Love and relationships are at the core of our lives. Creating meaningful relationships is essential to our well being and happiness, yet so often, we struggle to make them happen. I was quite a shy bookworm when I was growing up. It took me quite a journey to build my confidence up around the opposite […]
It may be hard to believe, but only a few years ago Matt Callaghan could barely run 2 Kilometers. These year Matt is training for 10 Marathons and 3 Ultramarathons – One of them will be a 246km (~152miles) race to Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia. Matt and I had been drinking buddies […]
While sitting in a northern Brazilian beach a year ago, it hit me for the first time that I’m truly financially free. This new freedom meant that I didn’t need to look for a job upon my return to Australia. In fact, I didn’t even have to go back to Australia. I could choose to go wherever and do whatever I want on any given day.
A year later, and both my partner and I are still enjoying this ultimate gift of complete choice. I am not rich as most people think when they meet me for the first time, but I don’t need a job to keep up with my current lifestyle. The steady passive income stream I developed before and while traveling is enough to cover both of our expenses, and more.
But first, my story.
Money. We all use it. We all care about it. We all think about it.
The lack of money in our life can spark a range of emotions, from fear to frustration, to worry. We worry whether we have enough of it, or whether we spend too much of it. When the job market is poor, for example, or when the stock market crashes, we often get mad and blame the economy, or the government, or both.
What we hardly ever do about money, however, is ask ourselves where it comes from and who controls it.
The key to Becoming Financially Free is a simple equation: monthly passive income greater than monthly expenses equals Financial Freedom. The path to freedom, however, is not a straight line and often requires navigation between different monetization strategies. In this context, a key question becomes: What is the best way to earn active and passive […]
The first step to a successful internet business remains the most critical and is often the hardest to take: picking the right niche.
When you begin thinking about how to set up a new online business you may find yourself in one of the following two scenarios:
1. It is a total vacuum in your head: you have no idea of what you want. You do not know where to start. Your thoughts are locked and frozen and you are uninspired.
2. Your head is overloaded with ideas and you cannot sort them out in order to come to a clear vision of what you want. Your thoughts are overflowing and you are drowning in an ocean of floating concepts.
This post has not been written to encourage you to do an Ironman triathlon, but rather to encourage you to believe that anything is possible if you open yourself up to seemingly outrageous possibilities. For many people, the idea of competing in an Ironman triathlon is (initially at least) impossible. An Ironman triathlon consists of […]
The online world is getting crowded with websites in almost every niche imaginable. That makes branding and standing out one of the most important elements in building a successful online business.
Through this article, I will outline, in a simple manner, how you can effectively stand out from the crowd so your business can grab online users’ attention almost immediately and not become just a drop in the vast sea of the internet.
Financial Freedom is not just about having more money. This is only half of the equation.
In addition to creating passive income, you also want to reduce your monthly expenses so you can invest the difference back in your business.
One effective way to do so is by adopting a more minimalist lifestyle, something that I’ve been doing for the last three years. In fact, this was a key factor in my financial freedom journey. Without it, I would not be able to build my passive income sources.
Content is often regarded as the lifeblood of an online business. Many entrepreneurs, however, still choose to focus the majority of their efforts on short-term marketing tactics.
This begs the question: what’s the efficacy in bringing more users to a website whose content is mediocre?
In this post I will cover 22 effective writing strategies to help you make your content truly useful and compelling.
The past 3 days I spent in the car driving from the North-Eastern part of the States, where I celebrated Christmas with my new family, to the sunny coast of South Florida. It was a long and tiring drive, but provided a good opportunity to reflect on the highlights of 2011 and to think of […]
To me, it feels like 2010 came and went so fast. I still find it hard to believe that I’m more than 8 months on the road, traveling to places I only dreamed of a year ago. Some of you know that around a year ago, both my parents had a terrible car accident, which […]
It’s been a while since I last wrote, so here’s a quick old-fashioned update with a few photos (in reverse chronological order). I just got back from a business trip: Las Vegas, L.A. then straight back to Melbourne for the racing carnival season. For those of you who don’t live down under, Spring Carnival is […]
“Are you going to travel forever?” This question has been repeatedly asked over the last year by other travelers who have heard that my business allows me to continue traveling indefinitely. I’ve been on the road for the last 10 months now, and I’m obviously living not only my dream, but also one many others […]
On every area of your life, weather it’s your health, finance, career or your relationships, you have the option of either facing the truth willingly or living in denial of the truth. If you pretend that everything is okay, your external world will eventually prove you wrong. Ignoring the truth, more than often, will make […]
When using daily visualization there are a few different steps remember. The first step is receptive, during which you need to be relaxed, and allow your images and thoughts to come and go through your mind without picking and choosing. Let the images come and go as they naturally would. During the second step, you […]
The practice of quieting the “inner voice” can be a difficult task, especially for meditation starters. A good place to start is by understanding that a powerful affirmation is a positive statement, something that is realistic. Our minds are continously filled with thoughts, whether its thinking about school, the kids, or anything else that may […]
So 2008 has officially ended with celebrations of Christmas and NYE with friends in Melbourne. This is actually the first time I celebrate my holidays in Melbourne, even though I’ve lived here for the last 5-6 years… With most of my close friends overseas for NYE, 15 of us managed to have one last gathering […]
Trading your time for money is so common that it seems the only way to make money. We have been conditioned to believe this is the safest most respectable way to earn a living. Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating or sleeping? Don’t you […]
I’ve been practicing meditation since the beginning of last year and can honestly say that it really has made a difference for me; My meditation sessions are very short, sometimes just few minutes, and usually not seated in the traditional lotus posture but while I’m standing or even walking. its not the length that matters […]
I have recently read “Man’s search for meaning” by Victor Frankel, an excellent book that describes experiences in a concentration camp of a holocaust survivor. Victor Frankel observed that those who had no aim or purpose eventually gave up and died . They simply could not see any more sense with their sufferings, or in […]
We all have big dreams and goals. We also all have this inner voice that quite often discouraging us from achieving those goals. This voice not only keeps us away from reaching our dreams but also threatens our health, relationships, career and any other part of our life. This little voice is our WORST enemy, […]
Yes. You ALWAYS have a choice. When I served in the army I was told that I had to execute whatever my commander ordered me. That doesn’t leave much room for choices. Right? Wrong. I could always go to jail, something that I was willing to do after few unethical operations. It was one of […]
Most people choose to stay in their comfort zone settling for certainty rather than the unknown even if it means mediocrity and boredom, Doing the same things, going to the same places, staying in the same average relationship, working in the same boring career… Examples are numerous. A comfort zone is simply a mental boundary […]
Third Step: Learn Save time by learning from other people and your own experiences, reflecting on them and growing… There is always another level. Always.. 1. Find a guru – someone who is very good in what you want to achieve. It can be a friend or professional. He can live in your city or […]
