Education

It’s Never Too Late to Change Your Career

Changing careers at 40 or 50 by retraining The article above was just published recently in a local newspaper that I read daily. The headline is correct – it IS never too late to change your career, and the suggestions are workable. Retraining and changing careers at 40, 50 or older isn’t as daunting as it used to be. The generation that lost their jobs of work in the late 1980s are very different from the 40 and 50 year olds today. The world has changed so much in that time. Mobile phones didn’t exist in the late 80’s (well, … Read The Full Post

The Five Commandments of Wealth – The Rules You Need To Follow

Everybody knows the 10 commandments yes? The rules that the Good Book says we must live by to have a fulfilling, meaningful life, to avoid damnation in fact. But have you ever looked closely at those commandments? What do you notice? How many of them are Negative, telling you what you Should Not Do? Eight of Them! The whole concept of this list is to restrict and encourage you to conform. To be a good dog. I’m not going to get into the arguments associated with organised religion, so ….. My 5 Commandments of Wealth are exactly the opposite! They … Read The Full Post

Make sure you’re surrounded by the Right People

Do you want to know the hardest lesson that most people have to learn in their early days online? It’s been touched on before, but needs to be re-emphasised to drum it home. Learn how to ask questions and get help to fast-track your success! You’d think that would hardly be a problem, but if you think you’re a little bit smart (maybe a bit too smart?), or are a little bit proud, you just might find yourself ignoring that advice. So sit up straight in your best chair, take a deep breath, start taking notes and open your mind … Read The Full Post

Jay’s Wealthy Affiliate Webinars in 2019

Jay Neill (MagiStudios) records his excellent Webinars for Premium members every week at Wealthy Affiliate. The webinars are a Premium only feature, but i’d like to show you some of the subjects he covers. I’ll start with 2019 and work towards the current date, that way I can add links to the new ones to the end of the list as he publishes them. Each webinar is typically 75-80 minutes long and is archived after the live broadcast so we can look back and watch at our leisure. Just click on the links to view more details of the webinars. … Read The Full Post

5 Must Read Books To Start Earning Passive Income

Getting yourself out of the rat race and earning passive income through various investment channels is a dream of many. It is also a good side income to look forward to every month. This article will suggest good books to equip you the reader with relevant knowledge to get started on your passive income journey. Read on to find out how to make money work for you while you sleep! 1. “Four Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss Highly regarded, what this book lays out may seem a tad unachievable and overly ambitious. However, exposing yourself to such ideals can … Read The Full Post

If you still can’t figure out what the heck a bitcoin is …

…this simple explanation for a five-year-old may help you … We’re sitting on a park bench (nothing to do with Jethro Tull).  It’s a great day. I have one apple with me, I give it to you. You now have one apple and I have zero. That was simple, right? Let’s look closely at what happened: My apple was physically put into your hand. You know it happened. I was there, you were there – you touched it. We didn’t need a third person there to help us make the transfer. We didn’t need to pull in Uncle Tommy (who’s … Read The Full Post

Penny For Your Thoughts, Just Write!

It sounds obvious. Blogging is about writing. What d’ya know? But blogging is about research, imagination and teaching. It’s also about instruction, inspiration, business and story telling. I could fill this page with my own thoughts about what blogging is about. All of them could be right. There are actually no ‘wrongs’ in blogging. It depends on your passion and what you want to say. If you need to get things out of your head, blogging is the ideal way to do it. Sometimes publicly committing yourself is all that is needed. If you want to lose weight, document your … Read The Full Post

How To Get Better Results By Controlling Your Thoughts

Steven Green’s Cycle of Performance Once again, I return to the inimitable Steven Green. Here, he shows how the results we get are due to our ‘Cycle of Performance’. This is his own model that he’s devised to improve his life, and he’s teaching others how to do it too.  Basically, everything is linked, and we control the whole thing. To understand how to change the end results, we must understand how we arrive there, and what steps are involved along the way. All Results are ultimately Controlled by our Actions. Results are our output. How we live. Steven explains that … Read The Full Post