yukes.com >> Lazy Jay

At 18 years old, I had 3 job offers, and decided to shelf college:

• Airborne Express – Senior Systems Analyst – $80K (Seattle, WA)
• Resonate – Software Engineer – $90K (San Jose, CA)
• Bank Of America – Network Security Admin – $100K (Concord, CA)

I picked Airborne — packed my bags — and drove my 10 year old Ford Taurus to Seattle.  I stayed in temporary housing downtown, and totally maxed out my credit cards waiting for the pay period to end.  Then finally, relief, as I cashed my first paycheck. I loved watching the money fall into my account.

I was super frugal — split a 1 bedroom apartment in the University district — $300 a piece.  I typically slept on the couch in the living room.  No debt.  Life was good.  That year, I religiously donated 10% of my pre-tax income to my church.  Spent $10K taking my 2 sisters to Europe for 3 weeks.  And started investing.  But the accrual was so slow…  I can not imagine how middle-class wage earners can support a family.

A year later, I was pulling down $3000/week at RealNetworks.
Still driving a 10year old Taurus
Only then, did I notice money start to pile up.

Fast forward to today…
I just paid my personal credit cards – $15K, rent $3100/mo, cars $3200/mo…
I spend over $200K/year (before taxes) just getting by. And life is simple. No wife. No mortgage. No kids.

One of my most trusted mentors, told me early on:

“You can cure a lot of ills by driving the top line”

(Note: the top/first line of an accounting Income Statement is Gross Revenue)

You’ve got to spend money to make money.
Early on I was super frugal — I had to be.
But now I’ve stopped looking at my bottom line,
and am 100% laser-focused on my top line.
Either I’m going to win big… or fail terribly.
There is no more middle ground.

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