking items that could possibly help readers. I’m definitely giving this a go. Thanks Vic!” – RX-78 Alex
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“As a keen follower of Boldanddetermined for the last 2 years I have to say this is your best work yet!
I have bought the book today and have set aside this weekend to get myself up and running. Cheers for the work you have put into this blog and book and for sharing it with us!” – Zack
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“Hey Vic! I’m one of your many happy customers! Simple and easy to implement.” - Charlie
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“I’ve bought it. I’ve read a few pages in and had to post something to say it’s good and I encourage people to buy it.” -Keith
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Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
What is $7 on 7?
$7 on 7 is a nickname for an E-Book we will be releasing on Monday, May 7th. The nickname is $7 on 7 because the price will be $7 on May 7th only.
The name of the book series is The Spartan Entrepreneur.
What does the ebook cover?
How to make $100 per day online using affiliate marketing. Is is very highly detailed and will cover everything you need to do, from A-Z.
What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate Marketing is the simple act of inspiring someone to purchase a product, a product that you did not create, and when the product is purchased you get a percentage of the sale. Typically you will get 50%-75% of the sale when you are dealing with E-Book or similar digital information.
If you’ve ever been to a 3rd world country you may have noticed that your taxi drivers or hotel clerks always have a solution for your query. If you’re looking for a motorbike to rent they always know someone who can take care of you. When your taxi driver or hotel clerk leads you to these people they get a cash kick-back for bringing in business. Internet marketing follows the same principles. Bring customers to someone and for that you get a percentage of the sale.
If you’re in a touristy county and, say, looking to rent a motorbike you can ask your hotel man and he can lead you to the right place. This is easy for him because you were already looking for a motorbike to rent, all he had to do is lead you to the right place. We will do the same thing with our affiliate marketing. We will target people who are already looking for what we are selling. We aren’t going to go searching for people who aren’t interested and we aren’t going to agonize over our place in google. We will simply find the people who are already interested in what we have and we will lead them in the right direction.
The beauty of internet marketing is that you do not have to help one person at a time, you can help many and you can get paid a whole lot more.
But isn’t it difficult to pick a niche, start a website, pick products to advertise, and get to the top of google’s search results through careful search engine optimization?
Yes it is. That’s why we aren’t going to do it. We are going to piggyback on the websites and profits of others. With this system there is no need for Search Engine Optimization work because we will not be relying on google. Sounds good, doesn’t it?
So what are we going to do?
We are going to use the Spartan method, the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) method so that anyone can start affiliate marketing and make money right away. With this system you will not need to do any tiresome Search Engine Optimization work.
But what about building websites? I don’t know anything about that technical stuff.
This E-Book will show you step-by-step how to start your website. Absolutely anyone will be able to follow the instructions and get their website up and running within a few hours.
How long is it going to be $7?
One day only. Monday, May 7th.
How long after the initial setup with daily work could one reasonably expect an income?
One could reasonably expect to have a check in his hands in around 30 days. 30 days is the typical payment cycle issued by most sellers. One could reasonably expect to see that they have made some money within a few days to a week.
Of course, we cannot guarantee how much money you will make, only what one could reasonably expect.
How many hours should I devote to working on the program each day?
You should be prepared to spend one hour per day minimum. That does not have to be one hour at a time, it can be broken up into increments of 15 minutes here, 20 minutes there etc..
Do I have to be a good writer?
You do not have to be Shakespeare but you do need to be able to write coherent sentences in English.
Who should buy the program?
Anyone who is looking for a way to make side income, or looking to get started in internet marketing and get out of the nine-to-five jive.
Should I howl like a Wolf when I purchase the program?
Yes, you absolutely should.
(Note: If you have more questions be sure to comment or email me and I will add them to the FAQ).
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
I do not live with regrets but if I were to find myself 18 years old again I would do things differently.
For starters, I would disregard all advice from friendly friends and family. The advice to “get a degree, get a good job, save for retirement” is bad advice from a decaying era. The thought that simply getting a degree and getting a job will lead to a good life is ludicrously stupid.
