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  • SmutGiant
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2003
    • 4896

    #1

    If you could go back in time to change...

    something or do something different that would have a more positive impact on your financial life today, what would it be? And why?

    Discuss...
  • LiveDose
    Show Yer Tits!
    • Feb 2002
    • 25792

    #2
    Would have picked up a lot more single word type in domains... That was a modern day gold rush.

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    • kowntafit
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2004
      • 4667

      #3
      Would buy a lotto ticket with the numbers that won.

      This is where my next million is coming from!

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      • nofx
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Nov 2002
        • 16826

        #4
        I would go back in time and punch your mother in the womb when she was pregnant with you so you could not make this thread, then I would hunt down all the other mothers from people that post on GFY and punch them too so I could get all the signups.

        Often times I wonder why
        There's love and hate, theres live or die.
        When sickness comes I must decide:
        When feelings go, theres suicide.

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        • SmutGiant
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2003
          • 4896

          #5
          Originally posted by nofx
          I would go back in time and punch your mother in the womb when she was pregnant with you so you could not make this thread, then I would hunt down all the other mothers from people that post on GFY and punch them too so I could get all the signups.
          If you killed EVERYBODY then there would be noone to make the paysites, that make the programs, that pay you $$ for the signups

          There would be NO SUCH THING as signups dammit!!

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          • Twe Russ
            Confirmed User
            • Jan 2003
            • 3493

            #6
            would have joined the guy above.

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            • Pornopat
              AdultTubeSubmits.com
              • Dec 2003
              • 10598

              #7
              Nothing. I think the bad things were there to be learned from.
              Payment for education.
              https://stripcash.com/sign-up/?userI...fff832eb95ab6a

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              • nofx
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Nov 2002
                • 16826

                #8
                Originally posted by SmutGiant
                If you killed EVERYBODY then there would be noone to make the paysites, that make the programs, that pay you $$ for the signups

                There would be NO SUCH THING as signups dammit!!
                well, i'd just go after the tgpers and spammers mothers then ;]
                i'd leave all the sponsors alone.

                Often times I wonder why
                There's love and hate, theres live or die.
                When sickness comes I must decide:
                When feelings go, theres suicide.

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                • SmutGiant
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 4896

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Pornopat
                  Nothing. I think the bad things were there to be learned from.
                  Payment for education.
                  good point, but at what age do you get to the point where it's time to stop making those mistakes and start planning for the end result?

                  I've surely made lots of HUGE mistakes in a short period of time, including but not limited to gambling, over spending, spending on having fun instead of re investing. One of the hardest things is holding on to money once you have it. I'm one of those people who's either flat broke or has an overloaded bank account. There's no medium lol.

                  So I guess now that I've thought this through a little bit, to clarify what I'm trying to get out of this thread is, if you could go back in time with a small wad of cash what would you do with it then to make your financial situation better now?

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                  • fuzebox
                    making it rain
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 22367

                    #10
                    Would have gotten into this business many, many years sooner.

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                    • SmutGiant
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 4896

                      #11
                      Originally posted by nofx
                      well, i'd just go after the tgpers
                      but then you'd have no tgp's to submit to

                      lol

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                      • SmutGiant
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 4896

                        #12
                        Originally posted by fuzebox
                        Would have gotten into this business many, many years sooner.
                        It's not just about getting into this business sooner. It's about coming in sooner with the right mindset and vision. There are tons of people who got into this business at the start and didn't make a penny. I bet there will be people five years from now saying, "I wish I could have gone back in time only five years, I would have done this!". This industry is so new, we are at the beginning of the internet porn age. Hell, I even think the internet is still at it's infancy. It's been mainstream for what, 10 years? LOTS more fortunes to be made!

