The OpenWorld Podcast: Live Without Limits

Welcome to another exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast! We are back again with fresh new content for our you. In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Jonathan, AI futurist and founder of the Collective, a private AI mastermind for seven and eight figure entrepreneurs. Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur himself with over 30 ventures under his belt in technology, education, and e-commerce, with a unique vision for accelerating growth. As the owner of a Public Company, Co-Founder of an AI Startup, and the visionary mind behind A.I., WEB3, & Exponential Tech Lab, he has crafted four million-dollar brands spanning three different industries. His strategic prowess has led to three successful exits, and some notable clients in his portfolio include Audi, Maserati, NOKIA, and other industry giants. He has also worked with politicians, the Secretary of Defense of Mexico, and Fortune 500 companies. In the fast-evolving Digital Age, Jonathan believes in using patterns, social factors, and technology to reap not only monetary rewards but also to support humanity and the world of tomorrow. His mantra is clear: “Creating value out of nothing.” In this exclusive interview, we will discuss: – Strategies for Explosive Growth: Learn firsthand from Jonathan’s track record of creating and scaling million-dollar brands– Global Business Expansion: Understand the intricacies of taking a company to a global scale and successful exits– Clientele Management: Gain insights into client relations and management by delving into Jonathan’s experiences with renowned names like Audi, Maserati, NOKIA, and more.– Multi-Industry Mastery: Explore the dynamics of working across technology, education, and e-commerce sectors.Navigating Political and Fortune 500 Arenas: Hear about Jonathan’s experiences collaborating with political figures and Fortune 500 companies. Understand the strategies for thriving in high-stakes, influential environments.– Business Innovation: Discover strategies to leverage AI, WEB3, and exponential technologies to stay at the forefront of business innovation. Hope you enjoy the interview and thanks for listening! :)

In the last episode, we discussed an important concept in stoicism and how to reprogram the way that we look at failure and our relationship with failure. In this podcast let's learn how to program ourselves for massive success. In order for us to enjoy massive growth and massive success in our careers and in our lives, we have to first develop the capacity within us for massive success. It has to become our natural state of being. We have to normalize it. Anything that you think is impossible, difficult, challenging, needs to become normalized. It needs to become your normal state of being. When you program yourself at a higher level, it can't help but become your natural state of being and all of the success that you want will follow. As far as I know, there are at least four ways I know to program ourselves for massive success and abundance. Words, pictures, feelings, and kindness. Words There are reasons that I listen to guided meditations and affirmations on YouTube. The words that you tell yourself that you program into your mind, are the most important building block for creating the day and ultimately the life that you want. There is simply nothing more powerful. And you have to think about this motivation, this programming as something part of your daily routine just like showering and drinking your morning coffee or tea. If you were a high performance athlete, such as an Olympic athlete, you don't have the luxury of having mediocre thoughts, if you want to win a medal for your country. You can't just go and say I'm just going to give it my best. I'm just happy to be able to compete. You can say that, but if you want to perform your best, and have the best chance of winning, you have to program yourself with the most empowering thoughts possible. And we should do exactly the same, every morning when we wake up we should program ourselves with the most powerful thoughts, the most powerful affirmations so that we are on the level of an Olympic athlete. Muhammad Ali used to tell himself every day, “I am the greatest,” long before he ever was, and then went on to become the greatest. We don't need to compete in professional sports. But we do need to build this capacity for greatness, and we need to make it normal and familiar to us. This is one of the best ways that we do it.  Pictures Using visualization and creating mental pictures and mental movies is another way to expand our capacity for more success and abundance. Can you start to imagine yourself as being the ultra successful, super fulfilled and satisfied person that you see yourself in the future at this very moment? Is it possible to recreate that feeling of success and let it fill your body right now. Just take a minute and imagine everything. Imagine that your business has reached levels of success that you could not even expect. Imagine how you will celebrate. What will you do to celebrate your success? Can you go out and start to celebrate that success now? Can you do the activities that give you that feeling of success? Money visualization The next visualization involves money. I want you to imagine your money worth. However you think of it. It could be your bank balance, it could be your assets, it could be your monthly or annual income.  Whatever it is, imagine that you're looking at that number. Then imagine that it's 50% more than it is right now. Then imagine that it's twice as much as it is right now. Then keep going. Five times, 10 times. Imagine that you reached your destination. Think of everything around you, think of how you feel. Can you feel that way now? Do this, and it will increase your capacity. Visualize energy The last visualization exercise involves energy. Are you holding on to any energy that you don't want? Did someone give you energy which you don't want to hold on to anymore? Holding on to this negative energy is like carrying a backpack full of rocks. I want you to take all of that energy and just put it into a big ball. It can be any color that you want to imagine. And then I want you to just release it, like a balloon. Watch as it just slowly fades away into the distance. Now do the same with all of your fears. These also do not belong to you. So take them all and put them into a ball of energy, a different color than before. Then just release it, and watch it slowly fade away. All of that negative energy and fear from others, of that some external factor forced onto you, no longer belongs to you. It no longer has any influence on you, or any power to weigh you down. Feelings There's a story related by Ken Honda where he talks about when he was walking in the park with Wahei Takeda, Japanese billionaire. Ken was trying to pick his brain to understand the characteristics that make up billionaires. Wahei told him to just take a moment to pause and notice all of the abundance around them. The singing of the birds, the abundance of trees, the magnificence of the sunlight sparkling on the lake. The important lesson, is that there is already abundance everywhere. Chances are, that we are not appreciating the things that we already have to the extent that we could be. When I drink my cup of coffee in the morning, I get the same feeling like a millionaire as I might if I bought something 100,000x more expensive. And that cup of coffee will taste the exact same whether I'm a billionaire or just an average person. In his book, Honda says that "the more you appreciate, the more things appreciate." The more that we appreciate all of the abundance around us, the more capacity we create in our minds to create more abundance. "The more you appreciate, the more things appreciate." Kindness Our brains are chronically in "threat mode." This is a byproduct of outdated evolution. We are naturally fearful creatures, because in the past the most cautious of our human race survived and passed on its genes. This is a problem, because when we start to view our work as a burden, or we start to feel threatened by potential leads or our clients, then we start to run away from what we need to do. We need to run towards challenges. We need to run towards our to-do list, towards our emails, towards putting ourselves"out there." So what I like to do, is to practice daily kindness, daily helping, daily giving value. If I am talking to potential prospects and leads, I will start with brand new ones, and I will perform a helpful gesture or an act of kindness for them as a warm-up before I take on more important sales calls and appointments. This is really powerful, because it takes me out of the threat mode. It breaks down my internal resistance, and the guard of others. It makes me less defensive when I communicate to people, and it programs me to have the capacity for abundance. Einstein told us that the most important question in life is: "Is the universe a friendly place? Because your answer determines whether you build bridges, or you build walls."

