After recently coming back from Las Vegas to Michigan, I’ve decided to stay. I just recently made this big decision to make Michigan my home once again. I’ve always planned to move to Manhattan, NYC next, and I still do, but I’ve now decided to defer that move and stay here in Michigan for at least the next year or two. So I am now going to be living fulltime again in the city where I was born and raised. If you know me well, then you know that this is a big decision that is very contradictory to my traditional mindset towards living in here in Michigan. I normally hated living here primarily because of the cold weather & lack of significance. Now, I love the thought of living here! So, why the change of heart?

The decision to live here in Michigan again was one that happened in less than a second, just like my decision to skip college. The vision of living a certain lifestyle here in Michigan just popped into my head recently out of thin air. I knew that my mind was completely made up the moment that I had this vision and that I was staying put here in Michigan for the next year or two before moving to New York City to establish my world business headquarters. However, it felt kind of strange for a while since I didn’t have the full logic for this decision and was operating on a lot of intuition at the time. I just knew that the vision superseded my other current ones for lifestyle in the next year or two and integrated extremely well with my goals of achievement. This lifestyle vision is what makes me love the town I once hated.

After thinking about this decision on and off for another week or so, I discovered the logic for why I wanted and am going to be living here in Michigan for at least the next year or two. So the reason why I am going to live here in Michigan for the next year or two and not a big city comes down to the two following primary reasons…

1) Michigan is insignificant. I grew up here and have seen everything around here worth seeing. It is not a major hotspot like all of the places I wanted to be in. It is dumb, boring, old, and ugly. This is the perfect combination of characteristics that I am looking for! I thought it was crazy too until I figured this out… I missed my millionaire goal in both 2006 & 2007. I’ve been too focused on achieving bigger feats and too bound by my four major constraints at the same time. So I figured out that living in a big city only drives me to want to produce nothing less than extreme results but doesn’t change my constraints. That mindset without further resources and/or leverage causes me to spin my wheels and not produce near as much as I should be. Therefore, being in the one place that is the complete opposite, where I grew up in Michigan, is the best place right now for maintaining an effective mindset for becoming a millionaire. Michigan is dull, so I find becoming a millionaire exciting enough while I’m here. In a big hotspot, it isn’t usually isn’t enough for the mindset I am in there. With my current constraints, I’m not going to make good on the extreme goals right now. This is why I’ve decided to first focus on passing a net worth of one million and customize my environment to doing just that. Right now, that means living in the dull city that I grew up in, here in Michigan.

2) I’ve never really taken full consistent ownership of my lifestyle in the way I would like to. I’ve done a lot of fun things with some fun people, but I haven’t created a completely custom lifestyle to as deep of a level that I know I can at this position in my life. This is what the vision I had for living in Michigan really captured for me. To achieve this lifestyle while living here in Michigan throughout the next year or two, I will need to acquire some more notable resources in order to pull it off. Otherwise, my lifestyle fulfillment will probably remain near past levels. The core resources that I will need to acquire are another few hundred thousand dollars in cash and a certain number and type of people to consistently keep company with in my life here. The purpose of this custom lifestyle is to produce a huge amount of happiness & momentum, and a custom tailored mindset for achievement so I can efficiently & effortlessly transition into the next major chapter of my life in Manhattan, NYC after Michigan. What best causes these awesome feelings and effects within me is when I experience feelings of ample significance + connection within my life. This lifestyle will cause me to feel that to a large degree once I am living it here in Michigan. First, I need to build up those specific base resources of more money & people. The reason Michigan is tied into this is primarily due to the cost of lifestyle. I could and would do all of this in a major hotspot if I had ample funds to do so. However, it might cost 10X as much in a hotspot to produce the same effects. My current strategies have a lot of leverage in them for quickly generating this few hundred thousand dollars that I need. I’m extremely excited to build this deeply customized lifestyle here in Michigan with loads of significance + connection in it!

So there it is! I’m back in the city I grew up in and I am staying put for the next one to two years as long something extremely significant doesn’t come into my life during this time. Once I become a in a super powerful financial position and feel that it is the right time, I’ll make the move to Manhattan, NYC to establish my world business headquarters. In the meantime, I will become a big fish in a small pond and totally dominate the scene here in Michigan. This should help create some awesome content for my website!

I’ve always had the obsession of asking “Why?, Why?, Why?” to everything, especially important parts of my life. As a result, I deeply understand myself as well as many other things very well. You know I’m also obsessed with achievement in my life. Throughout the past couple years, while focusing on becoming a millionaire and transitioning into asset acquisitions, I haven’t yet had the success that I’ve wanted. So I’ve been asking why that has been for just as long. I’ve known about all of my constraints and the factors that are driving my success throughout this entire timeframe. However, it wasn’t until the middle of this year (2007) that I really figured out the major constraints and their relationships that are holding me back.

