By Mikael
Like most people reading this blog you are probably looking for a way to make more money than you are currently making. Some of you might want to become very rich and some are just looking for an extra monthly income that will help pay the bills or make room for some fun like traveling or purchasing some extra goods without having to think about every penny you spend.
Whatever the reason and motivation that drives you there are some key factors that play a crucial role in whether or not you are going to improve your financial situation and these key factors, once you control them, will be the key that can help you improve anything in your life, so be sure to pay attention.
On the flip side, not paying attention and acting on these key eleme... Read more
By Mikael
Selling is a vital part of making money and if you want to be rich that is one thing that you must be able to do… making money.
It may sound obvious but in today’s society most people think of something negative when they hear the word “selling” or being “sold” something. I don’t know if it has always been like this but it is definitely something that keeps a lot of people today from becoming wealthy and financially independent.
One of the reasons why people don’t like “selling” might be that they feel that something is forced upon them against their will and that the salesman are using dirty tricks to make them buy something that they really do not want to buy.
Where this way of selling comes from I do not know but it ... Read more
By Mikael
Being able to retire early from your job or from the work that you are currently doing is a dream for a great deal of people. Not having to get up in the morning and not having to go to work for someone else is seen on more and more people’s wish lists.
Even people that are self-employed or own their own company and run it like its president or CEO can have this feeling of wanting to be “free” and not being tied down in a situation where someone or something requires them to do something.
Unfortunately for the majority of people this dream will forever remain a dream and retirement will come when they hit the age where the laws tell them that it is time to retire. In some cases retirement will come earlier than that and especially in ... Read more
By Mikael
Since this blog is about wanting to retire early and rich I am naturally doing some market research to find out what is driving people to search for ways or solutions to stop working on their job.
Within the last 12 month (if I am not mistaken) Google has grown a lot smarter and are now helping us search based on what other people have searched for. Because of this we can see at what age people want to retire. Not when they are actually going to achieve it but just what they are searching for.
So as you can see from this picture people have goals and wishes of wanting to retire with 5 year intervals (except for the magic number of 21 and the normal retiree age of 62 and 65).
What this tells us is that many young people are full of hope an... Read more
By Mikael
Have you ever given some thought to how differently people speak and the words they use? If not then it might be time to start giving it a bit more attention because it has been proven that your vocabulary has an effect on your life and that applies to your financial situation as well.
In the post about stopping your excuses we looked at bit out how words and in particular questions are an important part of becoming rich. If you ask good questions it will work for you but if you ask lousy questions it can hurt you.
In a study done by some social behavior experts they proved that people that are put in prison have a very limited vocabulary compared to the average person. Often a limited vocabulary would make the person more violent, which I ... Read more
By Mikael
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- Mikael
Since Mikael invited me to write a guest post on his blog, I really wanted to come up with something interesting. The easiest way to start is probably to tell you how I managed myself to make the impossible possible.
Let me share with you a bit of my life story with you on how I became wealthy enough to allow me to retire rich and early thanks to Internet.
It’... Read more
By Mikael
Now I know that this is quite a statement and there are probably a lot of people that would like to argue with me on this statement and that is just fine. But I would like to share my views on planning for your retirement and why I believe that listening to most advisors is a poor and brainless choice.
When I say brainless I am not calling you stupid but merely stating that most people are passively listening to what advice the most marketing oriented (those that makes the most noise) advisors are saying. And being passive means not using your brain and in that sense you could just as well be brainless
But there is one thing that is probably worse than listening to loud investment advisors and managers and that is to take advice from your... Read more
By Mikael
The latest post I wrote turned into quite a bit of a discussion or rather a conversation since we all agreed that you need to take personal responsibility for what happens in your life.
The post was about retirement investing but it might as well have been about financial planning. All in all it is the same thing because to achieve anything significant you will need to plan carefully as well as act and follow through.
Whether we want to become wealthy or just financially secure there is no way around the planning and preparation part. The process (and it IS a process) consists of a lot of different parts that works together but one of the vital aspects is the educational part.
Whatever we do in life we will need some kind of training or ed... Read more
By Mikael
If you have signed up for email newsletters and different Internet marketing guru’s lists, you have probably seen a lot of promotions about using outsourcing in the last few weeks.
Some are offering membership sites teaching you how to outsource and others are selling ebooks and video training courses on the subject.
Now all of these are probably great and if you are not currently using any kind of leverage in the form of outsourcing, then you should probably look more into these products. Because without leveraging other people’s time you are most likely falling behind because your competitors are most likely getting help to grow their businesses.
The reasons for using some kind of outsourcing (you can also hire regular employees or p... Read more
By Mikael
If you are like most people you have probably been raised and taught in school to get a good education and to go get a good high paying job.
I am not saying that there is anything wrong with this solution but it is important to realize that it is not the only way to live.
The problem for most of us and I believe it is one of the reasons that so many people are struggling is that it is the ONLY way we know how to make money. Our schools and our parents haven’t been able to teach us anything else… but I have a suggestion that you can use to help your kids (and yourself) from ending up in the same situation. At least they should have an alternative to getting JOB, right?
Budget and Money Making
When your kids are old enough let the... Read more
Mikael Rieck is the author of more than hundred articles on topics of how to make money both online and offline. He has been online since 1999 and has always had a passion for money making opportunities and teaching others how to make a profit.