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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu Have you ever read a wonderful piece of advice and then completely failed to implement it? I’ve recently been looking a lot of advice in the face and asking, “Why bother?” All those gurus sitting in their white castles don’t know the details of [...] December 1st, 2009 | Category: aspirations, career, frugal living, happiness, health, inspirational quote | Leave a comment
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| “Eat right and exercise” – the formula to weight loss is so simple, yet so difficult to follow. Our natural tendencies (or mine, at least!) steer us towards weight gain rather than loss. It’s much more fun to gorge on fast food and chocolates and avoid the gym. I’d rather have a cocktail than sparkling water. However, [...] There have been a couple of recent posts over at Wisebread.com about following your dreams, in response to which quite a few people claimed it was impossible. Considering that I’m currently taking quite a big risk to follow my dreams, I find this topic really interesting. These are the steps that I took to follow my [...] November 18th, 2009 | Category: Personal, aspirations, career, happiness, productivity | Leave a comment
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| “Work is love made visible.” – Kahlil Gibrail When you do something you love, you wake up excited, work intensely and happily, and go to bed looking forward to another day of work. It’s not work you force yourself to do for the money, it’s work you love to do, and would do for free or [...] Sometimes we want to learn new skills, anything from photography to web design. Personally, I’ve had to learn new skills for my blog and my other business. What does it take to move from being a novice in a subject to being an amateur to being an expert? I think there are two steps to becoming [...] You can inherit wealth, marry for money, or win the jackpot. Other than that, there are only two possible ways to increase your net worth. Net worth is just the difference between how much you’ve earned and how much you’ve spent. So you can either save more by being frugal, or you can try to earn more. [...] I’m a huge fan of Trent Hamm over at The Simple Dollar. It’s an amazing blog, and Trent has a wonderful perspective about life that I love. Recently, Trent’s been talking about the area where he lives, and how it plays a huge role in his lifestyle. He lives in the mid-west, which is idyllic for [...] We must become the change we want to see in the world – Gandhi I think the secret to being happy has already been solved. There’s enough information out there now to know how to be happier. It’s not easy, but it’s possible, and quite worth the effort. But for most people, and certainly for me, the first [...] |
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