Adventure - OpenWorld Magazine

On this week's podcast I was interviewed by Chris Reynolds of the Entrepreneur House, a friend of mine who I met in Thailand. Chris has created a business accelerator for digital nomads and location-independent entrepreneurs and is connected to some of the best and most inspiring players in the game. It was an honor for me to chat with him and be featured on his podcast, which we've reproduced here. Hitchhiking through the south of India. Sree Manakshi Amman temple, Tamil Nadu. Chris calls me a "modern day Indiana Jones" entrepreneur and we discuss how I've made my life traveling and adventuring around the globe while creating online businesses over the past six years. This was a fun discussion between two veteran nomadic entrepreneurs where we discuss how we take traveling, adventure, productivity and entrepreneurship to another level. We also discuss some of our grandest business and lifestyle goals and our processes for achieving them! Today, I share a bit about my journey as what Chris calls an "adventrepreneur," some of the crazy travels I've been on, how I apply my adventurous mentality to being an entrepreneur and my new book. We also discuss accelerated learning, growth and life hacking, and exchange some great tips on how to maximize personal development. We discuss why mistakes and failure are an important stepping stone to success, and much more! If you desire more free time, personal power, and adventure in life, then you'll certainly love this discussion.

Welcome to another action-packed episode of the OpenWorld podcast! If you're stricken by a sense of wanderlust and looking for inspiration, you're in exactly the right place! In this episode I'm by Matt Prior, a Briton based in Hong Kong. Matt is someone who truly takes adventure to a new level. He is a world record holder for the Highest Altitude Reached by a Taxi – 17,143ft. A former fighter jet pilot, an adventurer, and photographer. He recently just completed the world’s first circumnavigation of Lake Baikal, in winter, on the ice, in a WWII era motorbike. A member of the prestigious Explorers Club, his past endeavors have included circumnavigating Lake Baikal on a WWII-era Russian motorbike, traveling across Sri Lanka in a rickshaw, and even participating in a Guinness World Record-setting taxi journey at 17,143 feet. Prior's first real adventure began almost a decade ago, when he and a friend drove from London to Mongolia and back in a $180 1.0L car. He’s also created Matt Prior Adventure Academy, a one-week course that teaches people how to conquer and enjoy extreme travel experiences. He exposes travelers to the joy of traveling off the beaten path. • The highlights of Matt's exploits around the globe • Does Matt have any sense of fear? If not, why? • Reflections on death and living to the fullest. • Why Matt is drawn to extreme experiences. • Matt's philosophy and process for achievement - and how to identify plateaus in life and move beyond them. • Advice for funding a lifetime for adventures • A simple way to encounter failure and defeat and emerge as a success • The #1 regret of self made billionaires • Exactly what Matt said that brought a cadre of successful Hong Kong bankers to tears • Living with intention, visualization, and creating the "perfect picture" in life • Matt's advice for would-be adventurers who would follow in his footsteps • And so much more! This interview with Matt, our awesome guest, is sure to leave you inspired to dream bigger and to reach higher! No doubt you'll come out of it charged and ready to 5x or 10x your goals, as I have :) And please do remember to show your love for the show by writing us a review on iTunes!

