To access the Elysium's Passage blog host site, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage To copy and send this post: https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts   The following list of URLs is intended to assist anyone interested in Elysium's Passage blog articles in rapidly finding and accessing over 190 (and counting) posts on this site. Section A lists the majority of topics without regard to subject or posted dates. Section B relates to personal profiles. Section C has a number of my photos, including pictures of my mountain climbing adventures and my cabin ...

To retire happily is something you choose. Retiring happily sounds like a vague platitude, but the truth is that too many just retire to get rid of their job and seldom make any serious effort to retire happily. Many articles have been written about the same topic, and I must admit I belong to this group of bloggers. Here are some of the most popular ones: How to Create Your Recession Toolkit Online and Grow Your Wealth 3 Golden Tips for Retirees Starting Side ...

View a recession toolkit like a life jacket you need when the storm hits  Your recession toolkit should be as natural as fastening your seat belt before driving your car. But most people ignore it and follow the stream by not doing anything until it's too late. Do you remember Lehmans Brothers in 2008? This prestigious and reputable financial institution, established in 1850, suddenly went bankrupt. It all began with the housing market bubble, created by an overwhelming load of mortgage-backed securities bundling ...

To start a successful business in tough times requires courage and...  Successful business in tough times could be the opposite if you miss out on one essential part, which is more important than ever. The challenges for us online marketers have never been as large as today. War is going on in the world, and politics is dividing us like never before. Who knows what’s lurking around the corner? As the problems are so many and diverse, I never focus on all these ...

To be the person you want to be, you need to take a few steps Who is the person you want to be? Let’s start with this provocative question. The cruel truth is that many have a very vague idea of what they would like to be. To add some more salt to the wound, many do not even know who they really are. Today’s environment creates a number of personalities of what is trendy, cool, and in many cases, threats if ...

The topics that baby boomers search on YouTube do stick out   How do baby boomers search on YouTube? Is there a pattern or just random surfing around behavior? Reports state that 67% of baby boomers watch YouTube, and 44% do it daily. Facebook is still the largest social media for grown-up people, but YouTube is not far from reaching the same level and even surpassing it. The truth is that there is a clear tendency for what baby boomers search on YouTube. ...

Doing what you love to do should be your new year promise  By doing what you love to do, you already have the guidelines ready for 2023. Thrive in 2023 and make your best year ever is something you can do by starting out the right way. What do you need to make 2023 your best year ever? What a question, you might argue. Only two days into the new year. It's now that you should make the necessary adjustments because statistics show that only ...

There is a reason why your New Year starts today Your New Year starts today and not within four weeks. Reading my New Year Resolution blog from last year will give you a good entrance to my reasoning. You have worked hard on your goals this year, making small but still steps toward progress. You indeed want to finish this year well, and also, you want to finish it strong. At this very moment, you are not the same person as on ...

3 steps to starting your online business with limited funds An online business with limited funds was a wild fantasy and dream for many only a few years ago. Many people with entrepreneurial mindsets and fantastic business ideas put their projects on hold. It's due to a lack of capital and a conviction that an online business with limited funds is close to an impossible mission. The truth is that an online business start-up requires less capital than old traditional offline business adventures. ...

Prepare for the new deal 2023 is easier than you imagine The new deal 2023 is something we all have to face, no matter what. And the big dark cloud hanging over us has a name: Recession. The good thing this time is that you have experience from the pandemic back in 2020. You can quickly draw conclusions about what you did and didn't do to ride out the horrible pandemic in the best possible way. We all read about the new deal ...

No one asks "if", but rather when the recession is coming  The recession is coming, which most people are aware of. But different from the downturn we had in the economy in 2008. It was when the real estate market collapsed overnight, and the economy fell in pieces like rolling domino game tiles. This time it is a more "normal" entrance we will face when the recession is coming. We are right now living in challenging times. Inflation goes sky-high, and interest ...

How to actively act on the topics that concern senior citizens  The topics that concern senior citizens can be much more than five. But the five we will go through in this article are never missing in any presentation you'll find on the Internet. There can always be variation depending on the country or circumstances. The horrible pandemic with just experienced is a typical example of when everything goes upside down. Another example we are going to see soon will be the upcoming ...

Starting your online business in October is a clever choice  Launching your online business in October gives you an excellent probability of success. Why is it like that? Some people believe a lot in zodiac explanations of things around you. It could have exciting angles of specific approaches, but in general terms, I'm pretty skeptical. What always gets my attention are statistics and facts in different forms. No matter your personal opinion, a figure is a figure, and the fact is always the ...

Pros and cons with blogging or vlogging for Seniors  Vlogging for seniors is something new on the agenda for gown up adults. A few years ago, we didn’t even know the word vlogging. So, what is a vlog? In a nutshell, it’s blog content you share on a video. Vlogs are not fading out blogs but are perfect complements to each other. The first known blog post was published in 1994 by then-student Justin Hall. From there, the blogging business has grown into an ...

The best part of your life could be when you retire  When you retire, if you haven't done it yet, you will do many things you have never had time to do so far. Right? If you have been retired for a while, the question might instead be something like... "When should I have time to do that?" Whatever scenario best describes your situation, I think we can agree on one thing. Time is as limited as retired as it was before you retired! The mistake ...

Recession-proof online business – the gateway to wealth   Starting a recession-proof online business is a topic many are looking deeper into right now. Perhaps you are one of them. When society faces problems not foreseen, the turbulence around it literally shakes the market. Covid-19 and the entire pandemic are like earthquakes in a stable and relatively calm environment. The war in Ukraine completely changes security around the world. Countries like Finland and Sweden, with militarily neutral traditions, suddenly apply for NATO membership. When the ...

If you hate Mondays, you can fix it in three easy steps  To hate Mondays is a "disease" many are suffering from. And it doesn't happen once but every single week around the year, except on public-holidays-Mondays. The thing is that you can make a change already today. It's not only a question about whether you can do it or not but that you're the only one who can do it. Get to know the "formula" and stop cheating yourself. Forget about hating or disliking ...

If you knew your age advantages, you should have started long ago.  Could there be any age advantages for us grown-up adults when doing business online? Typically, we believe that entrepreneurship and business online, in particular, are just for the younger generation. While growing up, the timeline changes the way of viewing things in life. Being a business owner at an upper age isn’t what you have been taught. However, there are so many age advantages that you can use to your ...

When you close a business deal, you are not selling, but…  Close a business deal should always be the easiest part of a successful commercial relationship. If you are shaking like an autumn leaf in a full storm, something is going wrong. Too often, we all come across salespeople, or "sales-people," who don't know how to close a business deal professionally. The most common procedure is to shoot all arguments they can find to get you to "surrender" and buy.  If you master ...

Become a winner by dominating the technique to deal with objections  Deal with objections the right way, and your success will improve substantially. The cruel truth is that most of your lost sales are due to a lack of an appropriate technique to deal with objections successfully. When starting my career as a vacuum cleaner rep, the most challenging part was to be invited into a potential customer's home. Once inside, unconsciously, we did almost the impossible to come to a closing, ...