Hacks - OpenWorld Magazine

Welcome to another action-packed episode of the OpenWorld podcast! Today we honored with the return of a previous guest. Jasper was on our show a year and a half ago, way back in episode #13. And during that episode, we discussed how Jasper set up his lifestyle business simply by renting out his apartment on Airbnb. He quit his job as a financial trader and became a full-time traveler since 2010, using Airbnb to fund his free-wheeling, jetsetting lifestyle. Jasper has been traveling full-time for over five years and has flown around the world one year without paying for a single flight, using frequent flyer points. We've met up a few times in various locations around the world and gotten into a bunch of misadventures together. Jasper has become a bonafide expert at travel hacking over the last six years. Instead of a frugal backpacker, he's living the high life for less than what he spent to live back home. And that's the topic of this episode. Jasper shares a bunch of his travel hacking secrets, and how he’s able to squeeze more value out of every mile. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by all of the travel hacking information out there, do not fret! This podcast is broken down into layman's terms, and highly practical. Jasper will tell you everything you need to know about credit cards, credit scores, airline and hotel loyalty programs, and more. We also dive into a number of other interesting topics such as techniques to hack learning, negotiation tactics, and how to get free breakfasts for a year. This interview with Jasper was great because he shows us all what is possible with a little due diligence and out-of-the-box thinking! Jasper has offered this 50% discount code for his Travel Hacking Mastery course for listeners of the show. You'll also earn +100 Karma points for helping support the podcast. That's all for today... stay tuned for next week's episode with SuperFast Business maven James Schramko!

Welcome to another exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast! I have a very special treat for you guys today... all of you entrepreneurs and anyone interested in peak performance will love this interview. I’m joined by Colin Robertson, researcher of performance psychology, and the owner of Willpowered.Co. Colin has spent the last 5 years researching the science behind how normal people have harnessed their willpower to achieve extraordinary success. He claims that willpower is a science that he has the answers about what it takes to will yourself through the hard times and come out the other side victorious. He shares these simple, proven ways on his blog... and he’s going to dish a ton of great stuff on this interview. He also used his willpower to successfully crowdfund his book - “The Will of Heroes” on Kickstarter, picking himself up when his campaign was teetering on the brink and crushing his goal. Colin makes a compelling case that willpower is the secret ingredient to getting everything you want from life. But what is willpower exactly? Is it a physiological, mental, emotional? Is willpower influenced by the music we listen to, or the people we associate with? I brought Colin on the show to help me pin this down. We discuss weighty topics such as: The power of perspective, and how to use it to light a psychological fire under you Case studies and examples of successful people - like JK Rowling - and how they willed themselves to their destiny despite everything How to break negative habits - and resist temptations more effectively Visualization and manifestation strategies The right foods to eat - to increase willpower How to stop negative feedback loops, and insert the thoughts / narrative that you want Plus: How Colin built a mailing lis of 37,000 subscribers - and wrote viral blog posts A simple technique that instantly increases the credibility of your blog - and gets authoritative sites like the Huffington Post to link to you (I can't believe I haven't been doing this) And much more! Enjoy this excellent discussion with the one and only Colin Robertson!

To support a backpacking trip through 25+ different countries, Deepak turned to online business to support himself. He turned to affiliate marketing and set up over 70 different niche websites, but found that the impact was very low and the work wasn't very fulfilling. While traveling in Singapore, he set up a muse business selling spy cameras which provided automated passive income and funded his travels. Seeking more impact, his travel experiences inspired his current UK-based business, Latest Free Stuff, which now receives over 400k hits per month, and has over 75,000 email subscribers. He also hosts a "Four Hour Workweek Meetup" in London, which counts over 1,500 "lifestyle designers" amongst its members. Finally, Deepak has also penned an interesting and unique book called "How to Live for Free" which coins the term "freeganism" and introduces all kinds of unconventional tips to get the things you want at little or no cost. A worthy contribution to the "Sharing Economy," the book teaches how to get private drivers for free, sail the world for free, work out at gyms for free, and much more. One of the most fascinating stories from the book is about a man, Richard Sowa, who built his own island near Cancun. "How to Live for Free" is a paradigm-shifting book, so I invited Deepak onto the podcast to talk about it, as well as share his own experiences with listeners. This was a fascinating and interesting discussion with a true lifestyle designer, traveler, and location-independent entrepreneur and author. Enjoy! The ultimate playbook to Lifestyle Design for 2015 (and beyond) is here! The new genre-redefining book, "Buy Your Own Island" is now available on Amazon. Get it here! Listeners can also download the audio book 100% free.