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                        • fuzebox
                          making it rain
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 22367

                          #13
                          Originally posted by SmutGiant
                          It's not just about getting into this business sooner. It's about coming in sooner with the right mindset and vision. There are tons of people who got into this business at the start and didn't make a penny. I bet there will be people five years from now saying, "I wish I could have gone back in time only five years, I would have done this!". This industry is so new, we are at the beginning of the internet porn age. Hell, I even think the internet is still at it's infancy. It's been mainstream for what, 10 years? LOTS more fortunes to be made!
                          Optimistic way of looking at it. I feel better now

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                          • SmutGiant
                            Confirmed User
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 4896

                            #14
                            Originally posted by SmutGiant
                            if you could go back in time with a small wad of cash what would you do with it then to make your financial situation better now?
                            savings? stocks? bonds? real estate? google adwords? lol

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                            • Pornopat
                              AdultTubeSubmits.com
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 10598

                              #15
                              Originally posted by SmutGiant
                              good point, but at what age do you get to the point where it's time to stop making those mistakes and start planning for the end result?

                              I've surely made lots of HUGE mistakes in a short period of time, including but not limited to gambling, over spending, spending on having fun instead of re investing. One of the hardest things is holding on to money once you have it. I'm one of those people who's either flat broke or has an overloaded bank account. There's no medium lol.

                              So I guess now that I've thought this through a little bit, to clarify what I'm trying to get out of this thread is, if you could go back in time with a small wad of cash what would you do with it then to make your financial situation better now?
                              Again nothing. The lessons I have learned are far more important then the money I have lost. I have had a biz with 100 employees and I have been bankrupted. If I had never been bankrupted I would have never learned how to have a worst-case-scenario and I would not have appreciated slow raise of income. I would not have learned to put important stuff on paper and I would not have learned that revenge only costs. I could go bank in time and prevent me being bankrupt back then...but I would still have lost the money later on cause I did not have the tools/skills to hold on to the money. So what I am saying here is...go take risks...go fall flat on your face...and then sit back and learn where you went wrong.
                              https://stripcash.com/sign-up/?userI...fff832eb95ab6a

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                              • SmutGiant
                                Confirmed User
                                • Oct 2003
                                • 4896

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Pornopat
                                Again nothing. The lessons I have learned are far more important then the money I have lost. I have had a biz with 100 employees and I have been bankrupted. If I had never been bankrupted I would have never learned how to have a worst-case-scenario and I would not have appreciated slow raise of income. I would not have learned to put important stuff on paper and I would not have learned that revenge only costs. I could go bank in time and prevent me being bankrupt back then...but I would still have lost the money later on cause I did not have the tools/skills to hold on to the money. So what I am saying here is...go take risks...go fall flat on your face...and then sit back and learn where you went wrong.
                                Well said, good advice there thanks for sharing

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                                • nofx
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Nov 2002
                                  • 16826

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Pornopat
                                  go take risks...go fall flat on your face...and then sit back and learn where you went wrong.
                                  great advice ;]

                                  Often times I wonder why
                                  There's love and hate, theres live or die.
                                  When sickness comes I must decide:
                                  When feelings go, theres suicide.

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                                  • Goose
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Mar 2004
                                    • 5725

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Pornopat
                                    Again nothing. The lessons I have learned are far more important then the money I have lost. I have had a biz with 100 employees and I have been bankrupted. If I had never been bankrupted I would have never learned how to have a worst-case-scenario and I would not have appreciated slow raise of income. I would not have learned to put important stuff on paper and I would not have learned that revenge only costs. I could go bank in time and prevent me being bankrupt back then...but I would still have lost the money later on cause I did not have the tools/skills to hold on to the money. So what I am saying here is...go take risks...go fall flat on your face...and then sit back and learn where you went wrong.
                                    very good thought...and so true!
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                                    • SmutGiant
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 4896

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Pornopat
                                      Again nothing. The lessons I have learned are far more important then the money I have lost. I have had a biz with 100 employees and I have been bankrupted. If I had never been bankrupted I would have never learned how to have a worst-case-scenario and I would not have appreciated slow raise of income. I would not have learned to put important stuff on paper and I would not have learned that revenge only costs. I could go bank in time and prevent me being bankrupt back then...but I would still have lost the money later on cause I did not have the tools/skills to hold on to the money. So what I am saying here is...go take risks...go fall flat on your face...and then sit back and learn where you went wrong.
                                      priceless advice.