Here are my four major achievement constraints…

Internal – Within my own self.

External – Outside of my self.

Now it is not that I am completely lacking in these resources. Instead, I’m only lacking relative to the ambitious goals that I am attempting to achieve. When your goals are big, your resources & leverage have got to match or else the odds of succeeding in the assumed timeframe will go down. This is what my position is and what has held me back throughout recent months.

All of these four constraints (confidence, diligence, capital, and people) are clearly the top resources that are holding me back from producing massive short-term results. If I had to put a hierarchy of their individual impact on my success, I’d rank them like this (from highest impact to lowest impact)…

Does that mean that I should deal with all of them in that order and proceed to achieve more as I improve these factors? Not so fast. As a strategist, I know the obvious solutions aren’t always the best. When it comes to finding the right strategy that will efficiently propel me beyond these constraints and achieve at least one million dollars in net worth as well as put me in the position of fully executing & operating my buyout firm, Watkins Capital, in Manhattan, NYC, I have many options. But I believe that I’ve found one that clearly stands above the rest that I can see. But first, let me teach you a bit about the dynamics of these achievement constraints in my life.

Obviously the quantity and quality of the resources one has at their disposal to leverage for results is important. I could efficiently hit my goals with very little resources of the right powerful nature. I could also efficiently succeed with many resources of a poor quality nature. So the key is to find the right mix of quantity & quality of resources that is easily acquired and will predictably & efficiently yield the goal. I’ve looked for game changing combinations for myself that would produce the result and the few that would work within these four constraints are an extreme amount of confidence, high six to seven figures of capital with good terms, or high quality people with some working capital. With just one of those positions, I’d efficiently turn that into the end result for myself in a matter of months.

In those strategies for getting the result, I am dealing with some of my major constraints while circumventing others. Another solution could be to circumvent all of my major constraints all together and invent a strategy that will predictably get the result with my current framework of resources. With this strategy, I don’t have to spend any extra time acquiring new resources because the strategy is fit to work from what I’ve got. The problem throughout the past has been that my strategies haven’t had enough leverage in them to yield success with my current framework of resources. However, overall, the key focus for whatever strategy I use needs to be predictably getting the end results within the shortest timeframe.

Well, I recently came upon a modification of a previous strategy that I believe will efficiently get me the result I want. Remember, that result is a net worth of one million dollars as well as being execute & operate my buyout firm, Watkins Capital, in Manhattan, NYC. The primary strategy that I have chosen to pursue is my previous entrepreneurship business that I developed earlier this year. However, I found a new spin that I’m putting on it that will increase the predictability of ample fast profits even further. One of the biggest reasons that it now accomplishes this is that I’ve lowered the complexity & operating costs of the whole business system by a large multiple. It is going to take some redevelopment to go live again with this venture but it is so worth it. I plan to go live with it in Q1 of 2008. So how will it achieve my goals? It is a pure play on capital resources where I will build up my personal net worth through entrepreneurship before fully transitioning into asset acquisitions as my primary income profile that I am earning from. The bet is that it will efficiently make me at least a millionaire and allow me to execute my buyout firm, Watkins Capital, by hiring key employees and establishing expensive legal infrastructure.

So to recap, I’ve been limited by my four major constraints of confidence, diligence, capital, and people, where my goals have been too big for my strategies to efficiently achieve success, considering my current levels of these resources. My goals are to efficiently achieve at least one million dollars in net worth as well as put me in the position of fully executing & operating my buyout firm, Watkins Capital, in Manhattan, NYC. As a result of recent strategizing, I’ve found a new angle on an entrepreneurship business that I developed earlier this year that will add a lot of leverage to it. With this added leverage, I believe it will directly yield me a million dollar net worth and allow me to pursue buyouts full time with a killer team. This strategy virtually circumvents my four major constraints and gives me the leverage necessary to succeed with my current balance sheet of resources.

It has been the number one question asked of me by my fans and even my family… What exactly do you do Brian?

Within working to massively change the world, I am a Wealth Builder.

It has always been clear to me but it has been seemingly cryptic to others, including entrepreneurs. I think the main reasons are that I focus a lot on my personal life, not only on my business life here on my website and also that I’ve invented a completely new wealth creation philosophy I named Wealth Building that I am following. I am not following normal paths such as self-employed business, entrepreneurship, and traditional investing, which are what most people understand beyond being an employee.

By my own technical definition of Wealth Building, I am not a Wealth Builder yet. However, relative to my own personal identity, I am a Wealth Builder. Wealth Building is the absolute best way to amass extreme financial profits that I’ve ever seen. It takes a large infrastructure for influence to even begin operating as a true Wealth Builder. I hope to begin playing on this level that I invented sometime in my twenties.

