THRILLIONAIRES FLAG DINNER




KJA and Nik
KJA, Kayoko, Nik
Sandra Siegal, Julia Wilson, Kayoko
Julia Wilson and Nik

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AEI CLIENT NIK HALIK’S SECRET SHARELORD PROJECT
Three key reasons why The Sharelord® Project supports the
- To teach the youth environmental education: to recycle, and to respect and care for nature.
- The Sharelord® Project is fulfilling major infrastructure needs in a manner that is very cost-effective.
- The Sharelord® Project makes it a major priority to involve the entire community, so they take ownership of the project and empower themselves.
By building walls with plastic bottles stuffed with inorganic trash, we find this method of construction to be both eco-friendly and economical. Instead of the cinder-block walls usual in
In remote villages across
As the new school year gets started this year, The Sharelord® Project will begin environmental education classes. We will focus on recycling and begin saving bottles. The village community will collect all inorganic trash needed to fill them. This will be done in the high school as well as the primary school, as the next generation stands to benefit much from this project and wants to contribute.
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Guest Post: How Turning Off Your Cell Phone For One Week Can Change Your Life
Ring! Ring! Ring! We’ve all heard it far too many times. Cell phones. It seems some would have to surgically get theirs removed from their ears in order to live without them. They take them to work, home, to dinners, even to the bathroom. God forbid they miss a call. Irritating, and someone would say mildly entertaining, to watch. But what if we were that type of person?
Yes, messages, calls, meetings and even alarms are a few things that we manage through our cell phone. There are some moments when we feel that without cell phones our lives would have been handicapped, but is it really so?
Are you someone who goes to sleep with your Blackberry tucked under the pillow? You know you have a problem but you just can’t help yourself? Well, consider this. We wonder sometimes what our lives would be like without them. But consider this, ten, twenty years ago people didn’t have cell phones and yet they lived life just fine.
Sometimes our fear is that we’ll miss an important call, or that some emergency will happen. I had a friend that always worried about that but he knew he had a problem. He was missing out in life and it was irritating his friends and family. So, he gave himself a challenge to spend one week without a cell phone. Yes, he left it at home. He knew most phone calls could wait until he got home to return them and if his family was to call him with an emergency what could he do anyway? They lived thousands of miles away.
Do you know what happened? One week turned into two weeks. Two weeks turned into three weeks and today, he doesn’t even use one. Yes, life does go on. See what a difference it makes in your life.

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Guest Post: My new friend: Nik Halik the Thrillionaire - Wellsphere.com
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Had a nice call last night with Nik Halik whom I want to tell you about. Nik is a self-made millionaire and coined a new term--Thrillionaire--to describe what he aspires to be and to help other people be as well. He has a very active web site dedicated to this called http://www.thethrillionaires.comNik is a 41-year old Greek Australian who originally had the name Nikos Halikopoulos until his family shortened it to less of a mouthful that non-Greeks could spell. He was born and raised in Melbourne Australia and still has the nice accent from down under we Americans all seem to like. When Nik was a child he had very bad chronic asthma that confined him to his bedroom where he read in Encyclopedia Britannica about places it seemed he might never see. This time was clearly very formative for him. He began to dream and scheme of what he would do if and when he could break out of his confinement. He wrote a bucket-list of ten things that contained things like "eat lunch on the deck of the Titanic 5 miles under the ocean" and "climb Mt. Everest" both of which he has done as well as "walk on the surface of the moon" which is one of the few items that remains un-checked on his list.
Nik got busy once he out grew his restricting childhood ailment and made his millions by investing. He got good enough at investing and making money that he formed an institute to teach others what he had learned. His current email still is from his Financial Freedom Institute which he founded when he was just 29. His goal was not just to accumulate wealth for its own sake but to use wealth as a way to achieve one's goals. He says "the difference between being a millionaire and a 'thrillionaire' is not about balance sheets it’s about living life to the fullest dreaming big and using money as the tool to achieve those dreams." Short and sweet his motto is"find your dream and fund it!"
Nik's big dream as an 8 year-old like many kids was to be an astronaut. But unlike most kids for him it was not some ethereal unrealistic dream. He focused on it did what he had to do to make it become reality and indeed succeeded. At 41 Nik is currently again focused on his astronaut persona and is an alternate to go to the international space station. He actually paid $3 million to the Russians to secure that spot.
Nik and I spent most of our conversation talking about philosophies and I can confidently say he not only strongly subscribes to the Who Says I Can't that I espouse but he really lives it every day. He talks about no limits and no excuses which I articulate as don't hit me with any of that "pretty good…considering" crap. As I see it we both found the world trying to hold us back and we would have none of that. We both ended up being entrepreneurs and risk-takers. We believe our extreme physical adventures blend with and enable our business adventures and we go back and forth between them smoothly and constantly. Most would say we are both driven (some would say too driven). And we are both trying to teach and assist others based on what we learned through practical experience. Like me Nik has also written a book aptly named "I am glad Nik's team discovered my blog and reached out to connect us. Nik and I have plans to meet when we are both in California at the same time. He is clearly quite a guy and I know I will enjoy spending time with him immensely. Until then I will wish him well and watch his continuing exploits through his various Web sites and the news media as everyone else does.
I am glad Nik's team discovered my blog and reached out to connect us. Nik and I have plans to meet when we are both in California at the same time. He is clearly quite a guy and I know I will enjoy spending time with him immensely. Until then I will wish him well and watch his continuing exploits through his various Web sites and the news media as everyone else does.
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Guest Post: AEI Client Nik Halik interview with Greg Rodgers - Vagabonding Life.com

