Success stories of children of millionaires. Focus on increasing your income
We've all heard stories about some entrepreneurs getting rich quick. Some succeed at a young age, and quite a few of the young millionaires become six-figure bank account holders before they come of age.
Millionaire kids getting rich before adulthood
While most teens spend their youth outdoors and playing various video games, some highly motivated children with a spark in their eyes succeed in business at an early age. We present a list of children who became millionaires before adulthood.
The founder of WhateverLife.com, her ingenious project was created in 2004 when she was 14 years old. After opening her design site, she was not popular until Ashley came up with the idea of giving away free MySpace layouts to social networks, friends and acquaintances. No one could have imagined that after that her site would explode from popularity.
Ashley Qualles quote
An anonymous buyer offered her $1.5 million and a car of her choice to create a popular website, but she turned it down and made a lot more.
Juliana Brindak
Started sketching characters at the age of 10 and developed a social media platform at 16. 
Her company, Miss O & Friends, is now valued at $16 million, although Giuliana receives the bulk of her advertising dividends.
Russian children are millionaires, too, distinguished themselves well. One of them is Daniil Mishin, who started his business at the age of 14. With his filing, "Hostels" came to the domestic hotel business.
This is what Daniil Mishin looks like
The new business format quickly gained popularity and at the moment the young businessman controls a network of hostels in Russia, the annual turnover of which exceeds $2 million.
He started his trading activity with $600. At the age of 16, he opened an online small goods store, then began to expand and founded the BizChair.com furniture marketplace.
BizChair.com owner Sean Belnick
Having shown dexterity in the trading market, by the age of 20, Sean's fortune was estimated at $ 24 million.
Cameron Johnson
By the time Cameron was 11 years old, his ability to create greeting cards brought him several thousand dollars in earnings, which was the beginning of starting his own business.
Young millionaire Cameron Johnson
He founded SurfingPrizes.com, a service that pays users to surf the Internet. To date, the company's annual profit has reached four million dollars.
Brother and sister Cook became rich by creating the media project MyYearbook.com. David also invested $250,000 to create a digital weekly.
Brother and sister David and Katherine Cook
To date, their site is worth more than a hundred million.
At the age of 17, Nick created a broadcast news application that Yahoo was interested in, buying it for $300 million. Dalosio started developing apps at the age of 12 and has been doing it to this day. 
He attaches great importance to the trends and contemporary needs of the digital world.
When Taylor was in 8th grade, he became interested in computers and within a short period was earning $15 an hour repairing computer equipment. His skills attracted the attention of the leaders of a large Merrill Lynch company, and he was invited to work with them. 
Shortly after the experience, the guy started his own personal computer repair company and is currently earning millions of dollars doing maintenance and selection of equipment for many large organizations.
Famous billionaire Mark Zuckerberg
Almost everyone knows that today Zuckerberg is one of the richest people in the world and his fortune is estimated at about $ 20 billion, regardless of his age.
Millionaire web designer John Magennis
At the age of 16, he made his first million.
Tim Sykes
Well-known and young stock investor. At the age of 17, he was able to earn $ 1.5 million from a donated amount of $ 10,000 in three years.
He is the owner of Farr-Out Food, a six-figure food company.
Madison at the age of 15 was able to create her own shoe brand Flish Flops. 
At the beginning of her business, the girl was engaged in the creation and sale of teenage shoes, but she soon expanded her market to adult products and earned her first million dollars.
At the age of 11, little Elise started making chocolates according to her grandmother's recipe. Some time later, she founded a small chocolate workshop, which grew into a large confectionery factory. 
She has been the recipient of several business awards, including first place on the Millionaire Kids list.
Are you young and full of energy? Do you want to start your own business and are looking for new ideas for your business? Or does it seem to you that in today's world all niches are already occupied and it is difficult to gain a foothold in the market of goods and services, not to mention turning your company into a prosperous company and becoming a millionaire yourself? Is it hard to believe in possible success?
Many stop at the first step - doubts and do not take the second. "Success and wealth come with age" - not without reason you can object. “To become a millionaire, you need to spend a million or inherit it” - another opinion. Yes, today there are many millionaires among young people, heirs of wealthy parents. Also success often comes with time. But is it possible to become a successful businessman on your own at the beginning of your career?
