Archive for the ‘Personal Development’ Category

Awakenings

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

I read about Rich Twin Poor Twin on John Chow's blog yesterday.  They recently got banned from Google Adsense and estimated a loss of around $200,000.  I continued to read a few of their posts and I really liked their blog and will be visiting it often. I was reading their ...

The 4 Hour Work Week - Retirement

Monday, June 25th, 2007

I've been reading and listen to the book, The 4 Hour Work Week for the past week ever since Jon mentioned the book on his blog, Art of Money.  Today, on my drive back from California to Phoenix, I listened to the book for a second time. This book is a ...

That moment

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

A friend sent this to me via email.  Not sure who the author is That Moment When you are sitting right on the edge of something daring and scary and creative and powerful and perhaps wonderful... and you blink and take a step back.That's the moment. The moment between you and ...

How did we pick our college majors?

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

I had an interesting conversation with one of my college friends the other day.  As you know, I'm still at the job or no job debate.  He is a co-founder of a company right now and is in the process of raising $10M in venture capital for his company.  He ...

Night time adventure race this weekend

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

This weekend is going to be my first nighttime adventure race.  While its 107 degrees in Phoenix, Flagstaff is a nice 75 degrees in the day and 43 degrees at night.  I spent the weekend shopping for my headlamp, some cold weather gear and new shoes.  What I love about adventure races ...

Living in the moment - it’s all in your head

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

I think it's human nature to think, worry or dread the future.  I was at a seminar a few months which brought up many points about how we think.  Here is one that I found intriguing. Most of us who work in an office or small cube just can't wait to ...

Non financial goals - what are they and why should we have them?

Friday, April 13th, 2007

When we talk about goals, I find that most people evaluate themselves with financial or career type goals.  Most goals are measured with dollars.  Have you ever thought about what goals you'd have if you didn't have to worry about money? Non-financial goals can be anything.  They can be as simple as ...