What I am actually doing right now is asset acquisitions. This is a method of investing with a specific character of profit model. I redefined this as well and separated it out from traditional investing. To sum it up, the primary focus is on making substantial profits upfront when you do the deal. I am primarily focusing on business acquisitions and I believe I will be until I am truly able to become a Wealth Builder. For this major venture, I have titled myself the Buyout Rookie and am sharing every step of my journey through high finance with you at buyoutrookie.com. I am building a massive amount of leverage through my buyout firm, Watkins Capital Corporation, to do several midsize buyouts.

So the accurate hierarchy of what I do in my career of life is…

Changing The World

Wealth Building

Business Acquisitions

I recently upgraded my mobile computing technology a couple months ago from a laptop tablet pc to the revolutionary OQO handtop computer. What is so significant about this computer? It is the world’s smallest Windows XP computer! The OQO is the first of a new class of personal computers called “handtops”. We’ve gone from desktops to laptops to handtops. The OQO is a full Windows XP computer that fits comfortably in a pocket. It is very stylish too! Although I haven’t seen it, this OQO handtop computer is supposedly used in the movie Mission Impossible 3.I have always dreamed of having a full Windows OS computer everywhere I go, 24/7. With the revolution of handtop computers, it is now a reality! Wherever I go now I have full access to all of my programs and data! Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, QuickBooks, Music, Videos, Instant Messenger, Email, RSS Feeds, all comfortably in my pocket at every point in time.

What about PDAs? (Personal Digital Assistants) They flat out don’t compare! They are not a full Windows computer. Handtop computers are! The OQO replaces a full desktop or laptop computer and is just a little bigger than a PDA.

What about UMPCs? (Ultra Mobile Personal Computers) These are a new type of computer that is similar to handtops except that they are larger and weigh more. This makes it too painful to keep them in a pocket and have them with you at all points in time.

Isn’t it really slow though? I was surprised with the performance of the OQO handtop computer. It runs many applications very well. It is not meant for high-end creative applications or demanding gaming but it does do very well otherwise.

How is the battery life? I get about 2-3 hours with the standard battery and 4-6 hours with the dual capacity battery, all depending on what I’m doing while using it.

What about damage to the screen? I put a thin plastic protector over the screen. I also turn the screen towards my leg inside my front pocket, that way if something hits it then the screen shouldn’t get damaged. I’m not that careful with it and so far I haven’t had any problems. It is built very well.

Here are the specs of the OQO Model 01+

- OS: Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- 1GHz Transmeta Crusoe Processor
- 30GB Hard Drive
- 512MB DDR Memory
- 802.11b and Bluetooth Wireless
- USB, Firewire, Microphone, Speaker, Headphone Jack, Digital Pen
- 800 x 480 W-VGA 5″ Transflective Display
- Dimensions: 4.9″ x 3.4″ x 0.9″
- Weight: 14 ounces

This is a great tool to have as a Wealth Builder. It allows me to work and retrieve information from anywhere. Productivity is increased a lot due to owning a handtop computer. I like to consistently change up my environment and work from many different places. Las Vegas definitely has a lot of nice places to work from!

Here is a picture!

I believe that most people will carry something like a handtop computer everywhere at some point. Right now they are primarily marketed to corporations. It will take changes such as lower prices, better mobile internet connectivity, and a major shift to voip. At that point it will be painful for most people not to own a handtop computer.

The OQO handtop is a major component of a full mobile office solution I was going to put together. However, I decided to hold off a little while on building it. Once I complete that, I will do a full write-up and show you the extreme leverage in it!

See oqo.com for more information on this handtop computer of mine.

From early on, back in 2004, I was disappointed that brianwatkins.com was taken. I had to settle with brianwatkins.net. Earlier this year, I was planning to make an offer to the old owner to buy the domain from him. I noticed that his expiration date was coming up soon so I decided to hold off on making the offer for the chance that he might not renew it. That strategy paid off for me! He did not renew the domain name and I was able to scoop it up! There were a few bidders along with myself who tried to capture the domain name in an auction. I guess I wanted it the most…or maybe just had the most money to throw at it. I recently acquired brianwatkins.com for a measly $325. This may sound expensive for a domain name to some but compare that to my budget of five thousand dollars I would have been willing to pay the previous owner for brianwatkins.com this year. Yes, I do take my personal brand very seriously! I bet the other Brian Watkins who previously owned brianwatkins.com is kicking himself right now for letting this domain go.

Now I have to work on transferring my entire website over from brianwatkins.net to brianwatkins.com. Those of you with brianwatkins.net bookmarks and rss feed subscriptions will have to be sure to update those when I make the switch.