Like so many other young (and dumb) men I listened. I did my time in college, which I hated every second of, working jobs to pay my way.
And then I worked. I worked jobs that I hated. They were soul-killers. But hey, they helped me pay my rent, my truck payments, my insurance payments, my credit card payments and left me with enough to go get drunk on the weekends.
I have known since I was a teen that I never wanted to work a dead-end job my whole life. Saving for retirement sounded like a scam and I never believed it. “You want me to work hard now and eat shit so I can live like a king when I’m 65? Why don’t I just do that now?” Yet I still followed the path.
I had my first brush with self-employment when I went into the insurance industry. It did not work out so well and I went broke as a joke. I got a recovery job that paid me to surf the internet all day. It was not such a bad job, in fact, it was the cushiest job I have ever had. Naturally, the job was unsustainable and my whole department (of 2 people) was laid off and given a severance package.
Getting laid off or fired has never bothered me. I could go find a job in a a few days if I wanted. Finding a job is easy. What isn’t easy is letting your soul go.
So, of course, I went and found a new job. It was while surfing the net at this new job that I struck gold. Innocently, I stumbled upon what would eventually become my method of generating cash. After two months at this job I had done enough studying on the net to know that my method was solid. I walked into the boss man’s office and said “Boss man, I have to quit”.
I had enough money to pay for an entire months of bills and that was it.
30 days after quitting I had made twice my monthly salary at the best paying job I had ever had.
I was 26 years old.
It took me 11 years of working jobs I hated to figure out what I had always known: You do not have to have a job to make money.
As an entrepreneur I have made more money in one single day than I made all year at any job I ever had.
Those 11 years I spent in Hell were a learning experience and I do not wish to change anything.
However, if the magic time man sent me back to 18 years old this is what I would do:
I would skip college.
I would dive 150% into internet marketing, the new Gold rush.
I wouldn’t listen to a single word my family said to me. I wouldn’t even tell them my plans.
I would travel all around Asia, South America and Europe and I would live like a free man rather than a wage slave.
I would have become free at the age of 18 rather than 26.
The internet is the greatest freedom providing tool in the history of the world. If I could change one thing I would have told this to my 18 year old self.
My younger self was under the delusion that to be an entrepreneur you had to invent a product that served a need. What I never knew is that you can piggyback on the profits of others and provide for yourself while creating absolutely nothing, if you didn’t want to. All you have to do is get someone to click a link.
100 years ago you had to find oil, or gold. Now all you have to do is get someone to click a link.
I have been online for 15 years. Most of those years were a complete and total waste of time. I could have been building something that whole time.
It’s never too late, though. It wasn’t too late for me and it’s not too late for you.
Good luck friends. I hope you will do now what I waited 11 years to do: TAKE THE WORLD INTO YOUR HANDS.
Sincerely,
Victor Pride
PS – It is a summer Friday afternoon and I am smoking a cigar on the patio and playing around on my computer. Years ago I would be watching the clock so I could drive home in rush hour traffic, hit the gym, have dinner, go get drunk, and then spend all day Sunday dreading Monday morning.
Now I am excited as can be for Monday. This Monday I will show some of you risk-takers how you can start earning a living just by playing around on the internet. It’s never too late.
Picture by Victor Pride. Laoshan Mountain, Qingdao, China. 2011.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
The pity is that everyone hates their job. The pity is that everyone is looking for a way out. A way to make ends meet without the soul crushing.
The pity is that most people spend years going to college and years working in a soul-killing position before they open their eyes.
The pity is that everyone thinks “If I could just get that one great idea…”, “If I could just get one big break…”, “If only someone gave me a chance I could really do something great”. The pity is that all the time spent day dreaming could have been spent building something.
The pity is that most people live with mountains of debt, go to work to pay off the debt, and then buy more things on credit. The pity is that everyone feels the burden of all that stuff on their shoulders but they don’t know that it’s ok to get rid of it all.
The pity is that people have become soul-less. The pity is that they drown themselves in booze, or narcotics, or games, or sex. The pity is that they think there is no way out. The pity is that they become nihilistic. The pity is that instead if building and making the decision to live a rewarding and fulfilling life they just continue on the same path that is killing them.
