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Online searches are an integral component of daily life for an estimated 4 billion Internet users. For as long as that trend prevails, I have complete faith that I can continue to make money blogging on WordPress. What's more, I believe that anyone with a similar level of determination can achieve this goal.
When it comes to website design, WordPress is the most popular website building software and content management system on the planet, This software was born as a blogging platform, and the WordPress blog editor contains an incomparable and incredibly powerful set of tools.
In many ways, WordPress further enhances the myriad benefits of blogging because it offers a clean, search engine friendly structure. The intuitive interface lets newbie bloggers focus on content rather than technical issues. Furthermore, thousands of stunning themes let you alter the look and functionality of your blog to create an awesome user experience.
In a nutshell, you can absolutely use WordPress and blogging to generate an online income. It's more than possible to follow your passions and make money from home doing something you love.
So, please join me as I share some powerful and proven tips that will help you earn money with your blog.
5 Powerful Tips to Make Money Blogging on WordPress
These tips are proven and time tested gems for making money with a blog that you can implement even if you've never built a website before and have no experience with monetization techniques. If you haven't created your blog yet, there's no time like the present to get started.
But first, a word of caution….
If you need income to cover basic living expenses in the next few months, you need to investigate another option. Blogging is a business venture and a longer-term solution to earning an income. A mature blog has excellent earnings potential.
But even the most dedicated blogger will typically invest 6 to 12 months of sweat equity in cultivating their blog before they begin to see returns. That may not be what you want to hear, but I tell it like it is. Many folks start their blog as a side hustle, keeping their job until the blog gains traction.
With that cautionary advice out of the way, let's move on to those tips, shall we?
Tip #1. Identify Potential Income Streams
One of the first things you need to do is figure out how you'll be paid for your blogging efforts. You can approach monetization in a plethora of different ways, and they're not mutually exclusive. I use affiliate marketing to make money from my blog, and I've created multiple streams of income by affiliating with various vendors.
Affiliate marketing has been a stellar solution for me, and I highly recommend it for all new bloggers because of the ease of implementing this technique. Most vendors offer affiliate programs which are free to join. Consequently, there are several hundred thousand products that you can promote as an affiliate marketer.
You probably want to start by joining the Amazon Associates program. Amazon's commissions are relatively low (about 4% on average) but their product offerings are obviously vast, and they are a trusted merchant. Also, nothing prevents you from affiliating with other vendors as well.
Not sure what vendor program to join?
No problem. Just open a Google search box. Type in the name of a product and add '+ affiliate program' to your search string. A list of potential programs will be displayed. From there, you can evaluate your options and apply for affiliate status.
For example, let's assume you'd like to target beginner golfers and promote golf clubs. Here's a picture of the search results:
Obviously, you would not be limited to promoting golf clubs. Beginning golfers are also interested in an endless variety of golf accessories, golf training aids, books, and videos.
Related Article: Why Become an Affiliate Marketer?
Some of the other possibilities for making money with a blog include displaying ads, selling your own products including digital products like e-books or offering services for a fee. Ultimately, you may decide to use a combination of these different options.
Now that you have an idea of how you might generate income let's move on.
Tip #2. Be an Action Taker – Buy a Domain and Hosting Package
To start a WordPress blog, all you really need is a domain name and web hosting. WordPress itself is free, and many hosting providers will offer one-click installation of the software.
Setting up a blog with WordPress really couldn't be simpler, and you'll be live on the web in a matter of minutes. I can't emphasize enough just how critical it is to dive in and take these actions because nothing further can happen until you do :).
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A domain is a unique address where users can find your blog on the World Wide Web. You definitely want to purchase your own domain versus using a free subdomain because it's far more professional. It will also be easier for readers to remember your address and find your blog.
In most instances, a dot com domain is preferable for a moneymaking venture because it's what users expect. Continuing with my golfing for beginners idea, I might go for something like BreakingOneHundred.com. This domain is available at a highly affordable cost of $13,99 per year.
A web host is a business that provides storage for your website files and also handles Internet connectivity so that readers and potential customers can access your blog. You have some choices when it comes to web hosting, and you want to do some comparison shopping to ensure that your site is well served.
I have state-of-the-art WordPress hosting with SiteRubix for my site, and it has served me well for several years now. Some of the important factors to evaluate when making your choice are speed, reliability, security, and support. Bear in mind that if your site is always down or it loads slowly, you won't be able to attract customers.
And, of course, we need to draw in prospective customers. We can sum up our Blogging Mantra pretty succinctly.
By relevant traffic, we mean website viewers who are members of our target audience. "Relevant" is key because not just any reader will do. In our beginning golf example, it's probably clear that if we somehow attract tennis players or couch potatoes, these viewers are unlikely to be interested in the golf products we promote, right?
As discussed above, WordPress offers more than 2,000 free themes you can choose as part of the installation process to beautifully showcase your content. Naturally, there are also premium themes, but I wouldn't worry about that yet because a free theme will work just fine.
Beyond selecting a theme, the only thing you need to do to lay a sound foundation for your blog is to install a couple of plug-ins. WordPress plug-ins are used to add additional functionality. There are over 50,000 free plug-ins available but for now I really only recommend two.
You'll want an SEO plug-in (I use Yoast) and an image optimization plug-in (I use WP Smush). Optimizing your graphic images will greatly speed up page loading times and Yoast will help keep the search engines happy. So, it's best to add these components right from the outset.
Tip #3. Follow Your Passion and Become an Authority Within Your Chosen Niche
The concept of a niche causes a lot of confusion and stress. But it's really nothing more exotic than a group of people who share an interest in a particular subject. In other words, it's a segment of the marketplace. As individuals, we're all members of multiple niches.
It's entirely possible to create a blog that is focused on any niche imaginable. I don't care what the subject matter is, you'll find a group of individuals with an interest in the topic. Specifically, people will have questions around the topic and will search for answers to their queries.
A successful blog is one that is narrowly focused and well–positioned to address the burning questions of its target market and provide much sought after answers. Maybe you already have expertise in a given area, and you can readily create articles based on this depth of knowledge.
It's not necessary that you start your blogging journey as an expert, though. As long as you're willing to conduct research and then write content based on your findings, you'll be fine. If you choose a passionate interest, hobby, or favorite pastime, you'll relish the opportunity to engage in research and become an expert in the field.
Over time, as you add more and more quality content to your blog, your target audience will begin to see you as an authority with solutions to their problems. And that's when the magic begins! So, be passionate and share your knowledge!
It's a pretty good gig!
Tip #4. Build Trust and Credibility
In this information age, we all tend to rely heavily on the Internet for advice and help in various areas. We have questions about products, or we want to know how to do something and we "Google it," right? So, as you contemplate blogging and affiliate marketing, know this…..
Behind most Internet searches, there's money to be made!
Your role as an affiliate marketer is to connect buyers who are looking for products with vendors who have products to sell. Your blog can encourage those connections by providing the answers your target audience is seeking when they turn to Google.
If your answers are thorough and your product reviews are unbiased, prospective customers will come to rely on you. Your blog posts can educate readers, inspire people to try new things, and generally enrich their lives. Equally important, over time you will build trust with Google.
Continuing with our beginning golfer niche example, here are some questions that prospective readers might turn to Google for.
How can I drive a golf ball further?
What's the best putting grip?
Best golf clubs for senior women.
The trick is to spend time researching things that best align with the questions your target market is likely to pose. Then you can turn your research into a comprehensive article that meets the needs of readers and provides solutions. You'll want to check out the competitive landscape and provide more value than the competition.
Make sense?
All Google wants is to serve up the most relevant and comprehensive answers to user search queries. So, if you want the search engines to reward you with rankings, your take away is pretty simple. If there is a "secret" to affiliate marketing success, here it is
Give Google exactly what it wants!
Start answering questions and endeavor to cover every aspect of a topic by delving into the minutia. Dial into this process and keep it up until Google recognizes your efforts and starts sending you relevant traffic. Remember our blogger's mantra above. You need that relevant traffic to make money.
Trust builds when readers find answers! And, customers are far more likely to buy from people they trust.
Tip #5. Grow Your Blog and Stay the Course
To create an online presence that emanates authority, consistently add to the content on your blog. Each post will address a different reader query (bloggers refer to these terms as keywords). As you add more quality content, you improve your visibility in the search engines, and you increase your relevant traffic.
More relevant traffic ultimately equates to more buying customers. And, when customers purchase the goods and services you promote, you earn commissions and your income increases. With persistence, this approach will propel your site into the limelight and earnings begin to snowball.
