How does Tim get the Lamborghini TMI figure?

[DaveinHackensack]

I stand corrected -- will they hold off on the fitness book then, or will the launches overlap?

[Marcie]

He said the new book wouldn't be out until spring, here:

http://twitter.com/tferriss/status/2942646758

[DaveinHackensack]

OK, thanks.

[kamakiri]

I need to search the reference (probably won't though), but I do remember Tim specifically saying that the fitness book would be his next book. That does seem to be the one he talks about most lately.

[TimWieneke]

Originally Posted by kamakiri

Look at p16 (2002-2003) Tim mentions he is "making" 40k a month. No reference to sales at all there.

Fast forward to p.40 (last paragraph). All the sudden Tim is making 70k a month. (The book was published in 2006, so 2006 minus 4 years puts that reference some time between 2002-2003). The contradiction is lost on most.

Saying "I was making $xx a month" is not saying you have an income of that amount. That is also a point that is lost on most readers, and the point that I am making.

I know this is an old post but I get it, from a different type of business.

I took myself from negative equity to half a million dollars net worth in the last 2 years. You could say I "made" 21k a month. The reality is that this was all equity and with rental income after expenses I was lucky to have 1k a month left after profits spread across the average of those 2 years.

While they are both true, one of these explanations is much more likely to catch attention, sell a book and impact peoples' mindset, and there's not a thing wrong with that. IMHO, the responsibility is up to the reader to stop thinking like a 9-5 employee.

[kamakiri]

You are totally correct there. The wording that will put those numbers in the best possible light is used.

[ravermagik]

He gets the tmi for the Lamborghini by renting it for a day. You can rent high class car you wish from Lamborghini's to Bmw's. The number is what is would cost per month from them. Everything Tim talks about is a rent lifestyle. no car loans and such.