For the Birds - Get Rich Idea #436

I've already mentioned that my friend Zach and I sit around trying to figure out ways to get filthy rich...or at least moderately comfortable.

Anyways, one of our ideas was shot right out of the sky, by our wives. Now both of these women are wonderful, intelligent, and supportive spouses. However, when they heard we wanted to raise white homing pigeons, and rent them out for weddings, they presented a united front of opposition.

My pastor, from the church I grew up in raised these birds on the side, and made a pretty decent income. In fact, his business White Dove Release is now something of a small franchise.

However, as we started listening to our wives reasons for why this business was a bad idea, we began to see it might not be the million dollar dream we had hoped for.

For one, White Dove Release is in L.A. where there are a lot of people, and not a lot of hawks. We live in Small Town, Oregon, where there are a lot of hawks, but not a lot of people. Simply put, dead birds are bad for business.

The nail in the coffin was the fact neither Zach or I wanted to take care of birds, nor did we have a place to put them. All in all, it was good our wives stepped in before we put any money down. Thanks Holly.

Why Do I Need Money?

There are a lot of reasons to want money. Some who look to the Bible for guidance would say that "the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil."

I'm not sure I love money. I haven't ever had enough of it, to really have a strong bond with it (no pun intended). I have seen what happens to people when they become really obsessed with it.

Even people who have a lot of it, don't seem to ever have enough. I think I could have enough. I think I could cap out at...oh lets say 4.3 Billion dollars.

Yeah, I think if I had that much money, then I would feel secure enough to start giving to a few charities. Just as long as I could keep it in the 4 Billion range...that would be just fine.

Get Rich Quick 101

First of all, let me confess to you that I am poor. I lost about 98% of you.

If you are still reading this, it's because you are a hopeless optimist, living the same dream as me and my friend Zach.

Zach and I sit around and spend hours coming up with ideas for how we plan to make millions of dollars. We have had some good ones, and some not so great ones...but in it all, we have bonded.

Maybe you would like to be a part of that bond. That dream to one day be able to walk into our jobs, and say "you're not the boss of me!"