Calling out the serious money makers on here

[shawnhag]

me in the last two years is probably the single dumbest person I know to have existed on this planet.
when I see your cars and cash, boy I see myself in you

well put - but dont feel alone there are more of these stories than i can count on this forum.

 

[nicmakaveli]

So True. I'll break character and answer this seriously. You're right. I lost everything at one point a few years ago in the stock market. I had to re-build from the ground up. It was the hardest thing I ever went through in my entire life.

I know exactly what you're talking about. Anyone with money knows it generally takes very hard work, drive, & ingenuity to achieve financial freedom. I was never showing off, I could have shown a lot more. Read the thread, I was just dicking around with Dresden. When you're Married, with two kids. Boredom is a motherfucker. Isn't that sometimes what fuels posting on Wickedfire on the first place?

Now I spend most of my time giving back to those who helped me along the way and trying to help those who want to make something of themselves (some people on this board). I find I get much more pleasure from helping people then I ever did going out and partying when I was younger.

Everyday is a struggle to become a better person, and a better father.

I appreciate your post, hopefully others will read what you wrote and take it seriously. It's one of the best posts i've read on this forum.

thanks for the expl. bro wasn't trying to mess with you just leave some of my 2 cents experiences.

i know what you mean, helping those you care about.
we were refugees in switzerland, one of my best friends was the first I got here to china when he was sent back to bosnia (cuz the war is over).
set up shanghaicars for him and he started to provide for his huge family (7 siblings).
Felt good, and still does.
Probably having done that, one of the really worthy things I did with my money is what kept me together when I realized my whole retirement at 23 wasn't gonna work out anymore.

PS I love Wickedfire.
Simple reason.
I think if you would have been through everything, had gone through all choices and seen their respective outcomes we would effectively be able to predict the future and make all the right choices.
Actions and reactions.
I spend a lot of time here as of late.
And it's because everybody has made so many smart and stupid choices and share them it's really the definition of learning from other people.
The accumulation of these choices not just in IM is going to help me make more of the right ones from now on.