This is where it starts...

On Friday 6th of June 2008 my partner Chris and I went and watched a movie we had been anticipating for the longest time - The Sex & The city Movie. The single resounding emotion I felt throughout and that lingered afterwards was pure and simple. Envy.

Yes - it's a movie about women, for women, and yet the lessons gained from this one movie cemented the frustration I have been experiencing for such a long time. As corny and cliche as it was, all of the girls had 'made it'. They all had smashingly stellar careers, great lifestyles. Essentially everything we wanted, and everything we did not have. Yet.

My desire to break the mold and tread my own path was proving stressful. The pressures of reality was ever-imposing on our finances and future prospects. Bills were inevitable, going to a job we hated was inevitable. Work was simply a means to infinite ends. However, since moving away from home nearly 8 months ago it has become ever clearer that the 9-5 rat race just is not meant for us. Aimlessly grinding our adult lives away to fulfill others dreams and financial prospects was a dead end. We are smart. We are clever. We can do better. Much better.

So late the following Sunday evening at precisely 10:02pm we had a sudden epiphany. Money is out there, surrounding everything we do. We have been educated to believe that money is ever-elusive and only people who are lucky, insanely smart, or born into wealth can be rich. But if relatively average people could become millionaires, then why can't we!? A fair question that certainly warranted further investigation.

And so we did. We quickly brain stormed 7 short goals that we considered important to our future success, no matter what the endeavor proved to become.

1. Be uniquely successful;
2. Discover a sustainable niche;
3. Provide a service/product we love and enjoy;
4. Work for ourselves;
5. Reach financial sustainability through independence;
6. Get ahead by mastering our skills by conquering other peoples mistakes and effectively dodging pitfalls and traps;
7. and most importantly: to enjoy the thrill and excitement of shaping our futures.

The following day we visited a local bookshop and using a gift voucher my sister had given me for Christmas the previous year we wandered through the finance/biography and noticed MANY 'self help' books aimed to enlighten the common folk on how to go from the proverbial rags to riches. Some had cute tag lines, all made bold and ridiculous statements along the lines of "Make a bazillion dollars just by lifting a leg, no-really, we swear...kinda" >.>;

Yet there was one that caught my eye titled "How you could build a $10 Million Property Portfolio in just 10 Years" by a supposedly rich guy named Peter Spann. Well, the guy on the cover looked kind of eccentric - a trait most radical billionaires seem to inherently exude. Plus the glasses were a nice touch. Smart guys can be trusted.

So I bought the book and that was that. Now the hard part, actually reading it and staying motivated. Things are looking great. For once in our lives, we have a clear and consciously inspired goal. To succeed, and succeed well!

Let us hope Fate has grand plans awaiting us very soon.