The Disposable Age We live in the disposable age. We eat take out, use disposable dishes, and look for a quick and easy fix for everything. The current bestselling books talk about doing less and enjoying more like “The Four Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferriss (which I am all for by the way). We [...]
Growing up my father used to tell me that every day was “the first day of the rest of my life”. He would mostly use the expression when I was starting something fresh like the first day of a new school year. The expression always seemed funny but never really had any meaning for me, [...]
Yesterday I was discussing iphone applications with a friend who just started developing them. We then moved the conversation to the web and business in general. When I suggested certain ideas, at first them were shot down because “people don’t need that” or “they already exist”. I then explained that contrary to what the people [...]
Yesterday I wrote about my decision to start a business instead of finding a job. Taking this step is the most exciting and scariest thing I have ever done in my life. There are so many unknowns that it is so hard to plan for. I looked at buying a house in Montreal but I [...]
To get a good job, you have to put in the effort When we decided that we wanted to move, I started looking for jobs in different cities and we would move to the city that gave us the best offer. What I found was that I wasn’t putting as much effort into job search [...]
On Thursday I wrote that Seth Godin only likes to do something if he can do it “really well” which is consistent with his message to companies to be “remarkable”. Now while that is great advice for a company to only do things well that you can be remarkable at, I don’t believe it to [...]
I just found this new website that allows people to share documents. You can upload as many documents as you want and also browse through other people’s documents. You can find all sorts of business templates from letters to contracts to budget calculators. There are also many finished docs that you can read or use [...]
Today is my birthday, but more importantly, it is about a year from the day that I decided to do something with my financial life and increase my financial luck. I have blogged about my decision in the past, especially close to the beginning of this blog but now I can actually look back at [...]
I was reading a post written by Seth Godin where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. I’ve never quantified the amount of time it takes to become successful but Seth has a very good point. We often look at companies and people and say “wow, [...]
When you have a great idea that you are sure is going to be a success, the first thing you want to do is tell the whole world. You usually start with the people who are closest to you such as your family and friends. You would think that these people who hold such a [...]