In this interview of the podcast I'm joined by my good friend Pope Bustos. Hailing from Cordoba, Argentina, Pope and I met in the small town of Luang Prabang, our base from which we explored Northern Laos together on bicycle. As an expat based in Bangkok, Pope manages an exporting business and has created a great lifestyle for himself abroad. Like many of us, Pope started out following the "default path" that he felt he should follow, following in his family's heritage by studying law. And also like many of us, he quickly realized that following someone else's path wasn't for him. Going to court and wearing a suit didn't mesh with his personality, his dream was to go abroad and travel. He embarked on his first experience as a young man working abroad in the US, and despite only being able to speak ten words in English at first, he loved the experience. Later, when presented with an opportunity to live abroad in Thailand and become an entrepreneur, he immediately jumped on the chance. Since then, he's created a great lifestyle for himself of abundance, friendships, and travel. "That's the good thing, when you keep trying, trying, trying, experience teaches you how to grow and you find a way." - Pope Bustos This discussion provides a unique look into the experience of life as a successful and happy expat operating a business abroad. Some of the topics we discuss during the interview: • The effects of living abroad and doubling, tripling, and quadrupling life experience through travel • How traveling accelerates learning • The gifts of understanding, challenging our values, and empathy • Cognitive filtering and how your perception shapes your reality • Stories of unique cultural experiences and culture shock • Lessons and skills learned from local peoples • A look inside the expat lifestyle in Thailand • Three qualities to succeed as an expat entrepreneur • Highlights of the expat lifestyle • Why I was miserable when I started out as an entrepreneur - and how travel changed me • Best advice for anyone looking to make a positive lifestyle change • The most empowering outlook to break down limitations • Plus more! Hope you guys enjoy this latest interview of the podcast! I've worked very hard to keep this podcast going for you guys while on the road searching for strong internet connections and quiet mosquito-free rooms to record. I want to continue providing these free interviews for you guys out there for a long time - so please become a friend of the show by leaving us a review on iTunes.

Today we’re going to talk a bit about love, a first on this show! Valentine’s day passed last month and if you found yourself single - as I have - you’ll probably take keen interest in this conversation. In this interview, I’m joined today by Aline Dahmen from Germany. A nomad for the last four years, she's on a mission to help nomads find love through Nomad Soulmates, an application for long-term travelers. She started out as a virtual assistant working remotely for $25 an hour, in the beginning working for exactly one hour per week, and has come a long way in her journey, launching her first Indiegogo campaign to help nomads find their soulmate.  Does a lifestyle of endless dream chasing, goal setting, and pursuing the next high in some exotic place come at a cost? There's a tiny voice in our heads, a shadow of something missing, that grows over time. It may be something we ignore at first, or overlook... but eventually it catches up to us. What good is it to rack up all these quirky travel memories with no one to share it with?  Watch the sun go down in Uluwatu without an extra set of eyes at your side? Fly in a hot air balloon above Bagan alone? It doesn't add up. Clearly life is better when shared with someone meaningful. Speaking from personal experience, I have failed at romance enough times to fuel my own soap opera. Travel exacerbates this. I've packed up and settled down, gone all-in for love, only to watch it vanish through my fingers. I've gone and done it all over again. Lots of hard lessons. Although being a nomad promises a life of adventure, fun, and friendships, this very unconventional lifestyle seemed to be holding people back from basic needs that we all have, such as love, belonging, and fulfilling relationships.  At some point, reality hits like a ton of bricks. It’s not as rosy and straightforward as we’d thought. We experience encounters with loneliness, heartbreak, missed chances – and it’s a tough freakin pill to swallow. To put it frankly, trying to find love as a digital nomad can suck! This podcast interview is centered around this discussion. We talk about: Why finding love as a nomad is so hard Ways nomads can find the kind of partner who really complements them Why the very things that make up the nomad DNA also holds them back How to manage finances as a digital nomad couple - who pays, when? Aline's business model and how she built her community first, then launched her product And much more! Hope you enjoyed this interview, please let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment! And if you like our show - become a friend. Write us a review on iTunes, each one counts!

He’s been a nomad for the past 15 years - nearly a decade longer than I have. For the last five years, he’s visited 30 countries a year on average, visiting about 15 new countries per year. He proudly declares to have never had a real job in his life. Today's guest is none other than the international entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventure capitalist, Scott Brills. He’s an expert at creating and marketing businesses online since he was 19. He runs a successful web design business, Brothers Design and also organizes group tours around the world through his brand, Pamoja Safaris. Scott's journey begin with a stint living abroad in Japan fresh out of high school, way back in 2001. Fulltime traveling since 2001, visited almost 100 countries. For the last two years, leads culinary tours in Japan, adventure tours in Madigascar, and safaris in Tanzania. Scott and I had a really fun discussion discussing many of the highlights of his adventures around the globe, and discussed how to live the globetrotting lifestyle the way that Scott does. Just a few of his adventures include raising money for charity by driving a car from London to Mongolia, then from London to South Africa, driving the length of the Indian subcontinent in a rickshaw - twice, meeting Richard Branson at his private estate (Kasbah Tamadot) in Morocco, and so much more. During the discussion Scott also "peels back the curtain" and reveals what it takes to create a vibrant location-independent business and you’re completely free to roam the world and do whatever you want. We also bounce around ideas about how to create "passion projects" as side businesses (and fulltime businesses) and get them off the ground, where you do something you really love versus creating a boring business that only pays the bills, such as marketing or web design services. This was a really fun chat with a very interesting guy, hope you enjoy the interview! Please become a friend of our show, by leaving a review on iTunes. Every bit helps.