The pity is that they will type, type, type away about all of their problems but they won’t type up a solution.
The pity is that they have unprecedented freedom to do anything they want. The pity is that it’s easier to not have a job than it is to have a job.
The pity is that everyone has an idea of what they want but no one has a plan. The pity is that when someone asks them “What do you want” they do not have a concrete answer.
That is the pity with them.
The pity with you is that you are not soul-less. The pity is that you are not a dumb animal. The pity is that they have unlimited options. The pity is that you consciously choose a dead-end path. The pity is that you will not make a decision without a committee approval. The pity is that even though you are free you act like a prisoner.
The pity is that the solution has been right in front of your eyes this entire time.
It’s time to break free.
Become a better man in 30 days.
30 Days of Discipline.
Even the smallest habits make the biggest difference.
As far as I am concerned freedom is the most important thing a man can have. Our freedoms are being slowly and systematically chipped away. Many do not care, as long as they have a fresh supply of porn, big tv’s and video games then nothing else matters. “They strip search children at airports? Big deal! I have 24 hour porn access”. These things, these material things, are simply an illusion of choice. I feel 100% fine knowing that those kinds of people will face very difficult times ahead. I don’t feel fine knowing that BOLD & DETERMINED readers might not be fully prepared for disaster (economic or otherwise) or, even worse, think it isn’t going to happen. If disaster doesn’t happen, great! You can be extra, super-duper free.
As seen by me, these are the areas you must work on to become a free man:
No Job
As far as I am concerned, a free man of the west is man who provides for himself. Under no circumstance should you rely on a job for 100% of your income and livelihood. A job can be taken away in a matter of minutes. I’ve gone in to work in the morning and left jobless several times. Each time I was laid off I was provided a handsome severance package which allowed ample time to find a new job. This is not always the case and could be very disastrous for someone who lives paycheck to paycheck and who does not have a 2nd income source.
If you would like to have a job for some extra benefits and security, I see no problem with that. If you have 100% reliability in that sole job then it is a problem. All can be taken in a matter of moments. Be prepared for the worst, so when the worst comes you will be doing just fine.
Remember this golden rule:
Multiple streams of income.
Self-employment, entrepreneurship, flipping houses, flipping cars, internet marketing, personal training, investing, consulting, or building bird houses – you have endless options to make side money.
Things like equal opportunity, affirmative action and offshore outsourcing make you, the free man, redundant and possibly dependent on the State or debt to survive. To be a free man you’ve got to have the ability to provide for yourself.
Stay out of Debt
Debt is slavery. There is no easier way to put it.
If you want to get into the debt game – be the debt master, don’t be the debt servant.
I want to tell you about something called a Lonnie deal. A Lonnie deal is simple but it is beautiful.
Lonnie will buy a mobile home that needs some work. Lonnie will pay ALL CASH. Because he pays all cash he will purchase at a very steep discount from a desperate owner who needs to sell. Lonnie will then fix up the mobile home and make it nice and livable. Lonnie will then sell that mobile home for a higher price to a new buyer. Here is the catch: Lonnie will not sell for cash, Lonnie will sell for terms. Lonnie will get a small down payment and collect monthly payments (with interest) until the entire balance is paid. If the new buyer stops paying Lonnie will kick them out, do a little fix-up work on the mobile home, and then get a new buyer in with the same terms and conditions.
Broken down, a Lonnie deal looks like this:
- Lonnie buys a mobile home for 5k cash
- Lonnie puts in 5k work to make the mobile home nice and livable
- Lonnie sells the mobile home for 23k, with a $3,500 down payment and $225 per month at 7% interest rate over 10 years
- Lonnie makes a grand total profit of $20,669.38 off of a 10k investment and a week or two of work
- Lonnie does these deals again and again and again and spends the first week of the month depositing his many checks
Lonnie becomes the bank, the debt master, and his buyers become the debt servants. This type of transaction can be done with many things, not just mobile homes, but houses, cars, guns, whatever you can think of.
