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"What the caterpillar calls The End of The World, the master calls a butterfly."        ~Richard Bach

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Tonight is the last night of 2012, supposedly the year the world end, but it didn't. So, with the coming of a new year comes news dreams and new hopes. And these are our dreams and our goals for the upcoming years:

1) To live a joyful and meaningful life.

2) To make a half a million in 3 years (and one million in 5 years).

3) To learn something new and have a little enlightenment everyday.

This blog (and ultimately, this book) will be a record of the lessons we learn,  the thoughts we have, the epiphanies we discover throughout the upcoming 5 years while achieving our goals. Then, we have this additional goal:

4) To share these with everyone, so that everyone can follow, or avoid following, our footsteps to success, as defined by goal #1 and goal #2.

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Most, if not all, existing materials on how to be successful / rich / happy suffer from the same problem - Selection Bias. The authors were already successful / rich / happy when they wrote their methods. They claim that these methods are the reason of their success. How about people who used the exact same methods but failed? Maybe it is not what they wrote, but something else that cause them to be successful? Perhaps, they are simply very lucky?

This blog / book will be unique. It will be written by individuals who are NOT successful / rich (though we are very happy) at this point of time - 31/12/2012. We plan to publish this in 3 years later on the 31/12/2015, no matter what is the outcome.

Life is a mystery. No one knows what future will bring. Isn't it what make life interesting? To know what our destiny in 3 years will be, read on!

Happy New Year!

Clover
31/12/2012

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P.S. About the authors as of 31/12/2012 -

Clover - A software engineer turned proprietary trader, whose job switch resulted in sharp drop in monthly income for most part of 2011 and 2012. Why the switch from engineer to a trader?

Whizzy T - A dreamer who quited his job to pursue a greater purpose and freedom in life. The next Bill Gates, Steve Job? Probably.

Clara - A project manager in a well-known network company, whose dream is to become an entrepreneur and/or marry a rich husband. Will her dreams come true?

P.P.S. Maybe they will tell you the answers to these questions somewhere in this blog/book.