A Never Ending Money Making Mission, The American Way

1. Soap Opera 2
Jan Bak

3. Circulation
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4. How Did We Get Here?
Too many folks wanted money,
but didn’t want to work for it
How many times do I have to
tell you that greed ain’t good!?!

5. Make America Great Again?
I. These euphemisms are killing me
II. When did America stop being great is the
question I’m asking?
III. The same people who caused the financial
crisis now want to profit by repairing the
damage they created – Only in America!

6. Let The Dollar Circulate
A. We want to make some money
B. Then we want to make
some MORE money
C.And finally we want to make
even a little bit more

7. You Call It Greed, I Call It Need
1. After all that we did,
this is how they try to play us…
2. I got to make it to Heaven,
for going through Hell

8. The Finale
oGet your mind right
oFollow your heart
oBe accountable for your own life
oLive out your dreams

10. I mean he was cool and all,
but I’m not about to be all like
“Let me tell you: The 80’s…that
was the REAL America!”
Unless you were actually alive
in the 80’s, it’s just foolish talk
Poverty Is Not Really
Poverty, It Just Needs
To Be Redefined To
Make Us Look Better

11. ‘Poor’ people
This Is What They All Miss?? –
LOL, the “Good ‘Ol Glory Days”
‘Less poor people’
who think they are rich
The political families

12. Shout out that
legendary
player, William
Clinton - He was
and still is quick
to smoke fools
who try to be
crabs in the
bucket
FOR REAL THOUGH,
I’M QUITE HAPPY TO
SEE TODAY

13. Contractual Obligations
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14. Back in the day,
you could just
chill and play
Now you have to
fight cases and
collect Franklin faces
“Damn, a player don’t want no trouble,
I just wanna kick off my loafers and
watch my little girl blow bubbles”

15. Just when you think you have it figured out –
Bam! Here comes something out of left field
• All that money to pay off loans
went to paying the rent
• All the money saved for retirement
had to go to top notch lawyers
• All the cash for a nice vacation turned
into business operating expenses

16. I wouldn’t have it any other way though
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Past Present Future
Success Comes At A Major Price
Free Time Free Cash Flow

17. Don’t believe people when they tell you that
it is “Hard” – It’s REALLY DAMN HARD!
GoalLived ItBuilt It
Dreamed
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25. Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Solid movies to
watch with a diva
 The Godfather
 Scarface
 Casino
A Heavy Night
Fireworks

26. Other nice Polish
vodkas include
 Belvedere
 Sobieski
 Debowa
Taste The
Potatoes

27. Seems
awesome,
but just meh
The most
points here
You done
messed up
Life Is Like A Game Of Darts…

28. Consumption
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32. Mar 26th 2016
Interlude (1/2)
The British are commenting! The British are commenting!

33. Interlude (2/2)
Things got crazy
Q1 2014

34. But consumption doesn’t make “people” happy

35. Consuming MORE than the Joneses makes “people” happy

36. Well,
MY church
is bigger than
YOUR church!

37. Central Mental
Nobody is ever temperamental, it’s
always ‘the other guy’ who is crazy

38. All the money in the world means
nothing when you don’t keep your word
What Was Promised What Was Delivered

39. The oldest excuse
in the world:
“No money”
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 $$$
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43. That’s your first mistake
Trusting a greedy person…

44. The ‘Good Guys’
-They present quite the facade
-Deep down only care about money
The ‘Bad Guys’
-Extremely likable at first take
-Very sensitive beneath the mask
The ‘Other Guys’
-The only hope
That was quite the
sweeping generalization,
but even fools are right
from time to time
“Hi! I’m wearing a suit”
“I don’t take public transit…”
A salesman told me to never trust salesmen

45. Often in life, the people
who have it the best
complain the most
When the ‘delicate
genius’ gets upset, it
means you are on to
something
Breakdown
of life
experience
The
“Privileged
Kids”
The “Poor
Kids”
Good 82% 9%
Bad 16% 55%
Ugly 2% 36%
The good, the bad, the ugly

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Nothing For Free

47. People talk about this,
people talk about that
•Doesn’t that reflect more
on the baby boomers?
Spoiled
•Raising youth is a two-way street
Nuisances
•Can’t deal with them,
can’t deal without them
Undeniable
Ways to
describe
millennials

48. I read somewhere that millennials
don’t want to pay for things
When was the
last time you got
something good
for free?

49. $Free.99
But the
opportunity cost
is really high

50. BY: JAN BAK
In A Lifetime

51. Some Men Think It’s All About
Having Your Money Good
Some Men Think It’s All About
How Good You Talk
A
B

52. Does she like you?
Does she think you’re funny?
Can she trust you with her
secrets?
Is she excited to see you
when you come home?
“Who Needs Money,
When You Can Make A Woman Laugh”
A

53. Does she compare you to
her rich father?
Does she talk about all the
things she wants to buy?
Is she more interested in
your career than you?
Does she work hard?
“I Done Made Myself A Millionaire, By Myself –
Now Things Changed, I Can Hire Some Help”
B

54. But You Got To Have Both!

55. Jan Bak
23 – 33

56. I used to live Jordan
But now I’m livin’ Pippen

57. Jordan Year
23
Pippen Year
33

58. Sometimes shoot fast, sometimes dribble slow…
Just run up the score (23) and defend (33)
to keep the others low
Credits – Debits Profits – Losses Earnings – Learnings
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59. Think it’s big ballin’ to make profitable transactions in
different area codes, until you realize the amnesia that
comes from stretching across 24Eleven™ time zones
From Bentonville, AR to
Port Arthur, TX: The
Reverse Longitudinal Path
From Death Valley to
Mount McKinley:
Elevation &
Thermodynamics 1st Law
From The 213 to The 312:
The ~23,000 Mile Long Way

60. We can talk Trump talk (RE, S, B)
or we can handle Obama business (D, SF, CP)
Real Estate Stocks
Rents Dividends
Bonds
Coupons
Diplomacy Special Forces
Trade Safety
Constitutional
Liberty
Psalms

61. I used to live Jordan
But now I’m livin’ Pippen
I told ‘em…

63. Sosa Marvin Gaye, hop out like “Let’s Get It On”