Blogging and affiliate marketing is a brilliant combination that represents a highly effective business model. However, if you suffer from "instant gratification syndrome" this business model is not for you. You have to be willing to pay your dues by performing some hard work, earning trust and exercising patience.
Make connections and encourage comments, interaction, and engagement on your blog to further enhance prospective customer relationships!
What Are Your Takeaways Today?
We started today's post with a frequently asked question. Can I make money blogging on WordPress? I hope I've been convincing and you now understand that making money by blogging with WordPress is a highly achievable goal.
Affiliate marketing with a blog is a completely legitimate business model that involves online promotion of 3rd party products and services in exchange for a commission.
The financial investment in a blog is modest, and the required skill level is minimal. These factors combine to open up opportunities and establish a level playing field.
I can't blame anyone for being a bit skeptical because there are definitely some dodgy programs out there. But I can assure you that the platform where I launched my blog is the real deal. Wealthy Affiliate is a training program that leads you step-by-step through the process of creating a successful online business using blogging and affiliate marketing.
Building a profitable blog is hard work, but challenging tasks become easier when we're not alone. The WA community provides much-needed assistance and moral support. The platform is also a one-stop solution where you can launch your blog today.
A Wealthy Affiliate Starter Membership is both completely free and priceless. Click here to see exactly how this process of making money blogging on WordPress can work for you.
Over To You
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Episode #100: Laird Hamilton – Big Wave Surfer, Innovator
My guest today is renowned big wave surfer/watermen Laird Hamilton. Laird was kind enough to be the first guest for this podcast, and the guest for today's 100th show. Oh, and did I mention Laird is my husband and I must say after almost 26 years together, a really interesting human. We talk about dealing with the known and unknown, and trusting yourself to chase that "feeling" you are looking for in your life. How can an outside person tell you how to follow your gut, or have an opinion on how you "should" do things?
Laird is one of the most loving people I know if you can understand his language. As a husband, father, or friend in need, Laird shows up. He is also one of the most contrarian and confrontational people I know. Such an exciting adventure to live with someone who is eternally restless to go into nature, but only wants to be at home with his family. This is a person on an intimate quest dictated by him.
Like a lot of couples we have been on top of each other during Covid, and have found new ways to navigate each other's strong personality, our needs, the needs of our family, work together, and keep appreciating one another (which is sometimes code for not killing each other). You realize no matter how good someone is at anything we are all just living, learning, and fighting the good fight. I feel fortunate to know Laird and to have access to his perspective on things. It has helped me keep things more simple and clear when I was viewing the landscape of my personal or professional life.
Listen to the episode here:
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Key Topics:
- Approaching COVID [00:03:04]
- Reacting Best for the Situation [00:08:23]
- Powerful Females [00:10:06]
- Creative Approach to Surfing [00:19:59]
- Danger [00:27:59]
- Aging [00:32:10]
- Training and Health Practices [00:39:01]
- XPT Breathing 40:15
- Laird Superfood [00:47:34]
- Learning From Each Other [00:52:20]
Laird Hamilton – Big Wave Surfer, Innovator
Welcome to my 100th podcast and my first guest on this podcast was Laird Hamilton and Laird was kind enough to come back into his living room and do the 100th show with me. Laird is known for being a big wave rider. If you asked him, he would call himself a waterman. I think he really enjoys innovation. Laird also happens to be my husband. We have three daughters together.
I figured after all this time, I've known Laird over 25 years, I would have a real sense of knowing mostly what he was going to say about what his answers will be. One of the things I appreciate is his ability to articulate certain feelings, and not only to articulate them, his ability to trust himself. Laird is a person who doesn't mind following his own path and listening to his gut.
He's been involved with other athletes and innovating sports within surfing and they were, each one at their own time, was pretty highly criticized. That never bothers him. It doesn't bother him to be a beginner, to look silly, or to keep at it. We talk a lot about that. We also talk about dealing with the known and the unknown. Laird does that a lot. We really drill down in the reactions to the known and maybe reacting less to some of the unknowns. I, as always, enjoyed this conversation and I am so grateful to all of you for joining me whenever you have time or interest. I look forward to learning for the next 100. Enjoy.
Laird, thank you for doing my 100th show. I asked people things that they were interested in learning about you. The first interview was for me so we should start there.
A hundred episodes later.
We've seen COVID take a lot of people down, either individually or couples. You hear about couples breaking up. What were some of the things that you've put in place to keep you sane? Were some of this conscious? Did some of this happen naturally? How did you approach this?
I have the luxury of having a decent relationship with fear that I cultivated over the years, which has been helpful. You always start with the unknown no matter what fear you have. It becomes known because you cultivate a relationship with it and you go and have these experiences. It always starts unknown, and then it becomes known over time. This is one of those situations that in the beginning, it was unknown. Two years in, we're having quite a relationship with it so we start to know it, which changes the dynamic. Every known fear starts as an unknown fear. It's part of the process.
Let's say someone's reading this and they think, "I have been feeling anxious and afraid." A lot of people are having this, even if it's isolation, too. There's a bunch of things leading into this. What do you think some things people could do to get into that place of stillness?
Stillness means that you're slowing it down, which gives us time to make a better assessment. When you slow it down, that gives you more time to look and see what's going on, and then ultimately make decisions based on those assessments. Understanding something is helpful in dealing with it. You can't close your eyes and think that's going to be sufficient and you're going to make it go away. Somehow, you're going to block it out and it's going to be all good. That never works out well.
Little kids try to do that. When they're scared, they pretend like they're not where they are and the situation isn't happening. We have to continue to go. I know that that's been something that's been highly useful in this process that we've been in. It has been to continue to do what you do and continue to focus on your day-to-day living.
We seem to have a little bit of say in because this other thing, we don't have a lot of say in. We seem like we have no say in it and we're becoming victims to this thing that we don't have. It's dangerous to put yourself in a position where you're anticipating what you're going to do in a situation once something happens that may not even happen. That's a lot of time. That's a lot of energy that you're going to put towards something that may not even happen. It doesn't mean don't be prepared.
Is there any trait that you have developed or is new to you because of this unusual experience of COVID? Is there something that you've cultivated new within yourself?
I feel like I'm less anxious. In a way, I don't feel an urgency to be doing something else. Whatever that is, I don't have the urgency to do that. I feel the presence of being okay a little bit more. "You're okay. We're okay. We're good. We don't need to do anything else. We don't be anywhere else."
Let's say someone's in a business or growing a business. Sometimes there's a time to say, "We're going to make a push now. We're going for growth and thriving." Sometimes it's important to recognize, "That's not what's happening right now. What's happening right now is if we can stay the course or be okay," That is the success. That's difficult because most of us are wired to say, "If I'm not going forward, something's wrong." This is true in life. We've all gone through experiences where you have hard times. Someone gets sick or you go through something with a kid and you think to yourself, "I would be totally fine if it was everything status quo." You pray for those days.
[bctt tweet="I always love the victory through attrition. It speaks to the dedication."]
Sometimes the unfortunate thing is that usually, it takes a situation to put you in that state of mind. It'll be nice to be there already and be part of being thankful and being appreciative that you're okay and that the people you care about are okay. You're thankful for what you have instead of what you haven't gotten yet.
One of my favorite things is you get up early, go to bed early, and go hard all day long. You're a person who doesn't sit down. You're fixing this and you're training. There will be a window. It's about 30 minutes usually. You might sit on the couch at the end of the night and throughout the course of the day, but you lock in at that time. You'll be sitting at the counter if you're eating and you're looking at the weather constantly. You're showing me like, "The wind is like this. Look at those intervals." You're always looking at the weather. It's relentless.
One of the things you do that you do well is your ability to concentrate, focus on something. You also do that on us. You readjust your focus and it's locked and loaded. I have learned to appreciate it and respect it because sometimes my tones bleed altogether. Do you feel sometimes like, "Is Gabby going to land and come over here and be here?" How do you also get what you need from the situation? You're transparent. It's all right there. Sometimes I'm in this different gear than you. How do you think we work that out?
It's important that that gear of yours is not against me. If there are things about it that I'm provoked by, it's not me doing it and it's you doing it. I have to remember that there are so many things that you do that I'm so appreciative of and respectful of. With that will come some things that are going to be done in a way that seems like, "Why would you do it that way?" You're a woman and you're Gabby. You're my wife and my partner. There are all these things that you do that I can't fully understand because I'm not you doing that in that position.