Here's is part two of my interview with Nik Halik, a vagabonding legend with a very purpose-driven life and an inspiration to many.
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I was able to chat with Nik on the phone for about an hour about his travels to 112 countries as well as some of his adventures like going to space, flying in a Russian fighter jet, and sleeping overnight inside the Great Pyramid.
Nik advocates making a “bucket list” of dreams and adventures that you hope to experience and then making them come true by attracting positive things to your life with the right mindset.
No matter how difficult the goals may seem, start making small systematic steps toward making each come true, then move on to the next one. Nik is mostly through the list he made as a kid…..imagine the skepticism he met with when he said that he wanted to become a rock star or go to space?
Just for fun, here are some highlights from our conversation:
Where are some of the favorite places that you have traveled?
Nik answered that he loves Morocco, the Middle East, and South America because you are “forced to assimilate” yourself.
After traveling so many places, where would you most like to live?
Nik currently has homes all over, including Australia, Greece, and the US. I asked him where he preferred to live and his answer was that he “still hasn’t found where he wants to live….and would live in space when the option becomes available.”
Since you’ve been a rock star, what are you playing on your IPOD right now?
Not surprising, Nik was listening to some hair bands (I like the guy already) as well as Radiohead, Enya, and even Yanni!
Talk about some of the places that you’ve been:
Nik loves Antarctica and has been there 5 times already. The Titanic (of course) and he was one of a very small handful of people to sleep overnight in the Great Pyramid (inside the sarcophagus, mind you!)
Did you get any sleep inside of the Great Pyramid?
Nik answered, “not much….a little”. He was kept too busy with a strange vision and supernatural experience that changed him.
Do the Russians think you are mad?
He answered “yes”. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he has deep dived to the Titanic with them, trained as a cosmonaut with them, and experienced zero gravity and MACH 3 with them! Why the Russians? Well, you won’t exactly find the ability to do all those things at Disney World.
In 112 countries, have you ever had any “close calls”?
Nik was nearly kidnapped in Bogota, Colombia a few years ago and suggested that I “dress like a backpacker” rather than a businessman to not draw attention to myself. He told me this the week that I was on my way to Bogota…!
What did you think about running with the bulls in Pamplona?
“I ran twice. The first time I fell on my face in about 8 seconds. Try running with the locals who know to start further down the path rather than where all the tourists begin.”
After getting banged up on the street with some not-so-happy bulls close behind, I applaud him for getting back up and doing it again the next day! The most difficult part…? Surviving the party!
What advice can you give to people in university?
“Travel a couple of years before you jump into the workforce. Get to know yourself first….you will come back far more mature.”
Nik’s book The Thrillionare details some of his adventures (like mountaineering and tornado chasing) and gives a very motivational insight into his way of thinking. I am reading it for the second time and will be writing a review.
Nik recommends that we list our goals and then share them with others to be held accountable; set specific dates for when you will take that big trip rather than just talking about it and do research to “internalize” that goal.

