02 Mar
Last week I wrote a post lamenting the silly emails I receive. Then, lo and behold, I received a very polite email from Matt at Blogging Fingers. He even knew my name! Granted, I probably wasn’t the only person he emailed, but his friendly email prompted me to click the link to the free eBook […]
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14 Jul
Harry Potter’s so hot right now. He’s the focus of many water-cooler chats this month, ranking just below Ms Hilton and the iPhone. He has a new movie out and his seventh book is about to hit the shelves.
I went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix yesterday and have reviewed it […]
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17 Jun
What’s it about?
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything looks at how the Web 2.0 phenomenon is affecting companies around the world, in terms of seeking customer feedback, outsourcing, transparency and peer-to-peer interaction. It focuses on how big corporations are beginning to adopt trends learned from information-sharing sites like Wikipedia, YouTube and Flickr.
Main points
Open source […]
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28 May
This is the final post of a four-part book review of Timothy Ferriss’s new book The 4-Hour Work Week, which aims to help people live their dreams while still earning a strong income. Click here for Part 1, here for Part 2 and here for Part 3. Summary first, my reactions and final verdict at […]
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28 May
This is part three of a four-part book review of Timothy Ferriss’s new book The 4-Hour Work Week, which aims to help people live their dreams while still earning a strong income. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. Summary first, my reactions at the bottom.
Step III: A is for Automation
8. […]
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27 May
This is part two of a four-part review of Timothy Ferriss’s new book The Four-Hour Work Week.
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26 May
The 4-Hour Work Week has arrived in my letterbox and I’m pretty excited, which just goes to show the power of blogger hype. Will it change my life? We’ll see.
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18 May
I’m intrigued. Art of Money has recommended a book called Four-Hour Work Week (pictured left, with affiliate link cunningly inserted, mwa-haha). I haven’t read it yet but I clicked the Amazon link and spent too long reading the reviews. Then I went to Timothy Ferriss’s website to read more.
He sounds extraordinary. I’m going […]
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19 Feb
Yesterday I worked out what my values were in relation to money (see previous post). I found out I wanted money so I could feel free, independent, spend time on what I wanted to do - which includes travelling, helping people and doing rewarding work.
Now, according to Chapter 2 of Smart Women Finish Rich, I […]
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18 Feb
Okay, I’ve read Chapter 2 of Smart Women Finish Rich. It encouraged me to think about my values and what having money would mean to me, related to those values. (Values mean things like freedom or helping others, not paying off student loans. That’s a goal.) It encouraged me to start with a base value, […]
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