Mine's complex. I have said to the girls many times, "Your dad has never been like a teenage girl before." We have three daughters so this extends into a lot of relationships in the house.
I'm learning. It's back to that known and unknown. Here we go again. It's becoming the known. In a way, that does change it. It helps you get through it or helps you understand it so you can maybe react in a way that is best for the situation.
I don't want to say that I feel like your mom was your saving grace, but there was something about your deep respect and love for your mom. Only Bella was born and she was young when your mom passed. People say, "Why are your daughter's dad is different than your son's dad?" These are the people who haven't had children. Do you ever wonder what is the lesson for you?
The list is too long. It must, in my particular situation, be the best use of my skills or it might be the best for my needs to grow and learn, so maybe both. It's the best use of my skills and it's also the place that I have the most opportunity to grow. My mom had a couple of great sayings but one of the things that she used to say was, "The way God punishes you is He gives you what you asked for." A lot of times you ask for something, but you don't know what comes with it. You go, "I want the such and such," and then you're like, "I didn't know that all this other stuff came with it."
When I was young, I always want to be surrounded by women. I didn't realize that I was going to have a queen and a long string of princesses, that I was going to have strong females. By the way, they're all powerful. My mom, Joann's fashion, is highly amused by it. Not only amused but it would make sense coming from her. The woman that my mom was, the woman that you are, and the women these girls are and are becoming. I don't like men that much.
That's not true.
Maybe there are certain things about masculine traits. I have men that are my friends that I respect.
It brings out an aggressive side of you.
There's a certain type of man that I love and then there are our masculine traits that I despise.
I always say if someone were to come on a bike ride with you, let's say a guy comes and he's like, "Let's ride bikes," you'd be like, "Let's ride together." If somebody bumps into you, it even reeks of a challenge.
Because it brings out the worst not only in me but also in the masculine thing, which is competition, which brings out aggression. I'm trying to avoid that because, in the end, the final thing of that is a dark, bad place. With feminine traits, I don't have that because the feminine traits are naturally not that way.
Especially not for you.
It might be more the other way.
It's different. I have seen it. It is an interesting contrast when I see you. You're the most generous, helpful person or it's to the death.
That brings out something that causes a lot of stuff. That causes things. The human species in society ad all the things that we deal with can be brought on by that because it's not collaborative. When there's not a collaboration, that's where I have a thing. When it starts to become combative, then the end to that is death so that's not cool.
Maybe that's why you're that way because, on that street, you have extreme elements to your personality.
It goes to the opposite place at the house with your family.
Loving the daughters. That brings me to innovation. A lot of times people look at you and they go, "Laird is this athlete." You are certainly if there's a physical athlete and a spiritual person, but there's also this highly creative, artistic. The yearning for it to make sense to you. When you woke up, you look at the sun as it's rising and you said to me, "Look at it. There's a fireball in the sky right now. We're talking about all this stuff here and it's all so confusing, and there's like a fireball in the sky."
A big one and it's hot.
You have this connection with nature that makes sense to you. It's the place. It's your church. It makes sense to you and your artistry is also connected to that. You've been involved with other people developing or redefining the ways people surf. Whether it was with Buzzy, Darrick, the Strapped Crew, Davy Kalama, Angulo, Mike Waltze, Pete Cabrinha, Rush Randle, Buzzy Kerbox, Brett Lickle, let's not forget, George Dickel. Tow surfing. Then you're like, "That's right. It's an interesting way you can break out things."
Standup paddle came around and it was like, "I need to train." "When it's flying, what can I do?" "I'll take my daughter on a board." I have pictures of you with duct tape in a canoe paddle, standup surfing. You guys were always messing around. You cut the air chair off, Mike Murphy, and foiling. Of all of these things you've done, the standup paddle was the most lonely. You force lock in Jeff Sweet to go out because everyone would swear you guys. Jeff would do it in Ho'okipa and everyone would swear at you like, "What are you idiots doing?" Much worse, I'm sure that you could do downwinders on Maui. It's windy so you couldn't surf. You had something to do.
Leg training.
This all led to this creative approach to surfing. Where do you have the courage to do that? Because there's a lot of criticism. There was always criticism. Tow surfing was criticized. Standup paddling definitely was criticized and foiling is being criticized at the moment. You always say, "All you need is some stuff."
Thomas Edison, "All you need is imagination and a pile of junk."
Do you feel like you were always like that and it finally came out? How do you approach something when you're innovating?
There are multiple contributing factors, not just accepting things for the way they are like. Just because we do it this way doesn't mean this is the best way or there's another way kind of mentality. There's a boredom aspect to it of doing the same thing over and losing the inspiration, losing that thing that you have when things are new and fresh and you're excited by it. I had it as a little kid.
My mom was helpful in helping me build my imagination. That came from no TV, no cell phones, no radio, no nothing, no sports places to go, no theatres, and minimal activities to go and do, having to be in your mind more, having to be in your head. That was a contributing factor. Growing up down a road and then also not being, if your bike broke, you'd try to fix it or make weird wagons or try to make things.
The environment was conducive for it because I was in the '60s. A lot of older people that were on drugs were friends of my mom or people that I live next door that I saw that were doing weird experiments with board design and how to make boards. I learned on these weird prototypes that were throw-aways, rejects, ideas that they would let me have. They'd be like, "Sure, you can have that one." Because it'd been sitting in the back of the shop for a year or two and it didn't work. They were like, "Give it to Larry."
It becomes a formula. There's a formulaic process where you have an idea, you tinker with it, make a prototype, break it, keep playing with it, then you get your buddy to try it, and then he likes it and you're like, "This is cool." You're not completely insane. Maybe both of you are insane. It's not you alone. Before you know it, the guy that saying bad things to you and calling you a kook is out trying to learn how to do it himself. You're like, "Pretty stupid, isn't it?"
[bctt tweet="Every known fear starts as an unknown fear. It's part of the process."]
I've seen that process a few times, and then it becomes a little formulaic after that. You like that process where it starts as an idea. Maybe it's on a napkin, maybe it's on a piece of cardboard, from a box, or something. It's a thought in your head. There's something to seeing, too. Through the process of learning how to understand nature, it gives you this understanding that will allow you to see things a little like what other things can be. We're influenced the same way. You see nature do something and you're like, "If this thing did that, then this could occur and then that would happen."
Then it becomes a satisfying process of idea to implementation. Learning is a great process, too because in the beginning is when you get the biggest increments of improvement. You go from 0 to 1, that's 100% and then you go from 1 to 2. Before you know it, in increments of capability, you become more capable and more capable to the point where the learning slows down. Then you're talking about refinement, then you're talking about polishing and that becomes not as pleasurable.
It's like building a house. You spend a year building a house, then you spend a year finishing a house and you're like, "Did we even do anything?" You look and you're like, "Did anything even happen?" When you're putting little trim, polishing counters, and making things perfect, those increments of movement are small. Those are tiny, little remote things. When you're putting up a wall, that's satisfying. You put a giant wall and you're like, "A wall," and then you put a roof on and you're like, "The roof." You like that. You seek that out and you do it again. You're like, "Here we go again. We're at that part of the curve."
You're not on social media. I run your social media account because we have businesses like Laird Superfood or XPT. It seems to be the way you got to do it now. There's a whole world there that you don't care about and don't know it's existing. There are times that you've been criticized in that world. I'm not blaming Lance Burkhart. I am saying that when you were younger and you were aggro guy, and then coupled that you rolled right into that role in a surf culty movie where you were the bad guy, you do have a trait where you're not here to make people feel comfortable.
It's an interesting contrast because I find you to be one of the most generous, loving people but what you see truly is what you get. Usually, by the time someone's had your level of notoriety or even your age, you know how to go out and do public speaking and be refined, but you're still not here to make people feel comfortable. You're on this mission.
We have this world online and you're not part of it. I manage it to the best of my ability. I have a decent amount of independence. However, your ability to not care in a certain way is fascinating. The other thing that interests me is you have people who are frustrated that you are doing it differently. It amazes me because I'm like, "Here's a guy who has dedicated over 50 years to this sport." I don't believe in mastery.
Let's say you're probably a subject matter expert and most of us want to do what we're good at. Here you are, a highly competitive person, maybe the most, and yet simultaneously, you don't care. You're not interested in going out and being good at this thing. You're trying to do all these new things. Why do you think that it makes people uncomfortable?
