So How Much Money Do You Want?

At the moment I just want enough income to replace my full time job...When that happens, I will start building my income up to a level where I am financial independent to have the life that I want. For me its not about how much money I want..its how much money do I need to live and have the lifestyle that I want..

I would like to make just enough to sustain my current modest lifestyle so that I may pursue more philanthropic interests. I love giving back to others and want to help more. I am amazed at how many people have the ability and resources to help others, but do not (unless there is some sort of "catch").

People who "want" never get.

"Wanting" is the wrong state of Mind like "try".

I want my Websidual Income to be $5,000, this is on top of my full-time job
This way I can pay for my education on my own.

Quarter million a year. That's enough.

By the time I retire, I like to hit $1 billion in revenue. I believe this will be able to help my future generation for beyond my imagination. The future is where our children are going to live and I would like it to be a better place.

This is my personal goal
Clint

i would be happy with $500 for my self and another $500 to invest back in the business. I firmly believe in expanding and investing in my own business.... so basically I'd start with $500 a month and build on that... and if I can make it then perhaps one day have $2000 - $5000 a month would be really nice. So far I only want the $1000 or just $500 just to cover my life expenses, since this is only a part time job (I'm a student, and i do some part time job when i have the time). If i get good at this then I hope I can make this my full time job.

Like many people in this thread, they miss the point of KNOWING what you want/need and when. They say vague things like "How much it takes to replace my job" or "Enough money to give me freedom" or "1 Billion Dollars by the time I retire", which is vague in one aspect or another.

The mind works in specifics. Napolean Hill goes over this in Think and Grow Rich.

What you should be saying or doing is deciding how much total or monthly you need to have the freedom you want, then deciding when you want to accomplish this goal and once the mind knows an exact amount and a time limit, it will work consiously and subconscioudly to reach that goal.

I am the first to admit that I haphazardly come to IM with unspecific goals and needs. I just want to make a bunch of money, but when I have specifics in mind (like "I need $567 by next Tuesday so I can get my mom the negative ion mattress that she has wanted for the past year for her birthday") then I work to find ways to reach that specific goal by that specific time.

This takes away vagueness and procrastination.

Finally, to answer your question: I will be starting medical school in August. Tuition plus fees is $37,590. Living expenses, I expect to be $20,500. Therefore I need $58,090 by in the next year. To break this down, I need 1/2 this, or $29,045 by October and the rest by next May.

October is 4 months away. That means I need to make $7,261.25 (assuming I'm starting from scratch) a month. That is $234.23 a day. Assuming I'm awake and available to randomly check my computer for 12 hours a day, that is $19.51 an hour.

So I need to find a program (or create my own) that pays out at least $20 (or multiple ones) and start driving traffic to get me 12 sales/leads (if in CPA) a day.

Now it doesn't seem so hard. I'm not saying it won't be tough, but now I know exactly how much I need to make by a certain date, and I also know what I need to do to reach this goal.

Now, get to work brain!

you know Woody, you have a point there.

But i must say something about books by Napoleon Hill his books are, in my opinion, one big sales letter...all i got from his books was: "...in the next chapter I will reveal etc etc..." (next chapter) ""...in the next chapter I will reveal etc etc..." and i guess he explains it all in the last 2 pages so the other 500 are obsolete... i stoped listening to them ( i got my self the audiobook version) simply because I got tired of getting the next chapter, then the next chapter pre-sold and not living up to it's expectations. However some case studies that he gives in his book like the Amazon one is quite brilliant.

Well there is no limit of earnings and desire/wishes always increase with the increase of earnings
I prefer and wish of getting an income somewhere between $5000-10000 per month that is quite hard but not impossible so hope i will get there soon and maybe after that i will not wish of something more lol
Thanks
Webmatic

125k a month with my eventual goal of a net worth of 1 billion dollars then I will semi retire

A true entrepreneur can never fully retire

if i can get from my current monthly income $0 to $50 a month and then move to $500 and so on I'd be more than happy.... just need to start making that happen....

Right now my objective is to make 3000$ /month as it would help me meet all my over heads and current expenses.but in the future it is my immense desire to stand in the league of super successful billionaire like bill gates and warren buffet.i am not greedy but i would like to make it really really very big.I would be happy with a net worth of around 60 billion $.

To be honest-- I'd like to make $1,000,000,000,000


Yes, that's a trillion.








I mean a TRILLION DOLLARS ... All US $.




Not Pure cash--- In the form of assets, businesses' net worth, and stakes.



But at least a trillion dollars...



That's what it takes to satiate me...



I want to make a trillion dollars

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HOLD ON...



