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Re: Is there more to life than money?

ariens mowers — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:38:34 -0000

Excellent post.I want to thank you for this informative read, I really appreciate sharing this great post. Keep up your work.

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hedge funds — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:14:26 -0000

Seed money is typically used to pay for such preliminary operations as market research and product development. Investors are often the business founders themselves, using savings, mortgage loan proceeds, or funds borrowed from family and friends.

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Paul Buchana — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:44:14 -0000

Paul, am curious....say one had a brilliant start up idea they would like to pitch you, how exactly would they get in touch with you?

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Paul Buchana — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:36:37 -0000

Nice post!

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google sniper — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:43:43 -0000

I am in the process of starting my own company because I don't want to be stuck behind a desk 9-5 mon-fri. There is more to life then working and I want to enjoy all the life has to offer..unfortunately you need money to survive. I want don't want to work to live though and that will be my motta

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Best Smartphones — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:29:03 -0000

I guess that it is all about philosophy! It does seem to me, that many of us in the Western world have we gone too far in a desire to and create wealth. The whole world economy is rebalancing and remain needs to get used to having less cash than we used to in the past.

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whole house window fan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:27:03 -0000

Wow there is more to life than money...I agree a 100%

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Make a Will online — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:02:56 -0000

I think that we have often got the balance between trying to achieve well and the quality of I life very wrong indeed. both my wife and I have decided to strive for the material things in life are less and give ourselves our family more time together instead.

Kind regards,

John

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Winning Money — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:44:08 -0000

This article has some good ideas, but I have to admin doing what you love for a living requires courage and patience. People usually get stuck in a routine and doing anything outside of that routine is very threatening to them. At the end of the day everyone gets to choose for them selves. Sure money isn't the main objective of life, but I find that whatever you wanna do it always somehow revolves around money.

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Dr Paul Dyer — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:19:17 -0000

In my view, there is nothing more important than how we choose to spend out time and energy, how we decide to use our gifts and talents. After working with thousands of people over the last 20+ years, I've found than many, while very financially successful, were empty, tired, and unfulfilled. This is heartbreaking to me. We are meant to live lives of passion and joy, and as you say, this is very possible. But it does take a process, and at times, a good deal of effort. Thanks for asking people to consider what really matters in life!

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Clicksor — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:07:04 -0000

You are talking about 9 to 5 jobs. But here in india people are working really very hard even from morning 8 to night 10. pm. Just thought to let all people know that earning is really hard. But i agree with you paul on this.

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three credit report — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:37:09 -0000

money is everything we needed in order to live and survive.. i like your post, I am pretty sure that you are enjoying working while receiving your payment =) very inspiring =)

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Jay — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:47:33 -0000

I would like to see a Google W-2 -- could you please post one, and of course redact the dollar figures and your social?

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krbabu — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:46:32 -0000

this is good

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Randy — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:34:36 -0000

There certainly is more to life than money but the question is whether it is possible to live a really complete and successful life without money or not. There are many things in life impossible to do unless you have money.
There are many challenges in life impossible to overcome without having money.
It's necessary to earn enough money in order to achieve the goals that are simply impossible to reach without having money.
To make it short: Not everything lies in money but too many things do require money! I guess that's why we're all trying to learn as much as we can about
Internet and Money

Regards from Randy

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Shi — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:15:26 -0000

web-businesses is a link pointing to links i.e Get Google Ads FREE!
whciha re a complete SCAM

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sashka — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:38:42 -0000

For those who prefers to read in Russian, there's a Russian translation of this article at http://www.maxkir.com/sd/paul_buchheit_startup.html

Thanks a lot, Paul! great reading!

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Alex Railean — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:39:47 -0000

This is an interesting discussion point, I've debated this recently, and there are some other things that have to be taken into account. An important factor is the competence of the people you are working with.

In a startup, one should be ready to handle more work, because the company cannot yet afford to hire people for every single task out there. If your colleagues are irresponsible, then it means you'll have to do more, just to keep the company floating. In other words, in the case of a startup, the teamwork factor is of a great significance.

Big companies tend to be more focused on the "need to know" principle; i.e. you are a small gear in a large mechanism; you are given something at the input and you must generate some output that matches the specs. If someone fails elsewhere, it is not your problem (it is outside your "need to know").

Notes:
- I am not saying that in a big company teamwork is not important, or that "need to know" will "protect" you even if everyone else in the company is an asshole.

I work in a small company, and I see that with time my todo-list is getting out of control. Initially I was doing A, B and C; but now it's everything all the way to Z. I am unable to keep up, and it often happens that I am frustrated because of this; technically speaking - every issue in the company is also my personal fault, because I am involved in almost every activity.

The problem grows on a daily basis; I am currently conducting a small survey called "why buffer overflows occur at work", hoping it will help me straighten things out by seeing the bigger picture.

To summarize the above, the other things that must be taken into account are your degree of independence, and your way of interpreting failure (i.e. you think it is your fault, or you can shift the blame on someone else, or you tend to see it as your fault even if it is not, etc)

p.s. look ma, posting it without a post preview! :-)

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AreaMan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:42:08 -0000

In the US, registered nurses (RN's) make more money than the vast majority of software developers. The very best profession for making a bunch of cash was recently reported as Investment Banker. Many lawyers are poor.

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sim — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:05:08 -0000

hi paul, read it. thanks a lot for today's inspiration.
sim - tokyo.

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Uta — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:08:08 -0000

Hi Paul, oh I have put a line about putting the original English
text side by the side with the Chinese translation. So, people
can also refer back to the English meaning. Coz I know that
translation sometimes miss certain things.
And thank you very letting me translate the post. It's really
inspiring.

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Mustafa K. Isik — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:55:31 -0000

Took me three days to stumble upon your latest post. I really like it and could not agree more.
See you at the "FriendFeed Global International World Headquarters in Mountain View" ;)

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uta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:00:30 -0000

Here is the Chinese version of this post:

http://utalam.wordpress.com...

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Min — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:23:37 -0000

Thanks for the post -- I enjoy reading your reflective pieces. I know I made the right choice going from big company to small, for the reasons you have thoughtfully written about.

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DML — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:28:32 -0000

The key is getting people to understand WHY joining a startup is better than a big company. I happen to agree with that sentiment, but the trick is convincing people who've been trained to want to join big companies that their instinct might be leading them astray.

Also you have to be honest -- there's disadvantages to startups too. Less stability, forget about the 40 hour weeks, etc.