Anita Wing Lee is a digital nomad, online entrepreneur, and social media guru who has been living out of one suitcase for many years now. She's a bit unique in that she couchsurfs wherever she goes, meeting people among her huge social media following. She travels six months of the year, and lives abroad the other six. She is the founder of Global Meditation Scope, and has built an audience of nearly 50,000 on her Periscope channel. There she chronicles her journey as a millennial committed to fulfilling her highest potential to an audience of over 50k everyday. She has been featured in Mashable, CBC, Adweek, and numerous online publications. I was really excited to have Anita join us for this podcast and share her unique insights into how she's made this lifestyle work. We discuss travel, monetizing a brand, and leveraging an audience to make your goals reality, how to build a powerful international network of fans and supporters. We discuss Anita's "top six tips" to work and travel, how she crowdfunded a book, and so much more. Anita also shares her one most important "daily goal" that she acts upon every single day - which has been the backbone of her success. Listen to the interview to learn more... And if you like our podcast, please become a friend of the show! Write us a review on iTunes, and consider backing us Patreon - we're free for all as a listener-sponsored show. See you guys again next week!

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast. Today I'm joined by my new friend Anfernee Chansamooth. He's founder of Simple Creative Marketing, a marketing consultant, small business advisor, and host of the Transitions Podcast. He’s trained over a thousand business leaders across 14 countries, empowered over 500 students in Laos, Sydney and Toronto, has appeared on Network Ten, in Anthill Magazine and at TEDxTelstraSydney, and is a regular writer for Huffington Post. Anfernee has been a bit of a nomad, and launched cross-border initiatives such as Design for Change and Warrior Women in his native country of Laos. He is passionate about helping creatives, entrepreneurs and changemakers to become influencers online so that they can make a bigger impact. During this podcast, we had a deep discussion about Anfernee's upbringing as a "third culture kid," the impact on culture and travel upon who we grow up to be as adults and entrepreneurs, introspection, aligning to your core values, authenticity, empathy, and much more! Towards the end of the interview, Anfernee also shares FARS, his "four step framework for creating content that rocks." This podcast was all about deeply understanding yourself and your place in the world - and aligning your entrepreneurial efforts to match what you wish to create. I thoroughly enjoyed this chat, and if you're looking for more you may also love episode #66 with Lydia Lee. And if you love our podcast, please leave a review on iTunes. It will encourage me to purchase a new microphone soon :)

This was a real fun one! In this podcast I’m joined by Amanda Geary, who has worked onboard cruise ships for over 10 years for a variety of companies including; Princess Cruises, P&O Australia, Cunard & Royal Caribbean International. She also helps other people as a recruitment specialist to find travel jobs on cruise ships. And she’s here to share her experience getting paid to see the world! If you’re social, worldly, interested in culture and
languages, traveling the world while working on a cruise ship might be an opportunity for you. But part of the problem is that these dream jobs are competitive. Many people apply, but most don't hear back from anyone. Amanda shares some very keen insights into how to stand out from the pack, get the gig, and begin your dream voyage! During the second part of the interview, we discuss how Amanda leveraged her experience and skills to create a successful product and consulting business, Get a Life at Sea. Some great insights for entrepreneurs to leverage their knowledge to create a great brand, profitable product line, and market themselves online. Amanda has also graciously offered a coupon code for listeners to get 50% for her "How the Heck to Get a Job on a Cruise Ship Guide." At checkout, use the promo code "OpenWorldGetPaidToTravel." Best of luck on your journey! If you like listening to our show, please support us by leaving a review on iTunes. Each one helps :)