Category Archives: Personal

  1. 4 Years Later – Celebrating my Fireversary

    Four years ago I was fired from the last “real job” I’ve ever had as an inside sales rep for a technology company. At the time I was earning more than the average household at $60,000 per year (after salary and commissions) so I had little to complain about other…

  2. Why we bought a cheap house for $130k

    This isn’t going to be a post detailing my experiences with making money online using some new method, but it indirectly relates to business success as a whole so keep on reading. Hopefully I’ll help prevent you from making one of the biggest financial mistakes of your life as well…

  3. 3 Years Later – Celebrating my Fireversary

    I’m a bit late in celebrating my fireversary this year (see year 1 and year 2), but nevertheless another year has passed and it’s time for an update. Right now if you’re reading this, are burned out by your current job or just need a change I want to offer…

  4. The High Cost Of Free Information

    If you’re reading this blog post chances are you may also be on my free 10 day newsletter and on several other free newsletters as well from other bloggers where each person (myself included) are competing for your attention. Unfortunately I’ve observed that statistically with free information your chances of…

  5. Why I bought a well for $5,000 (World Water Day)

    I set some very specific goals at the beginning of 2012 and every day this year I’ve been focusing on meeting my numbers (feels like I’m back at the old sales job I got fired from lol). My Donation Goal:

  6. My Goals For 2012 And What You Can Learn From Them

    I published a podcast earlier this week covering what I learned from 2011 and how I would change in 2012 (you should check it out). Today I wanted to share specifics on my goals for 2012 and what I’m going to do to accomplish them. My Biggest Change For 2012…

  7. How I Found Every Website You Own

    One of the dumbest things you can do with your online business is to tell someone about a website you own that is making money. So am I an idiot for telling you about websites I’ve made money from on my blog in the past? Well, let me explain: Why…

  8. It’s My Birthday Help Me Raise $5,000 For Charity Water

    Living in America (or any “first world” nation for that matter) puts you in a better position than literally billions of people. Yes there are some people having a rough time here in the states, but I’m sure nothing sucks more than not being able to drink clean water. I…

  9. 2 Years Later – Celebrating my Fireversary

    2 years ago I was fired from what I hope will be my last “normal job.” I first wrote about my fireversary last year while I was in Blog World. When I wrote last year’s update I mentioned that I was still trying to reach my goal of earning more…

  10. What Do You Want To Learn From Me?

    I have been writing about how to make money on the internet on this blog since early 2009. I rarely struggle to come up with what to talk about on my blog and when you don’t see a post in a week or two it’s generally because I’m just out…