I wanna make a trillion dollars... but in what time frame? 100 years? 1000 years?



Without That Bit of information it all sounds hokey.



So, a trillion dollars, every...


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SECOND.


A trillion dollars every second.


If you are thinking---

What would I do with it?


I'd say to you...


That you are asking....




THE WRONG QUESTION.

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The right question is...

What would $1,000,000,000/second mean to me...


It'd mean I'd serve 10 billion people (10 years down the line we could get there, I believe), every second.And my services to them would be worth $100/second.
To each of them.

So not only would I be rich, everyone in the world would be rich enough to pay me... $100/second...

That's $360,000/Hour or $8,640,00o/ Per day.

That's what they'd be paying just for my services.

So everyone would essnetially be trillionaires. And I would essentially have enough products and services out there so everyone would buy at least $8,640,000 worth og my stuff everyday. Sounds good-- doesn't it?

If you were to dream at all, dream big.

So big that you'd never regret having dreamt small. Anytime down the line.

-Lakshay

my goal: from today to the end of the year, make $100,000 and more next year
my goal in life is not to make money, but make money to have what I want, and that goal need loads of money, that's why............

For starters, enough passive income to walk or run way from my current career. After that, more money to take care of my mother (of course, she deserves it). Then pay off bad debt, reposition my life & donate to my favorite charities.

P.S. Maybe, a Corvette & Maserati. Hey, I am from Michigan. I love cars!

I just want to be able to live comfortably...I guess I just need to make enough to replace my current income!

Hi Guys,

$US500 a day would be nice, currently making $US5. so long way to go but getting there evantually.

enjoy your evening

regards

Enough to care for my family and replaced my job.

Enough money to be able to do what I want, when I want, whenever I want to do it. I don't need to be a glutton - I just want the freedom to live life with money holding me down.

$10,000 per month. Setting that target for myself in January rather than thinking I want just enough to do x, y, z has helped me get closer to actually achieving it. Breaking my target down into 10 projects that make $1000 a month makes if far less daunting and to my suprise possible!

Have any of you guys seen the film "21" or read the book it's based on, "Bringing Down the House"?

The part where the main character says he "only wants $300,000 and then he'll quit"?

It's one thing to discuss goals that are in the future for us - interesting question is, when we all eventually get there, will be happy with it or will we want more?

Gil-Ad

I imagine that once you have succeeded at making a fixed amount that it might be difficult to stop, knowing that you are capable of repeating what you've achieved to double or triple your income. If the balance is maintained between making the money and living your dreams, that's fine but when it becomes all about the money, I do think that quality of life and ultimately happiness will suffer!

That's what I worry about - I'll reach $x/month and think "wait, now that I've worked so hard learning how to do it, it'll be easy to double or triple what I'm making".

It seems the further up you go, the easier it becomes to go further.

Personally, I imagine it will take a lot of self-discipline to drag myself away from that... even though I know what you say about quality of life / happiness is entirely true!

Gil-Ad

50k as of now by dec 19, 2011

have already broken 20k, so it will happen sooner..

then I will adjust to maybe 500k a month, get the 50k first...

125k a month...

would be nice to get 5k a day !!! that means an hour work per day? and around 25-35 income streams?

As long it can support my personal and family needs.

I'll be realistic. $100/day! Really that is my goal right now that I aim at achieving.

As a business men, setting goal is a good thing but begin satisfied with it, is not that good.
Currently my target is to achieve $300 a day, and after achieving that goal, I will set a new one for me.

I don't believe in destination, I believe in the journey.

I agree, we must to define the objective in order to achieve it.
But in my case, what a want is freedom. I think 10.000 each month will be enough.

Woody's post in my opinion is spot on. Have a tangible goal a car, a plasma tv,
a college tuition fee. Break it down to a manageable dollar amount and a time
frame it is much easier to attain your monetary goals.

$1500 a month is already enough for me ^^

20k a month in my account after I have give to various charities and paid all the bills. I still be riding in the 2004 minivan (wish would be Paid off )

Enough to stop all the bull**** I just read from gagging me half to death.

Enough to pay off all my bills, retire, and travel. I'd then give any additional money to charity.

My ultimate goal is $30 million dollars/ year. Sure, I'm not banking on IM to do it.

I got so involved with the excitement of building the business I never really considered the income for myself. I had figures for my business but non for myself. I guess my goals weren't money but gaining success in a swiftly growing market. All my thoughts on money always has to do with hiring staff and writers and growing the business.
Are my priorities skewed here?

Enough to be free to get and do whatever you what, whenever you want, and however you want.

