Scaling Up Your Business or Your Life
561 CommentsLet’s say you have a decent little business going. Something on the Internet, perhaps—since that’s the way an estimated 24 million of us earn our living these days, just in…
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My Biggest Travel Mistake Ever
55 CommentsA few days ago I wrote about my misadventures in Mongolia—the primary misadventure in that case being evicted from my guesthouse after midnight. That experience was certainly not fun while…
Misadventures in Mongolia
14 CommentsThis is the story in which I fly to Mongolia for $44, get kicked out of my guesthouse after midnight, and visit the Genghis Khan brewery. Sounds like fun, right?…
Printer Toner and Contemplative Prayer: Interview with LaserMonks.com
23 CommentsMonasteries all over the world have been self-supporting for centuries, and the practice of monks running a small business is nothing new. Most of them, however, don’t end up experiencing…
In Defense of Ass-Kicking
40 CommentsI recently got an email from a reader who said the best thing about the manifestowas that it kicked him in the ass and made him get back to working…
Running in Warsaw
37 CommentsI head out in the morning for what I plan as a 6-8 mile run. I’ve never been here before, so my route is somewhat flexible. I Google “Warsaw running”…
Ever Feel Like Giving Up?
1,248 CommentsI do. It gets lonely out there traveling by myself, spending entire days without talking to anyone sometimes, hanging out in countries where I don’t speak the language and am…
9 Insane Strategies to Transform Your Business
21 CommentsMy friend Jonathan Fields wrote a post once about how the road to blogging success is paved with insanity. Being a conventional blogger is not only boring, as Jonathan noted,…
48 Hours in Northern Iraq
31 CommentsHello everyone, here are the details behind my secret stopover while on the Baltics and Beyond trip. I had a stop on this part of the trip that I deliberately…
AONC Frequently Asked Questions – What’s On Your Mind?
17 CommentsGreetings, friends and readers. As part of the continuing development of the project, I will be creating a Frequently Asked Questions page here on the AONC site. I get emails…
How To Work 52 Jobs in One Year: Interview with Sean Aiken
9 CommentsLast year, Sean Aiken from Vancouver, Canada, graduated from college with a business degree and wasn’t sure what he wanted to do next. Like a lot of us of all…
Getting to Moldova
67 CommentsPrevious Trip Reports: Getting to India Five Journeys to Cotonou, Benin Easter Island to Beirut, Lebanon Leaving Hong Kong Homeless in London Full Archive *** In the parts of the…
Introducing Patriotism 2.0
25 CommentsHappy 4th of July, everyone, live from the Russian Federation, en route to the new Republic of Moldova. I’ll tell you more about this part of the world soon, but…
Beginnings
11 CommentsThis is how it all begins. The night before, I pack my bags. I can do this in about 20 minutes if needed, but to be safe, I usually take…
Site Update – June 2008
5 CommentsLive from Amsterdam Greetings from Amsterdam’s nice Schiphol airport, where I’m spending the day in transit after arriving early this morning from Minneapolis. Schiphol is one of Europe’s nicest airports,…