Let's take a look at today's many young millionaires. We will deliberately not take into account the athletes and artists earning millions - we were interested in business in its purest form. Also, we will not include the “golden youth” who do not run an independent business. We are interested in entrepreneurs under the age of 22 who earn substantial sums. And also those people whose fortune is not a secret. Why is that? It turns out that millionaires who started a business with a prop in the form of their father's money do not inherit the business acumen of their parents. And the history of modern business fully proves this.
Ordinary people by the age of 22 only receive higher education, but some by this time already become millionaires. Here is a brief overview of some of the millionaires who made their first million before they were 22 years old. So let's go.
1. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook social network
This man is an example of how a guy from an ordinary family becomes the founder of a multi-million dollar business. He is the owner of a significant part of the shares of the company he created, the value of which is approximately three billion dollars. How did his business start? As a student at Harvard University, he launched the computer social network Facebook from his dorm room. Subsequently, Facebook became the sixth most visited site in the world: approximately seventy million people visit the site every day under their account. But it was his first successful idea.
Before that, and it is worth noting his interest in programming, while still at school, he and a friend wrote a program for the MP3-player Winamp, which allowed the computer to analyze the user's musical preferences. After placing the program on the Internet for free access, Microsoft was ready to pay at least two million dollars for the "music box", but the creator evaded the deal under the pretext of "inspiration is not for sale." In the end, Mark came to the conclusion that his passion for programming could become a lifelong pursuit. At that time, he did not think about millions, but success, nevertheless, does not bypass persistent and gifted people.
2. , selling tickets online
At the age of 18 in 2005, Joshua Dziabiak decided to sell his first web hosting company, Mediacatch, for just over $1 million. With the money he received, he bought a brand new Mercedes, as well as a flat-screen TV. The rest of the money he invested in brand new ventures. Among them was Showclix.
This is a web site that helps concert halls, colleges, cultural centers, and other venues sell tickets online, at the box office, and over the phone. In 2009, he raised approximately 1 million investments, and his company has already been valued at $2.75 million. Showclix can take 7-15 percent of any ticket sale, and the fees from these tickets brought him 9 million last year alone.
3. , production and sale of jam (jam)
In 2002, at the age of 14, Fraser began making jam in his parents' kitchen using his grandmother's recipes. Then his clients were neighbors and school friends. By the age of 16, the production of jam reached such a large volume that the young man was forced to leave school in order to be able to work full time. In 2009, his business generated $1.2 million in revenue.
It is noteworthy that Doherty is the only full-time employee of the company. Superjam currently sells around 50,000 cans a month and the young man's net worth is estimated at between $1 million and $2 million.
4. , social network MyYearbook
As she graduated from high school, 15-year-old Katherine and her 17-year-old brother decided to launch a free online version of the Yearbook. In 2005, after persuading his older brother to invest in their project, the social network MyYearbook.com is launched. In 2008, the creators agreed on a partnership with Arkadium game manufacturers - and to the delight of users of the social network, flash toys appeared in it. Later, the resource was overgrown with real-time chats, convenient for those who play in teams. Currently, the project employs about 45 people and, thanks to advertising placed on the site, aimed at young people from 11 to 17 years old, the income is $4.1 million.
MyYearBook, of course, did not beat (and did not seek) Facebook and other giants in its segment. However, it is the third largest social network in the United States, earning from ads, in-game virtual currency, and paid subscriptions. In 2009, the company earned $20 million. In November 2011, the project was bought by the social network Quepasa for $100 million.
5. plush toys and open tki, gift business
Having struck the imagination of not only his parents, but everyone who knew him, Cameron launches his first business at the age of 9, creating invitations to his relatives' party. The fame of the boy grew, and by the age of 11, Cameron already had several thousand dollars in his piggy bank. At the age of 12, a young man buys his sister's doll collection for $100 and resells it several times more expensive on eBay. With the money he earned, Cameron bought teddy bears in bulk and sold them on eBay, as well as on his Cheers and Tears website. So he earned the first 50 thousand dollars. At the age of 13, he created the My EZ Mail service, with which the user was given the opportunity to forward emails to a specific address, while the recipient's personal data remained secret. Two years later, this project began to bring the young businessman about $ 3,000 a month, thanks to advertising.
In 1997, with his friends, Johnson created an advertising agency on the Internet, and by the age of 15 he already had amounts of $ 300.000-400.00 in his bank account. At 15, Johnson created CertificateSwap.com, a website where people could sell their gift certificates online. Thanks to a small commission, the service became popular and in 2004 it was filed for a “six-figure figure.” Then Johnson was 19 years old and by the time he graduated from school, the graduate’s fortune exceeded $ 1 million.
