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This article will be short, but it may be the best thing you read this year. Think about it before you go further in your quest for internet riches.

So you want to make a million dollars on the internet? Fine. But I do have a question for you that you’ll need to answer first.

Why?

Why $1 million? Why not $850,000 or $600,000 or even $2 million? Why do you want to make $1 million? Is it a magical number that will give you happiness? Is it the figure you’ve always dreamed of earning? Why $1 million?

Answering that question is important because it deals with motivation. For instance, if you only earned $100,000, would that be enough? If you only earned $52,000 – $1000 for each week of the year, would that be enough? What is your motivation for earning $1 million?

The eccentric oil mogul billionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked, “how much money is enough for you?”

His response is chilling. Remember he was a billionaire when there were very few in the entire world.

“A little more,” said Getty.

For billionaire J. Paul Getty, having his billions wasn’t enough; he wanted more.

You want to retire. Fine. Then what?

You want to travel. Fine. Then what?

You want to spend tons of time with your kids. Fine. What will you say when they ask you what you do for a living because their friends have asked them?

You want to do what you want. Fine. Look, though, at our brilliant examples of wealth and fame in Hollywood. Look at their lives, their marriages, their relationships. How many of them are genuinely happy? 90%? Highly unlikely. 50%? Doubtful. I’m guessing – and it’s only based on what I see and hear from that part of the country – the figure is closer to 20% if that. Twenty percent of those who have wealthy out there are happy and satisfied. Even if the number is closer to 50%, which I don’t believe for a second it is, that’s still a high number of dissatisfied millionaires.

Or perhaps you just want to be satisfied. Fine. No arguments here. But let me ask you this, are you satisfied with your life at $30,000 or $50,000 a year? If not, why not?

So, again, why do you want to make $1 million? Answering that question – stepping back and seriously addressing it – could unlock mysteries hidden deep within. It could save you time and emotional energy, and probably $47 each time you purchase a new program that will usher you into the rank of the $1 million earners.