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Dream to Reality: How I Quit My Day Job
- davidw 18y agoToo much junk about 'pursuing your passion', and "Rich Dad" Robert K is always a warning sign, too.
- mod_test 18y ago"Rich Dad" is a good book and does illustrate why you should 'pursue your passion'.
- davidw 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_dad#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_dad#Criticism It's an entertaining read, but nothing more.
- jraines 18y agohttp://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html Here's a pretty thorough exposure of Kiyosaki as a total fraud, by the main guy cited in that Wikipedia segment, John T. Reed.
- gasull 18y agoI haven't read it, but a friend said that it's an inspirational book. Some books give you motivation, some others give you the know-how.
- davidw 18y agoThere are plenty of motivational books that will get you fired up to go charging off in the right direction, though.
- greyman 18y agoHaving complete freedom to spend one's own time would be great, but I still felt somehow sad about the article. One has a normal job where one can contribute to something useful (like Amazon, they run an online shop, which is useful for society), and then one day the person trades it for "pursuing your passion", in other words she will now spend her day for wellness, blogging or other hobbies. But I don't want to say anything bad about her, but generally, what do you guys think about such an attitude? What's so honorable about that?
- wallflower 18y agoI do read this blog occasionally, and I sometimes find the candy-coated, primo positive tone of the blog offputting. I don't like this post. It's trying to give a step-by-step approach to something that is individually hard. But maybe this entrepreneur has found a niche - providing a 'inspiration of the day'-type post. The large number of comments that each blog post gets really emphasizes the fact that its found an audience that is looking for content of this sort ('10 ways to X', 'How to X'). I'm starting to see other blogs copy its format too - down to the pretty Flickr picture that leads every post. Inspiration is good but inspiration is external-based. Inspirational posts like this can fluff you up and then you go outside and get deflated. Irritation is sometimes a better motivator because its more immediate and personal.
- thomasmallen 18y agoPlease don't turn HN into DLM...
- gasull 18y agoWhat is DLM?
- thomasmallen 18y agoDumb Little Man (.com), a very popular self-improvement blog.