So....how ever much that is will be fine

I want enough money to live free. I want enough money so that I can work when I want and travel all over the world.

Id like just enough to live a happy life and go travel, not when im too old, tats why im starting young at 15, hopfully make enough money up until im around 30-40, then go travel. That would be my dream, gotta make it happen though.

I don't know if there is a specific number for me. But I'll try my best to paint a picture.

I want so much money that it would make it so I couldn't even spend it all if I tried. My income would just come in too fast for me to spend it all.

So much money that my grandson's great grandson will be reaping the benefits from it.

So much money it makes me feel like everything in the world is free.

So much money that people get angry with me for nothing other than the fact that I have so much money.

If I can't dream big then why dream at all right!?

Some will say that I'm not being realistic. But the "realistic" is subjective in my opinion. I bet at least one person told the Wright Brothers that it isn't realistic to build a heavier than air flying machine.

As stupid as it may sound, I can't actually say a number. I'm not working for money. I don't do my internet marketing for the money. I do it to buy my LIFE. Too many people waste their WHOLE lives working jobs that they hate or absolutely don't want and this is something I love to do. In terms of money, enough to do whatever in the hell I want to do within reason. If that means all I can ever amount to is a middle-class father who can provide his family with an education, food, shelter, and gifts now and again without having to spend his days away from home working for everyone but himself, so be it.

Although reaching that benchmark of $100,000 a year would just make me THE happiest person around. =)

$4k a month is good enough

$2 mil year

My first goal is to work for myself in online ventures.
3k/month
Build on this income and save until I can buy a new car and house outright
Goal = 300,000
Build an idea and implementation company (Sounds odd, I know, but too much description would be needed to elaborate)
Goal = 1,000,000
Retire
Goal = 10,000,000

But there is no amount of monthly income that would satisfy my hunger to expand and grow.

i am looking for 1k per month for the first year. working part-time as a IM-er..

Once i am working full-time, i wish to earn at least $3k plus per month..

Some one willing to be my mentor? haha..

Regards,
Edmund

I would like to get money that I could pay all the bills and a bit could go to a piggybank

Great question Rich..

I've just recently been learning about how important this is.. Getting crystal clear on the exact amount of income you desire.

For me and my desired lifestyle I require at least $300,000 per year in passive income. I believe I can create this within about a year..

Writing it down as much as possible helps to burn it in to my subconscious so thank you for the post!!

-Adam

I've heard that most people online make less than 2K per month.

10k is a good figure for online marketing.

I'm discovering the better I get at selling I can name my own income within reason.

The fact is: You are either "talking" to sell or "writing" words to sell.

Learn to sell and choose the income you want.

Tom

I would settle for $1,000,000 a month

I want 1 billion dollars but I'm going to break it down to bite size steps first.

so my first goal is to make $100/day consistently for 3 months and then move up from there. I want to achieve this by 31st March 2010.

Of course to achieve my billion dollars....I will have to use other avenues in tandem with IM. The whole purpose of making money for me is so I can live how I want, buy what I want and more. Money is not the end goal for me but the means to the ends for me.

Shoot for the stars!

At least 1 million a year. Won't compromise with anything less than that.

I'm unemployed at the moment, so a full time wage would be great! But we al have to start from somewhere, so as long as I can cover my hosting, I'm alright. Ultimately, I would love to be living comfortably, say some 10k per month, but that is easier said than done.

/me lurks and listens more

Enough for me to have financial freedom

Money is a mind set. Get your mind set right and the money will never be an issue. You will earn and achieve what ever you like.

Enough to buy a house for myself and to feed myself.

Enough for me to not have to get a Just Over Broke job, I'm 17 so hopefully I can work for myself.

With every new project that I look at online in terms of building a site I always do it in mind to "JUST PAY A BILL". I always remain conservative in what I want to achieve. I work a full time job but I I don't have any unrealistic income goals. I just want to pay the bills and be content. Outside of what I do monthly I just want an extra 2000 a month and so far I'm at 500 a month from one site so I'm working my way up there.

$ 3 Millions by 30th Dec 2010. And I know I can achieve this easily.

I want about $1k/month to live a happy life.

Between 10 and 15k is my goal and it will be achieved before the end of 2010

Halo everyone... my goal at least 7k permonth... I'm sure I'll be there

My first goal is $100K per year.

I will achieve this in 2010.

Rest assured I still have a long way to go but that is the goal I have set for myself.

At that point in time I will still continue to go to work in my day job because I love doing what I do on a day to day basis. But at least I will have the freedom to choose.

I want to earn as much as $3k per month. I guess that would satisfy all my needs.