6. Ashley Kvols, personal MySpace page design and layout, own website advertising
The example of a 14-year-old American woman still amazes many. When the social media boom was just beginning, 14-year-old Ashley Kwales noticed that many of her friends were trying to diversify their personal MySpace pages. Quals was passionate about graphic design, or more simply, drawing, so creating a fun and bright background for her personal page on the MySpace network was not difficult for her. It was then that Quals created her own Internet page with eight dollars borrowed from her mother, on which she began to lay out a variety of ready-made designs - wallpapers for MySpace pages.
According to Yahoo, the number of visits to the page in 2007 exceeded one million per day. And, what is especially important for advertisers, thanks to the efforts of Kvols, the resource has its own clearly limited audience - teenagers, and mostly female. With such a high-quality and large audience, Kwalls was able to quickly find companies that wanted to advertise on the site. In 2007, her website, Whateverlife, reached an annual revenue of over $1 million from an initial investment of $8.
7 Raymond Lee T-shirt Sales
As a high school student, Raymond Lee did an internship in China. Back in California, Lee ordered tennis jerseys directly from the Middle Kingdom. Gradually, he made a capital of $ 2,200 and created an online company, Ooshirts.com, which sold T-shirts. Now he has three employees, and in 2010 he had a revenue of more than 600 thousand dollars. Li said he plans to raise sales to $2 million this year. It is noteworthy that his company did without outside investment.
Raymond doesn't even touch the product he's made. His entire business is an online t-shirt designer who helps design a t-shirt and submit it to the manufacturer. Even the manufacturer is responsible for shipping the goods, not Raymond himself. True, due to the expansion of the business, Raymond now had to hire the first full-time employee to open a telephone support line.
8. Adam Hildreth, Marketing Agency, Software
In 1999, when Adam Hildreth from England was only 14 years old, he decided to launch an entirely new social network. Around this time, Coca-Cola and companies like it began using members of their network in focus groups to develop marketing strategies that would target the younger generation. Adam Hildreth began serving as Managing Director of Dubit Limited, and spent a full four years in that position. Thus, when Adam Hildreth was only 19 years old, the BBC had already begun to name him one of the twenty richest teenagers in the whole of the UK. And his approximate fortune was somewhere around 2 million pounds. In dollars, this is approximately 3.7 million.
In 2005, this young man decided to launch his new project, which would distribute special software, which, in turn, would protect children from pedophiles on the Internet. This project is Hildreth's last venture. "Crisp Thinking" develops online technologies that ensure the protection of the child on the Internet. The company also works closely with Internet providers and child protection organizations, developing solutions that can ensure the protection of the child when leaving the online mode.
9.Jason Brian, automotive site
After Jason Bryan graduated from high school in the summer of 2008, he decided to work in the marketing department of a Florida car dealership. Jason Bryan was well aware that the future of marketing lies in the World Wide Web, namely the Internet. “I was able to find that for half the cost I was able to double the result, while all I did was buy ads online and then optimize the SERPs,” recalls Jason Bryan.
In three years, Jason Bryan spent less than $10,000 of his personal savings to create his own website to help ordinary consumers find their cars. Autocricket.com started making good money, and all it did was sell customer information to car manufacturers and dealers. And just six months after the site was launched, it attracted the attention of investors who invested $250,000 in the business. In 2009, the regular site generated $1.2 million in revenue, and Jason Bryan was only 22 years old. And in 2010, it reached the mark of as much as 6 million dollars.
10. Jan Purkayastha ( Ian Purkayastha), import of truffles
At the age of 15, Jan Purkayastha decided to start importing truffles, and then organized his own truffle sales for up to 12 thousand dollars per 1 kilogram to various restaurants and shops. Jan Purkayastha lived and grew up in Houston. His home was located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Importing truffles was quite a challenge because the imports are controlled by as many as four different federal agencies, and because every time you had to come up with attempts to try to get ahead of time: truffles have a shelf life of only seven days. But Jan Purkayastha was able and soon opened his own first truffle nursery in Arkansas, USA. And his own sales company has near $1 million in revenue.
