eBook #5 published today. I am very happy
on Amazon kindle, the title is "Zero to Billions: Born to Win, 14 Black Self-made Billionaires."
now I am planning next eBook
Monday, August 31, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
I am writing book #5 Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 13 Black Self-made Billionaires
today I am researching on 2 Nigerian self-made billionaires
Orji Uzor Kalu and Abdulsamad Rabiu
Looking at preliminary data: Nigeria is the Land of Opportunity in Africa, South Africa has only one black self-made billionaire, Nigeria has 8, US has 2, Sudan/UK 1, Ethiopia/Saudi Arabia 1
Nigeria, I am impressed. I talked with my friend Bismarck Likambi , he said he was born in Cameroon and went to high school in Nigeria and he gave me some of the reasons for the dynamic growth
This week's research is like a trip to Africa.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Yesterday was my happy day
Book #4 "Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 31 Under 40 Self-made Billionaires, How the Young Change the World" was published
Today one copy was purchased
I am now working on Book #5, the title will probably be something like
"Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 12 Black Self-made Billionaires. Africa is not for Lions alone but also Billionaire Men and Women". While I look at the title, amazed how the title could be so long, almost 2 lines. I wonder who is going to read it, or buy it.
But all that does not matter, the only thing matters now is for me to finish the 12 books
And it is just like running a marathon, except this is a 2 year marathon, and the marathon is 12 books long.
To pace myself, I divide 24 months by 12 books, and that makes it 1 book every 2 months. In my first year, i.e. 2015 I will have to write 6 books. Today is 7/29/2015, almost end of August, but still with 5 months remaining. I like to flatter myself that I am ahead of schedule, and that the half-way mark (6 books) is definitely in sight.
If I can keep up with my present rate, I can finish 6 books before end of November or November 30, 2015, which means next year I won't have to be writing as frantic.
Now, back to action. It is almost 9pm and I will spend next 3 hours researching on self-made black billionaires
Book #4 "Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 31 Under 40 Self-made Billionaires, How the Young Change the World" was published
Today one copy was purchased
I am now working on Book #5, the title will probably be something like
"Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 12 Black Self-made Billionaires. Africa is not for Lions alone but also Billionaire Men and Women". While I look at the title, amazed how the title could be so long, almost 2 lines. I wonder who is going to read it, or buy it.
But all that does not matter, the only thing matters now is for me to finish the 12 books
And it is just like running a marathon, except this is a 2 year marathon, and the marathon is 12 books long.
To pace myself, I divide 24 months by 12 books, and that makes it 1 book every 2 months. In my first year, i.e. 2015 I will have to write 6 books. Today is 7/29/2015, almost end of August, but still with 5 months remaining. I like to flatter myself that I am ahead of schedule, and that the half-way mark (6 books) is definitely in sight.
If I can keep up with my present rate, I can finish 6 books before end of November or November 30, 2015, which means next year I won't have to be writing as frantic.
Now, back to action. It is almost 9pm and I will spend next 3 hours researching on self-made black billionaires
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
I am working and almost finish my 4th book on self-made billionaires. The title is "Zero to Billions: Anyone Can: 31 Under 40 Self-made Billionaires". Now, I am no longer surprised by the data. The date of publishing will probably be July 27th, 2015. I also want to announce I am making free download of my books available. My goal is to reach the largest audience possible.
Today I talked to a friend who asked me why I am writing the books and what is the circulation. That is a great question.
All I can think of is the creative process: being the first to research and write on a topic that is so obviously important, yet so little researched and also so deeply full of bias from the public.
The biggest bias is "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer". If youngster under 40 (I mean the cut of date is 39 years old and 365 days and not one day more), then one can complain about "the young get richer, the old get poorer".
Business acumen and the art of making money, is not a zero-sum game. It is not like if you become a billionaire, then you condemn me to be a doorman to you, hence you get richer and I got poorer. It is more like you become a billionaires by growing billions of apples a year, and I can become a billionaires by growing billions of oranges a year. That is why in some countries there are zero to a few self-made billionaires, but in some countries like US and China, there are hundreds of self-made billionaires, of all ages and sexes.
Enough said, now is time to go back to work, and I mean, work very very hard.
Today I talked to a friend who asked me why I am writing the books and what is the circulation. That is a great question.
All I can think of is the creative process: being the first to research and write on a topic that is so obviously important, yet so little researched and also so deeply full of bias from the public.
The biggest bias is "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer". If youngster under 40 (I mean the cut of date is 39 years old and 365 days and not one day more), then one can complain about "the young get richer, the old get poorer".
Business acumen and the art of making money, is not a zero-sum game. It is not like if you become a billionaire, then you condemn me to be a doorman to you, hence you get richer and I got poorer. It is more like you become a billionaires by growing billions of apples a year, and I can become a billionaires by growing billions of oranges a year. That is why in some countries there are zero to a few self-made billionaires, but in some countries like US and China, there are hundreds of self-made billionaires, of all ages and sexes.
