3 Months, Thousands of Miles, Hundreds of Taxis, Tens of Buses, Five Boats, Four Planes, Three Trains, 2 Police Bribes, 1 Elephant and a pair of home made wooden crutches later and I give you-

How to be a smug barstuart traveler 101 – A travelers list to help you be an incredibly smug know it all when you do your own traveling.

Without further ado – Enjoy, and add your own at the bottom in the comments if you have any. I need more for my next 3 month trip round India

You and I will not agree on everything, I happen to think that kids falling over is funny…but you may be above that level of humor and not find this quite so hilarious.

We will differ on many thing, however, I believe we can all agree that the holy grail of personal traits is to have the ability to be almost instantly liked by almost anyone you come into contact with – To be a Chocolate Coated, Sprinkle Covered, Irresistable Social Supermagnet. Yes? I thought so.

This post will teach you how to be just that. No really, seriously. I am not kidding. You believe me right? Ok, well it will, promise.

As much as I enjoy the inspirational epic of a film that is “Forest Gump”, I believe that comparing life to “A Box Of Chocolates” because, as Mr Gump so eloquently puts it, “You never know what you are going to get” is fundamentally flawed. Wait wait, let me explain, put down the pitch fork.

This will also be my last post for a week or so as I am off exploring again. Will return to blogging a week next Tuesday, try not to look too disappointed. I know, there there.

This is a post inspired by TED.com’s ingenious section that I hope someday to be on, even if I have to make an uninvited guest appearance and run like a demented would be stripper across the stage and into the gentle waiting hands of security.

I have spent a good sized wedge of today listening to the incredible short video clips of amazing individuals from all walks of life and the ideas that they have developed to solve the problems that they have encountered in the world. Most of these individuals are ordinary people that have used their own unique creativity, experiences and talents to make real and lasting change in hundreds of thousands of peoples lives.

I would put out the challange to you that, if they can do it, why can’t you?

It’s guest post round up time kids.

Now some astute readers may peer through this smokescreen I am putting up and see a blatant, and frankly abysmal excuse by yours truly for not writing a proper post….and you would be right.

I have been having an awesome time in the last few days and have neglected to write a decent post of even borderline quality, and as it happens my reserves of upcoming posts are dwindling horribly.

“I really started to learn and be educated when I left the cotton wool environment of university and entered life naked, much to the shock of casual observers.”

People, on the whole, are pretty honest. However collectively as a society they are lying to you every single day and for the most part you are probably buying into the lies. This post focuses on the 5 whopping lies that people live under and 5 brutal truths that are usualy swept under the rug. Knowing these 10 things will drastically help you break free in your life. It will take around 10mins to read but is worth it…I promise.

The Leap – How Three Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career From Good To Great “Here’s to Your Leap” Ok I confess, the blog title is not my own. It is in fact the title of an excellent book I have just recently finished reading. The author of said excellent book is an incredible guy [...]

Monday morning I sat down at my desk and opened up my email. Among the ones that stood out was this one below from Shiran of Monaco. She, along with some other readers have asked how I design my life, especially with regards to making money and where it comes from. In her email she [...]

These philosophies have allowed me to retire from a hard 40-50 hour work week and move to working less than 90 minutes a day with a substantial increase in lifestyle quality. This is one of many posts to come exploring the new lifestyle I am fortunate enough to live and how it is done.

Read Time: Approx. 3-4 Minutes | Less than a minute for highlighted sections This is a post I wrote just before leaving for Thailand. I had no intention of ever posting when I wrote it but maybe in doing so it will help someone. Why Read Unfortunatley death comes to us all at some point, [...]