My Decade-Long Journey To Five Million

My Decade-Long Journey To Five Million

5 Million Dollars. 10 Years. This is the story of my journey.

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30 Minutes That Change Your Life

What can you do in 30 minutes? A lot of things.
You can spend it watching an episode of your favourite TV series.
You can spend it just lazing around.
You can spend it working out.
You can spend it honing your foreign language skills. 
You can spend it just surfing aimlessly–something I’m guilty of often, unfortunately .
So.
What is [...]

Did You Know That…

… Napoleon was not a short guy, especially for his time?
… the moon has no dark side? (Sorry Pink Floyd.)
… when a meteor lands on Earth, it’s actually pretty cool? (Cool as in not hot.)
… shampoo and conditioners manufacturers who claim to have the cure for splits ends or damaged hair are ripping you off?
… [...]

A Fun Way To Improve Your Typing Skills

No, I’m not talking about The Typing of the Dead, although that one is undoubtedly fun too. I’m talking about TypeRacer, a new fun place to practice your competitive typing skills! Check it out, I just finished second with 80 wpm (Stephanie is a monster! 125 wpm!)

I’m aiming to improve my average typing speed to [...]

On Not Giving Up

I’ve never seen the failures of so many great and famous people collected together in one page! Did you know that Lance Armstrong finished LAST in his first professional race? Luckily he didn’t give up, eh? 
Go ahead and read many other interesting facts about how the greatest athletes, musicians, dancers, actors/actresses, and even statesmen handled [...]

Public Speaking: How I Started with An Audience of 600

“If there are no further questions… thank you very much!” 
*Audience clapping*
Several people from the audience approached me after my speech to ask a few questions and thank me before leaving. Their last words were: “It was very useful! Thanks a lot!”
That still feels so good 72 hours later. Public speaking is really fun when I’m [...]

One Fail Proof Way To Always Have The Time To Do What You Like

How many times have you put off doing something because you “don’t have enough time“, or you “are too busy“, or you “have too many things going on right now“? I know I have. I have delayed doing some things for YEARS, and I keep telling myself that I’m not doing it simply because I [...]

Read 1 Book Or More Every Fortnight

This plan is part of the “Build Knowledge Capital” branch of my Year 1 Roadmap. I’m gonna post a review for each book that I’ve finished as well, to make the knowledge stick. Right now I’m writing the review for Dale Carnegie’s “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”. It’s an excellent book!

How To Implement A Habit

I am so happy that I’ve finally found a way to install a daily habit (exercising) that sticks! Before finding this, I had tried many times installing a regular habit. Invariably, I always failed. Something that I vowed to do daily would always get abandoned within 3-4 weeks.
One day, just by pure chance, I came [...]

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