What I do For A Living To Afford An Airplane 

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Humility, honesty, and passion. These things can't be taught by any course, or bought with money. Mike, I would have to say that your greatest assets were given to you by those who raised you. Likewise, your daughter will learn these traits, and will have any success she desires. Best wishes from a recent pilot in Canada.

Good for you. The world needs more people who go out and make their own success.

Mike, I admire guys like you who don’t give up after a failure. You show how perseverance can pay off and when you learn the right lessons from your failures/mistakes, just how far you can go. I’m sure you serve as an inspiration to many young people. You have a great story.

I not only love your videos, but I love your enthusiasm. Many years ago, a jealous former friend said to me, "you were born with a golden horseshoe up your a$$" because I was very successful in my career and business ventures. Well, I worked 12 -14 hours a day, six days a week and made many sacrifices along the way...to get "lucky".

Thank you for sharing, Mike. You are obviously intelligent, driven, and humble. It takes a lot to be so successful. I had a career that allowed me to afford flying lessons and with the help and encouragement of my brother was able to obtain my private pilot license, even though I thought my disability would not allow it. I own an old C172 that I've managed to hang on to even heading in to retirement. Flying, even though not often and not very far out, is the most enjoyable and proudest accomplishment forme, I just love it.

Greetings Mike, from South Africa! As the saying goes, "Question: What does it take to fly? Answer: Everything you've got!" Seriously though, congratulations on your success, you have my admiration and respect for what you have achieved through drive and talent, and I am sure, not a little hard work! I always loved to read/view the success stories of other successful people as those are often inspiring and help me to think positively about business etc., and I would feel confident that your telling of your story will inspire others as well to shoot for success!

What a brilliant young guy! One thing that bothers me are the people who play victim you certainly do not. Roll model.

Best thing about this, is the fact that you’re a high quality, humble man. God bless you.

Thanks for sharing. I’m very interested in following your aviation business journey. Especially that crazy big hangar you just bought and the builder assist group. Your honesty and sincerity comes through and helps drive your success.

The best way to afford your dreams is by adding hard work to your passion. "Passion without hard work is just a dream. Hard work without passion is drudgery. Passion with hard work becomes success and fulfillment." Great Job Mike!

Wow thank you! Big respect!

Been a while since I’ve watched a video glad your still keeping the grind up!

Way to go Mojo! Awesome! We’re proud of you Mike! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Same here… payed out of pocket, started my own businesses, as well worked for employers. The best thing a person can do is explore passive income options. Soloed last Sunday to circuit in my Warrior 2 …. It’s not easy, staying focused, humble,and be smart and learning all the time. 👍 making next move soon…

You do a great service to the aviation community, great information in a truly understandable manner…keep up the good work. Thank you

The ability to identify competent and honest partners, freeing us up to work in our area of greatest strength… that’s key. You have that. 👍

Thank you for the information and sharing.

BRAVO, it takes a STRONG man to reveal himself on YT. Good on you brother !

Big respect, mate. I've done things the hard way and am mostly a Freight Dog but I do get to fly the WACO 🙂

Very gracious of you Mike...you really didn't owe anyone an explanation for your personal vocations, but that you did it anyway is of great benefit to the few that might follow your advice and start business ventures that can pave their way to an aircraft, or motor yacht, or RV. My respect!

You are awesome Sir! I preparing to start this wonderful journey!

Mike you have always been an inspiration in aviation and life ❤

You’re a smart cookie - just keep doing what you’re doing so well!

I appreciate the sharing, Mike. Keep up the content!

Today's young people need great entrepreneurial mentors like you. They come here to this digital world bt they don't really know how this happens. Get a job is what the majority are told, but creating income streams, passive ones, is the way to leverage your value and create a true business. Bravo sir

It’s a honor to know you bro, love how you try to keep it real as possible.

Thanks for this honest and open words! 👍🙏🏻

I applaud your success sir! Seriously. I love seeing such success stories.

God bless, brother. Thank you for sharing your story.

Thanks for sharing, you're a true leader.

Thanks for sharing all that. So cool you can mix aviation with income and enjoy the mix! All the best...

Love it! Keep hustling!

Great video Mike. As always, you're an inspiration

Thank you, for by your personal commitment to succeed, you have become an inspiration to so many viewers ! Keep on keepin' on !

Appreciate the personal share. Very inspiring!

All I can say is, awesome sharing of information about how someone can make good and do good.

Good for you sir, nothing inspires like seeing good people succeed

One of your best videos.. Thanks

Much respect Mike. Really enjoy listening to you and watching your videos. That Sling is also mighty nice looking! Greetings from South Africa!

you have every reason to be proud, thanks so much for sharing your passion, i mean that's enough. the fact that you're sharing all really demonstrates your transparency, honesty and value you create to the world. any chance of creating entrepreneurship advice content? :) love your channel thanks again!

That's awesome. Another way to help with your flying.

