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  1. Late Bloomer

    Factfulness

    Audio and transcript of the segment is up now! Philadelphia ice cream is a luxury in China ... with a scoop of import tax
  2. Late Bloomer

    9-5 is the modern evil

    RANT 
    Unfollowing this thread because I thought it would be about alternative work schedules for the modern era, but it's actually about stating preconceived conclusions about the real meaning of economic and political theory. Maybe the title of the thread should be changed, to include a reference to...
  3. Late Bloomer

    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Unfortunately I can say I know how that feels, as I wasted most of last year on a similar situation. He was eager to pay me some money to get started and we'd figure out later what the money was for. I should have gone through my normal qualification, scope and contract process, but I was...
  4. Late Bloomer

    My failed poor executions

    EXECUTION 
    I thought you were the one who brought it up? Sorry if I misunderstood you there. I agree that looks like your best bet right now. Wrong question. A better question should be, how can I find, appeal to, connect with clients who would like to pay more to get more, and they have a good...
  5. Late Bloomer

    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    What do you mean? Can you give an example?
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    Growing A Web Design Business From Zero

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    You're a hard worker taking action, but the action's not the most effective plan. That feels like it should be fixable!
  7. Late Bloomer

    Fear of Failure

    MINDSET FAILURE 
    Read a few articles about David Allen's "Getting Things Done" system. (I think the whole book is overkill for you now, and I don't at all agree with his idea to try to "Stop the world and let me get organized first" as the starting point. The sorting flowchart is great.) He developed the system...
  8. Late Bloomer

    Fear of Failure

    MINDSET FAILURE 
    In the past, you were unrealistically optimistic because you refused to look at the downside. Your challenge is now is to not become unrealistically pessimistic from looking only at the downside. Cynicism is not realism. Realism is realism. Reality includes good potential and it includes...
  9. Late Bloomer

    Certified LOSER living on mum's couch!! Gaming Addict looking to turn things around!

    INTRO 
    Welcome to the forum and thanks for your honesty. I agree with the advice, especially Orchestrator's about not reading more books for now, because that's also a way to be introverted inside your own mental echo chamber. If you have a high-end gaming rig, would it be prudent to sell it and buy...
  10. Late Bloomer

    Getting My Mental Health Back on Track

    HEALTH 
    Aubrey, I didn't know about the loss of your mother. I'm so sorry to learn of that. No matter the cause of a death, significant milestone dates, especially the one year anniversary of the event, can bring a greatly renewed sense of grief and of any still unresolved emotions and questions. I...
  11. Late Bloomer

    Blinkist app?

    I think this is an awful thread-opening post. I've never heard of Blinkist. I'd like to see: What is Blinkist? How did you learn about it? Are you currently a user? What is your own opinion of this app? Do you know anything about whoever makes it? How did they design it technically? Do you...
  12. Late Bloomer

    I got an idea to start. What do you think about it?

    HOT! IDEA 
    Victor, you mention you've read MJ's book, The Millionaire Fastlane. That book has a section on MJ's analysis of a business idea by the five factors of Need, Entry, Control, Scale, and Time. Since we're in MJ's forum, what would be your own one or two paragraph evaluation of your shirt sales...
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    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I agree with you that a business owner who hires an employee, needs to be prepared right then for the day they might need to let that employee go. I think it was in the book The Peter Principle, but I haven't been able to find the quote, that goes something like this: If you want to be in...
  14. Late Bloomer

    Factfulness

    I have a response to the first part of your post, but not to your specific question at the end. Yesterday I heard a radio news report about tariffs and ice cream. There was an interview with the president of the oldest ice cream making company in the U.S. They export a lot of ice cream to...
  15. Late Bloomer

    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    But 404 isn't an owner or manager of the business. He's a consultant brought in to optimize production operations using Six Sigma tools. The management of the business failed to make the hard call themselves, they're the ones who failed to step up as you said. They're the ones who couldn't be...
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    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Without an explanation, people can too easily assume "operations consulting" means your gig contract includes personnel management.
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    Gun to Your Head, Make 10k in a Week

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    "There's enough in there to make a life. Any life. Just get out now. Get low. Stay low. Take it." - Jason Bourne
  18. Late Bloomer

    My failed poor executions

    EXECUTION 
    I know that "conventional wisdom" of this forum is to not get stuck in the slowlane. But for you, it makes sense if you can do something that gets you into a slowlane in Birmingham or London, where you have a much better opportunity to pull ahead. If there are more good jobs, more companies...
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    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I found your next gig, 404! "Wanted— Prime Minister of Ruritania. Hours of work: 4 A.M. to 11.59 P.M. Candidates must be prepared to fight three rounds with the current heavyweight champion (regulation gloves to be worn). Candidates will die for their country, by painless means, on reaching...
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    O Sh*t! How I accidentally became unemployed, and what I'm doing about it.

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Several commenters are ignorant of what Six Sigma Black Belt Operations Consulting is... or, chose to ignore that part of 404's story. Six Sigma is a methodology for using math and the scientific method to improve production. It was originated in manufacturing and that's by far still its...

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