Great Failures of the Extremely Successful is a book by Steve Young that caught my attention. Below is an excerpt of an interview with the author, explaining the book’s premise. It is a theme from Rich Dad’s books as well: the need to re-frame the word “failure” from a negative connotation, to one of a stepping stone to success. If you...

It’s been 13 months now since I have had a job, and I was just realizing today that the thought of taking a “vacation” hasn’t even crossed my mind the whole time. I remember when I did work, I was constantly planning my next break from the grind; and I actually liked my job and even my work environment. I work just as much now, if not more,...

Have you ever met anyone who had a lot of money, but didn’t know how to enjoy it at all? I know a few people who have a lot, enough so that they could easily live very well and never worry about money again, and yet they still either work at a job that they don’t like, or continue to run a business that makes them miserable. The same goes for a lot of...

Paula Mooney has posted a cool list of Bloggers (all though it seems to have expanded to include all types of Internet business folks) earnings. Paula’s New List of Blogger Salaries (and Webmasters, Affiliate Marketers, Content Scrapers, Domainers and any other title you can think of) June 2007 Ranked by earnings. Your host here at Art of Money, made the list...

Yesterday I spoke of my revelation while reading The Four Hour Work Week that money in itself was not a worthy goal. Money is only a tool for making dreams possible or to enable freedom to pursue more rewarding activities. It seems like this is an important message. Last night I was reviewing a chapter from the profitable websites course I’m currently taking....

I confess that I really only read about 1 or 2 books a year. I skim lots of them, but only rarely does one pull me in to the point where I know that the book is going to make a big difference in my life. It’s clear that The Four Hour Work Week is this year’s book. I’ve had it for about 3 weeks now and I’m only 80 pages into it. I’m...