He is a real "truffle tycoon" in the US, in large part due to the fact that he is only 18 years old and still a teenager. After all, many of his friends at the same age do nothing but play ordinary computer games, listen to music, and all their thoughts are only about how to quickly get rid of acne. And Jan Purkayastha created his own business, supplying delicacies at 4,000 dollars for just one kilogram to the best restaurants in the country in which he lives.
Jan Purkayastha can produce about one and a half tons of truffles per year and provide only them to all customers in New York alone. But in the list of his clients there are also very famous restaurants, including those restaurants that have a three-star rating, according to the Michelin restaurant rating. "Tartufi Unlimited" is the name of the campaign in which he started his own business when he was only 16 years old. With the help of buying and selling truffles online, he was able to move to New Jersey from Arkansas last August. And at the moment, his business continues to develop: the release of almost 70 kilograms of any product every week is controlled; 70 percent is occupied by the supply of absolutely fresh truffles, and 30 percent is occupied by the supply of truffle oil.
11. Jamie Murray Wells, selling glasses
When 21-year-old university student Jamie Murray Wells tried to buy a pair of prescription glasses in 2004, a business idea popped into his head. Overwhelmed by the price of $300 glasses, Wells decided to drop out of school and use his student loan ($2,000) for what would become Glasses Direct, a London-based online retailer.
During the first year of its existence, the company's income exceeded $2 million. By 2010, the company's revenue reached $5 million, the number of employees - 70 people, and attracted investments - $34 million.
12. Milun Tesovic, music website, online advertising
In 2002, when Milan was 16, he launched a music website where, just for fun, he collected the lyrics of his favorite songs. After two years, he decided to turn it into a business. Today, the Metrolyrics.com database contains 2 million songs, and the 20-employee company makes its living by selling ads.
Revenue reached $1 million in 2007, when Teshovich was 21 years old.
13. Daniel Gomez Iniguez, diesel pomace presses
Daniel is the owner of the Solben company, which designs and manufactures presses for extracting oil from plants to make diesel fuel. Iñiguez started product development at school. The first sale brought in $150,000: half to build the press, half after delivery.
And in the first year of its existence, the Mexican company Monterrey invested a little more than $1 million in Daniel's business.
14. Michael Furdyk, online advertising
In 1996, 16-year-old Michael launched MyDesktop.com, a website about computers, in the basement of his parents' house in suburban Toronto. His website was full of tips that Furdyk sought out in online chat rooms. There he met his peer Michael Hayman from Australia.
Before long, MyDesktop.com was bringing in $60,000 a month in ad revenue from customers like Microsoft. In 1999, Furdyk, Hayman, and a third partner sold the site to Internet.com for more than $1 million.
15. David Karp ( David Karp), blogging platform Tumblr
Today, the creator and head of the most popular blogging platform - Tumblr - is 26 years old. He grew up in Manhattan, went through several schools, and completed his homeschooling. At the age of 14, David interned with TV producer and animator Frank Seibert, then worked as a software consultant for the Internet project for young parents UrbanBaby.
In 2006, at the age of 19, Karp quit his job and created his own microblogging platform. In August 2009, BusinessWeek magazine named him the Best Young Entrepreneur in IT. It is clear why - the service is very popular. Tumblr had 13 million unique visitors in July 2011 (in the US alone), according to ComScore. In October 2011, US President Barack Obama started his blog here.
16. Anton Volodkin ( Anton Volodkin), music blog aggregator
Russian by origin, 14 years ago, Anton Volodkin moved from Moscow to New York with his parents. Six years ago, at the age of 17, Anton created Hype Machine, an aggregator of music blogs. According to Volodkin, the idea of creating an aggregator came to him while working at Brainlink, where music was the only way to relax. It was quite difficult to find new music, and the guy decided to deal with this once and for all - to write a technology that itself searches for music in interesting music blogs.
Interesting ones, by the way, do not include blogs of labels and the artists themselves - that would be too simple. Attendance of the project is more than a million unique visitors per month. In January 2010, the project became a SoundCloud partner - this provided bloggers with the opportunity to access fresh tracks from labels.
17. Blake Aaron Ross ( Blake Aaron Ross), Mozilla Firefox browser
Aaron Ross is 24 years old and his biography is a classic geek generation hero story. Ross made his first website at the age of 10. And already at 15 he worked at Netscape (combining work with studies at school), and there he met Dave Hewitt - together colleagues created the Mozilla Firefox browser in 2004. At that time he was only 19 years old. Today, Ross continues to work at the Mozilla Foundation, but is also involved in other projects, including working at Facebook as a product director.
