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The miserly millionaire

25/3/2023

People can be incredible cautionary tales. We need to learn from people that have been fabulously successful in areas of their lives. And on the converse, we need to learn where it has gone wrong. Find the person that has messed it all up, ask to interview them and write down everything they did so we can do the opposite!

There is gold in their failures. There are lessons that can save you decades. Learn from other people's mistakes so you don't have to make them yourself.

You can learn so much from failure and we often spend more time learning from success. For the next 6 minutes as you read the article maybe you will learn some things you can avoid.

This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.

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How do you wake up? Purpose

4/3/2023

How do you wake up each morning? Do you wake up full of joy and excitement ready to get on with the day, drawn from bed with a passion to make a difference and do things?

Or do you wake up, hit snooze, pull up the covers and dread getting out of bed? Do you dread Monday mornings? Do you get the Sunday night blues?

How you wake up, how you feel in the morning can tell you a lot about your life and the way you are thinking about it.

The Donegans - How do you wake up in the morning?

How do you wake up in the morning? Full of beans and excited to take on the world or do you want to hide under the covers and go back to sleep?

Katie and I have discovered that purpose can be the difference between either being driven, happy and full of energy or dreading the week, wishing away the hours and praying for the weekend.

If you are praying for the weekend, if you are dreading Monday then something in your life or the way you think about your life is broken. Use how you feel in the mornings as a barometer for your success in life.

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Comfort, Awareness & Possibility

15/1/2023

You don't know what you don't know. Someone said that to me as they were trying to sell me a training course years ago and it got me thinking as well as annoying me! What does that actually mean?

There are things I take for granted now that I didn't even know existed when I was younger let alone even thought they were possible for me to achieve!

Alan didn't even know it was possible!

Even now at 44 there is SO much that I know I don't know about, let alone the stuff I don't know I don't know!

How do you know what exists, how do you know what is possible for you and how do you get comfortable having a go?

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Trouble in paradise

10/3/2022

I am sat outside a café, sipping a hot americano in the sunshine of Mexico. I have every reason to be happy but I am not. I am sad and down and unmotivated to do anything.

I beat myself up because I have everything that everyone could ever want; and more and yet I still feel down sometimes.

Why am I sad? Because I just had a huge argument with Katie, my wife. She is the love of my life and people always compliment us on how strong our relationship is; but we are just two normal humans that have problems too.

We have figured out a lot. We have figured out how to build businesses, how to get to financial independence and we have been working on communication and self-development for decades but we still don't know it all. We still have problems, arguments and issues just like everyone.

Why am I telling you this? I think it is important to realise no one is perfect and we are all trying our hardest.

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10 ways to increase your income

12/9/2021

The route to financial independence has three main levers! Decrease your spending, increase your income and then invest the difference! Sounds simple doesn't it?

Nearly everyone focuses on how you can reduce your expenditure. This tends to be the low hanging fruit so who blames them for starting there. However, there is a floor to how far you can reduce your expenses! There is also a cost to it. If you reduce your expenses too far it can reduce your happiness or safety!

Alan & Katie Donegan discussing financial independence, investment and life time earnings.

Alan & Katie discussing earning, growth and investments! There is a 10% chance this photo was staged.

Almost every blog talks about cutting out streaming services, reducing expenditure and not going out to eat. I have a slightly different take on it.

There is almost an air of resignation when I ask people about how much money they make. It is as if they earn what they earn and that is it. Well I am here to tell you that there maybe a floor to how much you can reduce expenditure but the is NO ceiling to the amount of money you can make! You want to pull a lever that is going to supercharge your finances and your path to financial independence? This is the one!

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Self-care 101 - how to start looking after yourself

5/6/2020

Have you ever worked till you get ill? Have you ever been so stressed you lose sleep and feel sick? Do you stop and take time to look after yourself?

Historically self-care is something I have been epically bad at doing. In my mid-30s it became more of a priority and I learnt a few painful lessons.

Alan passed out on the floor! Remember to rest before you fall over and can't see!

This is the first in a series of posts about self-care, what I have learnt that you can use and tips & tricks to keep you on tip top form.

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The miserly millionaire

How do you wake up? Purpose

Comfort, Awareness & Possibility

Trouble in paradise

10 ways to increase your income

Self-care 101 - how to start looking after yourself

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