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Today, I want to share with you
some words of wisdom that were
passed down to me several
years ago.

It has to do with using a strategic
“F-YOU” battleplan to finally get
you out of the ratrace (like it
did for me).

Wait… don’t be offended so
quickly until you read what
this is all about.

The information below could finally help you to get out of the rat race (like it did for me). Most of the emails that you receive every day are filled with the latest strategies to make you more money online, get more traffic, help you create a killer product, etc.

Yes, these are all important pieces of the puzzle when building your online business.

However, what few people ever talk about is how to move things to the next level.

Ok, let me set the stage here…

I know that the majority of my subscribers (perhaps including you) are still working a  9-to-5 job.

Yes, it sucks.

I have been there too.

Most of you are probably dabbling in various projects like Pay-Per-Click ads, affiliate marketing, building websites for AdSense, creating a niche product, etc.

And what will inevitably happen is that something will eventually click. For example, you may hit a home run running Google PPC ads, you may see some steady growth and then focus more of your efforts on what is working.

Before you know it, you are making a few hundred dollars per month.

Sure, nothing to dance in the streets about. BUT… that few hundred dollars can quickly turn into a couple of thousand dollars per month.

Yes, it takes some persistence and some hard effort… but, persistence is usually rewarded.

So, let’s suppose that you are making $2K per month with your online business. Now what?

Should you quit your job?

Hell no.

Can you really support yourself (not to mention your family) on a measly 2 grand per month.

Probably not.

Unless, your “home” can be pulled behind a pick-up truck.

Unfortunately, I have witnessed several people jump the gun and quit their jobs before really having all their ducks in a row.

And in 90% of cases, it ends up the same…

A complete train wreck!

That’s why I want to talk to you today about setting up an “F-YOU” account.

What the heck is an F-YOU account you ask?

Before I revel everything, let me quickly set the stage about how I learned this powerful “job terminator” strategy.

Back in 2001, I attended one of my first Internet Marketing seminars. If you’ve ever been to a seminar, you know how invaluable those late night chats can be.

I was still working a job at the time and took 3 days vacation so I could attend this event.

During the last night of the seminar, I ended up chatting with a few guys from Australia in the hotel lobby (these guys were millionaires, who made a fortune offline).

One of them (Jason Hak was his name if I recall) wanted to smoke a cigar, so the conversation moved outdoors.

We chatted for hours. It was both fascinating and awesome. Funny enough, our discussion was about everything but marketing and business.

We talked about life, leisure, family, travel, surviving bankruptcy, and finance.

This late night chat went on so long that I actually did not go to sleep. I had to leave for the airport at 6:00 AM, so I just packed my suitcase and called a cab (true story, not a marketing fairytale).

Anyway… back to the story.

During our 4 hour (at least) marathon discussion, one point has remained stuck in my mind for the past 6+ years.

It’s about setting up and ”F-YOU account”.

Here’s how it works.

Most of you reading this have aspirations of eventually quitting your job — to spend more time with family, traveling, and doing what you truly love.

The problem is… most of us don’t plan for success. Or, we don’t plan properly for success.

That’s why (starting TODAY) you need to start an F-YOU account.

Go to your local bank and open a new bank account.

Sure, it might cost you an extra $10 per month in service charges. Who cares. Just go and do it.

Starting this week, I want you to put a few dollars aside every week and deposit the funds into this account.

If you get a commission check for $24.18 from ClickBank, go and deposit it into your new bank account.

If you can afford to take $50, $100, $300 or more from every paycheck, go and put that money directly into your new bank account.

What you are doing here is building up a cash reserve.

Your goal?

To stockpile enough funds that equals three months of your current salary.

If you are clearing $3K per month right now, you want to aim for $9K. You get the idea…

It might take you several months to get there, but that’s the whole idea.

YOU NEED TO START DOING THIS NOW.

Why?

The reason is simple.

When that day comes (and you know it will), when you start to make a couple of thousand dollars online, when is the right time to quit your job?

As I mentioned earlier, $2K per month cannot support a typical family.

However, if you have a nice “safety” reserve of $9K, plus your $2K per month online income, doesn’t this give you a bit more confidence to jump into your online business full time?

And that’s why it’s called an F-YOU account.

This is your way to plan ahead, so that someday you can say “F-YOU” to your boss and “F-YOU” to that crappy job that you loathe, zaps your energy and robs you of the majority of your waking hours (including precious time spent away from your family).

This is EXACTLY what I did.

When I quit my job back in 2002, I was ready. I was financially prepared. My online business was making steady money… and I knew I could do more.

Once I started to devote 100% of my efforts to my online business (instead of a few hours per night at 12 in the morning), the progress was immediate.

Yes, it was stressful (even downright scary). Even though I had an F-YOU account, I fought like hell to grow my business and survive.

I could not, WOULD NOT, let my family down. I had to succeed. They deserved it as much as I did. PLUS, I was not going back to that hell-hole of a job. They would have to drag me back kicking and screaming — and NOT without a fight!

But, worse case scenario… if everything failed, I would surely know it with 60 days.

At that point, I could start looking for another job to avoid living off credit cards, lines of credit, loans from Dad, etc. (all of which is a bad thing to do).

What is the next step?

Once you are self employed full-time, your business is growing and cashflow is steady, then…

Say F-YOU to your bank.

Pays those damn loans off.

Say F-YOU to Visa, MC, Amex. Pay those cards off – you don’t need to be paying them 18% interest per month.

Say F-YOU to your mortgage. Get that thing paid down as fast as you can.

You see, the F-YOU attitude is helpful throughout your lifecycle as an online entrepreneur.

Having your own business is all about freedom (lifestyle freedom, employment freedom, financial freedom…).

Having the freedom to do what you want, whenever you want. While also having the control to determine your own destiny.

I hope you have found this information to be of help. Don’t be like most people and forget all about this within the next 3 days.

Put a big note on your desk right now that says, “Start F-YOU account”.

Your colleagues will have no idea what this means.

And, all the while, you’ll be the one laughing each new day as you prepare for that glorious moment when you walk into the boss’s office and say those magic two words:

I QUIT!

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