Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:07 AM PDT

I get asked a surprising amount what items I have on my bucket list and what items I have already crossed off. For those who don't know a bucket list is all the items you want to do before you die (or kick the bucket).

This is by no means a complete list but its what I thought of off the top of my head.

Buy A Baseball team – I have always been a huge baseball fan. I guess probably cause its the one sport that I played more than any other. Baseball teams really can’t lose money with revenue sharing. When I lived in Moline, IL (309 represent) I was a HUGE Chicago Cubs fan but after migrating west, married, and having 2 kids I am just happy when I have time to watch any game at all.

Knighted by the Queen of England – Ya I know… I have to be a citizen of the UK to be knighted. I could always get dual citizenship. Or would that count? Sir ShoeMoney has such a nice ring to it.

Receive an honorary doctorate by a college – My wife is a real MD who earned it through many years of college. We have an on going debate about whether I could use the title of Doctor if given an honorary PHD from a university. All doctors say no everyone else says yes. Much like with getting knighted either I deserve it or not… but that's up to the university right?

Join the Mile High Club – This is probably the easiest one to cross of the list. I could just get a ride on a private plane and do the deed with my wife. Or would that be cheating? Who cares it counts. But here is a question. What constitutes joining the Mile High Club? Just the tip? Or full consummation? It seems to be about 50/50 between people I have asked so far.

Retirement – Hah ya its on my list. Retirement sounds awesome. I don't think it will ever happen though. My work is not only my career, it's my hobby…

L.A. Movie Premier & Awards Show – I have always wanted to go to the Oscars or a high profile Movie Premier in Los Angeles.

Walk both my daughters down the isle – ya I know it's corny but I have known too many friends who fathers passed away to early and they missed their daughter's weddings… It goes for grandkids too… but hopefully that is a WAYS down the road.

Presidential award for technology – Most people probably don't even know this exists… and I would not either except that ShoeMoney Media Group, INC was eBay's nominee in 2007 for our AuctionAds product. We were one of 5 nominees but lost to Mark Zuckerberg for this stupid thing he made that went nowhere called Facebook.

Write a book – I have been working on the ShoeMoney playbook…. For uh… 5 years now. I keep updating it as my thoughts keep changing as my education and experience in the industry keeps improving.

Take a year and travel the world – Sadly I have never been outside of North America. I would love to take a full year to travel the world with my wife. There is so many things I want to experience in person. This is realistically not going to be a possibility for at least 15 years until both my children are out of the house. Geez I will be 52 years old…

Things on bucket list that have been crossed off:

Get married
Have kids
Sell a company
Meet Paris Hilton (just joking… well I did meet her but it wasn't on the bucket list).
Go to a UFC fight and sit ringside
Make a million dollars in gross revenue in 1 year.
Have 10 million dollars in net worth