Personal Development for Smart People^TM

StevePavlina.com is two years old today.  Here’s a status update for those who like to follow the business side of blogging.
Year two was a relatively smooth continuation of what began in year one.  The nice thing about running an online business in its second year is that you finally get to enjoy some of the [...]

Recently I read Darren Rowse’s enlightening post about bloggers-for-hire being paid on a per-post basis.  Darren says the going rate being offered is around $2 to $20 per post… sometimes as high as $100 per post.  That’s a flat one-time fee with no residuals.  If such bloggers stop writing, they stop earning.  And apparently there’s no shortage of bloggers willing to [...]

Last week I was interviewed by Maria Ngo and Ray DuGray (aka The Entrepreneur Doctors) on the subject of blogging, including how to build a high-traffic blog and how to generate substantial income from blogging.
Here are the questions answered in the interview:

What exactly is a blog, and why should anyone care about blogs?
What’s your personal experience [...]

My article 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job has quickly become very popular, so I figured it would be nice to write something about the realities of self-employment as well.  Since there are so many myths about self-employment (especially among lifelong employees), a good place to start would be to dispel some of [...]

Just for fun I recently asked Erin, “Now that the kids are in summer school, don’t you think it’s about time you went out and got yourself a job?  I hate seeing you wallow in unemployment for so long.”
She smiled and said, “Wow.  I have been unemployed a really long time.  That’s weird…  I like it!”
Neither [...]

Today it seems like the rate of change in the world is increasing exponentially, with monumental developments in business, technology, and the social environment happening daily.  How can an individual continue to grow and develop in a world that is moving so quickly?
My personal answer to this question was to center my life around growth.  [...]

Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be interviewed by Maria Ngo and Ray DuGray (aka The Entrepreneur Doctors) on the subject of blogging, including how to build a high-traffic blog and how to generate substantial income from blogging.
If you’d like to hear the interview live, you may dial in to the show at the listed start time and enter the [...]

Could you recommend some of your all-time favorite books?
Sure.
Since the early 90s I’ve been reading about a book a week, so that adds up to quite a few books.  I’ll scan my office bookshelves to recall which ones had a meaningful impact on me after I read them.
Here are some of my personal favorites in no [...]

I received a number of blogging-related questions, so I figured I’d handle them all in a single post.
What blogging software do you use?
WordPress
What do you use as your primary RSS feed reader?
FeedDemon
Did you use a template for your blog design, or is it custom?
It’s custom.  I didn’t want to copy what everyone else was using.
How much [...]

Thanks so much to everyone who privately responded to my financial abundance challenge in the previous post.  I received hundreds of ideas in less than 24 hours and more are coming in every hour.  I’m sorry I can’t reply to everyone to thank you personally (it’s enough of a challenge just to read it all), so I’ll say [...]