How to Live Anywhere….Ridiculously

by Anthony on March 8, 2010

According to Karol Gajda, you shouldn’t buy How To Live Anywhere, his latest ebook.  In fact he does a pretty good job of persuading you not to buy it on the sales page….but obviously it didn’t work as I did end up buying a copy, and I thought I would give it a quick review.

First off, How to Live Anywhere, is my type of ebook.   Yes, it does cover one of my passions (lifestyle design), but what I really like about it, is the format.    This is the kind of book you skip around as its really a series of short essays much like my all time favorite read Getting Real (free).

This ebook is for those looking to pack there bags, travel the world, and return….well, sometime later.   Even if you already run a business and earn an income you’ll find the practical advice useful.

This is a practical ebook, obviously based on Karol’s world travels.  He seems to do a pretty awesome job of travelling the world and making enough of a living to survive,  so you know this advice is solid.  The techniques he describes (especially in the money section) are practical and they work.

Currently this book is in an online format, and although a downloadable version is coming, quite frankly I’m digging the way its formatted.  I had a couple of questions and because you can comment on each chapter, they were quickly answered.  Hopefully this online version stays online.

So if you think you’re interested in purchasing this book, I would do so sooner rather than later.  The price keeps going up.  As of writing this its about $15.00 but i’m sure that it will increase fairly rapidly.

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Weekend Reading: Lets Get Passive

by Anthony on March 6, 2010

I‘ve had a very productive week, hows your week been?  I redesigned the landing page for the flipped book,  added new features to Task.fm (in beta), and launched a couple of niche mini sites.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye this past week:

My Massive Passive Income Brain Dump – its always nice to see people using your advice.  This is a great motivating post.

Here’s Why I don’t Have a Full Time Virtual Assistant – There are a number of schools of thought when it comes to hiring a VA.   Pat explains why he doesn’t use a full-time assistant. I don’t either and use a similar setup to Pat.

3 Reasons Why I Might Delete Your Comments – Its good to see Tom taking a stand against self promoting comments.

Vote on Where I will Live Next - Colin from ExileLifestyle is looking for a new place to live next.   I voted for Thailand (which is currently winning) as thats where I’ll be next.

7 Tips for Better Presentations – A great two part video post from Ben.  Explains how we can be better at presenting.

From This Blog:

Although not linked together, I’ve written a mini series on this blog for breaking out and a making a success story.   Read these posts (in the order given):

It’s time to Think About Income - Change the way 90% of bloggers tell you to think.  This post was designed to get you into an entrepreneurs mindset.   It also introduces the Target Monthly Income concept.

Why You Should Build a Web App – This post presents a different alternative to the traditional passive income options.

How to Finance a Web App in 2010 – Not just a web app, any business.  You’ll be surprised to learn, that if you read this blog, you can already afford to build a web app.

Break it Down – My favorite post on this blog and my number one tip.  This advice dramatically changed the way I built a business and everything suddenly became a lot clearer.

A Question For You

What is the essential travel gear for lightweight/one bag travellers?  I need some advice, brands, links etc.

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Is Your Business Becoming a Chore?

March 3, 2010

Whether its a web app, blog or info product, if you’re business is becoming a chore, its destined to fail.
The word “passion” has been thrown around a bit recently.  Long articles on “finding your passion” have been written and although the advice in these articles is most likely good, I prefer to look at it [...]

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How to Stop Getting Frustrated on a Slow Day

March 1, 2010

We all have them, you know, those slow days where nothing seems to happen. You’re dying to get some work done, but instead you get stuck in a procrastination death cycle, flicking between Twitter, Facebook and your inbox.
These days, usually being the Weekends or Public Holidays, are fairly common. And just because you’re [...]

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Push Past the Bump and Succeed

February 26, 2010

If you can keep blogging for more than 1 year, your odds of success are greatly improved.
Starting a blog is easy.  Anybody can do it.  Furthermore, its also not difficult to pick up your first few readers.
However keeping up this momentum is a while other ball game.
The 1-2 Year Rule
This isn’t the first blog I [...]

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Break it Down

February 23, 2010

In order to maintain my Target Monthly Income, I only need to sell 5 ebooks a day.
That’s not a part time income – 5 ebooks is all it takes for me to live what I feel is my current dream lifestyle.
That’s Impossible
Firstly, let me say I am natually a very frugal person and secondly that [...]

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Weekend Reading: The Late Edition

February 22, 2010

There was a slight delay putting this post out.  So it went from being weekend reading to a Monday edition.  But the great posts are still the same.
Here are some of the posts I’ve been reading this past week:
What Does Your Workspace Say About You – A post on one of my favorite topics anti-clutter!
9 [...]

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How to Finance a Web App in 2010

February 19, 2010

It was 2004 and Kevin Rose, the then host of the obscure Screensavers, had an idea that was going to change the way we did media.  Such a revolutionary idea would surely require hundred of thousands of dollars to create with a large team?
Rather, Kevin spent just $99 on server space and paid a developer [...]

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Why You Should Build a Web App

February 17, 2010

The only way you’re going to truly fail is by not trying in the first place
It was a typical Friday night.  I was wrapping things up for the week as usual, when an interesting email caught my eye.  It was from a journalist I had had dealings with in the past,  with some very exciting [...]

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How to Build a Unique Blog

February 15, 2010

I was browsing through the list of blogs I regularly read, and something suddenly struck me – half of these blogs have the exact same design!
It’s not necessarily a bad idea to use the same design as another blog, but when it comes to standing out from the crowd,  a unique design is an important [...]

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