Comments on: The Earnings Diet

By: Passive Income and the 80/20 Rule | Passive Family Income

Passive Income and the 80/20 Rule | Passive Family Income — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:37:37 +0000

[...] I am currently on a earnings diet, I still think it is a good idea to review your results from time to time looking for trends. By [...]

By: Why You Should Listen to Tim Ferriss

Why You Should Listen to Tim Ferriss — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:37:21 +0000

[...] The results of these behaviors were not generating any income, which is why I have started my earnings diet. I plan to adopt the same principles with checking my email very [...]

By: pfincome

pfincome — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:10:12 +0000

@DGI – I use to check my stocks daily, which cost me more time and money. It got so bad that I would refresh the price of my stocks every 10 minutes or so. Then I realize that since I am not a day trader, why should it matter! I check up on my stocks about once per week now, which I believe is a good frequency.

By: pfincome

pfincome — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:10 +0000

@Maria – Thanks. I have found myself to spend just as much time checking my earnings than I am working to create new content. I think it is still important to check as a motivator and to look for trends, but there is a point when it gets to be too much.

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:47:31 +0000

I totally agree with you. I check my brokerage accounts for the amounts of dividends I have received every single day. I would be much better off to just look at it once a week or once a month. The checking of earnings does not add any value to you, although psychologically I think I do check often because I believe that this somehow helps my income ( which it doesn’t)
I once went to a vacation without any internet for a week and after that I checked all stats. I reaized that checking my stats doesn’t add any value – I hadn’t checked them for a week and yet everything worked out fine