Comments on: The Path to an Audi R8 (Or Anything Else You Want)

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:58:28 +0000

Haha – no not yet. There are a lot more important things to spend money on right now that I’m focusing on, like investments and my son’s education, etc.

One day though..one day!

By: Srdjan - Bloom to Fit

Srdjan - Bloom to Fit — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:22:50 +0000

Did you end up getting the R8??? It’s on my wish list too

By: Marlo

Marlo — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:12:02 +0000

R8 really is an exceptional car, problems is, having those currencies translated into Philppine peso (an average of P50 per dollar), even with that 84 month plan. it turns out that i would need to save around P2948.33 per day. Its just kind of disappointing since you would need to be very lucky to have a monthly pay of 50k or 70k and above here in Philippines and that did not even meet the P88,450 that you would need in view of that 84 month plan. Not to mention that all the tax that would be added.

Any ideas? Want that car so bad.

By: Wesley Craig Green

Wesley Craig Green — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:48:08 +0000

Just like with any goal, it may appear impossible at first until you sit down and break down the steps to achieving it.

Great post, Pat, and best of luck getting that nice ride (I would prefer an Astro Martin, but that’s just me )

Wesley Craig Green

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:59:05 +0000

I don’t want to dwell on the negative (Viktor and Zak), but this quote came to mind…it’s one I try to remember when I feel like life’s beating me down.

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”
(George Bernard Shaw)

By the way Pat, I love your blog. Thanks and keep it up!

By: Amanda@TwinTalk

Amanda@TwinTalk — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:45:57 +0000

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
Henry Ford

This famous quote by Henry Ford means that if you think you can’t achieve your dreams, you won’t. If you think you can, you will.

By: Bronson

Bronson — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:39:43 +0000

It’s funny, I work out things the same way – how much is this costing me per day, how many customers will it take, how many x’s do I have to sell and then the biggie, is it really worth it.

Great reading, please it coming.

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:56:14 +0000

You’re being too hard on yourself, Viktor.

Pat’s talking about developing a system that lets him, one step at a time, reach his financial goals.

The car is not important. It’s just a symbol. My goal, fwiw, is to have more free time.

Ivan

By: Chetz Yusof

Chetz Yusof — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:48:20 +0000

Nice post.

I’m gonna calculate how much I need per day now to move out from my current house! : )

By: Caron Margarete

Caron Margarete — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:55:46 +0000

Hey Pat, I’ve been hiding in the background of your site for a long time, loving to watch how your community grows but since you facebooked about Zak & Viktor I couldn’t help but jump in and tell them to get a life.

If they had taken as much time as they did on replying on actually reading this (& your other content) they’d know you’re not this high & mighty look-at-all-you-down-there kind of guy. You’re real and that’s why you’re appreciated! But those dimwits are too proud to come back here now… surely?!

This particular post is interesting to me actually because I’m already living location independent & travelling but at the same time trying to educate myself and begin a new business. What this post tells me is that you can apply this exact same formula to things other than money, like effort.

It’s all about how you break it down!

Thanks buddy, and congrats on the new addition to your family!