Amor Fati – the antidote to anxiety and procrastination Amor fati is a Latin phrase that may be translated as "love of fate" or "love of one's fate". It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary. You need to have the mindset that it is impossible to fail. You need to be able to see what other people call failures as stepping stones to get you to success. Let me ask you a question. If you publish a post then it only gets one likes, how do you feel? If you publish the post and it got a thousand likes, how would you feel? Similarly, if you ran a promotion and it gets one sign up, how do you feel? If you run a promotion and it gets 10,000 signups how do you feel? Is it possible that you can feel the same regardless of whether you get results poor results far your expectations or amazing results that far exceed them? When you become indifferent to the outcome, you have tremendous Jedi level power. Why? Because you can get up every day and grind in ways that people who are emotionally attached cannot. If you had a bad day, if you had a failure, it's so easy to wake up the next day and charge ahead and get right back at it again. Whether something good or bad happens, can you be able to see it as a positive? Can you look at your past experiences to see things that you consider bad, and try to consider how something good might have actually come from it? There's a story of an old Taoist farmer that I want to share with you. On his farm he had one horse. One day, the gate was left open and the horse ran away. All of his friends said, such bad luck! He just replied, "Maybe. We'll see." Then suddenly, the horse came back a few days ago with three more wild mares. His friends once again said, “such good luck!” Again he replied, "Maybe. We'll see." As his son was breaking in one of the wild horses, it threw him from his saddle and he broke his leg. Once more his neighbors came over and said, “such bad luck!” He replied, "Maybe. We'll see.” The next day, military officials from the government came to the town to conscript young men for service in the military. Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. Shortly after, almost all of the young men who were drafted perished in a great battle. Once again, the neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out and told him “such good luck.” “Maybe,” said the farmer. The winds of fortune are always in flux. We need to arrive at a state of mind where chance does not affect us. Life does not always give us what we want, it gives us what we need. Nothing is good or bad, it simply is.

