Beating the Recession- Get outside your comfort zone

Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Mike.

OK, I have mentioned working outside your comfort zone before but I did it again today and I want to share the experience. For the past 13+ years I’ve worked in engineering in the petro-chemical industry. It’s not a terrible gig but it’s an old boys club where you sometimes feel like a hamster on [...]

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Winning the fight – Have I got it in me?

Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

So I read a post on the Warrior Forum today about a girl that really inspired me. Her name is Amy Bass and despite some pretty crappy things happening to her in her life, she set a large goal for herself, stuck to it and won! In 21 months, she managed to pay off over [...]

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Motivation and hope – In an unmotivating and hopeless time

Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by Mike.

So with all of the doom and gloom at the j.o.b. and being left hanging for the weekend to stew about what “might” happen Monday (very gentlemanly thing to do) I’ve been forced to look within myself and my finances VERY closely. Finances because I’ve often wondered (and covered in previous blog posts) if there [...]

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