How to Prevent Love From Burning Through Money
I have a clear plan to get out of debt. If I follow the plan I’ll be debt free in two years. Love comes along and says “Screw your plans, you need to spend more to keep me.” My two year plan has effectively stalled for five years. About as long as I’ve been in …
Try This Thought Experiment to Predict the Future and Make Your Million
They say nobody can predict the future. But people do it all the time. We just have to look at it differently. There are some simple questions we can ask ourselves like: What will my business look like ten years from now? Or what business is no one creating? Then try to make it happen today. …
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How Does it Feel After Eight Months of Diet and Exercise?
In March earlier this year I weighed in at 177.6 lbs. Being 5’10”, that doesn’t sound terrible. I’m not morbidly obese. I’ve always been a skinny guy. My weight normally fluctuates around 165 lbs. I was surprised only because it was the first time I weighed myself in six months. I recall I was not …
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Breaking Through the Plateau of Boredom
Every week is the same. Sunday through Friday I’m eating the same food-prepped meals. Tuesday and Friday mornings I lift weights. Wednesday and Saturday mornings I run three miles. Tuesday and Thursday evenings I coach my son in lifting and we spend some time together afterwards. Friday nights is date night with my partner. Saturday …
Why You Should Avoid Helping People While Growing Your Awareness of Habit
I’ve read and listened to Atomic Habits several times and now currently reading The Power of Habit. I haven’t missed a weight training day or running day in the last twelve weeks. It makes me feel I’ve been applying what I’ve learned successfully. I’m eating right and writing my posts on-time. I believe these habits …
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The First Four Lights of Product Launch
I’m feeling antsy. I’ve been pacing around my dining room this Sunday morning and decided to write a post. I’m about to launch a product that I essentially half-assed. Of course the voices are telling me it won’t sell. That I just wasted eleven thousand dollars of my own money. Two-thirds of the money I …
How Triage Skills Can Land You a Dream Remote Work Job
Remote work is the best decision I ever made. I’m a huge fan of Tim Ferris’ The 4-Hour Workweek. When I first read the book, a magic portal opened inside my mind. I saw the path to financial freedom open before me. By avoiding the prying eyes of management and coworkers, I knew my lazy …
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The Five-Year Model For Shifting Priorities
We’ve all been there. We are caught in the middle of two important events in our lives and they happen to land on the same day and time. What do we do? We have to make a choice. But we don’t like having to choose because we want to do both equally. We avoid making …
Lazy People Make Good Entrepreneurs
I just had a meeting with my CPA and his report is showing that my monthly profit this year is stabilizing at a solid three to five thousand dollars a month. I’ve only had a day to absorb the deeper meaning of this number. It has been three years since I started my business and …