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Guest Post: AEI Client Nik Halik interview with Greg Rodgers - Vagabonding Life.com
One great interview deserves another. Before heading off to South America, I had the opportunity to spend an extraordinary hour with Nik Halik on the phone and my life paradigms haven’t been the same since.Rock star, adventurer, mountaineer, and now millionaire, he has 112 countries worth of experience and is an inspiration to everyone, traveler or not. He has even been to a couple of places that you won’t find covered in Lonely Planet - the Titanic and space!
Nik made his dreams come true by taking control of his thinking and by not wasting life trying to collect material things. He subscribes completely to the idea that we attract good things to happen with the right attitude and puts his money back into life experiences. http://www.vagabondinglife.com/
Rock star, adventurer, mountaineer, and now millionaire, he has 112 countries worth of experience and is an inspiration to everyone, traveler or not. He has even been to a couple of places that you won’t find covered in Lonely Planet - the Titanic and space!
Nik made his dreams come true by taking control of his thinking and by not wasting life trying to collect material things. He subscribes completely to the idea that we attract good things to happen with the right attitude and puts his money back into life experiences.
I’m going to split this interview into two posts - one with Nik’s background and one with the more personal dialogue and his advice.
Nik is a vagabonding hero and his way of thinking is highly contagious - you’ve been warned!
Growing Up
At first glance, it would be easy to discount Nik Halik as another Richard Branson type that has the money to tackle whatever adventure he fancies.
The truth is that Nik wasn’t born into privilege. He was born in Australia to hard working Greek immigrants (his father was a truck driver) and actually spent the first ten years of his life in bed with debilitating asthma.
No one would have suspected that this fatigued little boy would go on to climb the highest peaks of four continents and is soon to make a bid on Everest!
Despite not having the money, his parents invested in an Encyclopedia Britannica for him which he literally wore out his eyesight reading day and night while stuck in bed.
At age 8 and with a head full of dreams from so much reading, he wrote down a list of 10 seemingly impossible goals that aren’t too far off from our dreams of that age: “Become a rock star”, “become an astronaut”, “climb mount Everest”.
Nik is different because he never caved into society’s pressure to give up those dreams and “grow up” by joining the masses of middle-waged and miserable tax payers. Now at age 39 he is well on the way to completing nearly all of his original goals!
Making it Happen
Rather than go to university and get dumped into the mainstream workforce, Nik turned to music and started learning guitar. As a teenager he became good enough to teach lessons and rather than blow the money as most guys his age would, he saved.
By the age of 17, he had managed to save $30K and left his home country for Los Angeles to embrace his dreams of becoming a rock star. He later ended up in the band Big Deal and playing with Bon Jovi and Deep Purple. Dream #1 accomplished.
Money
Nik’s beliefs about money are in line with Rolf Potts and vagabonds (like myself) around the world. Life experiences and wisdom which appreciate and will enhance your life over time are much more important than material things which depreciate and actually become a liability.
Even being a millionaire now, Nik doesn’t invest in “anything that moves” such as boats, cars, and the other things that the rich rush out to buy. He instead reinvests the money into himself and into “multiple pillars of wealth” - automated ways to make income that don’t require your constant time and attention.
Nik calls himself a “Thrillionaire” because money or no money, he is rich in life experiences and wants to leave a positive legacy. He told me that his number one ambition is to “walk with a smile on my face.”
According to Nik, “Capitalism is designed to entrench us in debt” and he goes further by pointing out how people physically become ill just to get out of going into jobs that they hate. Its a trap which people fall into early in life when they are young and should be traveling, learning, and getting to know themselves.
“Money is the servant and we are the masters, not the other way around.”
He also points out in his book The Thrillionaire that our current educational system doesn’t provide young people with any practical financial education such as how to save money, how to invest, or how to use credit cards properly.
It is literally a system designed to crank out tax payers that are stuck in debt and unable to travel or pursue happiness. Sound familiar?
Travel and Vagabonding
Nik could have kept earning money and living the same rock star lifestyle but instead he left music at around age 28 and went vagabonding for several years.
He recommends that we do serious traveling at least every 5 years because we change so much and it is necessary to know yourself again. His first advice to university students is to travel and take 2 or 3 years to get to know yourself before jumping into the workforce.
Niks agrees that “travel is the best education ever” and his passport reflects that. He has been to Antarctica five times, explored the dangerous crystal caverns of Mexico, ran with the bulls in Pamplona (once wasn’t enough), and lived with Bedouins in Egypt among other things.
Even more impressive, he was the first Australian citizen to go to space (he went with the Russians) and has dived in a submersible to the Titanic wreck. He was also the first person to spend the night inside the Great Pyramid in more than 100 years and had strange supernatural experiences. Why? Why not!
I’m going to write up our conversation for the second part of this interview. Until then, I will leave you with some great advice Nik gave me over the phone:
“Live a purpose built life. We are unique but relinquish control….as adults we need to think like kids again.”