Today Mozilla Firefox is a free and the second most popular browser in the world. For example, in July 2011, its market share was 27.95%.
18 Juliette Brindak, Girls Entertainment Portal
Juliet, a 20-year-old University of Washington student, is the CEO of Missoandfriends.com, an online entertainment project for girls ages 8-13. The site with virtual games, tests, chats and the virtual character Miss O is in third place in the category of resources for girls.
For the first time, Juliet drew her character Miss O at the age of 10. Later it turned out that not only she liked the character, but also her friends, and the idea arose to create a community for her friends on the Internet. Today, about a million people visit the resource every day. Today the company has 10 people, all of them work remotely. Juliet has to manage everything without leaving the educational process.
Miss O's business is valued at $15 million.
Chat for communication Chatroulette
The Chatroullete service, a tool for communicating with random strangers from all over the world via video chats, became a real hit at the end of 2009–2010. First, it was obsessed with in the West, then a wave swept over Russia. It was then that it turned out that a 17-year-old Moscow schoolboy named Andrei created the hit. Just like that, from a home computer, in three days.
In 2010, a real hunt for a guy unfolded: the American giants dreamed of meeting him and invited him to Europe, investors competed for the honor of investing in the project (estimating it at $50 million). In an interview with Forbes, Ternovsky said that he earns about $ 1,500 a day from advertising.
As a result, the teenager disowned investments - he even refused the investor of the entire Internet, Milner. Which he later regretted.
What conclusions do the examples of these young businessmen lead us to? Do they inspire confidence that it is possible to build a strong business without major capital investment? Confidence and purposefulness is the first step, which should be followed by the second, and then the third. The main thing in this is not to stop. As was seen from the examples, the most successful business is not when it is only inherited, but when it becomes one, overcoming obstacles in the way of its growth. Hard work and competent planning necessarily lead to the achievement of the intended goal.
Young millionaires... Is it possible that tomorrow you will become one?
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By following these tips, you will definitely not reduce your chances of becoming a millionaire.
“In a free market economy, anyone can earn as much as they want,” emphasizes Steve Siebold, who not only amassed a fortune of millions of dollars himself, but also carefully studied the biographies of more than 1,200 of the richest people in the world.
This is true even if you are only 20 something.
To help you reach your coveted seven-figure account balance by age 30, we've compiled 11 tips from people who became millionaires at a young age and from those who have researched hundreds of successful entrepreneurs' life stories. We can't guarantee you being a millionaire, but if you follow these tips, it certainly won't hurt your chances.
1. Focus on making money
Grant Cardon, who was broke and deeply in debt at 21 and a millionaire by 30, writes: “In today's economic climate, you can't become a millionaire just by saving money. The first step is to focus on increasing your income, little by little, but regularly. Once upon a time I was making $3,000 a month, but nine years later, it's already $20,000. Start monitoring your budget - this will help you control income and seize opportunities.
2. Create multiple streams of income
One way to start earning more is to increase the number of sources of income.
In his five-year study of self-made millionaires, Thomas Corley found that many of them create various sources of income: 65% of them had three such sources, 45% had four, and 29% had five. and more.
Popular options for additional sources of income are renting out real estate, investing in the stock market, and owning shares in a third-party business. Corley writes:
“According to my research, three streams of income is the magic number for self-made millionaires. But the more sources of income you can secure, the more secure your financial well-being will be.”
3. Save to invest
The only reason to save money is the opportunity to invest it. Anything you manage to save should be placed in a secure and inviolable account. Money from this account should never be used - even in case of emergency. This will force you to continue following the first tip - increase your income.
To consistently save money, you need to learn how to do it automatically. Then you, in fact, will not even see the money that you have to invest, and it will be easier for you to live without counting on them.
4. Be decisive
Tucker Hughes, who became a millionaire at 22, writes: “Don't overexert your decision making. The portion of attention allotted to us for a day is finite. No matter how much endurance your mind gains over time, there will always be a point where you break down and the rest of the day your efforts will be suboptimal. To keep your brain power, make all easily reversible decisions as quickly as possible and plan your routine actions hard so that you can perform simpler tasks on autopilot. I know what I'll wear to work and what I'll be eating for breakfast all next week. And you?".
