| There's a new breed of wealthy individuals arising | | | | into a wealthy family. He is a self-made millionaire, |
| today. They're cashed up and ready for adventure - | | | | become thrillionaire. His early years were spent as a |
| but not just any adventure. They're out there | | | | broke musician in a rock band, doing gigs mainly in |
| experiencing the kind of adventures that only certain | | | | restaurants, pubs and the like. When the Australian |
| types of people can afford. They're calling them | | | | fringe benefits tax laws changed in the late 80's, |
| "Thrillionaires". | | | | dining out ceased to be a "tax deductible" expense |
| Nik Halik is one of them. He's a self confessed | | | | for business and the small-time music entertainment |
| "adrenalin junkie" who takes himself on the most | | | | industry suffered as patrons of eating houses |
| amazing adventures around the planet, under the | | | | diminished. Nik subsequently found himself in debt and |
| planet and more recently, out in space. | | | | needed to find an alternative solution to his cashflow |
| Among his repertoire of accomplishments, Nik includes | | | | problems. |
| diving five miles into the icy waters of the North | | | | Then he discovered option trading. He learned proven |
| Atlantic, to land on the deck of the famed Titanic | | | | techniques that work and spent many hours |
| and having lunch there. Perhaps there is something | | | | backtesting years of data, to "get the feel" for stock |
| symbolic in that, because this ship, made famous by | | | | market charting patterns that yield highly probable |
| the movie of the same name, was the playground of | | | | results. Through focus and discipline, he developed his |
| the rich and famous at the time of its demise. | | | | own cashflow strategies that yielded him a very |
| From the dark depths of the ocean, Nik's hunger for | | | | healthy return. Nik then used this new disposable |
| thrills have taken him to scale the mountains of | | | | income to invest in the property market, with such |
| Everest and beyond. He has been one of the | | | | success that by the time he reached his late 20's he |
| privileged few to realize a childhood dream of | | | | had amassed quite a fortune. |
| becoming an astronaut and to gaze at the curvature | | | | In 2001 he founded the Financial Freedom Institute |
| of the earth from space. The package included a | | | | (FFI), Money Masters and also co-founded the |
| short stay on the International Space Station, the | | | | Intelligence Group of companies and became a |
| only manned outpost in orbit. He remembers the | | | | wealth educator, teaching his stock market and |
| surreal experience of being able, in his own words, | | | | property investing techniques to thousands globally. |
| "to blot out the earth with his thumb". Nik is also the | | | | Today, he includes best-selling author on his list of |
| first flight-qualified and certified civilian astronaut from | | | | achievements. |
| Australia. | | | | Nik believes that anyone can do what he has done. |
| "I have already been to the edge of space, 20 miles | | | | He doesn't regard himself as specially gifted above |
| (32 kilometres) from the surface of the earth," he | | | | other human beings, but will tell you that it's all a |
| said. "Now we are talking about 250 miles from the | | | | matter of training your mind and emotions to shift |
| earth." | | | | into an "abundance mentality". Once you adjust your |
| Nik's ultimate goal is to walk on the moon. | | | | thinking, you can "reach for the stars". Nik Halik has |
| Being able to afford such unreal adventures requires | | | | done that, literally. |
| money - and lots of it. But Nik Halik was not born | | | | |