I'm doing it for myself. I'm doing it where I'm being led. I'm continuing to do what I've always done, which is go with my instinct and not be influenced by people that don't care. At the end of the day, if I'm doing anything that's provoking people, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that they're not doing something that I'm reminding them that they're not doing. It is maybe trying something new, for example. Somewhere in there, I'm not being obedient. It's like, "You're not being obedient. You're not obeying the rules. You're supposed to be this and this is what you do. That's what we do when we do this."
I don't know what to say other than I'm just going off of what I'm interested in. What's interesting to me at this point, after all the surfing that I've done, after all the waves I've ridden, after all the disciplines that I've been involved in, I'm just following the path that's the most interesting to me. The feeling that I get, whatever that feeling is that we all search for, I'm just following this feeling. I'm getting it over here and I'm not getting it over there. If I'm not doing something, it's because I'm not getting the feeling that I'm looking for. I'm getting the feeling that I'm looking for over here and I'm going to continue to follow that. It's worked for me this far.
That feeling that I'm searching for that has brought me all the greatest experiences. I'm in this house with you with these beautiful daughters. Everything that I've done is because I've been following the feeling, so I'm not going to stop now. Just because I got people somehow thinking that they know what the feeling is that I'm looking for or that they have a better idea of the feeling that I need than I do, I can't help you. I'm sorry, I have to go. I'm trying to stay honorable to that. Honor that feeling, intuition, instinct, draw, and mission. That's the bone.
A lot of us never got the opportunity to develop that enough or you get to be an adult and you think, "You're supposed to put that away." It's the opposite. How do we find the way to surround ourselves, whether it's with people or the environment to keep cultivating that instinct so that we can find our own ways and purposes, not be constantly told how we're supposed to be, think, and feel?
Quite frankly, I use you a lot as a source of built-in strength because you do that naturally. I have a bit of that, but you have it in spades. I will utilize being around you to try to get that more in my own life. I appreciate that. You've found a location that is new to you. You were doing homework and this and that. I do find it fascinating that you're looking always for a new frontier where there's nobody.
I was looking for nobody. I'm in search for nobody.
Especially surfing because it's crowded.
I keep saying I'm going to have to go under the water because there's no one out there, so that's going to be the next. At some point, there's going to be a time when it's like, "The surface has got way too many people. We're going to have to go habitate underground." The humans are going to have to start living underground because there are too many people on top.
I'm ready.
I have experienced receiving something special that you've intuitively sensed that you've needed and you didn't know when and how it was going to happen. That wave in Tahiti, at that time with that technique, was one of those pressured moments. Some of the other ones are longer and extended over periods of time. You get somewhere within it because you can't earn it. It's like a blessing. You don't earn it, you get it.
There's something about when you continue to dedicate yourself towards something consistently over 50 years more or less depending, that you do get the opportunity to have those special things right when you need them. You have to be there. I always love the victory through attrition. I always thought that was a great thing. If you're the last guy standing, you automatically win. I always love that.
You don't even have to be any good. No one else left, you're the winner. You're like, "I didn't do anything." I know but you're the only guy here so you get it. It speaks to the dedication, that discipline. At some point, if you weren't the top 10-year-old, then you might be the top 20-year-old or you might be a top 30-year-old. If you were in none of those, you'll be in the top 40, 50, 60-year-old. Eventually, you're number one. You don't even need to be number one. You're numbered the one.
You're the guy or girl. Speaking of dangerous, people are always intrigued. I know you often say that a lot of times you were scared so much before the age of 10. Is there something in surfing that you recognize as a heavy moment? Teahupoʻo, the Millennial wave, you knew in it and when you came out of it that it was a heavy and dangerous situation. Is there another time and location?
The day I spent on the ocean, I'm not sure if I would ever see land again. I was lost at sea. That was jet-skiing between Maui and the Big Island. There was bad vog so the visibility was bad. My fearless helicopter pilot, Don Shearer, I told him my compass bearing and he's like, "That's way too low. Go a little higher."
I split the difference but the current was excessively strong, the visibility was bad, and I didn't have instruments of any kind. I had nipper which saved my life. Ultimately, that was the thing that got me. I got pulled off course and I got to go out and sit and float. I was in my snowboard boots mounted to my foil board at the bottom of the ocean in Haena one time where I rode that long wave and take every wave. I was at the bottom of the ocean.
Connected to your board.
For people that don't know, that shroud is maybe four feet long, and that rig weighs?
Thirty or forty pounds.
You have snowboard boots. They typically have a quick release.
I wasn't able to get down to my feet and get them undone. I did eventually get them undone but I was down there at the bottom of the arc, a sea anchor attached to the bottom thinking about, "This might be not great." I've got a few of those. I got stuck under a waterfall. I've been in an avalanche. There's a long list of them. There's been a lot of those.
They're so different. In an avalanche, you're tossing and turning on your pin at the river and your pin on the rock. When you're sitting at the bottom of the ocean, is your gut saying, "This isn't it," or is it truly unknown?
Unknown. "Is this it?" That's the question. "Is this how it's going to be? Is this how it's going? Is this how I'm going down right here?" We're all going to have one. "How's it going to go down? How did your departure go down?" There are more glamorous ways and there are some unglamorous ways. We're all going. What's yours going to look like? I don't know. Those are the times that you get to think.
You have a thing about getting up back on the horse. If you've gotten hurt, you get back on the horse, and you'd go the opposite way because you believe that you don't want that fear to bake in. You're sitting at the bottom of the ocean, you have your anchor down, and it's a close call. When you come up from that particular situation, do you ride another wave or do you call it for the day?
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The only way you don't ride another wave is if you physically can't. I broke my collarbone at Jaws at that time and I caught another wave. I wished after that I didn't catch another wave as I was going down the wave. I was like, "This is a bad idea," but you want to finish on a high note. You want to finish on a positive like, "I missed that one. Let me make one. Now I'm done." I've had some injuries where it was like, "You're not going to do another one," but when you can, yeah.
How about Ho'okipa? That windy day with that big board and then went punctured your cheek. I had the audacity to ask you after you had been at urgent care and come in, but you went and had a smoothie and an espresso before urgent care.
I knew it was going to take a while. I knew I was going to go sit there and I was going to be itchy, salty, and sandy, and be in a cold room waiting for somebody to stitch my face up.
That was my favorite because we met after. What did you do? Drink it from one side up?
It might have dripped out of the hole. Put a smoothie down your face.
My favorite is sometimes I ask you the most reasonable question and you're incensed. I said, "Who helped you in after your fourteen-foot board put a straight hole in your cheek?" You're like, "What do you mean? I rode another one in." I was like, "Of course, that's the way you do it."
I didn't need help in. I still have four working limbs.
Injuries and aging, let's pump these together. I do have some areas that I want to cover.
Aging is one big injury that doesn't get better.
We're doing it together, mind you. It's not like one of us is and one of us isn't. Do you find it fascinating? As a couple, do you look over and then go, "My wife's getting older." Does that ever trip you out? Don't act like, "Our vision gets fuzzier so we don't see it quite as well. That's a whole gift. That's why God takes your eyesight."
It's a little bit like boiling the frog. It's over such a long period of time and you don't even notice. You're not like, "You changed." It's a slow process of changing. When you're with Brody and you leave for a month, you come back, and she's six inches taller. If you're there during the month, you're like, "Your head is higher," but it seems like nothing's happened.
I have to be honest, I'm a person who when things are the way they are, the notion of it is what it is, I generally have a tendency to not spend too much time on it. Like aging, it's going to happen. Some days I notice certain things and I'm like, "Whoa," and then you go, "Are we doing everything we can do for the most part that is in our control, and then let the chips fall?"
That's why I threw the mirror away.
Brody's mirror.
Throw the mirrors away and then you're like, "I'm young."
I wonder sometimes if I experience life from my inside looking out, I feel good. I feel great, I am happy, and I feel productive. I'm busy and I have new challenges. The main thing is keeping yourself busy. You came into the room one time and you said to me, "This aging thing is a trip." I was like, "That's exactly right."
You don't have any references. The best thing is your children. You're like, "I have an 18-year-old." "I have a 25-year-old. I must be getting older." You have that reference. Unless you got some gray going, then you're like, "I got gray hairs. It's more than one."
It's part of it.
Maybe I'm a little sore and more sore often, but I'm always sore. I'm always hurt and I'm always trying to get better. It's not getting better as quickly or maybe that's the nature of this injury anyway.
