I’m chuckling to myself.  I changed the title from Why I want to be a millionaire to billionaire?  What the hey, I would like to be a billionaire and with some hard work I may be able to make it… even if I only make it half way I’d still have 500 million in the bank! 

Anyway, yesterday I started by addressing two fallacious ideas about being wealthy and today I’m going to briefly discussed a few bits about me which will help explain the why.  Why I want to become incredibly wealthy. And why I’m willing to do things such as working hard, budgeting and living on less than I make to get where I want to go!  Today provides some tidbits on what has brought me to where I currently am.

I grew up in a working class to low middle class family.  My parents weren’t afraid of hard work and we always had food to eat and a roof over our heads.  I remember my dad working two jobs during certain parts of my youth just to make ends meet.  They both provided an incredible example of hard work and doing whatever they could do make ends meet.  I appreciate that legacy and thank them for it.

I recall one moment in life, around the age of 7 or 8, in which I distinctly remember, being in an open field near our home sitting on my bike.  I remember in one distinct moment realizing that we were poor.  Within moments I also remember vowing to myself that I would never ever be poor.  That one thought, emblazoned in my mind at such a young age, has impacted numerous decisions that I’ve made.  Each decision setting a course for my life that could have taken another route.

In the next post I’ll give you some insight into specific decisions that were directly impacted as a result of that one thought so many years ago.  And in fact, still impacts my decisions today.