It is safe to say that the rightful Brian Watkins is now in possession of brianwatkins.com!

Today, June 1st 2006, marks the official public release of my MySpace profile. Every young person seems to be on MySpace today. There are over 80 million people currently signed up. It is by far the largest social networking site on the internet. Five years ago it was all about exchanging AOL screen names so you could chat online with people you meet. Now people are asking whether or not you are on MySpace. Online social networking is the latest mass trend in internet evolution. It is very Web 2.0! Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made by internet entrepreneurs from online social networking.

So why did I hop on the MySpace bandwagon and why so late? I’ve never been a fan of the average messy MySpace profile and the standard layout didn’t excite me either. A few months ago I learned that you can use a css hack to overlay a div above the standard MySpace template. I then played with it for a bit and came up with the basics of a clean design that represented my personal brand much better. I finally sat down and hammered out the code the past week. It took a lot of hacking and tweaking to make things work across major browsers. Now that I’ve alienated most of you, the main reason I joined MySpace is so I could share myself with more people. My main personal content/info home will always be my personal website. I’ve put a good amount of effort into this website and always will, so MySpace is a way for me to spread the word. I’m not really into using MySpace for a main way to connect with people like some are.

So go check out my brand new MySpace profile. It’s not like most!

ExtremeEntrepreneur.com

Feel free to add me as a friend on MySpace too!

10 packages were delivered to me today. I received over 100 audio books in the mail! Yes, I did order them. More are on there way too! I decided to take time out each day to learn more. I know a lot already but you know me, I’m never satisfied!

I decided to go with audio books for the convenience and ease of consumption. I would be able to expose myself to as much information in the same amount of time if I read books. I also am a slow reader and it gets painful to read for hours a day.

The main subjects of the books I ordered are business/investing & personal development/psychology. I plan to take time out each day to listen to books in a focused manner as well as have them playing in the background while I am working throughout the day. So I am currently heavily invested in audio books!

Check out the picture of all of them spread out on my bed!

I’ve been consciously observing human psychology for a long long time. I’ve always looked for what has impact with people in social situations. One thing that I see present in most of the situations where people are able to have the influence they want on others is confidence.

I’m not talking about the internal confidence of belief. I am talking about the external portrayal of confidence. Although a lot of times this external confidence can be increased by having internal belief in the probability of something. External confidence is portrayed through many different things such as body language, character of voice, the words you use, the clothes you wear, etc. Though, the effect is all relative to the other person’s judgment.

I’ve read before that if you can communicate a point of view with more certainty than others have for a differing point of view then they will lean towards yours even if it is further from the truth. I’ve found this to be true in my life.

I find that confidence is a major key for having influence on others. People seem to be attracted to it and they seem to give into the wishes of others with adequate confidence more often. I simply see it as a major key to unlocking results with people.

What is the difference between happiness and fulfillment? The relationship of these two words is something that has always bothered me. Many people say they want to be happy. Many people say they want to be fulfilled. What is the difference and how do they relate?

Dictionary Definitions

Happiness – A state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

Fulfillment – A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires.

With those definitions here is how I see happiness and fulfillment relating…

I see happiness as a scale of an emotional state and fulfillment being the point on a person’s happiness scale where they feel satisfaction.

So how does my personal goal relate to this? My goal is to one day be consistently extremely happy. If my ultimate happiness potential is a 10 without dying then this may mean that I want to be at an 8 on a consistent basis. By my extreme standards, a consistent 8 is very hard to do. My fulfillment point right now is probably a 4. On a scale from 1-10, I would rate myself a 1 in consistent happiness right now. That sounds low but it is not relative to most people! It is hard for me to even feel sad at all at an overall 1. I would rate the average overall happy person a .10 from what I can see. Told you I have extreme standards!

Variables are always changing though, so a person’s happiness/sadness level and fulfillment point can change even if the person’s life remains the same. This could be caused by a conscious or unconscious shift within the mind. Just by achieving the fulfillment point and being there for a little while can cause this type of shift and change the person’s whole equation.

This model seems to hold true on an absolute scale of a person’s life as well as relative to specifics within it.

Man do I love passion! I am a very passionate person. I really really am. I’m working on letting it out a lot more. I have an above average amount of passion for several things in life. I am passionate about several intellectual things as well as experiencing positive emotions and reaching my highest personal potential. You can sum it up by saying that I have a passion for life!I love it when others around me have a lot of passion. I find interest in many things but especially have interest when the level of passion is high. Can’t passion fuel hate? Yes it can and that can be interesting as well. For instance, I hate when people do not have integrity. Passion is something that fuels life and attracts. I simply love it and someday you may see my passion at full tilt. You might even get scared.