Welcome
I’m Sam Priestley and this is my blog where I share my experiences and insights gathered from the last 15 years working for myself. I wrote regularly from 2014 but rarely post these last few years due to my current work being too technical for a casual blog. Still I hope you find the articles useful.
Latest Posts:
Value Betting – How To Make Money When The Bookies Get It Wrong
The odds you get at a bookmaker represent the chance of your bet winning. And sometimes, just sometimes, the bookies get it wrong allowing smart punters to get great value. This is the essence of value betting. Value betting was the final and most profitable step of...
What It Takes To Create A Successful Blog – The 3 Crucial Aspects
It has been over two years since I started this blog. And in that time it has gone from a small site only read by my friends and family, to a source of full-time income with thousands of readers. So I think it's time to write a detailed blog post looking at exactly...
How To Start A T-Shirt Dropshipping Business
In this post, I set up a business that sells t-shirts with my designs on them. My t-shirt dropshipping business requires almost no upfront cost and takes very little maintenance. The store I set up is here and you can also buy the items on Amazon here. I have been...
How To Give To Charity Effectively And Efficiently
When I first went to university someone I respected suggested I should start donating to charity from my student loan. Nonsense, obviously I wasn't going to do that. And I think that was the last time anyone I trusted spoke to me about giving to charity. Talking about...
Give Your Body An MOT – My First Ever Health Screening
Do you think it's strange that most people have never had a full medical check-up? It's not something I've every really thought about before. I give my car a yearly MOT, I go to the dentist regularly for a checkup, and I even check my computer for viruses. But I've...
Running My UK Business Without An Accountant
In April 2015 my business partner and I started a new company. That in itself isn't anything special. Whenever a new project starts to make some money I like to create a company for it. But what was special was that we decided to ignore all the common advice and run...
Quit Your Job, Become A Freelancer And Travel The World
Eight months ago my girlfriend (now fiance) quit her corporate job, created a profile on a freelancing website and ran off to travel the world with me. Now she has more offers for contracts than she can handle, is able to work from anywhere in the world and earns over...
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki – Book Review
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki is probably the most well known 'how to be rich' books ever written. And it's also one that I have been putting off reading for a long time. I hate the branding - "what the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle...
One Year On – Exactly How Much Our Bestselling Book Has Made
In mid-August last year we launched our book. We're going to sell thousands, I thought. And because we are self-published we'll be able to keep most of the royalties and be rich! On the surface, those hopes weren't completely absurd. The book was called Expert in a...
How I Started A Consultancy Business
I have gone over to the dark side and done something I never thought I would. I have started my own consultancy business. As someone who is known for being rude about consultants... what a hypocritic. Ok, wait a second, I'm sorry! But let me explain. I'm not being...
Levelling Up In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
In mid-April 2015 I set a challenge to "get really good at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" in one year. I had no idea what "being really good" meant. I didn't even really know what Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was. But I was a bit full of myself and thought I could just pick a random...
Supercharging My Blog – A New Theme & A New Host
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed that it is now looking very different. Over the last few days I have completely redesigned the site. I think the new site looks cleaner, more modern and is much easier for new readers to get straight to the...
