Graham Brown: Learning the Business Lifecycle and Fitting it into Your Traveling Lifestyle

What this episode covers

A telecom business made him traditionally successful. Then Graham started to examine what success really meant. So the transition from being a CEO to just a guy with a backpack began. His family slowly scaled down their lives and started traveling the globe. Now he enjoys Zen-like moments around the world. Our next guest, Graham Brown.   “Everybody has a different way of traveling. People need to know there are options, there are different ways of doing it.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It) Travel Topics: * Lived in Japan in the 1990s where he saw the beginnings of the mobile revolution * Why Graham scaled down his telecom business to make it more profitable * How he learned to be wary of taking on any overhead * The importance of the business life cycle * Benefits of being detached enough to step back and see what the business needs * How he saved money from real estate investments * The important part of your finances when traveling: what direction your bank account is going * How he wanted to live some place exotic and warm (who doesn’t, really?) * His son goes to local school wherever they go, allowing the family to integrate into the local community * Books are about starting your own business, making it autonomous, getting rid of material stuff, and being able enjoying the adventure * Tips for getting started: Educate yourself, write down your travel goals, be aware that it’s a process * How people think traveling is going to get rid of all their problems… It won’t! * If you’re a guy with big feet, buy your shoes before you go to Japan * How children are far more adapted to this lifestyle than adults “Children don’t care about making mistakes and they are natural travellers.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It) Lovely Links: * Connect with Graham: Barefoot Journal | Facebook | Google+ Music Credits: * Everything is Everything by Gabriel Garzón-Montano * Moneygrabber by Fitz and the Tantrums * Eyo by Asa * Curtis by DR. MAD * Geography by Thao Nguyen