A man who made himself homeless and broke on purpose to prove he could make $1 million in a year has called it quits after he says his health began to deteriorate quickly. A YouTube millionaire was forced to quit his social experiment designed to prove anyone could become rich fast after his health started seriously declining. Mike Black wanted to prove anyone could make $1 million (808,000) in just 12 months but fell short of his goal, quitting the project after 10 months having made just $64,000 (51,700) because "health and family come first". Mike cited his two autoimmune diseases which caused "chronic fatigue" and joint pain as the cause for him retiring from the project and bringing "to light" what truly matters, "health and gratitude."
Mike, who described himself as an "entrepreneur", initially struggled to get himself off the streets once he gave up his house, car, and livelihood, as he was refused water and could not find a place to stay overnight. However, a man with a van then let him stay with him and he made his first $300 (242) by selling furniture online.
Mike explained he started the challenge to show people you could build an empire through the simple power of hard work. He said in a YouTube video: "I knew a lot of people who lost everything during the pandemic and they got really depressed. I even had a friend that lost a $10 million business overnight."
However, Mike later announced he stopped his challenge prematurely saying: "I have officially decided to end the project early. Now as much as it hurts me to do this, especially with just two months left, I feel like it's the right thing to do.
But it's possible for more people than they realize.
#16 | POSTED BY EBERLY
It's always been a stupid saying and only lazy people use it if you ask me.
Should we do the odds?
First you need to agree with that to be a millionaire you now need 3 million dollars.
Second you need to understand that:
28% are legacy wealth.
46% got a head start.
27% are self-made.
(According to the Motley fool: www.fool.com )
So 27% are self made. Now consider how many humans (there are 8 billion on earth) have to work their fingers to the bone their entire lives. Working very hard just to survive. Much less build wealth.
Now figure your odds of being one of the "hard workers" that become a millionaire. . It's not always about "working hard" my friend.
And still, the cool thing is this person gave up everything in order to document some steps that people down on their luck can take...maybe not to make a million, but to at least make a lot more than they were making.
During his journey his dad got stage 4 cancer and he himself developed health problems, His dad wanted him to continue because it was already helping people. He only quit, after ten months, because his health was taking too much of a toll.
Yet he managed to successfully show some ways to start making money to some people who might not otherwise have thought of his ideas. Not making a million but he made $65k...
Link to better version of the story:
www.ladbible.com
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