…I kind of need to be paying attention to what I’m doing, but I also can’t be doing anything else, so my brain is free to do the passive thinking…
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#495: Cal Newport: The Shocking Secret of Productivity
…a short amount of time. This flips that idea on its head, focusing on doing less, but excelling. Slow productivity is the practice of doing fewer tasks better. In this…
I’m Investing 100 Percent of My 2012 Income
…support both Afford Anything and several smaller websites I’m developing. I’ll buy and repair more rental homes in Atlanta. Why Am I Doing This? The best path to wealth is…
Everything I Know About Blogging, Condensed into One Post
…conversations with myself. I’m doing it now. “Why?” People get engrossed in dialogue. “People like to talk?” Yes, exactly. Dialogue mimics normal behavior. “Do you recognize the irony in trying…
The Best Thing Money Can Buy? Time.
…for the convenience of doing laundry at home. I’ve wrung out this example, but it highlights how ordinary people use money to buy time. Middle-class people make this tradeoff. Wealth…
#153: Why I Hate the FIRE Movement, says Suze Orman
…interview, but I felt at a loss for what to ask her. So I turned to my audience, knowing that many of the people who read my blog and listen…
#105: Living Life as an Experiment – with A.J. Jacobs
…boards with just one click. So you can rest easy knowing your job is being seen by the right candidates. Then, ZipRecruiter puts its smart matching technology to work –…
How Much is Enough?
…the community — “wait a second, you talk so much about building passive income, but then you don’t bother to live on this money?” Yep. Often, knowing that the money…
#142: Ask Paula – How Can We Downsize from Two Incomes to One?
…to discover amazing natural home and personal care products. Grove selects only the best non-toxic products, so you can shop with confidence knowing that everything on their site is good…
Our Rental Properties Collected $125,618.49 in 2017. Here’s How Much We Kept.
…in a low-cost-of-living area with no state income tax. We don’t have fancy tastes. We can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing we have a foundation of $43,000 in passive…