Enough said, now is time to go back to work, and I mean, work very very hard.
Monday, April 6, 2015
On June 1st, 2015, my third eBook is published
The Title is "Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 50 High School Self-made Billionaires, 4 Paradoxes"
Yes, I have found more than 300 self-made billionaires with a high school or less education. The reason I am interested in those with high school or less education is because they support my thesis that one can go from Zero Dollars to Billion Dollars. Most of the billionaires in the world are self-made, but those with little formal education makes the most interesting study.
The Title is "Zero to Billions: Anyone Can, 50 High School Self-made Billionaires, 4 Paradoxes"
Yes, I have found more than 300 self-made billionaires with a high school or less education. The reason I am interested in those with high school or less education is because they support my thesis that one can go from Zero Dollars to Billion Dollars. Most of the billionaires in the world are self-made, but those with little formal education makes the most interesting study.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
You are the Average of your 5 Best Friends -- Why you should start here
Birds of Same Feather Flock Together, and so is true of humans.
Men or Women of the Same Character Gather Together. It used to be called a club. On the internet, it is called a tribe.
A strange truth: you are probably the average of your five best friends.
If most of your best friends are millionaires, you probably are one already.
If most of your best friends are fat, you probably are fat -- cause you eat out together.
In some way, this is why this blog was created.
To find a self-made billionaire as mentor is almost an impossible task.
So, this website is created so you can find all the information you need, plus lots of ideas and information on how the self-made billionaires made their fortune.
You won't be able to talk to a billionaire; but you don't need to, cause the same questions have been posed to the same billionaires a thousand times by different people.
What if I don't want to be a billionaire? I don't even want to be a millionaire.
Then please pass on this information to your daughters and sons, your brothers and sisters and your friends. They will find you COOL and INTERESTING.
In my humble opinion, a conversation on self-made billionaires beat a conversation on self-made vampires. A few years ago, I was a voracious vampire book reader. I converted my interest from vampires to billionaires. And I never look back.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the content here, and please leave a comment for any advice to improve.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Zero to Billions -- My Second Book
It was published on 2/25/2015.
Actually, the theory is based on Einstein Theory of Insanity
To become a self-made billionaire, you must do different things, do extreme things,
In terms of human achievement, the self-made billionaires should be ranked equal to Nobel Prize Winners. This is because they have the money power to benefit millions of people by (1) creating universities and hospitals (2) creating foundations (3) building museums (4) saving millions of baby lives by giving out free vaccines etc. I view the self-made billionaires as role models, not evil exploiters.
For 90% of the self-made billionaires in this book, they went through multiple bankruptcies over many years. So, they just persevere, never give up, start again and eventually succeeded.
What? From Zero Dollars to Billions Dollars? This sounds too good to be true. It cannot be done.
No, it can be done. In 2014, I built up a database of all the self-made billionaires in the world, , and I have found hundreds of people have gone from zero dollars to billions of dollars . The purpose of this book is to show how.
Actually, the theory is based on Einstein Theory of Insanity
To become a self-made billionaire, you must do different things, do extreme things,
In terms of human achievement, the self-made billionaires should be ranked equal to Nobel Prize Winners. This is because they have the money power to benefit millions of people by (1) creating universities and hospitals (2) creating foundations (3) building museums (4) saving millions of baby lives by giving out free vaccines etc. I view the self-made billionaires as role models, not evil exploiters.
My approach to this book is 50% know-hows and 50% story telling. I find this balance makes the book fast-paced, effective and more entertaining. And with the fascinating life and achievement of 13 great geniuses, you will be able to trace and following their footstep to go from zero to billions easily.
I think I have selected the best billionaires and the best stories. The 13 billionaires I chose are the best and most successful billionaires. What is most surprising is they also started life the worst circumstances. Thomas Edison had only 3 months of schooling and he was half-deaf. Those are two huge handicap. Ben Franklin was a run-away kid at age 17 and he had one year of schooling. Chung Ju-Yung, too, was a run-away kid and later became the richest man in South Korea, founding empires after empires from construction to shipbuilding to automobiles. Dhirubhai Ambani dropped out of school at age 17, and went on to build the biggest Indian company and India’s first Fortune 500 company. Rosalia Mera dropped out of school at age 11 to work as a seamstress, co-founded Zara Fashion, and became the richest self-made women in the world.
How did they do this? I summarize using a simple formula; derived from Einstein Theory of Insanity, with a twist of wicked fun: called
EEE = BBBB
This is the Quantum Theory of Money
where EEE = Einstein Theory of Extreme Entrepreneurs
and
B = Beginning
B = Beliefs
B = Behaviors
B = Billions or Bankrupt
where EEE = Einstein Theory of Extreme Entrepreneurs
and
B = Beginning
B = Beliefs
B = Behaviors
B = Billions or Bankrupt
For 90% of the self-made billionaires in this book, they went through multiple bankruptcies over many years. So, they just persevere, never give up, start again and eventually succeeded.
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