How come that even if I precisely follow instructions, it does not always work as it is supposed to? Let's say I buy a book on how to start an online business and make it a success for 3 months, I do exactly what it says to, and yet, three months passed and I still do not make enough even to pay for hosting.

Recently I have experienced a rather painful fall. To cut the long story short I have lost my day job (the primary source of income for my family) and I didn't look good in the whole story. Many of my colleagues have turned their backs on me and my reputation was threatened.

Hi, I’m David. I read a lot of useful and interesting stories on your blog and want to offer one more advice: a very important ingredient of success are… our hobbies.

Would you agree to present your life to somebody? To pack it into a beautiful box with a big bow and to say: “please take it and do whatever you want with it”. I guess no. Life is not always wonderful but it’s yours, right? However, I have noticed that many people make such gifts.

She became a strawberry without… sex! Well, of course, Sarah Jessica Parker knows good sex, as well as her character Carrie Bradshaw; however, she didn’t use this knowledge in achieving success. How could this cute girl become a sex-symbol without a single nude scene? ;-)

Recently I have met a friend with whom I have lost contact since the University years. I have always perceived Nick (lets call him this way here) as a very successful person. He easily passed all exams regardless of his actual knowledge of material or attendance, professors and tutors loved him and cited him as an example for other students. No one doubted in Nick's successful career after the University. That is why I was astonished when after being asked, if he was an owner of an international company already, he answered that he feels himself as an absolute looser.