What you're saying is key. I don't read too much into it either because I feel like if you do that, then you move it in, you name it, and you're like, "Because I'm 50 or I'm 40 or I'm 60, this is what's happening," versus, "This is what this is right now." This is important but it's also helpful to be around people that don't complain about their health. They're proactive and they don't talk to you about what you should or shouldn't do based on your age. You want to make good decisions. I'm not saying not. This is a key thing.
It has a lot to do with how you perceive yourself.
What's your value?
Then how you perceived yourself ten years ago versus how you're going to perceive yourself in ten years. If you have high standards of what you think you are and you have some real tangible measurements, you might be a little bit disappointed because part of the thing is that's what's happening with the cycle of life. That's what's going on. If you have all these like things that you're set up as a reference to your life, then it's going to haunt you. If you have a system in place of measurement like that, that's going to constantly bombard you, your ego is going to be a big piece of that. It's like, "I used to do those such." You're like, "Here we go. Never mind."
It's important not to compare yourself to yourself.
A big part of it is the ego and us wanting to be great at what we do. I know it and I've seen it where you get trapped by that. You get trapped by your skill at something because that's your identity. That's how you identify yourself. Maybe I'm hoping on a trajectory that doesn't put me into a situation of disappointment. I'm like, "I'm starting from scratch, age zero. Let me put myself on a projectory in my life that doesn't put me into a position of regret and disappointment." The real game, when it's all said and done, is this one over here called, don't have any regrets and don't put yourself on a projectory for disappointment.
Let's talk about training because people are always fascinated by your training. Before I move on to that, one of the reasons you were driving the jet ski from the Big Island to Maui was because you were in the movie Waterworld and you were a Smoker.
I also doubled for Kevin Costner in a couple of scenes, but his clothes didn't fit me too well. Now they're like, "Sorry."
What was the line he said to you when he said goodbye to you?
After I got lost at sea and then I got found on the last day shooting, he said, "Be as safe as you can be." I was like, "That leaves it open," because he didn't say be as safe as possible.
What was that like with all these stunt guys when you had downtime?
Stunts Unlimited. There are 50 stuntmen and we would go crazy.
What do you mean?
Chad Randall, the stunt coordinator, would try to explain to the producers why we need to be out jumping waves on jet skis and doing all the stuff that we were doing, which was to keep us sharp and keep us in tune.
If the 50 guys weren't working on the actual, you were going nuts off to the side?
Somewhat nuts. I would say yes. Severe.
You shot for a year, right?
Yeah, it was serious. I learned on that film that I didn't have the capacity to wait on a set. I appreciate this film work. This film work is great, but I realized at that point it's going to be a no-go because I'm not capable of waiting and waiting. I was like, "That's bad."
In training, you're the most disciplined, systematic, freewheeling person I've ever seen. You train all the time, but then you don't want to do the same things all the time. You do certain practices if it was possible. Somebody reading thinks, "I haven't put this much time in as Laird." Let's start with health practices. Never mind actual physical training. For you in your mind, if you could curate for people from your experience, your point of view, things that feel like definitive pillars for health practices.
Let's go survival. That's the first thing. The most important thing there is you don't live long without it, so we go air first. Air is the king. Within air is breathwork, cardio, swim, run, bike, row machine, something that induces good breathing, which usually is an activity because it's hard to have the discipline to induce strict breathing on your own. Full relationship between CO2 and oxygen in your nose.
There's a ton of tools. Patrick McKeown, James Nestor, and Belisa Vranich have books. For people reading, there are so many ways that you can do it but breathing, and doing it correctly, and being as much a nose breather as often as you can.
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Even if you're a runner or biker or swimmer, start working on breathing through your nose, new patterns, hypoxic training, or any of that stuff. We love that. We love the breathing but you know you got to have good sleep. If you're not breathing, you don't live but if you're not sleeping, you're hurt.
You go to bed early, you have intense hygiene, your room is cold, you're on a chilly pad, everything is dark, you don't look at screens before, and you get up early. On the other hand, I struggle with sleeping. I try to unwind at the end of the day. I will take magnesium or even edibles. We do it differently. I get up an hour later than you. I'm personally offended by waking up in the dark.
You have come a little bit over to the dark side. You've toned down the light at the end of the day, the light in the room, the light in the bathroom, all that light the stimulation. You also go into bed earlier now. I see it rubbing off on you. I would say diet but I'd say within that hydration consumption, it's like, "What are you eating? What do you stick in them? What's your fuel?" We got rest and we got air. What's the fuel?
You don't snack.
I like to be hungry when I eat. That's an important thing.
I want to have a caveat on that. Let's say you go surfing for three days. When you come home, you consume twice as many calories for multiple days that go towards your recovery. It's also what are you doing in your life? Because when you're active, you eat more than any person I've seen, and then you are typically in your day-to-day restrictive.
There's a certain level of that like burning your calories, but it's also the amount of energy you're using. You're exhausting yourself and you're consuming all the energy in your system you got to rebuild. Hydration is a piece of that, having minerals, and playing with all these special ingredients.
What are the liquid drops that you like?
There's a liquid mineral formula and all the Superfood stuff that we use, the coconut hydration, and all the good creamers. All this stuff is all part of that hydration and energy. I love caffeine. Caffeine is an incredible tool for training, like, "I'm going to go run. I'm going to go bike." That's part of fuel. We have air, fuel, fire, oxygen for the fire, recovery, and then we move into thermal regulating, which the chilly pad is part of that.
Wearing too many clothes and not being able to go in the cold water or sauna or being able to go out on a super hot day and work in the middle of the heat, having all that is environmental adaptability. The benefits that you get from that. We haven't done a workout yet. Working out comes way down the list. It comes even below activity because it's usually as a supplementation for the lack of, in my case, the right conditions and the right environment to be able to do what I want to do, which is these activities.
There also is the recovery of that, too. There are all those pieces of hardest things to do. All these little tedious exercises make no sense but they're all about trying to strengthen you. All the weakness in your shoulder, the rotation, playing with the Turkish clubs, and Kenny Boyd wrestling. If you look at it, it's all about the nurturing of the vehicle of the body so that it can go perform. Perform has a lot of faces.
If you line things up, flexibility is important to you. You do lift a bit of weight.
I've been doing your training.
That's weird.
Your lift circuit.
I've been doing this for over twelve years and with COVID, you must have been desperate.
I like to turn my brain off and do what I'm told. "Do it." They don't tell me what to do. Show me what to do, don't tell me what to do.
Laird will come to work out. For example, your neck muscles and your back muscles are bigger than most people or certainly the people I train with. You'll be doing something and I'm like, "For a normal person, that would be dangerous." I look at the other people in the workout and I'm like, "You're not doing it like that." We have a rule that you're like, "Don't tell me what to do."
I'll follow you but don't tell me what to do.
You'd have the XPT pool training because it's a way to work hard without pounding yourself. It's the long story.
The water is an amazing environment to work in. You deal with oxygen deprivation and hypoxia, and then you can beat yourself up good and not be hurt. That's the problem with the lifting stuff. It'll hurt you. Then there are the activities. There's the paddling and riding on the mountain and back to variety.
You go to even bigger levels. You'll say what you're reading and what you're watching. Your fitness, you're talking about all of that and that's an important part. You've had to navigate 1,000 non-surgical stitches, never mind broken bones. Let's say you have a niggle. Something's bothering you and you're doing your detective work in trying to figure it out. It's a bummer. If it lasts more than five days, it can wear on you. It can wear on a person's spirit, especially if they're an athlete. Where do you go within yourself to not get disenchanted to believe like, "I'm going to figure this out."
One of the places I go is to the file cabinet and pull out those other 150 injuries that I've had that I got through. I have that treasure chest to go to. My support group is all injuries that I've had that I've recovered from or not recovered from and learned how to adapt with and learned how to deal with and work around them. I adapted to either the lack of mobility or the nature of the injury itself. That's a helpful thing.
There's a formula to recovery. There's a formula that you use in the process of recovering. A big piece of that is the psychology around that, being okay with it, and knowing, "When you break something, it's going to be a year before your brain goes, 'I'm not going to even let you go to that place where you got hurt.'"
One thing I have observed is you're one of the most compliant go beyond patients. The other thing is that you participate in your improvement. You don't complain like, "This hurt." You're constantly like, "That didn't work. Let's try a new treatment. Let me ask this person." There's a lot of that as well. I watch you where you'll keep going and moving. If something's not feeling great, you'll adapt until you can get that all the way worked out. It's important for people to remember, if you do any type of activity, something's always happening.
