Seven years ago I made one of the best decisions of my life: I left cold, expensive, miserable London for warm, cheap, welcoming Thailand. I had a lot in my favour at the time. I was a single man with no dependents who owned property and ran a successful online business. Fastpay Online Casino … [Read more...]
Rediscovering My Passion For Business
How did I lose my passion for my business? Over a period of time (four years) and then all at once! I tried to explain in my previous post that I'd stopped working on a business that I'd previously loved – and I didn't know why. Back in 2018, because I'd created many digital assets and had … [Read more...]
My POSITIVE Life Lessons from 2020!
2020 was a difficult year for many people. However, I almost hate to say it, 2020 was a good year for me in many ways. Looking honestly at why this year was good, teaches me many POSITIVE life lessons. First of all, I need to give you a bit of background. The pandemic in Thailand I was … [Read more...]
5 Essential Characteristics for Success in the 2020s
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." – Lenin 2020 has been a year where a lot has happened. Some of it good; a lot of it bad. But I think most of the coming decade is going to be difficult. Sorry to be so negative. Anyhow, 2021 is near so it's a … [Read more...]
Why Hard Work Isn’t The Key To Success
When I was young, I was lucky to observe "successful" people and they were always eager to tell me that hard work is the key to success. However, these influential people in my formative years probably taught me more about how not to do things, than how to do them. Overwhelmingly, the rich … [Read more...]
How I Stay Safe, Secure, and Sane Online
The Internet allowed me to set up this site in 2005, start a business in 2006, leave my job in 2008, and to start travelling in 2014. Now it's 2019. And I continue to do what I want, where I want, when I want. And I remain extremely grateful for the amazing experiences that technology (as well … [Read more...]
From Desperation to “Living The Dream”
Think that you'll never have the life you'd dreamed of? Feel like you're just not good enough? I certainly didn't. I had shitty jobs for nearly 20 years. I used to get up in freezing cold winter mornings in London and go to work on crowded underground trains. Sometimes, I used to spend three … [Read more...]
Free Your Thoughts: How I Re-Programmed Myself For Happiness And How You Can Too
I used to do unsatisfying jobs and didn,t aspire to anything better. I never questioned what I was doing. I never questioned why I wasn,t free to do what I wanted. Nor why I wasn,t happy. I was going to boring offices to do unfulfilling work, day after day, week after week, month after month, … [Read more...]
What I Would Say To My 30 Year Old Self
Who cares about "what they'd say to their 18 year old self" articles? 18 year olds don't. They're too busy navigating the extremes. Personally, my hardest crisis was in my early 30s. For some, it can be a comfortable period where the youthful extremes level out as families and careers emerge. But … [Read more...]
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Give Up
It should have been a good week. After months of depressing wet and cold weather and short days, London has suddenly blossomed into spring. I have a lot of plans that are coming to fruition – video courses and Kindle books I've been working on are nearing completion. I love this bit! Well, I … [Read more...]