8 karma · joined December 20, 2010
- Payoff, in full, my remaining student loan balance.
- Launch 42 niche online "businesses" that earn (within 3 months of launch) an average of $500-$1000/month.
- Find and join a company that affords me: freedom/autonomy, respect, great coworkers, and interesting problems.
2. Social and cultural
- Donate 10% of every dime that enters my bank account to charitable causes of my choice.
- Refresh social circle to include only supportive, like-minded individuals with goals similar to my own.
3. Spiritual and ethical
- Listen to Brainwave Entrainment audio and meditation tapes for 30 minutes EVERYDAY, preferrably before going to bed.
- Listen to online sermons as a baby step to getting back in tune with my religion, and overcoming the "fear of what others think."
4. Home and family
- Stop hating my mother for spending the money I sent to payoff student loans.
- Buy a 4b/3ba single family house (2500 sqft or greater) by the end of Q2 for atleast 5% less than the going market rate.
5. Mental and education
- Read self-help and personal development material for atleast 5 hours each week.
-- Subscribe to and read atleast 100 publications related to the startup, software development, and marketing categories.
-- Read 1 book each week on any of the following topics: starting a business, software architecture, online marketing, personal branding.
- Attend 1 personal development seminar.
6. Physical and health
- Cook my own meals by the end of Q1 2011.
- Drop bodyfat percentage from 15.4 to 11.
- Gain 25lbs of lean body mass.
Not even done yet..
Reach for the stars.
1. Super motivation. When I'm working on a project that has me pumped, then time flies and I can keep going until I physically pass out.
2. Brainwave Entrainment. Google it. I listen to a certain audio recording for 30 minutes, and I'm refreshed for another 2-4 hours. Net gain.
As for the timing of sleep-- your subconscious is a very powerful tool. If, just before going to bed, you ask yourself all the questions and todos that are on your mind (write them down), then as you sleep you brain will work overtime to consolidate your experiences and to derive solutions. When you wake up (google Polyphasic Sleep to put the sleep method on steroids) and take a walk or shower, you may find that you have a lot of new ideas or solutions for the problems you were tackling.
They suffered through email? The necessity.
The success/failure of your simplified (not simplistic) UI rests on, I'd say, the true value of the offer it is presenting to the user.
I'm separating learning curve from usable-"ness"
Or, maybe they didn't pay enough.