Monday, September 1, 2014

I have a job, now what?

The last six years were spent in intense aerospace engineering education, a fairly healthy dose of fun and a low dose of travel and new things that I did outside my comfort zone.

I finally got my dream job and I start next week. In the meantime, I have come across a few websites and books that are amazing and have helped me a lot to think about wealth and life differently.

Here is the list:

1. MMM (Recent find, but I think I will be using it a lot more now) http://www.mrmoneymustache.com
2. Ramit Sethi (Author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich)
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/
3. Lean Launchpad by Steve Blank
The course is available on udacity.com
4. Catholic Guy by Lino Rulli
He has helped with humanizing the faith and just doing the best I can and then letting God be God. His story has helped me a lot to realize that God has given me some talents and skills, and it will be a shame if I do not use them appropriately.
5. Catholic Stuff You Should Know Podcast.
They have very interesting topics and I do hope that their vocational journey would allow the podcast to come back to life!
5. AOM (Art of Manliness)
It gives a healthy dose of the right attitude and the right skills!
6. Beating The Street by Lynch
7. The Motley Fool Friday Podcasts and their articles

The gist is that I feel that I need to reduce my consumerism, and start providing value to people and adding value to the world. This blog will probably be a stepping stone in that direction. Maybe, I am doing this to just make myself feel good. Either way, hope someone gets some use out of it.

Moving forward, I will share some of the things that I think I do differently and maybe someone will be able to benefit from it.