Retiring by 40: Passive Income Development — Advantages

I did my SWOT analysis before, listed my challenges, and mentioned my goal here. As you see in the middle link above, I covered some of the challenges to retiring in the next year. (Keep in mind of course that that just means being financially free enough to do so if I wanted to – […]

Retiring by 40: Passive Income Development — Challenges

I did my SWOT analysis last night, and mentioned my goal here. There were a couple of things though that don’t represent weaknesses or threats that will be a challenge to developing passive income. These are the first few images for “passive income” on Google Images. Note that freedom is paramount in just about all […]

SWOT Analysis: Retirement by 40 — Passive Income Development

Really, who doesn’t like doing SWOT analyses? Image from wikipedia.org, retrieved via Google Images. A SWOT analysis is where you analyse the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing a business (or endeavour) to try and determine what steps can be taken to secure the best path forward. I’ll examine my attempt to retire by 40 […]

Retiring by 40: Passive Income Development

I’ve long thought that I wanted to retire by 40. Doesn’t this look idyllic? I think the hammock needs a pillow though. Picture from theuptown.ca, retrieved from Google Images. It seems to make sense. If I live the average lifespan, then retirement at 40 means that I get to live half my life being schooled […]

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine

Picture of one of the lovely decorations my wife did for our wedding. It never ceases to amaze me that most Americans don’t own a passport, and few travel. (The link includes some excellent reasoning on why that happens.) Since I’ve now lived outside the US as well as travelled extensively (and likely will continue […]

30 Grams of Protein Within 30 Minutes of Waking Up @tferriss @fourhourlife #fourhourbody #fourhourworkweek #fourhourlife #4hb #4hww #fhl #paleo

Picture from fitnesstreats.com. I woke up early this morning, and decided to start Tim Ferriss’s idea of 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up, one of the key principles of the Four Hour Body. This is easier said than done! If you’re not planning it, having that much protein on hand for […]

Book Review: The $100 Startup @chrisguillebeau @tferriss

Picture from chrisguillebeau.com. The first edition of Tim Ferriss’ book “The Four Hour Work Week” (affiliate link), which I loved, faced one common criticism among those who didn’t like it – that it wouldn’t work, and that Tim’s success was a fluke. Tim answered his critics in the second edition of the book, adding case […]

What is it about motivation? Where do you find yours?

Looks like someone beat DH's execution to this idea of Robo-Mannequin for online shopping: http://t.co/XUrN4skBGx — Fauxionista (@fauxionista) January 18, 2014 Picture stolen from the wired article. So my wife found out today that someone had beaten me to my idea of a robo-mannequin that can give you multiple measurements for viewing clothes. This isn’t […]

Building Systems

INTJs build systems from an early age. Witness me at two, having built a two building ‘city’ complete with public transportation: One of the most interesting things about The Four Hour Work Week is that Tim Ferriss doesn’t suggest doing a lot less work or getting rid of work (as some people seem to think) […]

Personal Outsourcing – My Experience So Far

Rather than detail everything before you’re forced to read the conclusion – let me say that outsourcing has NOT worked for me so far.I first started with AskSunday.com. Recommended by Tim Ferriss as well as Time.com, I figured it would be an easy …