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Nik Halik Predicted the Global Financial Crisis – in 2003
Cairns, being a tropical centre in North Queensland, is well known for it’s banana growing industry. Bearing this in mind will help you appreciate why the writer gave his comments the title “The Taste of Banana”.
Try to explain to someone the taste of banana ….. and you’ll have the same success as trying to convince anyone the financial collapse was planned, implemented and precipitated by financial controllers in the USA. Regarded as just business by the big end of town, the same psychopaths running the casino economics with the world economies are in the business of playing with other peoples money. They had plenty of practice in the run up with the California Electricity scandals of the 90’s.
In march 2003 I attended an options trading seminar in Cairns Australia which ran for three days. After the seminar, many stayed behind to chat and say their goodbyes. Someone asked the presenter Nik Halik whose mentor state side breathed the rarefied air of wall street, what plans he had for his portfolio for the next decade.
He went on to brief those present about what to expect for the years ahead and how to navigate the planed financial tsunami coming their way. The killer info was the USA was going to crash their economy in 2008. You didn’t have to be a genius to work out it would be in September. The advice was to minimise debt by the end of 2007, to downsize real estate assets into cash and commodities.
Some of my immediate family listened, while others would smile with a strange look on their face. With an early retirement, super cashed in and all debt paid out, with some physical possession of precious metal by the end of 2007, the money spent to hear what we were told that day was worth every cent.
This is not end game, we’ve only experienced round one. Forget the politically correct conspiracy theory crap, this is just business. They are far from finished with us yet and if people can’t get that inside their brain box by rational research from quality sources, perhaps the prospect of protecting loved ones and children from a future far less cruel would not seem such a waste of time.
The full article and comments can be found here:
www.alternet.org/story/144026/hightower:_obscenely_rich_bankers_claim_to_do_god%27s_work_–_they_can_go_to_hell?comments=view&cID=1368792&pID=1368711#c1368792
Nik Halik founded the Financial Freedom Institute in 2001 as an education vehicle to train and inspire men and women to “sieze the day” and take control of their own financial futures. His foundation platform for achieving this, is the stock market and in particular, option trading. Due to advances in technology, option trading can provide a business opportunity that can be run from anywhere in the world where there’s an internet connection.
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The Stock Market is not going away. Those who know it’s secrets can expect a lifetime income. If such a prospect interests you, check out Nik Halik’s official website by visiting Nik Halik’s Wealth Super Highway
THE THRILLIONAIRE
Nik Halik explores a Mexican cave deep in the Chihuahuan desert filled with giant crystals; the largest ever discovered on Earth. With temperatures near 155 degrees fahrenheit and over 80 percent humidity, the cave is one of the deadliest and most hostile environments on earth. Can he survive it?

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NIK’S DESCENT INTO THE ABYSS
by Nik HalikJust a few years ago, I was invited to undertake a dive down to the most famous sunken ship in history. This is the story how I became one of the very few people in the world to ever dive down to visit the wreck of Titanic. The Titanic is frozen in time, a time capsule of the year, 1912. That was a year when there was such optimism – the new century, the fastest and biggest ship of its time, the marvelous anticipation of its maiden voyage. These were the early maverick days and industrial might of the turn of the century.
A twenty-five ton crane using its umbilical chain attached itself to my submersible placing me in the water. The ballast tanks took in sea water, and I began to sink down to the murky depths of the Atlantic Ocean, five miles below. Within minutes, the ambient light from the portholes disappeared. All traces of sunlight disappeared and I was immersed in total darkness. As I dived, I felt a surreal experience, as if I was travelling through outer space. As an aquanaut, I was descending into an alien environment so potentially hostile, with close to zero chance of assistance from the outside world if I required rescuing.
I had some guides for the early part of the journey. I illuminated the pitch black environment with the piercing lights of the submersible. A pod of pilot whales swam alongside me. They were attracted by the sonar navigation. The pilot whales escorted me down to about 300 metres – like caretakers of the ocean – giving me a personal tour of their domain. After three hours, I observed something on the radar screen. My heart was rapidly pounding. It was an outline of the most awe-inspiring structure I have ever witnessed in my life. Exactly twenty-eight minutes had passed and then, in a moment of sheer ecstasy, I came upon the bow of Titanic. It was a surreal motion picture moment. Pressing my nose against the porthole, barely a metre from the bow, I could reach out and touch it. The promenade decking was still intact, so elegant, so majestic, ninety-five years after it plunged to the ocean floor. Becoming certified as an Aquanaut, I then returned to Russia to complete my Astronaut certification.
In Russia, I continued my spaceflight training for an orbital insertion mission into the cosmos. My five year training regime qualified myself as a flight certified Astronaut” and I was named to an official space mission crew, a distinction that fewer than 800 people have ever experienced. The original pathway to entry into the Astronaut program was complicated. As a member of an assigned crew, I had the opportunity to train for an actual space mission to the International Space Station alongside other government funded professional Russian cosmonauts and NASA astronauts. My main training took place at the legendary Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Russia, one of the world’s leading training facilities for orbital space missions. The training centre was situated in a faraway place called Star City. Star City, north-east of Moscow, is a highly sensitive military installation and Cold War era massive facility The training there allowed me to immerse myself in the elite world of human spaceflight where the essential skills needed for living and working in space was honed. I was thrown into a maelstrom that pushed human tolerance to the limit. By rocketing to space as a privately funded and trained civilian astronaut, I will become one of the first 450 humans to ever reach Earth orbit, to rocket around the Earth every ninety minutes and complete a 40,233 kilometre journey with each single orbit.

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