http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rId95N2teUc Well here we are my friends, the penultimate day of 2020. It's been quite the year for my team and I. I launched this blog way back in March, 2019 (which I hope you've all enjoyed reading, and will continue to enjoy for years to come), traveled overseas several times, had the opportunity to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (which was a blast), and have hopefully accomplished much in my goal to...

There were several points over the past couple of weeks where I could have posted this up, but for one reason or another it happened to fall on today, which for many of you out there is the night before Christmas (and all through the house....). I've said before that holidays are of the utmost importance, and that there is quite literally no good reason that you should not enjoy...

There's yet another old saying, that goes "never mix business and personal." While I don't one hundred percent agree with the statement, there are times when it's not necessarily in the best interests of your business to mix the two, and that's what we'll be discussing today. Under some circumstances, it can actually be a boon to your business. In others, perhaps not so much. The trick lies in telling...

Hello everyone! My name’s Shane and I’m one of David’s team members, working as a content provider for his various sites. He’s spoken about me before in previous posts, like “Cut Out The Middleman” and the first part of “The Cost of Debt.” I pitched an idea to David about doing a guest blog for today since Halloween is by far my all-time favourite holiday, and he gave me the...

The concept of the carrot and the stick is something that most people should be familiar with. The earliest recorded use of the phrase was in December 1948 in The Economist magazine. The concept is drawn from the idea of a cart driver using a carrot suspended in front of his or her horse, mule, etc. just out of reach to motivate it to constantly move towards it, while holding...

In a previous article, we discussed how important it is to be honest with yourself. Today, I'll be getting in to more detail on a point I raised back then, which is the importance of being honest with your clients. We all know repeat business is the key to maximizing your Personal Independent Earnings. This is irrefutable cold hard fact.  But in order to earn the repeat business you desire,...

You've crunched the numbers. You've fine tuned your product. Every i has been dotted, every t crossed. Every conceivable thing you can think of has been taken care of. You've planned, you've budgeted, you've built your team, your marketing is ready to go. It's time for you to put your business out there in the world for all to see. Nervous? Don't be. This is probably the hardest part of...

Burnout is one of the worst things that can happen to any small business owner. Your focus and motivation all but disappear, your desire to work goes out the window, and the thought of getting down to business can actually become a depressing one, rather than exciting, as it should be. Obviously, this is bad news, and something to be avoided. For the 9-5ers out there, it is somewhat unavoidable....

It's very easy for anyone in any industry to think that competition is a bad thing. After all, there's somebody else out there offering a similar product or service and making money on it. Money that could be going to you. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Competition is actually a very good thing. You see, with a competing service out there, it inspires you to try...

If you're like me (and you must be at least a little, if you're walking the path to PIE), you are a highly motivated, self-starting individual. You have an unending drive for success. You are tenacious. You have a tendency to go-go-go, until you attain your goals. The word stop just isn't in your vocabulary. And that is completely fine. But there's a difference between stopping and slowing down a...