People don’t leave companies, they leave people. Most of us have had the experience of working for wonderful leaders. I’m not talking about the charismatic or visionary leaders, but the nice people. The ones that took an interest in…
Can I make money off my blog: Final update.
I never intended to make money off my blog, but I was curious as to whether one could, so I started a month-long experiment to see what could be done. My goal was to drive traffic, write great content, and…
Are you living a Rockstar life?
When I was growing up I studied art and literature at school. I wrote poetry and I devoured book after book, after book. I dreamed of being a writer. I dreamed of telling people stories. Telling them my stories. Those…
Can I make money off my blog: Week 3 update and x6 traffic increase since the start of the experiment
Budget time is always a crazy time for any company and even more so for the finance department. The finance team are the driving force behind getting a budget done. They usually get the management team together to start working…
Can I make money off my blog: Week 2 update
Two weeks ago, Wednesday, I started an experiment. Could my blog make me money? As a reminder for those of you not following the experiment, I never intended to make money off my site. However, after continuing to read…
Should you invest in real-world ventures and what to look out for if you do?
For most people the word investing means stocks, or bonds or possibly real estate and maybe gold. It usually stops with those asset classes for most people. However, the world of investments is not limited to the Big 4. There…
Why spending $1.000 on a telephone is a terrible idea and could mean you’ll work until you’re 82
Unless you’ve been very far away, or you mostly just read books and sit in deserted parks, you already known that Apple has come out with a few new iPhones. They really aren’t extremely new as they look just like…
Can I make money off my blog: Week 1 Update
Last week Wednesday I started an experiment. Could my blog make me money? I never initially intended to monetize my site, as I see it more as an outlet for my ideas, insights and ramblings. However, I keep reading…
Jack Ma – Early Retirement: How the Alibaba chief is retiring early and what can we learn from him.
Jack Ma certainly knows how to make an announcement! On his 54th birthday he announced to the market, and the world, that in exactly 1 year, so on his 55th birthday, he would walk away from the corporate world to…
Ready to start an investment portfolio? This is how to do it.
I got a question the other day, from a reader on this site, as to how I designed a portfolio that helps me target an 8% annual return. That got me thinking about the kind of articles I’m writing on this…
