I had it clear in my mind at the age of 16: I wanted to become a millionaire by my 30th birthday. Why? I couldn’t tell you. I just had this unexplainable desire to be rich, and I didn’t know what I even wanted to buy with that money. It just seemed to be the ultimate representation of success to me. I poured through investment books, stock charts, and money making programs on … [Read more...]
Success Requires Agendas And Priorities
The world can be one mean, scary, and downright cruel place for the lost and unprepared. It can also be one utterly boring stage for the passive, "someday" day dreamers who follow the same routines day after day, too afraid to break out of the template lifestyle. While there is no guaranteed, flop-free recipe for success, if you can learn how to set agendas and priorities … [Read more...]
5 Productivity Tools To Make Your Blogging Life More Bearable
As many of you know, blogging can easily feel like a hectic, full time job if you don't have the right tools. Whether you’re in it for the money or to simply kick out at the world - be aware that the world can kick back a lot harder! There are always many to-do's and endless things to read, watch, write, and analyze when you run a blog and it can quickly become quite a time … [Read more...]
How Not To Crumble Under Pressure And Stay Focused
One of my biggest worries is quitting. I despise quitters who don't see things through to the end. And because I despise quitters, I'll end up despising myself if I were to be so cowardly. Yet, I worry because I see the temptation of quitting as soon as things aren't going my way. Pressure is such an amorphous, self-induced concept that just crushes people's spirits. You … [Read more...]
How to Be More Like a Freight Train
I was riding a bus home after a long day feeling generally comfortable about life, yet something was bothering me. I felt like I was in my comfort zone, yet there was this underlying discomfort that kept itching at me, as if it were trying to tell me that my “comfort” was false and I really wasn’t living to my full potential. I wasn’t reaching an exceptional level in my … [Read more...]