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I want to start a business

start a business, business idea, entrepreneur, blogging, hockey blogging, starting up a business

Brian / September 1st, 2011 / 1 Comment

Is it possible to be motivated by your own site? CF had a great post (if I do say so myself) earlier this week about living your dream. I’ve realized, that while I’m happy and somewhat complacent in my current position, I do not have a basic enthusiasm for the subject matter or have any personal investment in the results of my labour. Nevertheless, I am grateful to be employed; a family...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: business ideas, fantasy sports, Hockey pool, keeper pool, starting a business

Live your dream – so you don’t end up like this guy…

Live your dream, follow your passion, computer science

CF / August 23rd, 2011 / No Comments

There’s a guy at my work who takes care of all the computer-related stuff for the lab. Let’s call him Jack, short for Jackass. Jack’s in his late thirties or early forties, has two young kids and recently made the manager “manager” level. So he gets paid about 50-55k per year, but he does get a gold plated pension and benefit package thanks to working for the university. ...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: career, pensions, work

Making money is easy

Brian / August 2nd, 2011 / 4 Comments

“I would really like to do that, but I don’t have enough money.” Sound familiar? There is an engrained sense of self pity in our society when it comes to making money (namely that what we earn is never good enough). Traditional thinking is to believe that our ‘day job’ should pay us enough money to afford the lifestyle that we want. In a changing world, those that think...

Posted in: Career and Work, Money, Philosophy Tagged with: alternative income, creativity, finding a job, making more money

People who have inspired me – My (almost) first manager

CF / May 30th, 2011 / No Comments

My first steady job (that didn’t involve working for my dad) was at a dollar store. My parents knew the owners and put me in touch with them. One brief meeting later, I was gainfully employed. I was 17-almost-18 at the time. I had to travel an hour and a half to get to the store and an hour and a half to get home. As you can imagine, this sucked. I worked there for a year and a bit. ...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: bankruptcy, dollar store, entrepreneur, manager