Episode 29: Boni & John Wagner-Stafford - How To Build Your Business While Sailing The Ocea

Gold Nuggets in this Episode: Boni and John now live in Mexico – sometimes on land, and sometimes on a boat. All while running a successful business. "We do not like to stay in one place for very long." "While we were driving to our corporate jobs in downtown Toronto, I did the math on how much time we were spending in the car in our commute to work. Not including sleep time (factoring only productive time), we were each spending 8 weeks a year in the car." Boni and John got rid of most of their material belongings, leaving Canada with 4 suitcases, their 2 cats, and a guitar. "As entrepreneurs we're all familiar with the necessity of embracing risk. There are still shades of grey: every entrepreneur is not comfortable with the same degree of risk." "We are material creatures. Giving up that material connection is probably what keeps most people from doing what we've done." "Our business matches the life that we want, as opposed to the other way around." "If you set your mind to doing something, you can pretty much do anything." "The act of thinking about, and going through the process of writing a book, about your business, is incredibly clarifying." "Embrace the creativity in all aspects of the entrepreneurial journey." "Don't ever let someone tell you that you cannot do something. You've got a dream, you've got to protect it. When people cannot do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can't do it. You want something; you go get it. Period." – Will Smith in Pursuit of Happyness Our guests are Boni and John Wagner-Stafford, co-founders of Ingenium Books, a hybrid publishing company – an alternative to both traditional publishing and self-publishing. After downsizing their lives, and packing up all their belongings, they left Canada with 4 suitcases, their 2 cats, and a guitar. Since then, Boni and John have been running their business while also traveling and living the life they want to live. Song by Adam Vitovsky / CC BY 3.0