When you sell a mobile home on terms rather than on a cash basis it is called a Note. The note business is extremely profitable. You can look to the rich bankers for proof of this. The beauty is that anyone can get into the note game.
Lonnie Deals are named after fellow Texan Lonnie Scruggs, whose book Deals on Wheels
was a big influence in my business model. Deals on Wheels is about flipping mobile homes but it is an excellent eye-opener about all the possibilities that exist. Lonnie’s model can be used in many different industries and products. This book is a huge influence in the underground real estate investing industry.
To be a free man you must, must, must stay out of debt at all costs.
Decrease your tax burden
United States taxes are a gigantic burden to the small business man. To combat this, the smart business man will move his assets and tax-base to an offshore tax haven where he can minimize his tax burden.
You can either move your business interests offshore or develop an air-tight system of writing off your profits in such a way that you will pass an audit by the gumment.
Your taxes only exist to make the wealthy wealthier and to provide for the sub-human scum of society who cannot work for their share. It is your duty as a free man to keep as much of your hard-earned money as you can.
To be a free man you must keep a good amount of your profits. Johnny Law doesn’t give a damn about you keeping your profits, it’s up to you.
Freedom from child support payments and alimony
Child support can mean 18 years of debt slavery. Child support burden is MASSIVE to a man who does not see his children often and who’s ex-wife is out partying with new guys every night. Never get married unless you are 500% sure she is the right one. I don’t mean your soul-mate or life-partner, I mean someone who shares the same values that will make a marriage and family work. Now personally, I would not marry an American women for all the money in the world. They’re fun to play with, but when it comes time to get serious they do not currently make a very wise choice.
To be a free man you cannot have alimony or child support payments. You will likely go directly to jail if you stop your payments. Whether you can afford the payments or not makes no difference to Johnny Law.
2nd Passport or Residency
The US gumment is run by psychopath’s who care nothing for the average citizen. They will put their hand in your pockets every chance they get, right up until (and after) collapse. The worse things get, the more money they take from your pocket. For this reason, I see it as almost essential in getting at least a 2nd residency.
Some countries will offer citizenship or residency after several years of occupancy in country. Some will offer citizenship with marriage to a national. Some will offer citizenship for a cash payment, investment, or home purchase in said country. There are a lot of options here.
There are many resources available on the resource machine we call the internet.
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Friends, if you make these 5 goals a priority you can rest assured you will be freer and more secure than the average man. Stay out of debt, stay away from women who put you in debt, decrease your tax-burden, work for yourself and make your own money, and get yourself a “Just-in-case” 2nd passport or citizen option and you will sleep very well at night.
Until next time,
Victor Pride
Free man of the west
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To become international you must be independently wealthy or you must have a source of income which does not restrict you to one geographic area.
Since most of us are not independently wealthy that leaves one option: Start a location independent business that allows us to live with the freedom we want.
What kind of location independent business are there?
There are many but they all have one thing in common: They are internet based.
The absolute beauty of the internet is that anyone with half a brain can learn to make money online. Internet work does not merely depend on skills learned in school or in apprenticeships. Anything you want to learn about online business can be learned online. Internet work does not require a degree from a top-tier school, it does not require introductions from higher-ups, it does not require you be born and bred into wealth – the only thing it requires is your willingness to learn. After your initial learning stage you must take action. You must continually take action, refine, build and collect.
If you are willing to do these thing, and do them daily, you will be rewarded for your efforts.
The barrier to entry into online business is the lowest of any business in the world. One could get started spending zero dollars if one were so restricted. A domain can be purchased from $2-$10, hosting can be had for the same monthly price. There are no costly start-up fees, everything you want to learn can be found online, and your online business can provide you with substantial monetary returns and even more importantly: FREEDOM AND TIME.
Money is spent online. Not dollars and cents, but billions of dollars per year spent online. That number is only increasing, the number is not going down.
The internet is today’s Gold rush. A pick-ax can be purchased quite cheaply. To get your little piece if gold all you have to do is start digging and the sooner you start digging the better.
Sincerely,
Victor Pride
International Free Man
Maker of Money
Digger of Gold
Opportunity Seeker
Advantage Taker
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