Hughes isn't the only one who believes in developing determination. The famous writer and journalist Napoleon Hill, who studied the life stories and habits of more than 500 millionaires, found that they all shared this quality. In his personal finance book Think and Grow Rich, Hill wrote:
"The histories of large fortunes have a lot in common: for example, all their owners make decisions on the fly."
5. Don't show off
Cardon writes: “I didn't buy luxury watches or cars until my businesses and investments had provided me with numerous and reliable streams of income. When I became a millionaire, I still drove a Toyota Camry. Be known for your business ethics, not the knick-knacks you buy."
6. Change your attitude towards money
Millionaire Steve Sebold explains: “Wealth begins with the way you think and imagine what money is. The secret, after all, is always the same: your thoughts. Most believe that the opportunity to become rich does not depend on them, but those who have succeeded know that wealth is an inside job.
7. Invest in yourself
Hughes writes: “The safest investment I have ever made is an investment in my own future. Read at least 30 minutes a day, listen to podcasts about your topic while driving, and actively seek out mentors. In your field, you should not just be a master - you should be a real genius, able to talk about any related field, be it finance, politics or sports. Consume knowledge like air and put your desire for learning above all else.”
Many successful and wealthy people are passionate readers. Take Warren Buffett as an example - he says that he devotes 80% of his working day to reading.
8. Forget about a stable salary
Wealthy people tend to be self-employed and determine their own wages, Siebold writes: “This is not to say that there are no high-profile performers who get paid for working hours, and yet for most this is the slowest path to prosperity, which promoted as the safest. But the great ones know that self-employment is the fastest way to wealth.”
Successful people continue to launch projects and build fortunes, while the average person who is willing to get a permanent job and salary misses out on amassing great wealth. Sebold says:
“Most actually doom themselves to a life of financial mediocrity by staying at work with modest pay and yearly raises.”
9. Set goals and visualize their achievement
If you want to earn more, you must have a clear goal and a specific plan for its implementation. Money will not appear from nowhere - for them you have to work hard.
Successful people are determined to achieve wealth. As millionaire T. Harv Ecker points out, it takes focus, courage, knowledge, and a lot of effort, but it's entirely possible if you have a clear goal and a clear plan: "The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that these people don't know what they want. The rich are quite sure that they want wealth.”
10. Try to connect with people you admire.
Andrew Carnegie, who, starting from scratch, managed to become the richest man in the United States, believed that he owed all his fortune to one principle, which was called the Master Mind.
The idea is to surround yourself with talented people who share your views, because the union of several smart and creative people is incomparably more effective than a single one.
In addition, we become like the people with whom we are connected, which is why the rich are more likely to associate with their own kind. Siebold explains:
“In most cases, your condition reflects the level of your closest friends. The influence of people who are more successful than you can expand the horizons of your thinking and dramatically increase your income. The reality is that millionaires think differently about money than the middle class, and there is a lot to learn from around them.”
11. Your goal should be ten million, not one.
Cardone writes: “The biggest financial mistake I made was not thinking big enough. I encourage you to aim for more than a million. There is no shortage of money on this planet, only people who think big enough.”
Bonus: Morning Habits of Successful People
We have prepared 7 tips that will tell you exactly what you need to do to become a young millionaire.
1. Age is just a number
It does not determine your knowledge or the likelihood of success. Use youth for your own good, not as an excuse for failure. If you believe that you can do it, you will do it.
Moreover, people are pleased to look at a hardworking, successful and young entrepreneur. Attract the best to your team with your enthusiasm.
2. Invest in yourself
The safest investment is in your own future. Read at least 30 minutes every day, listen to podcasts and audio books while you commute, and constantly look for mentors. You don't have to know and be able to do everything. But become a versatile, developed person who can support a conversation on any topic. Consume knowledge like air, make learning a top priority. Now there are a lot of opportunities for free education at a convenient time for you. Register for, or to learn everything about everything from the best universities.
And in order not to burn out, indulge yourself within reasonable limits. Unforgettable impressions, pleasant communication. This is also an experience that will shape the lifestyle of a successful person in the future. For example, a weekly massage is a great way to relax after a hard day's work and maintain a healthy tone. You still need health.
Evan Spiegel. Made my first million at 23 on the social network Snapchat
3. Reduce the number of daily routine decisions
The ability to make decisions is a limited resource. Regardless of your firm intentions and mental stability, there will come a time when you get tired of making a choice.
This moment can be delayed by planning simple daily tasks in advance and bringing them to automatism. For example, choose what you will wear to work for the week ahead, what to eat for breakfast.
