text: what is the best way to make $1musd in 5 years? so far all the investment advice, and things ive read target the everyday american trying to make ends meet and focus mostly on retirement. none of these are for me, i want to start a business and invest. thats a very generic goal -- but why for example invest in a roth ira account $4000 a year when my goal is to have money in the relatively near future, and not 30 years from now.. thinking big numbers like 1 million in 5 years is a good start. if my math is correct it is only $200,000 thousand per year. not bad, some people even earn that amount. my goal is $125,000 in 5 years. that is $25,000 per year at $2,000 per month. i am a small thinker. the route to my small goal is small business ownership #1. keep your cost of living low, #2, stay out of debt #3. dont waste your time working for others, or sitting wasting your life away on a meaningless job.  plus be willing to work 7 days a week to make ends meet. if you are working, get a second job of personal business interest. its hard work but happy work. or ask a millionaire how to. good luck!