About Me
I’m Kristian Hansen, creator & founder of LOVING BEING CLEVER
HOW I ESCAPED THE RAT RACE (AND HOW YOU CAN TOO)
I’m a real estate investor, blogger, traveler and seeker of good information.
At first, It felt a bit strange starting out in the online world, I didn’t know exactly what to do or where to start, or even if I qualified….
I don’t exactly consider myself a master or a pro in any field. ……Iv never been to university and I don’t have any degrees or anything (i even dropped out of high school).
But what i do know…I think is worth sharing with the world.
I’m born and raised in Melbourne (the big smoke), the second biggest city in Australia. It’s a pretty cool. It’s AMAZINGLY rich culture and food make it a sweet place to live!
If you ever make it to Melbourne I HIGHLY RECOMMEND seeing an AFL game (Aussie football!), the atmosphere is unlike anything else!
Oh and if you want the best coffee in the city I recommend my local cafe “Degraves” on Degraves ST (off Flinders St) for the best roast you’ll ever have!
I now live in the sunny state of Queensland where the weather is warm and the air is sweet. It’s a little bit surreal driving an hour or so to some of the most beautiful beaches you have ever seen. I couldn’t think of anywhere else better to live.
The wildlife in Australia is pretty unique as well, the Kangaroos, koalas and our native birds are pretty much in all our backyards. (And no we don’t ride kangaroos to school, who came up with that? lol)
A few years ago, I had to see a doctor about some swelling that was starting to worry me. I had some scans done and the doctor called me back into his office the next day, and I couldn’t believe what he told me next, it was cancer. Crap.
Conversations quickly proceeded with the next course of action.
In the middle of all of this, my grandfather was in the hospital, he died of complications a week after my surgery…
The surgery was however was a success and the cancer was successfully removed without any relapse.
To this day those two weeks flipped my world upside down and left me asking questions I wasn’t asking before.
What should I do with my life?
What I realised was that I wasn’t living my passion or doing anything I really enjoyed.
The weekends were ok, I guess, as it was mostly distracting escapism from the 9-5 life.
My first mistake was that I was listening and taking everyone else’s career advice. “Get a job, work 50 years then live the dream”.
What’s the point in that?
I needed to find something that got me excited.
I hated my job that wasn’t moving me forward. I started to look inside of me to try and figure out what made me excited about being alive.
The second decision I knew I had to make, was that in order to make good decisions, I have to start using my head. The human brain is AMAZING!
I switched jobs and moved to the city. I needed to keep moving forward, identify problems, solve them and keep going.
To keep elevating myself up, I knew I had to make some better decisions. As I wasn’t going to achieve anything by standing still!
Pretty quickly, I began seeing positive changes and started realizing self-confidence in my own decision-making. I was doing more of the things I enjoyed. Now, the momentum really starts to take shape.
So I began reading every book I found on topics like success, human achievement, money and habits!
One-night watching a random youtube video, an add broadcasted with a guy from the U.S promoting a self-development course.
The pitch was quite intriguing, and I was really captivated. The system he was selling was aimed at identifying how to think critically in today’s complicated world. About your health, your weath, love and happiness.
To this day, that has been the best investment i have ever made!
After two years of manic, full-time learning, I put in an offer on my first home. It was, by far, the scariest, most fulfilling day of my life!
I was nervous at first but its something Iv always wanted to do, so I’m so happy I held my breath and took the leap!
The thought of purchasing a house and how to manage such a thing was daunting….now I can say for sure that I am completely hooked! I feel like a mini business owner managing something that’s mine and delivers value to someone else. It’s a pretty cool feeling! Becoming an entrepreneur is the best decision Iv ever made….Its been such a surreal fulfilling endeavor 🙂
From a young age, I always knew I wanted to get into real estate in some way or another. Just a few years ago I thought, “Well I might as well get in sooner than later, there’s no gain in waiting”.
A house is an asset that appreciates over time and the cashflow just keeps putting money in your pocket. It’s like having your cake and eating it too. With property…. time is your friend.
I decided to create Loving being clever to spread the word, you don’t actually have to struggle financially or work at a job you dislike.
I decided to create Loving being clever to spread the word, you don’t actually have to struggle financially or work at a job you dislike.
These days, I can honestly say Iv fallen in love with my life and everything Iv worked towards! I’ve set out and accomplished everything Iv set out to achieve. So now, I want to share everything iv learned a long way.
I started from the ground up with nothing but high school education and a very normal upbringing to now being in complete control of my happiness and destiny!
I wanna say something real quick, I promise you that if you plan and execute on your goals, your life will change. You may not start seeing results straight away, but allow some time, and things will start happening!
The cool thing about your mind is that, change is instant. If you want to change the direction of your life. You just have to make the decision and act on it. That’s it. That’s all I did!
For me, it’s the process that makes you the person you want to become, don’t ever fixate how long the journey takes, its the process, the everyday stuff that builds the ultimate life you want
Loving being clever will contain everything business and personal development related. Health Wealth Love & Happiness. I want to put everything iv learned in this blog for you to absorb, all the best tips, tricks and everything cool I find.
From traveling, investing, business, efficiency, and personal development. it’s all here!
Thank you
talk to you soon
“The greatest sense of discovery is not in exploring new landscapes, but its in seeing with new eyes” – Marcel Proust
