When I started Millionaire Before 20,
Let it be this very newsletter; my YouTube; or my X account
I made it sound like everything was about money.
MONEYYYYYYY.
The goal.
The dream.
The big, bold headline;
“I’ll make a million before I turn twenty.”
And everyone believed me.
I believed me too.
But uhm.. sorry to say
I kinda lied to you..
okay okay hold on..
It wasn’t on purpose.
It’s just that, back then, I didn’t know what I was really chasing.
At first, it was all about the grind.
Work harder.
Sleep less.
Do more.
But as I got deeper into this whole thing;
Scrolling through X,
Posting my thoughts,
Meeting people way (10x way) smarter than me, building stuff, failing, fixing,
It started to shift.
I started to notice something weird;
The moments that actually made me happy weren’t when I hit some random milestone.
honestly;
I never even had second thoughts about any stuff like;
Hitting 150+ subs in newsletter;
150+ followers;
50+ subs in YouTube
but; something that always kept going on my head were moments like;
“brooo.. u got this”
“aeyyy; i like ur authenticity kid”
“u just motivated the hell out of me”
“man.. this comment made my day”
These moments..
Basically, when i was;
Interacting.
Connecting.
Learning.
These were the ones where I was “happy”
The money was just a disguise.
It made the journey sound cool.
(yeah yeah ULTRA COOL)
But what I was and am actually after is the skills, the process, and the people.
I started everything because of this so called “millionaire” goal.
But along the way, the things I have learnt, the people I have met, and on the whole, my trajectory on myself…
That’s what I came for
And now it aint
“Get rich”
but it’s
“Get better”
I don’t know when (or if) I’ll actually hit that million.
But what I do know is that I’m building something more valuable than money right now;
ME.
Because, a job, client, income stream…
All these can be gone in minutes.
But… if you’ve built yourself..
You can start over 100 times..
And that’s the real game.
So yeah, maybe I lied.
But.. uhm..
It’s a good lie.
The kind that pushes you to begin.
Because if I told you from day one that
“This journey isn’t about money, it’s about growth,”
You probably wouldn’t have listened.
Neither would I.
But now?
Now I get it.
The real goal isn’t to make a million.
It’s to become the kind of person who can.
So yeah..
Don’t focus on the “numbers”
Just enjoy the process.
Build friendships.
Build yourself.
Catch ya soon,
Kanishkha
Until then,
take care :)