Comments on: Work for Yourself First

By: Leif

Leif — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:58:13 +0000

That’s a great comment about faith and outlook. I have some goals that I know I can achieve, I just have an obstacle at the moment that I have to see myself past.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:44:25 +0000

“Surrender. Do a podcast with me soon?”

Chris – you got it! Just let me know when and what we’ll be using to harness the podcast universe.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:31:31 +0000

@Andrew, sounds like you are well on your way

@Lyndon, I think that’s where faith comes in. One way to think about this is to look where you are now. Can you start your own blog? (obviously you can because you have one..) But rewind 7 years ago and ask that of yourself back in 1999…Can Lyndon of 1999 start a blog?

That’s where people get tripped up in their belief systems.

To me, I’d have to say there’s really no difference in Lyndon 2006 and Lyndon 1999 – somewhere along the line you gained knowledge, took some specific steps and before you knew it, you had your own blog.

By: Irregular Payments

Irregular Payments — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:09:13 +0000

Finding Time

A law student working his summer job at a law firm asks how us working people find the time.
My answer? Not being a lawyer
Kidding.
Well, sort of.
Sure, us tax accountants have times where we never seem to make it home before everyone el…

By: satorimedia

satorimedia — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:46:30 +0000

What are you trying to prove?

That’s the phrase that went through my head suddenly, last night, as I was putting the finishing touches on a proof-of-concept page for a web client. This was after a full day at my regular job, editing and posting a

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:42:42 +0000

It’s so true. Just a little bit each day and before you know it you built a mountain.

I find starting easy, but it’s the keeping going where the gold is and where I find it so difficult.

By: Chris Brogan...

Chris Brogan... — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:03:30 +0000

Okay, that does it. Quit it with the excellent posts that make me want to take the world on by storm. This is so inspirational and useful and wonderful.

Surrender. Do a podcast with me soon?

–Chris…

By: Succeeding Steps LLC

Succeeding Steps LLC — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:17:45 +0000

Work for Yourself First

Everyone has heard the investment tip of Pay yourself first. A great piece of advice that will help you force yourself to put money back.
Achieve-IT! Blog brings this idea to your small business. What if you work for yourself first?

The …

By: Lifehacker

Lifehacker — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:00:06 +0000

Work for yourself first

Financial experts advise you to “pay yourself first,” and now productivity blogger Brad Isaac says, “Work for yourself first.” … the smart investor knows he has bill to pay, he has stuff to buy. But on payday, every payday, he…

By: Andrew Seltz

Andrew Seltz — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:38:58 +0000

Thanks for the great post.

I’ve been working on this concept to keep myself writing and developing my own projects, except I stay up an hour later – I’m not a morning person and don’t find myself being as productive at the beginning of the day as I am at the end.

My blog was started with a similar idea. I was constantly sharing information with people and giving advice one-on-one. I decided to create a place to capture those bits of information and spend the extra 10% effort to write down what I said or did. Later, I’ll have a collection of writing that can be the foundation for other work.

There are now over 45 entries written since the beginning of the year.