My compliance comes out of my success with it. I'm compliant with the things that I know that work. If I go to a doctor and they do something, I'm like, "I don't think so and so saw that thing off." I'll go against the recommendations of a physician if I know it's contrary to what I've had success with. When I had my hip surgery, I was talking to Mr. Vandenberg and he's like, "Case study of one. Interesting." I'm like, "Exactly." I'll take the case study of one and be like, "I'm doing it this way because I've had success."
That goes back to instinct.
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The instincts come out of all of those experiences that lead you to, "Every time I walk around the corner like that, there's a giant barrier. I got a bad feeling about this corner." You have the contrast to that, which is the success that you've had. What I've learned about wounds, I would take every 3/4 of all the wound medicine and throw it in the garbage can. I'm like, "You don't need all that." If anything, that's going to slow the healing down.
Don't keep your wounds wet. Laird, I could go on and on. People ask how Laird Superfood started. This is something you were doing for many years as a natural practice. A gentleman named Paul Hodge, who's a friend, who's an entrepreneur, you would give your friends these drinks before they would either train with you or go out and do their own training. Paul started messing around with that.
He had one of my concoctions and he's like, "What is this? I need this in the morning."
A lot of people are doing that. They're like, "How much of this and how much of that?" He made the first powdered version of that original creamer.
The 3rd or 4th rendition was the original, which is the authenticity of the foundation of the brand. That's where the brand came from. It's back to the following the voice, following the feeling. I have this formulated plan that I didn't learn that way. I would do another school.
You've talked about the fact that you used to drink Pinot Noir. I wouldn't say it was easy. From my point of view, as somebody who lived with you for over eleven years, I always felt like you were working through something. I felt like you were dealing with some demons or something. I was always like, "Laird is a smart person." I also know your inner health, meaning your spiritual health, if you will. I always felt like you were not a completely self-destructive person. I was always hoping that you would navigate into a different time, to be honest.
I often thought that it was confusing to you that you were having this success in your personal life and in your work life because you were raised a certain way and you were told certain things about yourself. I was like, "I feel like he's navigating this weird thing of like, 'Whose life is this?'" The Talking Heads, "That's not my beautiful house."
This fine life.
I often observe that and I was like, "Wow. Okay." We went through some things and you decided, "This isn't working." Years ago, you stopped. What was interesting about your drinking was it was at night. You were still in bed by 8:00. You would get up and train like a crazy person. For the most part, you would be at home usually. It wasn't like this is so obvious. It was a subtle thing. You decided to say, "This isn't serving my life anymore." There's a curiosity about what was that for you.
First of all, like everybody doing something that they're not proud of, you have a tendency to be like, "I got this under control," or, "I can stop anytime I want to." I went through those times, different ones, and stopped for a couple of weeks. My mom had another great parable for life, which is, "If you can't be true to yourself, you can't be true to anyone else." I thought, "I'm full of crap if I say I can and I can't."
After doing it a few times and seeing that, and then realizing that first of all, nothing good was going to come of it but it was going to ruin my life. I felt like something was going to happen to me or something's going to happen to you or something happens to the family or something going to happen all of it. There was nothing good coming out of it. I feel bad about it because you say you can but you can't really or you don't want to, more importantly.
It was an opportunity for the ultimate discipline, to see how disciplined I am. Say I'm disciplined, but how much discipline do I have? It was a combination of a few things that came together at the right time. The girls, you, and my mom's voice came together. There was an opportunity to prove to myself that I could say and do something that I meant, which means that I could probably do that a lot more in other parts of my life.
In the process of doing it, I played all kinds of games. I replaced the wine bottle with a Pellegrino bottle. I had a wicked sweet tooth. I realized it was more of a sugar addiction than anything. It definitely impairs your motor skills and your judgment. We know that says it right on the bottle. It got down to that. "Did I have the discipline? Could I follow through? Who was that for?" It was for you guys. For me first because it has to be for me. What I realized is that if you can't do it, you don't want to. If you're going to have any chance, you have to genuinely want to. It's not like, "Yeah, I want to but I really don't want to."
Sometimes sober living is boring. I grew up around people that it was radical in the Caribbean, but I could see where it's like, "That is boring."
I have enough places in my life I can be unboring.
For anyone who's reading this, the other thing is I heard a line that I thought was important when it comes to something like this, as well as approaching anything that we're trying to improve in ourselves, which is to do it from a spiritual point of view so there's no judgment. Kasey Crown said this. It's only in love but then you have to be practical about how you're going to do it. Somebody wanted to know what have you learned from me. This is not my question. Have you learned anything from me?
Absolutely. You continue to help me with one of the greatest things I've learned from the ocean. You continue to help me with that patience. I've learned patience. Being patient for the family and being patient for you is something that I've continued to learn. By being patient, I reap the rewards of being with you. I reap the rewards of the family. I reap the rewards of the whole situation. I've learned a lot of things from you.
Being patient is something like being okay with like, "I'm in the car. Whenever you guys are ready, I'm ready." Things being done at a pace that might be foreign to me or might not be how I want it done. That's all connected to that. In a way, maybe it's a better way than what I want or it happens faster than I thought it could. Patience is part of stillness and stillness is usually where better decisions are made. It's something that I have had an ongoing battle for my whole life. In traffic, I responded quickly instead of just taking it easy. Patience is a practical thing.
I'll tell you what I've learned from you. I've learned not to take anything personally in that way and I've also learned not to be uncomfortable with momentary confrontation. I was a person who took being stoic to a far degree, but also that was connected to my fear of being confrontational or vulnerable. You taught me to put everything on the table all the time.
Another thing is that you clear the decks. People will say, "Why do you think your relationship works?" You're a clear-the-decks person. There's no sweeping anything under the rug and that used to make me uncomfortable. You're comfortable with that, like, "No problem." Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with other people. I start sweating and I'm like, "Here we go. Laird is going to be like, 'What's up.' The willingness to be vulnerable, to be like, "I care. This is important. I'll risk." These are things that were hard for me. I did it but in a controlled way.
That's connected to putting everything out there. It's connected to laying it out.
You do that easier than most people. I will end this interview with the thing that you say to me. Because of the two of us, I'm the more fearful. I don't mean in that, "He's so brave. He rides big waves." You have a lot of faith.
Part of it is the dynamics of our positions. I'm in the be-less-fearful position, "Send him out. He's less fearful, go." She's more fearful. Stay, observe.
You say this to me a lot. We work together. We're in our businesses together. You always say to me, "Gabby, it's all going to be okay," and it is okay. I appreciate that.
It's my honor.
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Resources mentioned:
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About Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton is best known as an American big-wave surfer and pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stunt man, model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father and adrenaline junkie.
At 6'3" and 215 pounds, Laird is unique in the way that he balances flexibility and strength. A renowned innovator and guiding genius of crossover board sports including tow-in-surfing, stand-up paddle boarding and hydrofoil boarding, Laird is the essential Water Man, continuously pushing the limits and expanding all possibilities.

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Health, Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes
Health intersects with resilience and sustained poverty escapes in at least three ways. Poor health reduces well-being and can be a shock or stressor at the individual, household, community or systems level. It can also act as an important form of human capital, a resilience capacity that protects outcomes over time in the face of adversity. Moreover, health is an outcome in and of itself that needs to be protected.
Health intersects with resilience and sustained poverty escapes in at least three ways. Poor health reduces wellbeing and can be a shock or stressor at the individual, household, community or systems level. It can also act as an important form of human capital, a resilience capacity that protects outcomes over time in the face of adversity. Moreover, health is an outcome in and of itself that needs to be protected.
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) mixed-methods studies supported by USAID provided evidence on the first two of these three channels. They analyzed the interrelationships among resilience, health and sustainable poverty escapes in Africa (Tanzania, Rwanda, Niger, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda and rural Kenya) and Asia (Philippines, Nepal, rural Cambodia and rural Bangladesh) and offered policy and programming implications. In this blog we discuss ill health as a shock or stressor and its policy implications.
Ill health as a shock/stressor leading to transitory poverty escapes and impoverishment
The results across countries point to the negative effects of ill health. Often, while a small health shock may be managed, a series of health shocks as well as chronic illnesses can impoverish. In the rural Ethiopia National Synthesis Report, Redo recalls: "When the doctor referred my mentally ill daughter to a big hospital in Addis Ababa, I had to spend Birr 11,000. Then my son got sick and I had to spend Birr 7,000 for medication. I had to sell my only ox to cover these expenses."