                                      #waybackplayback.

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                                      • Dankasaur
                                        So Fucking Fossilized
                                        • Sep 2011
                                        • 1432

                                        #20
                                        Epic bump and interesting thread. If I could go back in time, I'd fix the two biggest mistakes I ever made. 1) Not sell a site that was making me $150/day with 35,000 visitors for $2,000 cash because I saw that as better than keeping it and making $3,000+/mo and 2) not have sold exgfs.com for $100 a few days after registering it.

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                                        • brassmonkey
                                          Pay It Forward
                                          • Sep 2005
                                          • 77390

                                          #21
                                          so many things
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                                          • Barry-xlovecam
                                            It's 42
                                            • Jun 2010
                                            • 18083

                                            #22
                                            Study to get a to be a Medical Doctor MD like some of my cousins did ... Oh well ...

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                                            • SmutGiant
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Oct 2003
                                              • 4896

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by dankasaur
                                              2) not have sold exgfs.com for $100 a few days after registering it.
                                              damn!!!!

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                                              • L-Pink
                                                working on my tan
                                                • Mar 2005
                                                • 39151

                                                #24
                                                Not lose half my shit twice in divorce's.

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                                                • kane
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                  • 20684

                                                  #25
                                                  While there are a laundry list of things I could do the main one would be that from 1999-2003ish when making money with galleries and free sites was easy I would work harder. Instead of doing as I did and working part time while fucking off full time, I would bust my ass, start a TGP that I could grow and start a paysite. Work hard promoting my own sites and cash in on them.

                                                  Instead I screwed off a lot and had the attitude that I could make a good living working part time. Obviously that changed.
                                                  Last edited by kane; 07-14-2013, 11:32 AM.

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                                                  • Rochard
                                                    Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                    • Dec 2001
                                                    • 75762

                                                    #26
                                                    When I was a kid I spent too much time trying to buy a better car, and not enough time trying to buy a house.
                                                    Herschel Savage
                                                    Brooklyn, NY

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                                                    • Dankasaur
                                                      So Fucking Fossilized
                                                      • Sep 2011
                                                      • 1432

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by SmutGiant
                                                      damn!!!!
                                                      You live and learn.

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                                                      • SmutGiant
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Oct 2003
                                                        • 4896

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by kane
                                                        While there are a laundry list of things I could do the main one would be that from 1999-2003ish when making money with galleries and free sites was easy I would work harder. Instead of doing as I did and working part time while fucking off full time, I would bust my ass, start a TGP that I could grow and start a paysite. Work hard promote my own sites and cash in on them.

                                                        Instead I screwed off a lot and had the attitude that I could make a good living working part time. Obviously that changed.
                                                        I think about this all the time! The amount of money vs actual work put in back then. In 1999-2003 I think most of my work day consisted of refreshing stats!

                                                        I frequently went an entire month or more without doing any work at all.

                                                        I also think about what Pornopat posted, had I put that extra work in and made that extra money I would have lost it all anyways, as I didn't have the discipline to hold on to it.

                                                        I had no concept of the true value of a dollar. Never had a job before I started making money online, and once I fell off the gravy train and actually started working for money it hit me pretty hard.

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                                                        • SmutGiant
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2003
                                                          • 4896

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by L-Pink
                                                          Not lose half my shit twice in divorce's.
                                                          I can handle anything like a G, but when it comes to women, I'm at a loss for words brother.

                                                          I think it's pretty accurate to say women/relationships are my biggest fear at this point in my life.

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