Edge of David

Hey I'm David. I'm self employed and live abroad. Here I share behind the scenes content of running an online business, living abroad, personal growth strategies and building wealth.

Personal Growth

Success Hangover - How To Actually Plan For Success

From the Edge of David Subj: Stay gritty and disciplined I get asked the same question constantly. “David, please help! I don’t want to do A, I want to do B. But my family wants me to do A. What should I do?“. You should stop being a cowardly

Financial Independence

Why Bitcoin (and Gold) Is Going Up

I was staring at my phone when something caught my eye. Gold is way up, going parabolic even like a meme coin. The stock market though is down. For years, Bitcoin has moved in the same direction as stocks generally speaking. When stocks went up, Bitcoin went up. When stocks

Financial Independence

Why Not Just Create another Bitcoin?

Bitcoin code is actually simple and easy to duplicate or fork all together. That's exactly what happened with Bitcoin Cash. So why not just create another Bitcoin? What makes BTC so special, unique and almost inevitable. Let's get to it. No pre-mine A pre-mine is creating

Personal Growth

22 Ways To Be a Man Who Has Choice in Life

How to be a great man. LFG.

Expat Travel

How to (Properly) Visit Bang Krachao - The Green Lung of Bangkok

From the beautiful rooftop of my condo building I would always see this massive, green area of Bangkok while doing my outdoor workout as I like to call it (pull ups, dips, leg raises). Totally undeveloped. Dang, I always wondered what it was and why it was like that. Kind

Personal Growth

7 Reasons You Should Start a New Blog with Ghost.org

I love the Ghost.org platform for blogging and email marketing. It's not perfect, but it's pretty dang close. Here's why.

Expat Travel

Koh Larn Near Pattaya is Totally Worth Visiting - 6 Useful Travel Tips

Alright, I've written about Pattaya before and the TLDR is that I'm not a big fan of the place. Full of fat, bald, old guys, past their prime bar girls and Indian sex tourists. It's overall not a place I really vibe with, but

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Personal Growth

7 Age Gap Dating Realities as a 40+ Year Old Guy

Alright fine, I'll step my foot into the bear trap.

Personal Growth

5 Signs You're a Weak Man

Snap out of it. You need to wake the f&*k up and come to terms with reality if you're a loser and make the required changes (if the following applies). Men are not women, we don't have the luxury of marrying someone "better&

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Personal Growth

How To Pick Up and Attract Women and Keep Them Vying For Your Love, Attention and Affection

Warning: This post is rude, crude and lewd. Reader discretion is advised.

Expat Travel

Thailand vs Vietnam - Long Term Living Breakdown From an Expat

I lived in both countries for years, not weeks. Here are my thoughts on Thailand vs Vietnam.

Personal Growth

3 Reasons Why You Should Do a Combat Sport

I love training Muay Thai. It's something I'll probably do for the rest of my life in some capacity (boxing if I can't find a Muay Thai gym). The punching, the kicking, elbowing and getting hit. It really toughens you up, boosts your testosterone,

Financial Independence

How to Quit Your Day Job: Un-Talked About Concerns

The purpose of this article is to guide you through the steps necessary to go from: a) working at a job that turns you into a zombie you’re not happy with to b) beginning self-employment. What this guide is not: The following is not meant to teach you how

Personal Growth

How to Fix That Lost Feeling, That Lack of Interest

Life can get depressing, mundane and repetitive. Here's how to reverse course.

Personal Growth

Jordan Belfort's (Wolf of Wall Street) 4 Keys to Success

Jordan Belfort, whose life story was adopted in The Wolf of Wall Street, did not accidentally get rich. His success was the result of his views of himself and the world around him. I've watched a few interviews where he shares his perspective and took note of his

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Yes. But a female friend is NOT the same as a male friend.

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Personal Growth

Follow Your Dreams (and End Up Broke!)

When I first heard this from one of my business law professors way back in college, I thought it was brilliant: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow, follow the money and you’re like everyone else." This was a small one liner in his parting speech to

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Personal Growth

How To Pull Yourself Out of a Rut- Time for 2.0 YOU

It’s a really weird feeling to know that your current situation is wrong for you and that you need to make a change, but you just haven’t a damn clue on how to do it. Hey guess what. You're stuck in a rut. Don't

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Personal Growth

Limiting Belief: Stop Believing your Own Bullshit

Stop believing your own bullshit. A step by step guide,

Online Dating Advice For Men Who Struggle Getting Matches

Online dating advice (oh god here we go) - The only online dating tips you need!

Financial Independence

Brave Rewards - How I Got Paid In BAT ($250 a Year)

Getting paid in Basic Attention Token and cashing out.

6 Signs You're Dealing with a Promiscuous Girl

Heartbreak and headache awaits you if you're a big dumb dummy.

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Personal Growth

How to Survive a Street Fight

The following is from Mike Cernovich's now defunct Danger and Play blog. This is life saving advice and needs to be on the internet. As someone who's been in 3 street fights personally over the course of my life (one in America, one in Thailand, one

Personal Growth

5 Life Lessons Learned from Muay Thai Training

I've been doing Muay Thai training multiple times a week, every week for 3 months now, I absolutely love it. The punching, the kicking, the elbowing. It's such a practical fighting style and technique for a street fight. So let me share you with you some

Personal Growth

How to Take a Proper Headshot (For Men)

Put your best jaw forward.