You are very lucky. Being young helps too. I have been (financially) way up, then been way down. It's not about "hard work". I've worked hard all of my life...its mostly just being consistent and a lot of "luck" in your effort to attempt something. My drive and ambition aren't what they used to be so I prefer the complacency in which I live. I don't like the stress of "go-go-go" and the fear of losing it again. I applaud your drive and ambition, Mike. Thanks for sharing your vlogs.

I love it! Your kids are going to grow up thinking it is perfectly normal to own an airplane or two. You are setting a Great example for us and your Kids. I am 55 years old and even I am inspired by your example.

You just earned yourself a new subscriber, stay up ‼️🔝

Thank you dearly Mike for all that honesty my friend. Priceless in today's world. 🙏

Have you ever flown into Kalamazoo, Michigan? great airport for smaller craft. battle creek, Michigan also... best wishes muh guy!!

Love it, this was a very good video...

so great to see all the enterepeneurs, I'm in the same boat. 37 now, have always been an entrepeneur (minus one year, where I tried regular employment as a senior software engineer. I couldn't get used to the strict time schedule :) ) built multiple shopify apps, generating enough monthly revenue for me and my team, and the apps allowed me to fly. almost time for my checkride. I have recently sold my biggest app, so I can focus more on the other app who I believe has a lot more potential in the future, and requires a lot less time in development and support.

Right on man for sharing your success and failure in life much love to you and enjoy your video bro.

Mike optimizes the old saying, consistent effort and hard work will lead to success. Great to see a young person with this type of drive. As a now retired aeronautical engineer, I had a lot of good ideas back in the day, but never the courage (maybe drive) to move them forward. Good on you, man! You deserve everything you have EARNED!

I hope you get to the point where you would start a scholarship fun for pilots. Thanks for all you do!

Thank you

Thanks you are just more proof that with some old fashioned creativity one can achieve whatever their desire may be ..time and money are key to your success.... that balance is the only way that can allow one to build that passion to achieve whatever your heart desires...the ability to provide opportunity to lift others around you is key.... have fun enjoy make the work fun and enployable...

Thank you for sharing. I am very interested in your course.

Thanks so much Mike Ojo. More growth more exploits

Well done, a humble guy

Mike are you a Film Grip ? I just found your site and subed. Always wanted to fly, think it's time I start working on it..

I’m in Greensboro. Saving now for lessons. Reynolds is a nice little hub. Quiet and under the radar.

I would tell everybody it’s none of their business !! you’re much more patient than I lol You are a Gentleman and a scholar….. so you didn’t even haft to offer your a good guy Mike

Interested in your math..... $100,000 gross minus (4) annual salries = less than $25,000/yr per employee. Not counting other business expenses.... (who is working for peanuts?)

I enjoy your content. Not many brothers doing what you do. Props ( no pun intended) to you and keep educating us

Wow, thank you :)

U definitely Inspired!!!

Well, i notice over the time that I have been watching your videos that you are not the regular guy or a topical joe 9-5 jobs, etc. when someone asks you what you are doing for leaving is because they want to know how much money you make simple as that, I'm a master plumber and is funny how other people approach me to ask this question, don't worry we are in the same boat. Most people do not sacrifice anything to get something; they want free life or inheritance money; good luck with that.

Really look up to this guy. Wish I could afford one Flight to that too. Big love from Uganda

That's what you call passion and motivation. My name is jerome from France unfortunately. I always wanted to become a pilote but it look so hard to do it over here that we get discouraged every time specialy as a B. man. Watch some videos like your's makes me fell like I can do it even in France. I wish I was born in America, but Im just a bus and long haul truck driver. Anyway! This is nice to see a young man achieve his passion and I'm a big fan 40y old living just for aviation. Hope you keep on doing video to keep us motivated. You realy did a great job. Pardon my English.

You have every right to be proud man. Heck, I'm proud of you myself. But! You're certainly a gentleman and as proud as you are you're incredibly modest! Funny, I was saving for an Experimental and your videos convinced me otherwise. 😆Flight training, hanger cost, run time...Those add up for a few hours a year in the air...WTG Man!

hi on 1999 I whent to FL to west palm beach fl. and flyng is my big passion since I was litle and I WALK to lantana airport, which I dont know if still there it was friday and thay show me the airplane and I got so excited but I got very sick and I get back to ny but I still hoping go fly.

Mike you don’t owe anyone an explanation. I’ve been watching your videos for a while. But you do have an interesting career. I wish I knew more about business. I don’t think it’s appropriate for people to ask why you can afford it, when they wouldn’t ask some other people. I know you get what I’m saying. Glad you’re doing what you love. Thanks for making great content and sharing your dream with us. Look forward to more videos. And if you offer a business course, my middle son and I are both all in.

Love your channel, I subbed a while ago! I think maybe I missed it, but aside from digital marketing and youtube, what are your other businesses?