Welcome to another exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast! After a long hiatus, I'm excited to kick off a new season with you all. We have great things in store! Today we bring you a value-packed episode from a friend, nomad, and entrepreneur that I truly admire. His name is Drew Taylor and he's one of the most industrious digital nomads that I know. The founder of Digital Nomad University, Drew is always sharing valuable resources about new ventures and income streams that he's tinkering with and enjoying success on. His blog (and Facebook group) is full of useful content covering everything from travel hacking and affiliate marketing to effective lead generation techniques to get customers. Drew started out with a meat-grinder job doing phone sales, an opportunity he took up just because it was available. But with entrepreneur's DNA, it didn't take him long to branch out on his own. Since then, he's tried everything from online freight shipping to social media marketing to blogging and investing. Today, he is the proud owner of about 7 or 8 different sources of income. During the interview, we talk about all of this and a lot more. In particular, I was curious to ask Drew how he discovers profitable business opportunities, launches them, and monetizes them in short order. I've observed him do this in a number of different capacities and noticed that he has an uncanny knack for it. We talk a bit about our philosophies to life and business and how it guides everything we are doing, the resources that have helped us along the way, and much more. A common characteristic that Drew and I share (and that I notice among many people who are having success today) is that we are both doers. If we see a fork in the road, we take it. When we see a promising opportunity in front of us, we take a chance on it. I've noticed that 90% of people don't think or act this way -- when they see an opportunity, they delay, they think it over, they pause and wait... and perhaps six months or one year go by and still haven't taken any action. Towards the end of the interview we also talk about what I call our own "universal basic income" that we've both set up where we use AI Forex trading software to create a hands-off passive income stream. I'm hoping this interview inspires and empowers you to take decisive action as you move down your ideal path in life! Resources and Links• Drew's blog, Facebook group, and Instagram• The AI Forex software that Drew and I are using to extract recurring income from the markets.

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! Our guest, Vin Clancy, was living on welfare and benefits 3 years ago, until he received a check for $250,000 for one of his ideas. He used the growth hacking techniques he was learning to get millions of visitors to websites he created and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment, and got into the Techstars accelerator. He made over $165,000 with his previous growth hacking book launch, “Secret Sauce,” and was previously on the OpenWorld podcast during the launch of that book in episode #90. Since then, he's changed his name from "Vincent Dignan" to "Vin Clancy." And with his new book, “Ace the Game,” he raised $10,000 in his first hour. This will be a fun chat between two deliquents who are living far outside of the conventional norms, having a bunch of fun, and running profitable businesses at the same time. Interestingly enough, Vin is also an expat based in Los Angeles, while I'm an expat based in Asia. So if you wanna learn some “hints” on how to do the same, and create freedom and leverage in your life, by having a profitable business that you don’t slave over, I know you will love this discussion. Vin starts out the interview by stressing the most important metric of growth hacking: you want sales. Indeed, this is perhaps the most important metric of business in general, and the reason why I no longer track things like website visits. Vin then shares his system for brand building -- which is perhaps the most important long-term business growth strategy. Because here's the secret: once you have established a platform and a respected brand, you no longer have to work so hard. It's the key to having customers and prospects rushing to work with you, instead of struggling to hard-sell cold prospects. Vin is one of the best self-promoters on the planet.  To streamline the process of building a powerful brand, Vin shares his hacks to content marketing and making sure that he's everywhere his prospects can find him. It's a strategy that I've also written about (you may have read about it in our newsletter), but Vin takes it further than perhaps anyone I've seen. Throughout the rest of the discussion, Vin shares juicy hacks and tips for creating powerful marketing videos, high-converting landing pages, Facebook ads, market research, influencer marketing, and more. We also talk about creating upsells, subscriptions, and memberships to fully monetize and lifetime value. I also ask Vin to share his views about the future of marketing, along with the hot little tool he's bullish on which few people know about and isn't competitive yet. This excellent chat with one of the world's leading growth hackers is definitely one you do not want to miss! Aaaand if you enjoy this episode, please be a friend and leave a review on iTunes :)