Barriers to healthcare in terms of quality and coverage also reinforce this impoverishment. In the Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes in Tanzania report, individuals in some cases would need to drive ten hours to a hospital to treat more complicated conditions, sometimes incurring lodging fees in a less familiar city. This led some qualitative respondents to measure cost by "how many hours away" the hospital was.
Most countries also had low health insurance coverage in the fieldwork, even where policies claimed to reach a larger share of the population. As a result, households without health insurance engaged in various coping strategies for health shocks, such as relying on savings, selling assets, receiving support from family members or taking out loans from informal moneylenders. These all have potentially negative impacts on household poverty trajectories.
What policies can help mitigate the negative effects of ill health?
Universal health insurance is a key policy to help prevent impoverishment due to health shocks. This may require developing new health insurance or expanding existing systems to more effectively provide safety nets for the poor and vulnerable near-poor alongside sustainable financing mechanisms.
For universal health insurance to succeed in preventing impoverishment and sustaining poverty escapes, public health systems across contexts need to be up to the task. Increasing their effectiveness requires improving the coverage and quality of health services, in terms of facilities, number of doctors and technical and managerial support.
The research also pointed to a wide range of conditions which require expansion or upgrading of existing health services, including better coverage of reproductive health, and improved responses to chronic medical issues, mental health problems and alcohol abuse/alcoholism, such that these do not contribute to impoverishment or only permit transitory escapes from poverty. A way forward here is to develop a model — such as the model developed by Kopinak for Uganda — that focuses on people's beliefs and values, as well as resiliency, health promotion and recovery.
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༺ The Meeting ༻
"Young Master, why are we heading towards the back alley?"
"…I need to buy something."
I was aware that my mental state wasn't good, so before I returned to the dormitory, I planned to stop by a psychiatrist for some counseling.
However, after seeing Serena's letter, I was so shocked that I overturned my decision because my exhausted mind had become a little clear.
I guess my mind felt clear because of the extreme shock I received after reading the letter. I could really benefit from this sort of shock therapy in the future.
Anyway, after delaying my visit to the psychiatrist because my mind became clear, I turned the carriage to the back alley where I had planned to stop by sooner or later. Now I am wearing a robe and heading to the back alley through the Market Street entrance along with Kania.
"Young Master, did Lady Serena find out the truth?"
"Hmmm… Seeing that the penalty window didn't appear, I don't think that's the case."
"But how does Lady Serena know about 'Hangul'?"
When I Unknowingly imitated Serena's mannerisms, I heaved a deep sigh as I looked at Kania with a worried expression and continued speaking.
"There are so many variables popping up these days… I feel like I'm getting more and more derailed from the scenario."
"Yes, the 'scenario.' The only way to save this world."
Upon hearing those words, Kania's expression hardened.
"Is that… the only way?"
"Yes, I don't know whether it will be the petty sun god… or the fancy system, but I do know that such a transcendent being is the only one who can give this world a happy ending."
As I spoke composedly, Kania stopped, then looked straight into my eyes and asked.
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"…Is that really the only way?"
"Do you have to keep suffering while being swayed by the 'System'?"
Upon hearing those words, I remained silent, and Kania took one more step closer to me and continued speaking.
"I don't know because I haven't read the prophetic book… but surely there must be another way?"
"Another way…"
"And the Young Master tends to rely on the 'System' too much. Later on, it will prove to be problematic…"
"I have no choice."
I cut her off and said with a bitter smile.
"There is another way. But if I don't follow this route, the rest of the endings are all sad."
"…For example?"
"One of the happy endings, if you don't follow this 'route,' is to survive with only one of the 'Main Heroines' and live in a ruined world."
"Of course, there are other ways, but most of them end up like this. So, I have no choice."
Kania, who was at a loss for words, spoke to me again in a serious tone.
"Even so… The 'System' restricts Young Master's actions a lot. Besides, it's even malicious. So, don't trust it too much…"
"…On the 1000th anniversary of the death of the Demon King, the heir of the Demon King will appear and devour the world."
Then I quietly recited the phrase that was familiar to her.
"You will need a hero with the same strength as me to stop the heir."
Then Kania, who was blankly staring at me, soon realized something when I recited the following phrase.
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"No way, by 'same strength'…."
"Yes, it was the 'System.' Of course, it wasn't the 'Path of False Evil' like me… but he also used a 'System.'"
I added briefly, looking up at the sun that was shining brightly above our heads.
"And with that system, he eventually defeated the Demon King."
Kania, who was staring at me with pity, also turned her gaze to the sun and muttered.
"…I hate the sun floating above my head today."
"I know."
After staring at the sun for a while, we sighed and began to move forward again when we heard complaints from behind for blocking the road.
'…Is it really the right decision to follow the system?'
And from that point on, even though I didn't express my misgivings to Kania, I became more skeptical about the system.
Doubts, such as why a convenient system that can solve everything feeds on my evil deeds. Why almost all the abilities provided by the system only help to spread evil…
However, I reserved my judgment for later, just like in the case of the prophecy last time, because I was on the verge of losing my mind. I thought I could no longer hold on anymore if I touched such a fundamental issue when my mind was on the brink of collapse.
"Excuse me…!"
As I was walking down the market street and was about to enter the back alley with listless eyes, I suddenly heard a sound from somewhere.
"Um, please give me something to eat…"
"I starved for three days…"
When I came to my senses and looked around, I saw children with ragged bodies surrounding both of us, begging desperately.
"…Kania, give me a pouch of gold coins."
"Then what if your good deeds get exposed?"
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I felt sorry for those children, so I tried to help them, but Kania looked at me with a worried expression and pointed out the fact that my good deeds could be exposed.
That's true, it would be a colossal disaster if I make a blunder while overdoing it. Although unlike before, I'm wearing a white robe instead of a black robe… but you could never be too sure.
"That's right. Then I'll give it to you instead."
However, I couldn't turn a blind eye to the starving children, so I ordered Kania to hand out the gold coins in my place. I then endearingly gazed at the brightly smiling children.
"…There are also some kids who took gold coins back then."
Soon I noticed that most of the children who I rescued from the Succubus Queen were also mixed in with the beggars. Seeing this scene, I heaved a deep sigh and stroked my temple.
""Thank you, sister!!""
""Thank you, sister!!""
After pondering for a while, I whispered to Kania, who was smiling and waving at the kids running away.
"Kania, I can't stand this any longer."
At my sudden remark, Kania tilted her head in confusion.
"I want to do some charity."
And it didn't take long for her expression to turn into astonishment.
"Young Master, please reconsider."
"…No. I've given it enough thought."
"Please, Young Master…"
As I entered the back alley, I lowered my voice as much as possible, but Kania was still pleading with me.
"Young Master, you will run out of vitality and lifespan. Please, don't do charity…"
"I'm aware of how long I will live."
I took something out of my inner pocket and showed it to Kania.
"What's this?"
"My remaining lifespan."
As I spoke in a calm tone, Kania lowered her head with her mouth agape.
"It's a lifespan gauge I got as a reward for beating Irina in the performance evaluation. It looks pretty brutal, huh?"
"Young Master…"
When I scratched my head and said so with a bitter smile, Kania took my trembling hand and looked at me pitifully.
"It's fine. I just need to stay alive till I settle my affairs with the Demon King."
As I said so, while avoiding Kania's gaze, I put the gauge back in my pocket and opened my mouth.
"Anyway, I am well aware of the importance of my life."
"Then… even more so…"
"So, I'm going to do one charity work anonymously."
Upon hearing that, Kania asked with her brows furrowed, and I answered with a smile.
As Kania seemed touched by those words, she took out a fountain pen from her pocket and began tapping on her temple. She then said,
"However, if you move the wealth of the Starlight family, eventually the trail will be discovered."
"I'll use my personal assets."
"Young Master's personal assets?"
"Yes, I have a lot of money."
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When I spoke confidently, Kania shook her head with a bitter smile.
"I'm well aware that the Young Master has a lot of money, but no matter how wealthy you're, you still will be running the entire orphanage…"
But when she saw the statement I took out of my pocket, her eyes widened in astonishment, then she directed her gaze towards me and asked.
"When the hell did you save all this money?"
"I didn't save it. My father did."
Upon hearing that, Kania quietly shut her mouth. I turned my eyes away from her as I watched the fading backs of the children from afar. Soon I opened my mouth again.
"I can tolerate everything else, but I can't stand the youth who will become the hope of the Empire wasting away, wandering around like beggars."
"…I see."
"And I'm afraid I won't last till the end. That's why I'm going to do it from now on."
Upon hearing my words, tears welled up in Kania's eyes, but soon she opened with a determined look.
