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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello,

1. When you had nothing, did it ever seem possible to you to one day have 7 or eight figures?

2. How does it feel psychologically and emotionally to have 7 or eight figures?

3. How long did it take?

4. Any tips on how to achieve such a feat?

Thanks[/quote]

We're at the very bottom end of this range for income, but here goes.

1.  No, but, then again, I wasn't really aware of what it would even look like at the time.

2.  Less ideal than everyone thinks.  It's nice not to even think about unexpected car repairs, Larla's camp, or nice vacations each year, but it's amazing how you spend more when you have it (before I get flamed, we save obsessively, I just mean that a $2k week at the beach quickly morphs into $5k, then $15k as income goes up).  And everyone in this income (or even net worth) bracket seems crazy, self-centered, and hyper competitive about stupid things.

3.  Not long, which is shocking.  Not 15 years ago our HHI was under $90k and we had no savings to speak of.

4.  Marry really well (which I don't think is easy to know upfront, unless you're gold digging in established territory), start your own professional business and work your butt off (I say "professional" to squash SAHM sales pyramid scheme dreams), or become a big law partner/consulting partner/CxO.  All of these jobs are soul sucking and make life pretty terrible now and again.[/quote]

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