Comments on: Using the Crowbar Maneuver to get cash fast http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html Becoming debt-free is the first step to building a better world. Financial independence is the second. Doing what YOU want is the third. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rowan http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-30455 Rowan Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:10:51 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-30455 I followed a link here because I haven't read this post in a while and the message is really inspiring. Reading the comments I see that some missed the point. Like you said, if they are committed, they will follow through until the desired result is obtained despite any setbacks (This is, not coincidentally, the definition of commitment). I wonder if you ever read the comments like a Meyers-Briggs test. Personality types really show in response to such extreme ideas. I followed a link here because I haven’t read this post in a while and the message is really inspiring. Reading the comments I see that some missed the point. Like you said, if they are committed, they will follow through until the desired result is obtained despite any setbacks (This is, not coincidentally, the definition of commitment).
I wonder if you ever read the comments like a Meyers-Briggs test. Personality types really show in response to such extreme ideas.

]]> By: Gene http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-18284 Gene Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:11:25 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-18284 Hmm, I'm an INTJ. "If you decide to do something, go full force or not at all". Definitely agree. Hmm, I’m an INTJ. “If you decide to do something, go full force or not at all”. Definitely agree.

]]> By: My Escape Plan « Simple Living in Suffolk http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14371 My Escape Plan « Simple Living in Suffolk Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:51:23 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14371 [...] results demand extraordinary efforts. That means cold turkey on consumerism, it means less is more all round. You need a lot of capital [...] [...] results demand extraordinary efforts. That means cold turkey on consumerism, it means less is more all round. You need a lot of capital [...]

]]> By: Yakezie Challenge Carnival Roundup For August 1, 2010 | Not Made Of Money http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14227 Yakezie Challenge Carnival Roundup For August 1, 2010 | Not Made Of Money Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:25:58 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14227 [...] Early Retirement Extreme details the crowbar maneuver to get cash fast. [...] [...] Early Retirement Extreme details the crowbar maneuver to get cash fast. [...]

]]> By: Jacob http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14223 Jacob Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:16:22 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14223 @Financial Samurai - I'm partial to the slow launch. I prefer "back list" items that keep selling rather than products that rely on the hype-cycle to sell. I try to be as non-"ebook blogger" as I can be ;-) @Financial Samurai – I’m partial to the slow launch. I prefer “back list” items that keep selling rather than products that rely on the hype-cycle to sell. I try to be as non-”ebook blogger” as I can be ;-)

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14192 Financial Samurai Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:30:39 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14192 Sometimes it's pretty tough to go all out all the time. With the launch of Yakezie.com, I'm actually thinking about building it slowly, like a 3 month long runway until take off. The initial months will be a discovery period of each member telling their own story on the site if they wish. I'd like the relationships to get even tighter so that when the other projects are launched, we'll be that much more supportive. Thoughts? Sometimes it’s pretty tough to go all out all the time.

With the launch of Yakezie.com, I’m actually thinking about building it slowly, like a 3 month long runway until take off. The initial months will be a discovery period of each member telling their own story on the site if they wish.

I’d like the relationships to get even tighter so that when the other projects are launched, we’ll be that much more supportive.

Thoughts?

]]> By: Mrs. Not Made of Money http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14189 Mrs. Not Made of Money Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:39:30 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14189 Glad you liked the article - thanks for the mention! We are fellow INTJs in our household - guess it's pretty obvious...and yes Yoda is quoted quite a bit around our house too :) Glad you liked the article – thanks for the mention! We are fellow INTJs in our household – guess it’s pretty obvious…and yes Yoda is quoted quite a bit around our house too :)

]]> By: Benjamin http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14188 Benjamin Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:54:24 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14188 I seem to recall it taking some people on this blog (by their own admission), who shall go unnamed, a couple tries to give up hot water showers...where would they be now if they had given up after the first failure? ;-) I seem to recall it taking some people on this blog (by their own admission), who shall go unnamed, a couple tries to give up hot water showers…where would they be now if they had given up after the first failure?
;-)

]]> By: Paul E. Zimmerman http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14178 Paul E. Zimmerman Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:24:40 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14178 Jane's comment got me curious about my personality type. I've taken various forms of that test before, but I don't remember what the results have been in the past. Tried one just now and it has deemed me an ISTJ. From the descriptions I've read, that sounds fairly accurate in describing me, except for one part: apparently I'm supposed to be a defender of tradition, and yet here I am, driven to attack the traditional notion of what portion of life should be spent working versus the portion spent retired. :) Jane’s comment got me curious about my personality type. I’ve taken various forms of that test before, but I don’t remember what the results have been in the past.