4. Develop mental endurance
The difference between mediocre results and rapid success is the ability to work productively for many hours at a time. It is especially important at the final stage of the project. Focus is of the utmost importance and must be developed in order to be competitive with those who started doing it decades before you.
Track the moments when you start to get distracted, analyze every day in search of opportunities to optimize processes. The usual techniques for developing attention will not help you, only the realization of the highest goal. For example, earn a million before the age of 25.
creator of the Wordpress platform, made his first million at age 24
5. Dream big
If you still don't have goals for the next year, 5, 10 years, make a list right now. Reread each morning asking what I can do to reach them sooner.
Goal setting can be both an engine and a brake on your progress if you don't prioritize it correctly.
Be attentive and diligent to find the shortest path to success.
6. Be consistent and methodical
Plan your work and stick to the plan. Try to automate routine tasks.
Create templates for letters, reports, use software for processing, storing and synchronizing data. To optimize the process, you will have to spend more time at the beginning, but then you will return it in full.
Sean Belnick made his first million at age 16 selling chairs online
7. Believe in yourself
If not you, then who? Realize your dreams. It's easy to find an excuse for failure. But behind every successful person there are difficulties that he overcame. Do not give up until you are sure that you have done everything to solve the problem. And then think again.
If you still don't know where to start, start by promising to work on yourself every day. This is the basis for career development.
Divide complex tasks into simple steps. Success is not an end goal, but a daily work.
We have already told you about several who, despite their own, proved to the whole world that the real blood of entrepreneurs flows in their veins. Some of them earned their first money by selling chicken eggs, others by designing pages on social networks, and others by making homemade jam. Today we will tell the story of another young entrepreneur who managed to become a real dollar millionaire at the age of eleven. And all this became real, thanks to the fact that his parents revealed the talent of the child in time and supported his hobby (and many modern parents would try to dissuade him, saying that all this is nonsense).
How to become a millionaire in 20 minutes?
Many believe that this happens only in fairy tales, cartoons or movies. But this story is as real as green grass in summer or snow in winter. is the name of an eleven-year-old impressionist painter from Norfolk, England. Today, this baby is known throughout England, and in the world, as "little Monet." He received such a nickname because of the similarity of his work with the world-famous impressionist.
It all started at an early age. Five years. After a family trip to a place called Cornwall (in the southwest of England) in 2007. After this journey, the boy revealed the talent of a brilliant artist. And not the next year, in 2008, he got on the pages of the Guinness Book of Records. Naturally, thanks to their wonderful artwork.
At the exhibition in 2009, 23 paintings of the young genius were sold in 20 minutes and brought about 36 thousand dollars in profit. The very next year, at an exhibition of paintings in 2010, 33 paintings were sold out in half an hour. And the amount of the artist's fee was about 200 thousand dollars. Last year turned out to be one of the most successful and brought the young talent about 600 thousand dollars. And the total income from the sale of paintings for the previous five years amounted to more than 2.3 million dollars. Thus, at the age of only eleven, Kieron Williamson became a dollar millionaire. Among the buyers of his paintings are collectors from Europe, North America and Japan.
Now the young artist has his own company under the Kieron Williamson Limited brand. It is run by the parents of the young genius. The young artist himself, although he continues to create masterpieces with his own hands, in his heart dreams of a stellar career as a football player. Whether his dream will come true, or whether he will remain a great young artist, time will tell. Be that as it may, now the young entrepreneur is doing well. He actively draws, creating several paintings a week. And still, this is not enough to meet the ever-increasing demand.
To date, a real queue has lined up behind the “mini Monet” paintings. According to various sources, there are from 500 to 3,000 buyers on the waiting list. Given the cost of the paintings from 3,500 to 30,000 dollars, it can be assumed that the boy and his family do not experience financial problems. By the way, it was thanks to the fees of his son that the Williamson family was able to purchase their own house and, finally, move from a rented apartment.
At the moment, the young artist lives a very ordinary life. Goes to school, draws, sometimes plays football in the yard. But already in the next academic year, parents plan to transfer him to home schooling. This will allow him to fully concentrate on painting and fully reveal his son's talent. That's what his parents think. Whether this will be the case, or whether a brilliant artist will become a professional football player, time will tell. But in any case, I would like to wish him success. After all, earning more than two million dollars at eleven years old is really admirable.
