A week-and-a-half ago, I had the opportunity to spend a day with Grant Peelle and Alan Ledford, better known as the Ren Men. We met in Cincinnati and caught a Cubs vs Reds Sunday afternoon game. In case you don’t know who the Ren Men are you might want to check out their website. They [...]
I met Frank over the weekend. Frank is a retired fire fighter. You know how I know? Because he told me. In fact, he told a lot of people. He told them in detail. He liked talking about being a fire fighter. You could hear it in his voice. You could tell from his enthusiasm. [...]
I’ve talked to a lot of people over the age of thirty or so who are unhappy with their lot in life. They’re disappointed in the path they have chosen for themselves, but they’re not willing to do anything about it. I’m thinking of one person in particular that said he hated his job as [...]
The other day I heard someone say, “Lifestyle design is great if all you want to do is travel around the world, but I don’t want to travel.” I think a lot of people have this misconception that lifestyle design equals expatriation and world travel. But that’s just one option. Regardless of how you want [...]
Two books that have influenced me over the past few years are The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss and Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk. As I read both books for the first time (I’ve read each at least four times now), I was immediately attracted to the philosophy being advocated by both authors. [...]
Yesterday, I posted the first of this two part series detailing 10 reasons you should quit your job and start your own business. The posts were inspired by some thoughts Dan and Ian shared on their Lifestyle Business Podcast. Today, here are the other five reasons you should quit your job and start your own [...]
Last year, entrepreneurs and lifestyle philosophers Dan Andrews and his business partner Ian did a podcast they entitled 10 Unexpected Benefits to Quitting Your Job. I liked what they did and I’d like to give my input to their list. I’ve gone over the first five here in this post. I’ll cover the final five [...]
What do you want out of life? Can you imagine a more important question you can ask yourself? Yet most people never bother to ask the question, or if they do, they fail to ever come up with an answer. Look around you. How many people are living a life of their own design? The [...]