Comments on: Lies, Turning points, failure & motivation

By: Cover Letter Tips

Cover Letter Tips — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:41:12 +0000

Wow! Nice epic post. Thanks for the interesting facts.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:15:31 +0000

Indeed Tomaz, but if I didn’t have money from my successful online ventures would I still have written this post?

Making money online means that I can write things on this blog for no payback or profit.

By: Tomaz Mencinger

Tomaz Mencinger — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:46:10 +0000

Even if you feel that it’s all about money for you, then why did you write this post?

You didn’t earn much money with it.

You could have written a post on your Tatoo site or any other site, slapped some Adsense on it and you would be earning more money than now.

I wrote an article on this topic recently so feel free to check it out and let me know what you think:

Why Money is Only One Third of Happiness

By: Driver

Driver — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:48:22 +0000

Thanks for the bit of background. I have been a slave to the 6/30 for years and have yet to effectively break free. I am always surprised when a posting is placed on craigslist how in a matter of 3 days you can get 100 applicants willing to work for just over min wage. Seems there is a huge opportunity to put the pieces together. Scary to take the first step though.

By: AP

AP — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:48:57 +0000

Excellent thought provoking post.

This pretty much somes up my confusion and turmoil at the moment being self-employed (and stressed).

I, like your two friends am an extremely laid-back, relaxed and non-competitive individual. But on the same token, I hate lining the pockets of others on my hard work.

I take pride in my own work and enjoy being creative, yet I lack the strong entreprenurial drive to go out and make my own luck.

So I find myself stuck on the fence looking for inspiration….

By: alek

alek — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:06:15 +0000

Another fine post – my two additional cents.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure can make it easier.

Luck plays a role … but many people “make” their own luck via hard work, etc.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:14:27 +0000

Before I went self employed I was probably earning about the same as I am now, enough to pay the mortgage and give my little girl a good life, but I hated the work even though it was an easier life working for someone else. Although I enjoy the flexibility of not having set hours.

Now I’ve got big plans which will hopefully see my income rise way above what I could have earned, and will give me that extra money to go on nice holidays and most importantly buy lots of nice cars!

By: Rich Minx

Rich Minx — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:03:48 +0000

So far I have had a mixture of jobs and being self-employed. I work full-time for a while and then leave to be self-employed for a while, then get another job etc. That may sound strange but I like aspects of both: when self-employed you’re your own boss, but having a job gives you a fixed weekly income and teaches me a lot about how other people work and gives me skills that I can then utilize when I’m working for myself again.

By: Mr. Disgruntled

Mr. Disgruntled — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:00:29 +0000

I too want to give up working for the man, and working only for myself.

I think that it takes a while to find your true calling. I’ve been flailing away with a few different ventures, and none have yet provided me with the opportunity to leave my full time job for good.

Persistence, while tough to maintain at times, is hopefully the key

By: Neale

Neale — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:22:42 +0000

I turned Bovb ajob week into a thriving Business at a very early age