To most travellers, a vacation is a time to relax, take in a few museums, enjoy coffee in an outdoor cafe, eat out, and meet new people. But to me, a vacation is also the ticket to some easy extra income…

 The hardest thing to teach budding freelancers is the "Professional’s Code." It’s very simple: You show up where you’re supposed to be… when you said you’d be there… having done what you said you’d do.

 The problem with “affirmations” is that they don’t work for most people. Why? Because you’re trying to convince yourself of something you don’t really believe.

The day I started paying closer attention to the news was the day I started realising that I wasn’t uniquely stupid in making many bad decisions. If you’ve lost your home, your business, and/or your money, don’t be intimidated. The guys running many of the biggest corporations in the world have managed to lose billions, which makes them many times dumber than you.