Mar 9 2010

Off To Cyprus – with a bag full of philosophies…

About 3 months ago I decided to move to Cyprus. I went to see Mark Vurnum in November for some consultancy and kind of really liked the place…

Especially the fact that it was sunny and warm in November. :-)

So while I was getting ready I realised that most of our life is based around accumulating things, and I was about to do the opposite – get rid of things, simplify and declutter. Great feeling. Sold my car, gave up a storage unit and gave away all the stuff in there…

Truth is you think you’ll miss that stuff but you actually don’t – at least I don’t. Tom calls it ‘mental ram’ – stuff that takes some of your attention and thinking time up everyday. Every property you own, every thing you possess… it has a ‘maintenance trail’.

I also want to share a statistic regarding how ‘happiness’ and ‘income’ are related. Below $60,000 US there is a direct connection between happiness and income, but guess what happens above? (watch the video :-) to find out more)

Moving out here is showing to my students and friends that you can do what you want if you go after it. The internet lifestyle – is real.

keep your dreams – pursue them

to your success – if this is work, then let’s have some more of it

Daniel

PS: btw, people asked me about the music at the end of the video. It’s Peppino D’Agostino. Check him out. He is amazing.

PPS: let me know your thoughts, please comment on this post.