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    Has Moving to a Warm and Sunny Climate Made You Happier?

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    Ha thats the exact sort of things that takes a lot of getting used to. It gets better year on year but some things do still make you scratch your head in disbelief! It's a strange one I've found that wherever you go where people seem laid back, you get some that are and others that are easily...
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    Has Moving to a Warm and Sunny Climate Made You Happier?

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    Short comings - generally the way things are done here to be honest. People are different, approaches are different but then there is also a mix of cultures so sometimes it feels like it's hard to know what to expect of people. Some are very much stuck in antiquated thinking, People are also...
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    Has Moving to a Warm and Sunny Climate Made You Happier?

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    Yep WA, it has its shortcomings but on the whole I love it here and it has been very good to me. Not at all, I got utterly sick of everything in the UK. Too cold, too dark, hours in traffic, people visibly effected by the weather, a lot of negative things around, break ins, thefts. There's a...
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    Has Moving to a Warm and Sunny Climate Made You Happier?

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    Have been reflecting on this more and more since I last posted. And I think the true answer is actually, "it depends". I moved when I Was young and essentially single (as in I had to choose between life and a girlfriend at the time). Would I have moved now that I have a family who would be...
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    Building AI Andy

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    I actually wonder if you are an AI sometimes :rofl: There's been 4 occasions in recent history where I'm just about to look into something and then you pop up on LinkedIn or the forum posting about it. It's honestly as bad as being shown ads for dogs moments after my mrs has been talking about...
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    What's Your Xmas Sprint?

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    What i say: I'm going to do it differently this year and down tools for two weeks. Reality: 1) create a skool "community" to see what the hype is. 2) testing the latest release of our saas 3) relaunch the e-commerce site 4) build out the course and resource portion of the consulting business...
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    Hey, you're back? How's it going and what have you been up to?

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    Trying to catch a breath :rofl: The consulting business has been doing well, earned me some nice toys and our dream house. And I hate it. It's consuming at least 12 hours of my day and it needs to change. This level of time consumption on top of a family is unsustainable and frankly...
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    Lets say you had to do it all over again. How would you go about it?

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    Wife three kids and three dogs here but you definitely get the gist! Good point you touch on that is relevant in answering the "why not scale the consultancy again" besides time constraints - it has very much become a well paid job regardless of if whether it's just me or when I have 10...
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    Lets say you had to do it all over again. How would you go about it?

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    Well it's happened. Ai has finally reached a point where it nails my sentiments much more eloquently than I could. It's funny, I was asked to speak at a "risks for AI in the construction industry" seminar last year and I mentioned that part of the reason I'd held off incorporating AI into our...
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    Lets say you had to do it all over again. How would you go about it?

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    Always enjoy insights here Very true, I think my offerings are somewhat in harmony in that sense but it's a little unique in a way. The people that would benefit from a productised offering generally are people who are trying to get into the profession or to pivot The people who benefit from...
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    Lets say you had to do it all over again. How would you go about it?

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    This is as much to share my re-journey as it is to foster conversation to anyone that might feel a little stuck in the mud. I make no bones about it I'm in a strange place at the moment. My priorities have changed. I have 3 beautiful kids and a wife who has thought tooth and nail to grow...
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    Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

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    I think its almost arrogant to think we are alone. I think the best context I've had is, the visible horizon we can see into space is 14 billion light years. Light travels around the world 7.5 times in a second. Or 236m times in a year. Multiply that distance travelled by 14 BILLION. And...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Ha I've never quite get the love for barefoot investor Yes it will mean you have slightly more savings and maybe a little dividend stream. Maybe even spend money more wisely. No it's not how the guy got particularly wealthy. Let's just say it caters to a demographic lol
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    Anger when ex-naysayers ask for advice

    Drop the emotional response to it and either tell them to take you out for dinner or a coffee to hear more if you really feel you want to help - as a MINIMUM or just say its complicated, let me know if you have any specific questions. Just remember it isn't on you to help everyone at their...
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    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    thanks for the reply :) you're right, by "onboarding" I guess I meant "get someone to give you money" haha Great to hear that I wasn't completely off piste, I had been starting to do the same but drifted into that questioning the process area where you dont see results so will persevere. Much...
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    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    From someone at the beginning with similar ambitions , I'd love to know how you handled the early 'in between stage' of having a product which has been validated and is functional and starting to get it out there, onboarding the first few users etc? That's where things have slowed down for me...
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    Has Moving to a Warm and Sunny Climate Made You Happier?

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    A resounding yes. I moved from the UK to Australia and even a bad day has an element of smiling in the sun about it. There's more to it, lots of opportunities for an entrepreneur, people and atmosphere do have an effect and Australia is generally a difficult place to start over as many ex-pats...
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    The journey to Launching a SAAS business, but first some key questions

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    Thanks for the reply and you're right the OP does read that way. I'll put that down to the baby and mum spending 23 of the past 24 hours getting angry and listing what I've done wrong The market isn't as small as I may have made it seem. Essentially any major construction or engineering...
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    The journey to Launching a SAAS business, but first some key questions

    SCALING QUESTION 
    Hopefully the below ramble makes sense, trying to be productive with minimal sleep 2 days into a new baby's arrival. So for the past 12 years or so I've successfully operated a consulting firm in the construction industry, but for the past year have been developing a SAAS product with a...
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    The lifestyle, hobbies, and fun thread.

    HOT! CHAT 
    Thank you

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