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How to Buy XRP with a Credit Card
I'll admit, I don't know a lot about investing. But when a rich person I know and trust said to me, 'You need to get into Ripple, and you need to buy some XRP, this is going to get really big,' I took her advice. By learning about Coinbase and crypto exchanges, I was able to buy Ripple with a credit card and turn a few hundred bucks into a few thousand. What is Ripple? What is XRP? Ripple [...]
Bitcoin Newbie’s Guide
I started trading in Bitcoin with $300 two months ago, and I’ve already tripled my money. This article goes over the simple steps I took to get started investing with Bitcoin. I was lucky enough to jump in when BTC was trading at $4,000 USD, and as of this writing, it is $10,800 USD. I have withdrawn my principal investment, and the profits are what I have been using to continue investing. First, a disclaimer: I’m not much of an [...]
10 Daily Tools For Positive Thinking
By nature, I am not a positive thinker. I have to work at it. Positive thinking will not do anything by itself, but as Zig Ziglar said, “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” The success or failure of many things you do in life depends on how well you do those things - and if a few simple tricks can put you in a positive frame of mind, it can increase your effectiveness, as [...]
My favourite quote of all time is a misattribution.
When I was a young scholar, my life changed when I read this quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I thought that Aristotle said this. For years, I ended my newsletters with this marvellous line, attributing it to the Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. For a time, I even titled my newsletter ‘Habits of Excellence.’ I’ve been championing this quote because I admire both the content, and the poetic cadence, [...]
My First Trip to New Zealand
It all started with LookSee Wellington. This program offered all-expense-paid trips for 100 people working in the Tech industry to come and visit Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. 48,000 people applied. Only 0.2% of those who applied were invited, and I was not one of them. Still, applying for a trip to New Zealand got us thinking about that place. And right now, the country I am in is a mess. We had some family members interested in leaving the [...]
Professional Clarity
I've decided to get clear about what I do. For years, the unofficial feedback I get from people is, "I'm not entirely sure what it is you do, Caelan - but I know it has something to do with computers!" I've heard this so many times, so consistently over the years, it's been disheartening. For a while, I tried to solve this by getting more descriptive about my work. I would explain the mechanics of sales funnels, [...]