Thoughts and journal following my seven and a half year journey
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Thoughts on becoming wealthy
One of my seven and a half year goals is to create wealth. It’s not exactly how I phrase it, I think I said I wanted to start a $150 million company, but the idea is basically financial independence and wealth. How are my plans advancing? Honestly? Not well. I’m definitely advancing in terms of…
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Teeth
A couple of weeks ago, I had my appointment with the orthodontist to receive my Invisalign aligners. At least for the first phase, there won’t be any shaving of my teeth. They felt awkward at first, and it seemed like it was going to be quite hard to wear them for over a year, a…
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Getting a coach
The snowboarding lessons got me thinking. I advanced a lot by getting a coach. What other areas of my life could I improve with a coach? The format I’ve been following, where I’ve had success has been: have a private lesson, then go away and practice, then come back for feedback. The format I’ve been…
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Learning to snowboard
It’s been a while since I updated this blog, and one of the first things I want to talk about that we’ve done recently is to go on our ski holiday. The family went this February. The plan was, the little ones would learn to ski, and something I’ve wanted to learn for a long…
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Regular writing
I recently finished reading two books: The 150M secret: finished 30 Dec 2022 and The art and business of online writing: finished 09 Jan 2023 Both talk about the importance of writing frequently and online. The second book, which I just finished, talks about how it is important to write somewhere there is already an…
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Practice what I learn
This is the first post of the new year, so Happy New Year 2023! I realise I read a lot of books. When I finish each one, I write a little summary of it, note the key takeaways and file it away so I can easily see what books I’ve read, when and know quickly…
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My goals
The point of this blog is to track my journey as I go after my goals for the next seven and a half years. Before I list what they are, there are two books I am currently reading which have inspired me to start this blog in the first place: Peak has / is inspiring…
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Hello world!
I’m forty two and a half, or at least I was when I wrote this post and started this blog. It’s December and I’ll be forty three in July. Time goes fast, not in the day to day, but when I think back over the last ten plus years to when I was thirty I…
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