How to Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise, and Get Paid to Change the World
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#2I want to say something about this, but I'm lost for words. This man has incredible strength of character. My hat goes off to him.
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#3I started reading this article thinking it was like any other 'how to travel the world and live cheap'. When I got halfway to see that he quit his job, moved to Mexico and has a successful business all while living with MLA I was astounded.
Really shows you what anyone can do if you simply have enough tenacity and dedication.
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#4I've done similar to this, although I'm now back in California. The best part is you don't have to wait for a tragic accident to happen.
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#5This is what is wonderful about the internet, and the written word overall. The ability to communicate with people without their disability being "present" unless they choose so must be so powerful. A lot of respect for this guy, making the break is pretty scary without thousands of dollars of medical expenses hanging over you!
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#6The author is selling people on living his lifestyle, a lifestyle he gained by telling people how to live his lifestyle.
These sorts of bloggers constantly talk about 'changing the world' but ultimately they aren't promoting people to build useful products and services, but to step up and join the blogging wealthy.
Are there people making good money blogging? Of course. The problem is in the 'token' people who sell marketing and blogging, but show little promotional ability outside of marketing and blogging.
These types of posts attract those who are susceptible to 'magical thinking', that somehow if you motivate yourself hard enough, that you will achieve whatever you want. While some level of motivation is necessary to kick start action, too much motivation is a crippling addiction that turns individuals into self-help cult members who follow every move of their marketing guru.
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#7I admire this guy's tenacity and character, but his advice seems to be "become a highly-paid consultant," which necessitates a certain amount of expertise and smarts which he clearly has but which many of his readers lack, however they may excel in other ways.
"Want to be rich? It's simple, just win the lottery," says the guy who won the lottery. "I did it, so can you."
Pursuing what you love and working hard at it is always great advice, but not everyone can make money doing what they love, no matter how hard they work at it.
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#8The author is selling people on living his lifestyle, a lifestyle he gained by telling people how to live his lifestyle. These sorts of bloggers constantly talk about 'changing the world' but ultimately they aren't promoting people to build useful products and services, but to step up and join the blogging wealthy. Are there people making good money blogging? Of course. The problem is in the 'token' people who sell m…
I think you'll find that the article is saying: decide on your goals, be determined and work hard to obtain them, and quitcher bitchin'. I didn't discover any mention of magic.
Re: How to Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise, and Get Paid to Change the World
#9I admire this guy's tenacity and character, but his advice seems to be "become a highly-paid consultant," which necessitates a certain amount of expertise and smarts which he clearly has but which many of his readers lack, however they may excel in other ways. "Want to be rich? It's simple, just win the lottery," says the guy who won the lottery. "I did it, so can you." Pursuing what you love and working hard at it i…
Don't forget that his advice also suggests to buy his products "on moneymaking" and "guest blogging" with the not-at-all scammy headline "Is This the “Secret” to Building a Popular Blog?"
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#10The author is selling people on living his lifestyle, a lifestyle he gained by telling people how to live his lifestyle. These sorts of bloggers constantly talk about 'changing the world' but ultimately they aren't promoting people to build useful products and services, but to step up and join the blogging wealthy. Are there people making good money blogging? Of course. The problem is in the 'token' people who sell m…
I think you'll find that the article is saying: decide on your goals, be determined and work hard to obtain them, and quitcher bitchin'. I didn't discover any mention of magic.
I think you missed the context of my comment.
This article is a double edged sword. Sure it contains a 'pick yourself up by your bootstraps' call to action but the other edge is that they are marketing the exact solution to the problem that they created in the post (that you aren't happy).