How I retired at age 25
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How I retired at age 25
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#2After reading all of that, I still don't know what he/you actually did.
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#3After reading all of that, I still don't know what he/you actually did.
Presumably it's: start several blogs, and make money via advertisements, referrals, and e-books.
The two sites linked in the article prominently advertise self-made books:
Re: How I retired at age 25
#4the niche disease site and ebook made 40k in its 12th month??
Re: How I retired at age 25
#5After reading all of that, I still don't know what he/you actually did.
Presumably it's: start several blogs, and make money via advertisements, referrals, and e-books. The two sites linked in the article prominently advertise self-made books: http://www.reactivehypoglycemia.info/ http://www.statisticshowto.com/
I think the lesson he's shooting at is the basic "don't be afraid to chase your dream because when I did everything turned out roses". I'm not opposed to that message but it seems self evident. Everyone has a dream, everyone knows some people chase their dream and succeed. What holds people back (as he says in the post) is fear that they won't succeed and I don't see how one anecdotal story is going to alleviate that.
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#6How lucky for him that his wife had a strange disease! We can't all be this lucky though.
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#7I'm glad I can appreciate the recursiveness of reading a minimally informative blog about getting rich, all the while knowing that the punchline is going to be "write lean content that strings people along".
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#8How lame. I'm 35 and I haven't even started working.
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#9It feels suspicious to me that this article is now up to 18 points?
The suspicion? Some users up-vote a headline before reading the article.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Presumably it's: start several blogs, and make money via advertisements, referrals, and e-books. The two sites linked in the article prominently advertise self-made books: http://www.reactivehypoglycemia.info/ http://www.statisticshowto.com/
I think the lesson he's shooting at is the basic "don't be afraid to chase your dream because when I did everything turned out roses". I'm not opposed to that message but it seems self evident. Everyone has a dream, everyone knows some people chase their dream and succeed. What holds people back (as he says in the post) is fear that they won't succeed and I don't see how one anecdotal story is going to alleviate that…
About 80% of the income comes from books, 20% from things like ads and affiliate links (reply to grandparent).
Actually though, I was hoping to accomplish something different than "drop everything for your pie in sky, because it'll be great, trust me."
This is more:
1) Pay attention to the simple opportunities you have around you
2) Be prepared to work for quite a while before seeing any real return
3) Don't get stuck in the "I just need to pay the bills" trap. Get something--anything--out in the wild, and then iterate.
Those were my major roadblocks, and I thought they might be blocking someone else also, which is why I wrote this. That having been said it's an anchor piece for the writing I have outlined for the future, which will get much more specific.
Although, I'm not really interested in getting too deeply involved in the making money online blog niche with my personal site. I just think people like reading tangible case studies, so I'll oblige.