Is your daily activity influenced by the name of the day? The reason I ask is because I continuously tell friends that the worst way to die is to live only on the weekends. To me there is no weekend, just week days. Monday to Sunday. I don't restrict the way I have fun, the... Continue Reading →
Selling Your Art Successfully on Redbubble.com
A mate on LinkedIn recently messaged me with this corker of a question: "You might have to explain to me how to get some sales through Redbubble. I had a bunch of images there for a while and have accrued 0 sales. B$%#S&$#" Alas, I both remember and know this pain. Redbubble isn’t exactly a... Continue Reading →
Lessons from Liz
Liz Strauss has written another great article that includes a few quotes from her friend and mentor, Annie Galvin Teich. In this article, you'll find a dozen quotes that resonate deeply with me. I strive to live by these principles, and here are the ones that most align with my lifestyle, condensed into one sentence... Continue Reading →
Helping Your Inventions Success
I've just finished watching another episode of The New Inventors, an Australian televised show about inventors around Australia who have great ideas that have been taken to the next step. Many are patented, most are amazing and contribute to the well-being of society. Some seem frivolous, yet we understand the need for a six-person table-tennis... Continue Reading →
Re-Finding the Entrepreneur Within
Way back in 2008 there was a website entitled BizThinkThank (Now long dead). Within it I discovered many articles that helped me realise who I am and what I can do with my skills. This article from that site was entitled "The Characteristics of the Entrepreneur", in which was listed the main characteristics that are... Continue Reading →
How to Make $25G in 2Months
I have a habit of writing lengthy and long-winded comments on other people's articles ... then figuring the word-count is worthy of an article upon itself. Therefore this is my response to Darren's article asking "How do I Make Money Fast Blogging?": Various Ways to make $25G's in two months: Buy a game of Monopoly... Continue Reading →
Failing is not Failure
There is only real thing I've gotten out of this post at 37 signals: No one is going to employ me while I continue to use and have... "...curiosity, passion, character, motivation, taste, intuition, writing skills..." "...the ability to make smart value judgments." "... passion and drive ..." "... intellectual curiosity (f)or pondering (and) or... Continue Reading →
Defining Ones Self
About a year back I purchased the book "Flying Solo: How To Go It Alone in Business". Recently I joined their Facebook group - and starting leaving comments. Sadly I discovered on 3 November 2023 that none of the links to the comment page work anymore; I had them removed from here. There were many... Continue Reading →
What Did You Really Want to Do with Your Life?
Ah, the dreams of our youth, those moments when our imaginations were wild and our aspirations were sky-high. Remember when we were convinced that our wildest dreams could actually come true? Let's take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the top 10 jobs we all wanted to be before we grew up, shall we?... Continue Reading →
Three Books to Help Build A Better Internet
You know you’ve taken leave of absence of your senses when you let a teenage son designs a "basic" web page for your business! But the real insult is when they figure they can whip one up in five seconds! People, here this now: "Designing a website is not a five-second thing." Getting someone’s teenage... Continue Reading →
Sixteen Quotes to Bring Out The Best in You
Here are sixteen of the most amazing quotes that will not only bring out the best in you, they'll also push you forward in your life-journey. ‘Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.’~ Federico Fellini ‘Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building... Continue Reading →
Being an Online Entrepreneur
1. Philip Greenspun When I found this article by Philip Greenspun talking about 'making money from your Website' earlier tonight, my head span and I really had to laugh at myself. Let me tell you why: Back then I realised quickly that my pages were getting overloaded with data, taking far too long to load,... Continue Reading →
Stephen Mitchell | Life Lessons, Creativity & Personal Growth 
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…