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Getting the Best Return On Life: A Conversation with the Founder of MyLifeROI

July 2, 2009 · 2 comments

in blog(s), careers, interviews

I’ve had the good opportunity to get to know MyLifeROI a lot better the last couple of months on Twitter, so it’s great to be able to share this conversation with you on some of his thoughts and views on blogging and personal finance.  If you get a chance, you should check out his site [...]

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Are You Doing Your Life’s Work, or Are You An Employee of The Market?

June 29, 2009 · 6 comments

in achievement, careers, entrepreneurship, leadership, self-employed, success

Here’s a brief rundown of some of the (very broad) possibilities for making a living (please fill me in if I’ve overlooked one – I’m sure I have):

you work for someone else, but you love your job or feel fulfilled
you work for someone else, it’s ok, but you can’t complain
you work for someone else and [...]

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10 Tips From Tim Ferriss, Guy Kawasaki and Keith Ferazzi on Lifeline Relationships and Mentoring

June 19, 2009 · 14 comments

in achievement, careers, entrepreneurship, leadership, lifehack, lifestyle design, networking, success

Yesterday I listened in on an “author teleseminar” featuring Tim Ferriss (Four Hour Work Week), Guy Kawasaki (How To Change The World) and Keith Ferazzi (author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back?).  The call lasted about an hour.  The topic was about creating “lifeline” relationships – a small, close circle of advisors [...]

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Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields – Book Review (Part 2)

May 28, 2009 · 3 comments

in achievement, books, careers, lifehack, self-employed

May 26th, 2009: I couldn’t get to sleep last night because of this book.  (read part 1 of the review here) It just had me completely wound up in all the possibilities that exist for us to really take control of our lives.  The world is changing.  The old models of education, learning, teaching, publishing, [...]

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Career Renegade: How To Make a Great Living Doing What You Love by Jonathan Fields – A Review

May 26, 2009 · 5 comments

in achievement, careers, lifestyle design, self-employed

May 24, 2009 (aft).  I’m out enjoying the Sunday long-weekend sunshine and walking along, I get sucked into a Barnes & Noble.  I decide I’m going in to buy a copy of the Four-Hour Work Week for my Dad for Father’s Day, but on my way to the business section, I see a copy of [...]

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