If you love travel and pursuing your passions, you’ll love this episode! Back in 2016, Celinne Da Costa took a huge leap of faith: she left her unfulfilling corporate life in New York City behind to design the life she wanted from scratch. Growing up as an Italian-Brazilian in the United States, she never subscribed to the idea of the American Dream. Instead she yearned for a lifestyle that allowed her to travel, write, and share meaningful experiences with others. Packing her carry-on, she got on a one-way plane to Europe, and spent close to a year putting her fate into the hands of people–mostly strangers–around the world, and had an astonishing +70 hosts in +20 countries across five continents. Her accommodations have ranged from a tiny hut in a small rural Nepalese village to a penthouse in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her hunger for meeting and befriending locals wherever she goes have taken her on all sorts of adventures, including: meeting locals at a Myanmar monastery who showed her a secret cave where a monk has been meditating for 40 years, meeting a Tasmanian man at a meditation retreat in Nepal for 30 minutes and visiting him in Tasmania six months later, jumping on the back of a stranger’s motorcycle in Indonesia and spending the afternoon learning about the ancient art of Javanese puppet-making. Her biggest adventure of all, however, has been rediscovering what it truly means to be human. She shares this in her book “The Art of Being Human.” During the podcast, Celinne shares her story pursuing the typical "American Dream." Like many of us, she became disillusioned, realizing that she the dream being sold to her was simply buying a product, and that she needed to look inside herself for true happiness. We talk about how we have worked to create our identities, and the trappings of the ego. Celinne shared some remarkable insights about her daily rituals, and how she lives by pursuing three things that set her soul on fire each and every day. She also shared some things which are new to me, such as the "Tibetan rites" that she follows for her wellness, and how she creates a powerful mindset to help her win at work.

In this episode of the podcast I have the pleasure of welcoming my friend and fellow nomad extraordinaire, Doug Crowe. Doug is the chief instigator behind Real Best Seller and helps regular business people to create books and profitable businesses with their book as an anchor. An avid traveler, 

Doug travels around the world and seems to be in a new country almost every week. He recently brought his mother with him on an unforgettable voyage to Antarctica. We had a chance to hang out in Bangkok recently, where we rode bicycles around the old neighborhoods and floating markets, and had a fantastic time. As a veteran of the publishing industry, Doug possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience for what it takes to help people become bestselling authors. As an entrepreneur he earns $20k per project, which is aspirational and enviable (to give you an idea, I've never sold a one-off service for more than $3.5k, so you can tell there's a lot we can learn from him about high-ticket selling). Doug also offers a done-for-you social media marketing service and has a lot of “hacks” to share, so I was very curious to pick his brain about his unique strategies for generating leads and traffic. Doug got his start in real estate investing, and over twenty years became very successful. However in 2008, the real estate market crashed and he lost everything. Sixteen foreclosures. A painful divorce. Loss of his home, career, and self esteem. He had to start all over again from square one. He wrote his first book, but wasn't successful. He did however learn from successful personalities such as Robert Kiyosaki and Loral Langemeier about how to become an "entrepreneurial author," a writer who is able to get full leverage and monetization from their book and brand. In this podcast, Doug and I had a brilliant conversation about building your personal brand and platform, and building mutually beneficial high-value relationships with successful people and clients. We discuss strategies for content marketing and reaching markets with your message, the art of high-ticket selling, prospecting online, why "getting the short end of the stick" can help you be super successful, Doug's "newsjacking" technique, and much more! Hope you enjoy this interview with Doug and I! And please become a friend of the show and leave us a review on iTunes :)

On today's podcast we're speaking with Kim and Ryan Desmond who run CodingNomads, which teaches intensive software development courses around the world. When I first read about Kim and Ryan's business, I really thought they had taken the tough route - after all, setting up an onsite technical training camp in Bali or Thailand cannot be easy, right? However, Ryan's expertise with in-demand coding skills, Kim's chops in marketing, and the couple's combined dream to help people worldwide learn skills that can change their lives for the better drove them down this road. As you will hear, it has been extremely rewarding. They ran their first 3 international training courses in 2017, which went even better than hoped for. Students say that learning to code abroad actually helps them focus in on learning fast, whilst getting to experience the digital nomad lifestyle. It also creates a real family feel amongst the cohort, with many keeping in touch and helping each other after the course. Beyond CodingNomads, Kim and Ryan have particular insight on what it's like to start an international business as a couple, what they love about being digital nomads, and advice for those looking to take the travel leap. I am really looking forward to chatting with Ryan and Kim, and hearing more about how they've turned their skills and passions into their dream digital nomad jobs.

