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My Destiny – Part Deux

August 29, 2010
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The last few weeks have been very busy both personally and professionally. I’m no longer working at Enquiro. It was part of a long realization that search marketing, while interesting, isn’t what I want to do, nor do I think it’s what I’m meant to do with my life. Working remotely since I got back [...]

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Episode 6 – Where We Table Any Further Discussion

August 17, 2010
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I’ll be out of commission for the next week or so while we attend a friend’s wedding in Kelowna and enjoy a bit of vacation. I have to admit that I feel bad because there’s 4 great blog posts almost done in my drafts folder, and I haven’t managed to finish them. They’ll be published [...]

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My $200,000 Retirement Plan

July 31, 2010
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So this is actually really simple. Buy a $200,000 house today. Rent it out, making sure you’ve picked a house where the rent covers the expenses with a bit leftover. Wait 20-30 years. That’ll make me 50-60. You’ll have (at least) a $200,000 asset free and clear that you can sell, remortgage or light on [...]

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Seven Reasons Blog Posts Take Forever

July 25, 2010
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This may be more like Seven Reasons I’m Too Lazy To Blog, but we’ll work under the assumption I’ve just been busy. It might not look like it, but I’ve actually been busier than a one legged man playing Twister. There’s been a bunch of stuff happening in the background this week. WP 3 I [...]

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My Weekend Wrap-up and More Workshops

June 22, 2010
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This weekend’s marketing workshop was a resounding success. I had 6 fantastic individuals who brought a ton of questions, some great work they’ve already done and a willingness to be challenged, support the other students and learn as much as possible. It was drinking from the firehose of knowledge, but I think we kept it [...]

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22 Photos of A Calgary Roadtrip

May 31, 2010
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Megan and I took our long weekend and decided to hit the road to Cowtown and points south. Here’s a smattering of pictures from our trip and our visit to Heritage Park. Southbound! Spring means newly planted fields and lots of sky. It’s something that I missed when we lived in BC and Ireland. Me [...]

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Europe’s Financial Blackhole and a Road Trip

May 22, 2010
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The EU appears to be in a tailspin thanks to Greece and the rest of the PIGS. Slightly sketchy balance sheets and a European Union who weren’t inclined to look too deeply into the application for membership have resulted in an organization that may have some issues in it’s fundamental stability. Does that sound a [...]

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Honest Answers That Make Money

February 9, 2010
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I moved into a new house last weekend. I chose Shaw for phone, TV and internet for a variety of reasons, but primarily for the phone and internet as I work from home. Today the node that powers my neigbourhood went down, taking my phone and internet with it. Since all my work is online, this [...]

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