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Originally posted by Mike AI@Nov 4 2002, 11:48 PM
Menace, quality of life is VERY important - to me the most important thing.
To me this includes spending lots of time with friends and family. To be able to help those around you. To be able to travel and spend lots of quality time with those you love....
Oh NO, I feel an Oprah moment coming on... 
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Quality of life IS everything and it's easy to forget that when things need to be done. I spent the last few years working on my stuff and working for companies owned by assholes and I paid for it. I made a choice to go for the buck and I dearly paid for it. Now I don't do salary only for anyone. If someone has a deal doing something that interests me and also offers commission, I'm there. There isn't any amount of money that will make me do what I did these past two years. I only work as part of a team.
It sucks to build someone's business and then have them turn to you and say, "We can only offer you salary at ****"
I turn down deals all the time. My recent one with Forest because our styles are different and I saw that there was no way it was going to balance. Its bullshit to think you MUST have stress to make money. You don't. I'll live in a tent with a satellite dish before I'll make those sacrifices again.
I liked the direction of adult internet and the concept of partnering with limited commitments. I’m an entrepreneur who enjoys doing several things. I have discipline because I’ve worked in a home office and for myself for years and years. At the same time if I need to take a day off to chill I can. There’s no trade off for that.
I work hard and enjoy making money so I can look after the people I love. I wasn't born with a silver spoon and have family commitments. If I have a few extra 1000 I'm more likely to take my neice, sister and mom on a short trip or shopping. I have a nice house and confortable with a nice retirement package. I drive an old ford pickup so I can do that. I've never been a flashy gal. I'd rather take the money I'd spend on a car payment each month to buy a plane ticket and visit a friend.
But I still have my eye on a 40 foot Sea Ray. Gotta get back to work!