Tried one just now and it has deemed me an ISTJ. From the descriptions I’ve read, that sounds fairly accurate in describing me, except for one part: apparently I’m supposed to be a defender of tradition, and yet here I am, driven to attack the traditional notion of what portion of life should be spent working versus the portion spent retired. :)

]]> By: pessimist http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14171 pessimist Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:21 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14171 Jane in SF, would you mind breaking out your budget. My SO wants me to move to SF and I am desparately unhappy about doing this only because everything costs so ridiculously much out there. You're giving me some hope....Thanks. Jane in SF, would you mind breaking out your budget. My SO wants me to move to SF and I am desparately unhappy about doing this only because everything costs so ridiculously much out there. You’re giving me some hope….Thanks.

]]> By: blah http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-14168 blah Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:24:51 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-14168 It is interesting speaking of Meyers-Briggs, because I am an ENTJ, supposedly the rarest personality type in the world. I think for ENTJs the attraction of ERE could be the not wanting anyone's permission or approval in order to be great. It is interesting speaking of Meyers-Briggs, because I am an ENTJ, supposedly the rarest personality type in the world. I think for ENTJs the attraction of ERE could be the not wanting anyone’s permission or approval in order to be great.

]]> By: denise http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-12700 denise Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:17:29 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-12700 i think the advise to do it all the way or not do it at all is to much like perfectionism. many times jumping it alittle is better than not jumping in i think the advise to do it all the way or not do it at all is to much like perfectionism. many times jumping it alittle is better than not jumping in

]]> By: misunderstood http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-4933 misunderstood Fri, 22 May 2009 17:02:05 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-4933 Retiring is not at all wha it seems to be! BORING! Then where does the money come from? I've been retired for about two years and I'm forty and single female. It has been hell for me! Not meeting anyone and juust being down right lazy. I'm not ready! Retiring is not at all wha it seems to be! BORING! Then where does the money come from? I’ve been retired for about two years and I’m forty and single female. It has been hell for me! Not meeting anyone and juust being down right lazy. I’m not ready!

]]> By: Steve Austin http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-477 Steve Austin Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:08:44 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-477 Some guys are chick magnets. I think Jacob is an INTJ magnet. ;-\ Strong work and good comment, Jane in SF; I concur with you. I've been on a lazy, easy early retirement for the past couple of years, and it's a bit dissonant. I am developing a plan to "go Yoda" soon. Some guys are chick magnets. I think Jacob is an INTJ magnet. ;-\ Strong work and good comment, Jane in SF; I concur with you.

I’ve been on a lazy, easy early retirement for the past couple of years, and it’s a bit dissonant. I am developing a plan to “go Yoda” soon.

]]> By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-473 Ron@TheWisdomJournal Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:28:09 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-473 Hey Jacob, thanks for the link and for the credit! Hey Jacob, thanks for the link and for the credit!

]]> By: jane in sf http://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html/comment-page-1#comment-471 jane in sf Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:22:47 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/02/using-the-crowbar-maneuver-to-get-cash-fast.html#comment-471 Maybe it is an INTJ trait to be extreme - but anything less usually strikes me as missing the point - and not as exciting. But I will "try" to keep this brief. I only starting keeping track of where I spent every penny in Oct. 2007 & creating my spending plan (not a strict budget, but a bottom line - simple excel spreadsheet so I know where I stand on a daily basis). I quickly realized I make enough $ - I just was spending unconsciously - Great lesson #1. Could painlessly save $500 month the second month and now three months later I can see where it is possible to save 75% of my salary (I am working on getting my expenses to $1,000 a month) - even last month I thought $300 a month for food was inexpensive - but as I great deeper in this I see where the fat can be trimmed - will I be able to buy mostly organic? Maybe I will have to compromise my standards a bit :) One of the great ideas/feelings emerging from this way of life is the sense of freedom - maybe I do want to travel around the world, create a beautiful place in the country, whatever - but it's that possibility that makes buying (fill in the blank) not a choice I want to make. JACOB'S BLOG ROCKS! Maybe it is an INTJ trait to be extreme – but anything less usually strikes me as missing the point – and not as exciting. But I will “try” to keep this brief. I only starting keeping track of where I spent every penny in Oct. 2007 & creating my spending plan (not a strict budget, but a bottom line – simple excel spreadsheet so I know where I stand on a daily basis). I quickly realized I make enough $ – I just was spending unconsciously – Great lesson #1. Could painlessly save $500 month the second month and now three months later I can see where it is possible to save 75% of my salary (I am working on getting my expenses to $1,000 a month) – even last month I thought $300 a month for food was inexpensive – but as I great deeper in this I see where the fat can be trimmed – will I be able to buy mostly organic? Maybe I will have to compromise my standards a bit :)
One of the great ideas/feelings emerging from this way of life is the sense of freedom – maybe I do want to travel around the world, create a beautiful place in the country, whatever – but it’s that possibility that makes buying (fill in the blank) not a choice I want to make.
JACOB’S BLOG ROCKS!

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