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Sourcecontrol Review: A Guide to Effective Outsourcing

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Dan.

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Everyone wants to outsource but it can be a minefield for unmet expectations and other difficulties. The answer is in systems.
Outsourcing requires systems to be truly worthwhile, without them it can quickly cost you more time than you save so it pays to really know how to effectively use a VA before you jump into [...]

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How To Live On $30 A Day

Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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How much does it cost you to live right now? Rent or mortgage, loan payments, credit cards, eating out and all the rest. I’m willing to bet that if you add it all up its likely significantly more than $30 a day. I know my current expenses exceed that quite easily but $30 is my [...]

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25 Life Lessons They Didn’t Teach Me In School

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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A quarter century down and I know I’ve only scraped the surface. Here is what I think are the most important things I’ve learned so far, maybe I’ll change my mind in time but for now I think it’s working ok for me.

There are exceptions for every rule or “There are no Absolutes”. There is [...]

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Is Travel, Lifestyle Design A Selfish Pursuit?

Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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Travel is just lost on some people, Christine at Almost Fearless has two of my favorite posts about people like this in Escapism: the Dirty Word that Keeps Us Doing What We Loathe and Why You Living Abroad Annoys Some People. Two short but excellent posts that sum up our feelings to these attitudes.
“…to them [...]

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Special Price for you Sir! Dual Pricing

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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It happens is just about all developing nations, one price for you and another for the locals, Dual Pricing, Luxury Tax or whatever you happen to call it, it gets up everyone’s nose at some point.
For many travelers it’s very high on their annoyances list, a blatant rip off, racism even.
I hate tourist prices too [...]

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Indonesia’s Wonders Prambanan and Borobudur

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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Yogyakarta (or Jogyakarta) is a special place, the main reason people visit is for the well known Buddhist temple of Borobudur yet even when visiting a major tourist site like this western faces are few and far between. It’s dirty and polluted but charming and not without its own beauty.
Off the back of my previous [...]

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Angkor Wat Without The Crowds

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Dan.

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Recently a tweet pointed me to a Times Online article The Worlds 5 Most Overrated Tourist Sites I hardly think any of them are actually overrated, in fact the complaints were less about the sites themselves and more about crowds and money.
Angkor Wat, glaringly omitted from Hillmans new 7 wonders of the world was listed, [...]