The cost of flying is crazy. I walked away from trying to make a living as a pilot in 2000... the 90s were difficult for pilots, especially where I was living. The bottom line is that I was flying professionally, but I was making zero dollars for over two years. It took twenty-two years of working to be able to get back to flying; with two masters degrees, while my wife has a doctorate degree, and we both work full time, we have no debt except for our house, we run a business on the side, and yet.... I still can just now afford to fly an hour per month. I say this because it really is awesome to at least be able to live vicariously through people like you on RU-vid. Since getting back in the cockpit this last summer, I've soaked up the aviation videos for entertainment and learning, and I love it. So thanks, and keep up the good content!

Very Nice Bro! Get Good People/Pilots!

Mike, aviation was an unexpected gateway for me to start to understand some of what you're saying here. I'm still a bunny but from my early 30s I started meeting people who would have seemed "rich" previously but who were actually just enthusiastic people who made stuff happen. None of them drove luxury vehicles or have posh lives yet they owned aircraft generally have bigger lives with more options. This slowly opened my eyes to the next level of being in control of your life and stepping above the basic retail world of wanting stuff that is presented to us in advertising all the time. I started thinking about the world differently. I stopped wanting the next phone or car, partly because the huge amount of money you blow in order to ride the front of those waves means you can't do other stuff that is vastly cooler and more helpful in the world.

If you can do it, so can I. Thanks Mike

Hey buddy, very nice. I'd look into sure🙂. Keep me posted. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!

What an inspiration this guy is, and a fantastic role model for underprivileged people of colour and anyone, anywhere. Work hard, stay sharp, look for opportunities and take them! Life is what you make it!

When you have dreams coupled with the drive and passion to make them a reality, you will do what you must, to reach them. Note that people like that will almost never do anything illegal or dishonest to reach their goals. Whereas people with unbridled ambition are more likely to be dishonest. I am speaking in generalizations here. Mike, I feel, is of the honest, hard working type and his son will probably be very proud to have such a good man as a father.

This is Amazing!!!!

I would be super interested in a digital entrepreneur course! Excellent channel. Newbie here to aviation. Just received my “stack” of ground school manuals. Stoked…

i was here at 40k subs, its come a long way.... Lets keep growing mike

I’m currently in an entrepreneurship class at Marywood and our group is serious about taking our startup company to the next level.

Before you go any further just to let you know you’re an inspiration

Sorry but I still feel like we didn’t learn anything of what Mike had told us that he would let us know about how he can afford his airplane and lifestyle. Just stating your an entrepreneur or digital marketing doesn’t say much. No disrespect Mike, Happy your doing well of course, and you must be an awful good money manager being able to employ all those guys for a hundred grand as the other person stated ! Your doing well so keep up whatever your doing 👍

it is simple!! if you are lazy you will have nothing. if you work you will have something to show and if you are smart you work hard and then get to the point where someone works for you that is th point where it becomes a business. and failure is just another step forward. great job and anyone that envies you needs to work as hard as you to get there too. :)

id be very interested in the course if it drops!

Proud of you!! I'm currently developing my lead generation business and with the help of automation and my va's I'm striving to have freedom of time as one of My rewards etc. - Luigi Mike a quick question do you feel from your experience without me doing the analytics of it all just off the top of your head do you feel that there is a market not only for your school as well as other schools out there for more leads of students to go to flight school training etc

I love these videos, Mike. So happy about your ongoing success. I have been kicking it around to do a RU-vid Channel for over two years. Had 3 episodes available to be videoed and then got Covid and lost my momentum. I need to take action on moving this forward.

Do you have a link to your past RU-vid channels? I couldn't find 1 in the description. Or are you done with those older channels?

Best to you Mi,e

Thank you very much! Liked, subscribed and shared. My absolute favorite RU-vid channel by far.

Believing you can do things makes all the difference. I'm a retired 66 year old man with a master's degree. I'm very risk averse. From the joy of flying to jumping out of airplanes to business. I've been scared of it all my whole life. Only now do I finally have the courage to do it. Unfortunately I don't have the money to fly but I could still jump out of an airplane and start a business. Mike, did you attend public or private high school? In what state? And thanks for this video. We like to know a bit about our RU-vid stars.

How do you go fast with your plane ?

How do I find you on Facebook and how do I find your other channels? Love your videos, blue skies and peace.

I need people like you around me. Are you near Raleigh NC?

Sounds like You have to apologize for your lifestyle?? No explanation needed! It is your private life and if not involved in any illegal activities there is no reason to explain what you have accomplished 👍🏻👍🏾 But now we know 😃 hats off 💪🏻💪🏾 well done Mike

What a balabusta! (That’s Yiddish for “Righteous dude”)

G, day Mike from Sydney Australia. Do you have an A&P with IA privilege in your organisation? 🧑‍🔧

Can you do a video on the Jabiru 430?

Mike...high five 👍✈️