How to Retire in 12 Months

If you have been following this blog for any period of time you will know that public speaking is my Achilles heel. After years of avoiding every opportunity to speak, not asking questions and feeling constrained, I have had enough!

It actually all started about 2 years ago when in a fit of frustration I decided to throw myself out there and get some public speaking ‘practice’. This included agreeing to things I would never have agreed to before like entering Miss Bondi (think parading in a bikini on a catwalk), and singing/playing guitar to a group of musicians.

Although I was happy I did it, both of these events were downright terrifying and my “yes” period quietly (more…)

Posted on October 31, 2011 in 12 Month Challenges, Creating a Product (Tags: Creating Product, fear of public speaking, Getting coaching, Public Speaking, The year of expansion) 8 Comments

For the last few weeks I have been getting real about what I am committed to in life and I am finding it a little uncomfortable. I find that my ideals and passions conflict with the mainstream corporate ideals that paid my bills for many years of my life.

Recently I realised that four years after leaving my last job that I have become (more…)

Posted on June 29, 2010 in Creating a Product, Low Maintenance Income, Where are we at? (Tags: Low Maintenance Income, passive income, Training Course) 8 Comments

The magic and the madness always seem to come hand in hand!

I came into last week with nervous anticipation; so many things were coming to a head that it promised to be a “it didn’t rain but poured” kind of week and well, it did not disappoint! (more…)

Posted on March 09, 2010 in Creating a Product, Team and resources, Where are we at? (Tags: Creating Product, Giving Value, Teams that rock, Twitter) 4 Comments

My thinking…

To create a passive income I needed to find something that was:

• valuable
• scalable
• easy to distribute (more…)

Posted on December 18, 2009 in Creating a Product (Tags: Creating Product, Ideas, Information, Low Maintenance Income, Passion) 9 Comments