SOME THINGS CANNOT BE UNHEARD
- jgl358
- Jun 9
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 10
You slipped the other day. You shared with me one of your dearest desires: You said: You "Want to Become Independently Wealthy". You said it and I heard it, and I can now not unhear it. And I am willing if you like to help you accomplish that personal goal.
But first we have to establish what road you want to take to get there. I will list the ways that a person particularly in America by design can reach their personal aspirations regarding how they want to live. Remember: America by design at its founding is about attaining the maximum amount of personal freedom, the ability to own personal property and attain your desired level of prosperity to the best of your ability with the least amount of government involved interference in one's life. That is by design.
Let's make a list, how does one accomplish the personal goal you shared with me? There are only four avenues to independent wealth in America or the world for that matter that I am aware of.
One: You inherit your wealth. And while this is very passive and convenient I will assume that this avenue to independent wealth is not likely to occur in your case. Not at the level you desire anyway.
Two: You become a professional gambler and or you win a massive lottery. And knowing you I do not believe you have the professional down and dirty desperate high risk gambler gene. But you might play and win the lottery, however. I will again discount for the most part this avenue to independent wealth just based on the odds. But remember, "You gotta be in it to win it!" :)
Three: You establish a business and provide a service or product that people value and are willing to freely pay for (Capitalism). And I do see that gene in you with all of the activities and projects that you today are involved in, you are very industrious. And I greatly admire that trait in you. There are however certain capital risks, but with risk come rewards. Now we are getting to an avenue to independent wealth that has a realistic potential. You work now and are very good at your current job, but it does not seem to be where you see that avenue to independent wealth exists. It pays your bills, and I know you live a pretty good, comfortable life, but you want more. And that is a natural normal human condition, nothing to be ashamed of. That is where real positive progress happens. You want a better life for you and your wife. And you want extra disposable wealth resources in order to not only live a better life for yourself and your family but to share your good fortune and wealth with others. Admirable! Give without expectation! You are perfectly positioned in America to reach your aspirations. Again, by design.
Four: You steal your wealth; you become a criminal and you in some way take from others what they have amassed for themselves and their family and redistribute it to you. That is not you for sure, you just do not have that crawling in someone's broken basement window gene in you. Or you do something that parallels being a straight out criminal and just subjectively taking what you want and need, you go into politics and become a politically empowered politician in either / any political party. And / or you become one of their dependent minions. Again, I really do not see you living that parasitic and what can become a self-delusional by necessity life.
So now that we have established the only four ways that I know of that someone in America or the world attains personal independent wealth I wait for your response so that we can if you like move ahead and refine your path to personal independent wealth.
(If you are aware of a fifth method to attain your goal to independent wealth please let me know so I can consider it)
Choose one, let me know.
Are You Paying Attention Yet America? JGL 6/9/25

Well, there's always the old-fashioned way of marrying for money, although I admit that there are probably more people who would want to do that than there are millionaires and billionaires, Lol.