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Ask: What goal are your working towards?

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I have a picture of mountain home I dream of being able to purchase in the future, if all things go well. Strangely enough, that is a core motivation, aside from my drive to be successful and make the world better than I left it. What is your motivation to be successful?

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My prime goal is early retirement. My father and his father both died at 57 so I don't won't to work till I drop :(

Secondary goal is to make sure my kids get a good start in life. This unfortunately conflicts a bit with first goal!

Third goal is to enjoy my day to day work.

So far 2nd & 3rd goals are covered. The first goal was to retire at 50 but that will slip a bit. But I'm hopeful that I will be (semi) retired between 55-60.

A residence on The World. I toured it when it stopped in Vancouver last year. http://aboardtheworld.com/

I've never heard of this before, but it looks amazing! I'm guessing a spot on the boat is $millions/year though, so well out of reach for myself.

Is there a photo of the boat itself?

http://aboardtheworld.com/contact more on Google images if you search The World of Residensea

I have a voodoo doll with a fake 2 million dollar note attached to it - and the doll is stabbed with a flag as well. This is the doll: http://www.voodolls.co.uk/en/art/gordon-moneymaker.php?grp=1...

Professional: Become a coder from my current (largely) non-technical status. Have a game plan of material I want to worth through over the next year to become a (hopefully well versed in the foundations) junior developer.

Personal: Meet a woman I want to spend my life with. Or a bunch of one night stands. Whichever comes first.

My wife and I are planning on leaving the United States and moving to Australia in around 4 years, and right now funding that and getting our daughter excited about the move is our chief goal.

1) Make US$10,000/mo of subscription payments from my ramen-profitable SaaS startup by the end of next year, and 2) meet a lot of women.

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