There’s a reason why get rich schemes fail. You’ve got to be willing to do the dirty work and put in the time if you want to get rich. Going all in on margin is likely to leave you broke. Working for someone else to get rich takes a very long time. And trying to […]
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Always be grinding! Happy New Year Everyone! Hopefully all of you survived and are ready to rock it in 2017! I spent a lot of time over the holidays thinking about why I failed at so many things, and the consistent answer I came up with was that I wasn’t grinding hard enough. Why did I
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It’s always fun to do a year in review post because it’s interesting to review all the failures! I’m always so enthusiastic about my goals during the beginning of the year and I inevitably lose steam towards the end. Does this happen to any of you? Let’s dive into my 2016 year in review. For 2016, I
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I’m sadly finishing up my 10-day business offsite in Honolulu, Hawaii. It’s only about 50 degrees back home in San Francisco, which is disappointing given I’m paying 10% state income tax along with a boat load of property tax. States should adjust their tax rates based on the weather don’t you think? Otherwise, what’s the point of
Hawaiian Hustle: Sometimes Life Is All About Coconuts Read More »
Do you remember the article in 2015 called, “What Type Of People Spend Over $100,000 A Year On Rent?” I decided to document all of the open house prospects this time around to see who would be crazy enough to spend that much on rent instead of buy. It turns out plenty of people! One of
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My biggest weakness is being unable to generate enough organic motivation to keep on hustling. I used to get up by 5am every weekday to work for 2-3 hours before work. Then I’d get home by 8pm and work another 1-2 hours on my side hustles. There was this massive internal drive to go all out
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If you want to increase your happiness, you must change your perspective. Let me share with you a simple example of how a change in perspective immediately boosted my happiness. When an ambulance zooms by, sirens blazing, do you feel happy or sad? For the longest time, I felt sad. I’d imagine someone convulsing on
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The more productive you are, generally, the richer and happier you will be. Let’s discuss how we can all improve productivity quite easily with an extra seven hours a week. I’ve been a little more active on Twitter recently and I noticed something quite interesting. Starting at around 10pm PST, the chatter goes silent. I tend
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Years ago, I once knew someone who was unhappy with her husband. Let’s call her Nancy. To fill her void, Nancy went on dates with various men while her husband stayed late at work. At the cafeteria one day, Nancy mentioned she was falling in love with one of her men named Jack. Jack was handsome, single, charming, and
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Ok, I’m back from my 28-hour break! Thanks to so many for encouraging me to continue. Boy did it feel amazing to unwind after publishing my post on shutting this site down. Just the act of not responding to a single comment allowed me to recharge my empty battery by a couple percent. I’m feeling like
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