"I will put all my efforts into establishing the best orphanage in the Empire."
"Yes, of course… make sure it doesn't have anything to do with me or the Starlight family."
Kania nodded with a grim expression and soon began to write something down in her notebook she always carried. Meanwhile, I watched the children who already became dots far-off with a pleasant expression on my face and muttered inwardly.
'…I wonder how that little girl is doing?'
"Ahhh… Tsk, tsk, that crazy bitch…"
Meanwhile, around that time, the Tower Master, who returned to the Sunrise Empire from the Western Continent after a day, was walking down the street while grumbling in pain.
"She asked me to cast a 'Mind-Restoration' magic spell on the last letter before she lost her memories… Does she think it's a magic spell that can be cast on a whim? Even the Emperor needs to stand in line for a year before receiving that magic spell… Sigh…"
The Tower Master, who had been frowning at Serena's abuse of power for a long time, soon gazed up at the sky with a sorrowful expression and began lamenting.
"Sigh… to think I have to go through such hardship at this age… I wish only if that demonic bitch hadn't caught hold of my weakness."
"Buy some bread!!"
Then the Tower Master muttered with her brows furrowed when a fragrance of bread tickled her nose and a sharp cry pierced her ears.
"What sort of bread is this? It's frozen to death. I can't digest it at this age…"
Tower Master, feeling pissed off by the location and the naïve advertisement she heard, heaved a deep sigh and quickly tried to pass the bakery, but—
"Hey, don't be like that. Just take one bite!!"
"…Kid, I'm busy right now. So, get out of the way."
She grumbled in annoyance when a little girl blocked her way and handed her a slice of bread
"A-Are you busy?"
"Yes, I'm really busy."
"…I don't know what's going on, but can I be of any help?"
The Tower Master quietly watched and smiled at the adorable appearance of the girl, whose eyes were twinkling as she spoke. She then accepted the slice of bread she offered.
"This is my job as the Tower Master."
"Tower Master?"
After taking a bite of the bread, the Tower Master began speaking in a haggard tone.
"Yes, I felt a world-shaking magic around here, and because of that, the Magic Tower is in upheaval. So as the Tower Master, I personally came here to assess this situation."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, so you keep selling bread. I don't need the help of a kid who doesn't know magic."
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Having said that, the Tower Master handed over the slice of bread again, then took a gold coin out of her pocket and placed it in the girl's hand. She then muttered curtly.
"Ah… it's delicious, but I can't digest it. Do I need to develop digestion magic or something…?"
"I-I'm a mage as well!!"
After doing a good deed to such a cute girl after a long time, the Tower Master, who was about to leave, opened her mouth with a smirk when the little girl hurriedly yelled.
"You brat, you can't lie like that. I didn't feel any mana from you. What kind of magic…"
"Look! I can use magic as well!"
However, when the girl emitted a radiant light from her body, the Tower Master had no choice but to keep gawking at her with her mouth agape.
– Boom!!
Suddenly, she disappeared from the spot.
"…Tower Master?"
– Boom!!
The girl stared blankly at the spot where the Tower Master reappeared after vanishing for a split second. The Tower Master strode closer to her in astonishment, as the little girl dropped the bread basket she was holding in panic.
"Maybe the enormous magic I felt around here… all of it…?"
"…Umm, what's going on?"
"Kid, what's your name?"
The little girl, who had been looking at the Tower Master in confusion, soon answered with a bright smile when the Tower Master held her hand and asked her name.
"All right, you are my disciple from now on."
However, when the Tower Master looked down at her with ecstatic eyes and declared that she would become her disciple, Glare tilted her head in confusion.
And the lucky ring on her left finger that she had cherished till now glowed radiantly with the light emanating from her body.
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"…Sigh, I think I'll be able to hold on a little more."
"Young Master, you have worked hard today."
When I returned to the dormitory again after purchasing many things I needed for my future plans in the back alley, the setting sun marked the beginning of dusk.
After lying on the bed and staring blankly, I realized that Kania was looking at me anxiously.
"…Finally, the time has come for the 'Raid on the Commoners' Dormitory.'"
So when I was about to ask what's wrong, I heard what Kania said and realized why she had such an expression on her face.
"Yes, soon."
"We have already identified the students who caused the raid in the previous timeline. If you give an order, they will be suppressed immediately…"
"It's no use."
I shook my head and cut off Kania's words as I opened the system notification window floating in front of my eyes and said.
Quest Content: Win the duel against Irina!
Reward: Lifespan Gauge
Alterations: The mastermind behind the raid on the commoner's dormitory will be random.
"Because I defeated Irina, the scenario changed."
Initially, the 'Raid on Commoner's Dormitory' occurred when Irina overwhelmingly defeated a high-ranking aristocrat in a duel during the performance evaluation.
The high-ranking aristocrat, who became a laughing stock among the commoners because of her terrifying treatment, set fire to the commoner's dormitory alongside his friends out of spite.
In the end, there were no casualties thanks to Ferloche, Irina and Kania, but.. many were wounded.
And many commoner students who were suppressing their wrath eventually exploded.
The movement, which originated from commoner students, became widespread and finally engulfed the entire Empire, giving birth to rebellion and chaos.
Of course, the Demon King, who manipulated everything from behind the scenes, will be revealed to the world in earnest from that point on.
In other words, the 'Raid on the Commoner's Dormitory' is the event that will be the cornerstone to the Empire's downfall and at the same time, it will mark the Demon King's debut.
Since it's such an important event, it must be prevented… but things got twisted because I defeated Irina.
Initially, the strategy for this event was to pretend to be the high-ranking aristocrat who was brutally defeated by Irina, and then take a few nobles and set fire to the dormitory, and eventually get caught…
However, from the moment I defeated Irina, the 'raider' became random.
As a result, it became impossible to predict who would raid the commoner's dormitory for what reason and in what way.
"…Then, it's a pretty big deal, isn't it?"
After hearing my explanation, Kania asked with a worried expression.
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"I know… Kania, you're my aide so you can stay in the noble dormitory. Irina is suffering from mana exhaustion… Ferloche is strong, but I'm still a little worried about her… ."
I couldn't find a plausible solution because I was buried under a lot of work these days, so I grabbed my temple and began ruminating how to deal with this situation.
"Can't I just stand guard and keep an eye out around the dorm?"
"No, it's dangerous."
While I was pondering about it for a long time, Kania asked cautiously, but I shook my head in denial
Then Kania, who was slightly confused, opened her mouth as her body began exuding an aura.
"Young Master, I would have been uncertain about this a few days ago… but if it's now, I can subdue most of the academy students."
"But if you use black magic, there will be traces of residual dark mana remaining in the scene. It will become rather troublesome if we get entangled with the investigation squad. I can cover up other cases with bribery and Starlight family's influence… but it's hard to cover up cases related to black magic."
"I mean, I was going to use normal magic instead of black magic. To be honest, aristocratic students who aren't commoners… I can easily suppress them with my eyes closed…"
"…It's because you have no idea."
I sighed and said to Kania.
"This event…might be our first hurdle."
Upon hearing those words, Kania looked puzzled as I quietly got up from my seat and continued speaking.
"In most random events… the Demon King personally intervenes."
At those words, Kania bit her lip tightly, then opened her mouth with a determined expression.
"…I still think I need to step in."
"Sigh, let's think about it later."
I felt exhausted while I was trying to persuade Kania, so I decided to put aside this matter for later and closed my eyes. I then inquired in a serious tone.
"By the way, are there any new reports? If not, let's sleep."
"…There is one thing."
"Oh Yeah…? Then tell me…"
So, my consciousness gradually drifted away in slumber while listening to Kania in a dazed state…
"…The Imperial family has sent you an invitation to the ball."
"Invitation to the ball?"
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However, when I heard Kania's following words, I had no choice but to open my eyes wide.
"Yes, at that ball, Your Highness Clana's fiancé will be decided."
"…This is driving me crazy."
This is because the event that was supposed to take place a long time from now suddenly occurred.
Really, this is driving me crazy.
"…I'll ask again, who are you?"
Meanwhile, at that time, not far from Frey's dormitory.
"—a loyal servant of the Demon King."
Kania's curse had been lifted from Isabel's belly, and now she muttered with a dazed smile.
"Very well. Now I'll give you your first mission as the servant of the Demon King."
To her surprise, the crow sitting by the window gave her orders in human tongue.
"Raid the commoner's dormitory."
The setting sun glistened Isabel's figure, as she smiled upon hearing the command.