Testing ideas through direct experience is among the best ways to learn and grow. If you want to know if an idea really has merit, test it under real-world conditions. Then you’ll have your answer.
For example, suppose you want to ask someone out for a date. One simple test would be to go right up to the person and [...]
Agloco has been generating a lot of buzz lately as a new way for people to earn a little extra money from their normal web browsing activities… possibly a lot of extra money if you refer others to the program.
Reincarnation of AllAdvantage
You may recall an online service from many years ago called AllAdvantage. It provided a free browser [...]
Until now I was able to simply use my personal mission and values for running this business, but as I mentioned in the previous post, it’s not going to be just me much longer. Pavlina may be my “baby” in a way, but as a business it needs its own purpose and values, such that it can maintain [...]
Since I get a lot of questions related to my future plans, I’ll go ahead and share them. For people who know me well, this certainly isn’t a secret, but others may find some of it surprising.
For the past couple years, I’ve been running this business mainly as a solopreneur (or perhaps as a duopreneur with Erin). [...]
As a follow-up to the Polarity and Polarization articles, let’s explore some practical applications of polarity-based thinking with respect to your career choices.
Better decision-making
The significance of polarity is that it can serve as a powerful decision-making tool. It helps you cut through the fog of indecision to reach a new level of clarity. When you look [...]
As a companion to 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job and 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed, here are 10 positive lessons I learned from more than 12 years as an entrepreneur. A few of these are rehashed from the 10 Mistakes article, but most are new.
This list is the result of the liberal [...]
In early 2006 I got serious about the goal of becoming a millionaire, and in this article I’ll share with you five key lessons I learned that may help you increase your financial abundance.
While I’ve long dreamed of becoming a millionaire (who hasn’t?), it was only last year that I began taking it seriously. What motivated me [...]
People often ask me to help them assess what their odds of success will be in some new endeavor: What are my odds of succeeding as a full-time blogger? What are my odds of succeeding as an indie game developer? What are my odds of succeeding as an entrepreneur?
On the surface it seems intelligent to assess your risks before embarking [...]
How important is money? How much is enough? Is money a distraction from one’s spiritual path? Is it a necessary evil? Is it unfair that some people have more money than others? Is poverty more noble than wealth? Is it possible to become an enlightened millionaire?
Even among highly conscious people, the subject of money is a contentious [...]
If you’re interested in coming to Vegas to see me speak in person, here’s your chance.
Next month I’ll be presenting a blogging/internet workshop for the Las Vegas chapter of the National Speakers Association. It will be held at the Imperial Palace (on the Las Vegas Strip) on Saturday, November 11, 2006, 9am-4pm.
This presentation will be geared towards NSA [...]
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