Oct 31, 2010

What is the best $20 you ever spent?

Ramit Sethi is holding a contest asking that question. It seems deserving of some thought.

Here was my entry (and there are perhaps one or two more to come):

Although I will not do this, the best $20 I can imagine spending would be under the table to Ramit so that I might edge out the other contestants. iPad ≈ $600 → 2,900% ROI!

And that’s not the half of it. The accompanying fame and fortune would catapult me to a new level of stardom where I would strategically use my celebrityhood to close book deals (≈ $3M ± $3M), speaking engagements (≈ $75K per hit x 2 hits per week = $45M (give or take a few)), and hot dates (roughly the value of a book deal).

The only reason why I will not pay Ramit under the table is because integrity is worth more than all of those things combined.

Ahem.