http://mintyway.com/blog Your self-development depends on you Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:13:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first BANS* site (selling ultra portable computers) still showing good results, I have decided to open a second store, dedicated to selling Wii games to the US market. I'm also trying two different strategies for both these sites : First I'm giving a shot to the Stumbleupon advertising program. It shows ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/08/09/my-build-a-niche-store-still-showing-positive-results/ I built a BANS (Build A Niche Store) powered website about 2 months ago and have just received my first payment of 53,61 €. For those of you who don't know about BANS and EPN : those are the acronyms of two products : Build A Niche Store, and Ebay Partner ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/06/27/my-first-epn-payment-from-a-bans-powered-website/ Productivity and freedom-wise, the buying of a laptop computer is probably an excellent choice. Having one allows you to be everywhere and still write, do your accounting, manage your bank accounts, publish to your blogs, work on your photographs. It doesn't matter if you're in a train, a mall, a ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/04/16/laptop-or-no-laptop-that-is-the-question/ Working in a office, having to devote all my time and energy to employers, seeing the same sights everyday. I'm going to leave this way of life forever. A few years ago, after dropping out of high school, I worked as a laborer in various factories and warehouses. It lasted for ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/20/free-electron/ If you’re a regular reader, chances are you're interested in self-development. Perhaps you’re an ex procrastinator, or an ex lazy ass. And now that you’ve committed to taking actions and making a better life for yourself, chances are you’re working a lot both on your own behaviour and emotions, and ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/17/learn-to-take-it-easy/ Since this post in which I said I was going to learn Spanish for traveling purpose, much change has happened to our plans. Our new idea is to go to Indonesia and stay there for at least a year. We’re actually planning to open a small business over there. Why Indonesia? ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/13/starting-a-business-overseas/ It's been two full weeks since I last ate a piece of meat. I only had a tuna sandwich wednesday, mostly because there was not much else left to eat at the place where I usually lunch from monday to friday. I haven't felt any urges to eat meat during this ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/12/more-and-more-vegetables/ Tonight, for the first time ever in my life, I chose eating exclusively vegetarian meals in a restaurant. We went to a small Indonesian restaurant in the beautiful city of Anvers, about 40km from Brussels. Indonesian restaurants are a rarity in Belgium, unlike in our closest neighbour Holland that counts ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/07/becoming-vegetarian/ Of course, I have nothing against making big money. But I also believe in frugality. If I earned a million dollars, I would not buy a big house and a sports car. I’d invest everything in various bonds and funds and live of the interests. Of course I’d stop working, ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/06/my-vision-of-freedom/ My lover and I have been making plans to travel around the world for some time. She's more experienced than me in this area since she's already spent a year all across Indonesia, and another year touring Australia in a van. I've only traveled a bit around Europe, for shorter ... http://mintyway.com/blog/2008/01/05/learning-spanish/