About Me
My name is Nick Murray, I’m 36 years old and live in Hong Kong. I have a wife, Lisa and two beautiful daughters, Hailey (5) and Chloe (2).
February 2010: Over the past 2 years, I have achieved some amazing things. I have lost over 18kg (40lbs), ran my first marathon and completed all three papers of one of the toughest professional exams in the world.
When I set out to achieve each of these three goals simultaneously, I benefited from the support of both my family and peers. Whilst privately they may have had their doubts, they continued to offer their sincere encouragement until I had completed all three.
Confucious said, “What the superior man seeks is within himself, what the ordinary man seeks is in others.”
I have been pondering over this statement a lot recently in the vacuum created after I achieved the above. I recognise that with few exceptions, I have been able to achieve anything that I have truly desired to. However, there has been something that I had really wanted to achieve for a long time, but up until now I had not built a sufficient desire to go after it.
For many years now, I have been fortunate to have been earning a multiple six figure income. Whilst I appreciate that this is already “a lot” of money by many peoples standards, I have come to the realisation that it is but a fraction of the multiple millions of dollars in value that I have consistently created for my employers. The compensation that I receive is sufficient enough to afford me a lifestyle that few people are fortunate enough to enjoy. However, it is a double edged sword in that the consistency of a monthly salary has been my greatest restraint in unlocking the potential that I know to be inside me.
Now I’m about to start my biggest challenge yet. In a couple of weeks I will be voluntarily cutting the cord with my employer and giving up my substantial regular pay check to embark on a goal of increasing my income ten-fold over the next 12 months. Unlike the previous challenges I have set myself, where I have enjoyed the full support of family, friends and colleagues, this time almost everyone is believes I will fail.
I truly believe that to make several million dollars in a year, just like running 42 km (26 miles) or completing the CFA exams is a lot easier than it is perceived to be. I intend to prove this over the coming months, not just once but several times over. As well as transforming my one life, I shall also be assisting a select number of others who have chosen to join me. You will learn of them, and our progress as this blog develops over the coming weeks and months.
“What I want for myself, I want for everyone.”, Samuel L Jones.
What do you think? I am taking a bold and noble step, or being foolish, naive and reckless?
You have already proved many a times that you have it in you. Irrespective of the odds, when you feel that you can from deep within, you always will. Best of Luck Nick.
I think you are taking a bold step in your life. It sounds to me like you know what you want to do and have a plan on how to do it. As long as you think you are prepared emotionally and mentally to handle the task, I believe you can achieve your dream.
The fact that you were able to stick to a plan and lose all that weight tells me you can stay determined and focus on the task at hand. You seem to have a lot more drive than the usual person. I have trouble just sticking to a diet for more than 4 weeks!
I do wish you the best and hope that you will be an inspiration to everyone else that feels like they need or can do something more exciting with their abilities.
I wish you luck. If you are giving as much enthusiasm and effort into this effort as you have in the the weight loss and marathon running I am sure you will be successful in this endeavor as well.
Wow, I wish I could do that, that’s just amazing, everything you did!
I’m sure that your wife and daughters are proud of you!
Of course you are in taking a bold step in your life. Now you are in the right path and I am sure you will be an example person for many people to lead their life. I wish you all success.
Wow, so nice. The design of the home page is so beautiful.
Hey Nick i wish you all the luck and i support you in your decision. It is a very hard decision to take but still you took it.
Your family must be proud of you. Give us all the updates regularly i would really like to read it. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you everyone for your kind words and support. Everyday, I reflect on how fortunate I am to have such a wonderful family who will stick by me regardless.
I only have a few more days left in the corporate world, and my mind is overflowing with ideas to get started with.
Watch this space (or better still, subscribe via RSS) – more frequent, regular updates and further details on my ideas will be coming very soon.
Undoubtedly it is a bold and a noble step
. Your family must be proud of you and please keep updating on your progress 
. All the best 