For the first time in a few years I started to research and read personal finance blogs again. I came across a group of blogs writing about the goal of “financial independence” and retiring early (affectionately called FIRE). All of them point back to a blog by J. L. (Jim) Collins and his “Stock Series.”…
Archives for April 2018
March 2018 Project Report
Welcome to my March 2018 Project Report. My goal with these monthly reports is to help other authors, entrepreneurs, leaders, or anyone else who wants to make an impact through their work. Each month I will share how I spent my time as an author and creative entrepreneur and the successes, failures, and lessons I learned…
Writing to Learn
A number of authors have said that writing helps them think, learn, and form an opinion about something. This may seem like an obvious truth, but until I started keeping this daily learning log I didn’t realize how true it was. I find that the lessons and ideas I record in this blog are much…
Unhappiness and Expectations
Things don’t always go our way. I don’t mean big things. It’s the little things that don’t match up with plans and expectations that we can let bother us throughout the day. The more we can detach ourselves from what happens and the way we want or wish things to go, the happier we will…
The Best Way to Recover Failed Payments for a Membership Site
I have to say that Casey Graham’s interview on the Smart Passive Income Podcast was an eye-opener. There are more than 1,000 members of The Religion Teacher and a lot of delinquent payments each month. “Delinquent” makes them sound like bad people and they are absolutely not that. It’s not like I expect them to…