In this episode, we've flipped the tables and I'm the one being interviewed by my friend and new OpenWorld podcast co-host, Lloyd Hester. Sometime ago, Lloyd and I connected on Facebook and connected instantly as fellow entrepreneurs, global nomads, and kindred spirits. Both of us were the archetypal "square peg in the round hole" growing up; we really didn't fit in with traditional education and a traditional career path. Despite natural gifts, we always seemed to be the troublemakers, the ones who seemed to be destined for failure (or at least a life well outside of the traditional path to success). In this discussion I share with Lloyd the formative stages of my years of starting out in business as a young adult (starting at 23) and how I progressed into the entrepreneur I am today. We talk about all of the lessons I learnt along the way (most at a high cost!). For example, the first internet marketing program I spent set me back $3,500 -- which I couldn't afford, so I paid in installments and hustled as hard as I could for the rest. We talk about keys to productivity and effectiveness, building successful online businesses and products, and my long-term strategy for success. I also share my "black box advantage" that I've been using in my current main revenue-generating business which gives me the biggest competitive advantage. We talk about "grey hat" marketing strategies and how you can leverage technology to reach more people. I also share my process for creating efficient systems to unlock freedom in your business and life, and a bunch more! This was a very fun chat and an in-depth discussion, thank you for your continued patronage of our podcast and hope you enjoy!

Welcome to another exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast! Today I'm joined by the one and only James Schramko, author of the new book "Work Less, Make more!" There are plenty of people who talk about lifestyle, and traveling and working remotely. Browse around on YouTube and you'll find plenty of "How to Live in Chiang Mai for $10 a Day" videos all over the place. James is a bit different. He is one of the only lifestyle guys who is earning six figures a month while working about 20 hours a week. He does this through a series of principles and processes that he's developed, which can be duplicated for virtually any type of business. He employs a small but effective team of five team people, and spends most of his time surfing, traveling, and wearing a big grin.  If you ever feel like you are working way too hard (or not earning enough for the time you put it), then you’ll love this interview. If you ever feel like you’re stuck doing work that’s not meaningful, James will help you find clarity and prioritize your direction. As the creator of SilverCircle, a private mastermind for six figure and seven figure business owners, James coaches the top entrepreneurs to help them reach the top of their game and reduce the struggle they face in business. Fire up the coffee pot and get ready for a whirlwind discussion between James and I about mental performance, productivity, psycho-cybernetics and sales psychology, personal branding and a whole lot more! Hope you enjoy the interview, leave us a comment if you have questions for James or me :)

Welcome to another interesting and educational episode of the OpenWorld podcast. In this episode I'm joined by my friend and colleague, Beck Power, who is hard at work building her digital nomad empire! Before she began her new life living abroad, Beck was working as a travel agent in New Zealand. She was earning a decent salary of $75,000, but she was making her company than two million! She thought I'm tired of making other people rich and decided to strike out on her own, come whatever. She hit the ground running, but it was much harder than she had anticipated. In May 2016, she lay silent on her bed, frozen in fear. She had just paid rent in my Bangkok apartment. As she stared at her phone screen, only 42 cents remained in her bank account. She had NO idea how she would pay rent next month. Everything she had tried up to that point was useless. She wasn't in the right mindset to pull anything together and would just give up and go back to bed. She felt like the biggest failure EVER. For two weeks, she cried herself to sleep and didn't leave the room. She had no idea what I was going to do. The fear crippled her from trying something new. She couldn't handle another failure, another piece of evidence that she should just give up this digital nomad dream and go home. As a last ditch effort she tried to discover a way to "reverse engineer" selling products online, a way that was completely different than anything she had tried before. By Christmas of 2016, she was making $3k a month. She implemented it for someone else and they made $4k the first month. She has since made almost a million dollars across more than eight funnels. Now, she's focused on creating a number of different useful products related to e-commerce, travel hacking, digital nomadism, and cryptocurrency. During this interview, Beck and I discuss everything related to digital nomadism and online entrepreneurship. We talk about mindset, marketing and promotion, travel hacking, growth hacking, and much more! Hope you enjoy the podcast and please leave us a review on iTunes if you like our show :)

Welcome to another action-packed episode of the OpenWorld podcast! In this interview I'm joined by a true man of mystery, the founder of Nomad Capitalist, the one and only Andrew Henderson. Andrew is one of the world’s most sought after experts on offshore and expat tax issues, second passports, and global citizenship. Andrew’s mission is to show you that geography is no longer a limiting factor and that you can exponentially improve your living situation. What I like about Andrew is he’s a doer, he doesn't just talk; he actually goes out and makes stuff happen.He has been blogging for five years at NomadCapitalist.com and today his blog reaches over 4 million readers. He’s also traveled for about 10 years and been to 89 countries and is one of the most established thought-leaders in the location independent lifestyle. Things he teaches: • Save hundreds of thousands in taxes • Create a second passport • Get started creating the business of your dreams • And and everything related to geo-arbitrage In this interview, Andrew shares his best advice for helping you keep more of their money, living where they want, and becoming a global citizen! We start by discussing Andrew's upbringing and the lessons his father instilled in him which contributed to his access, including Andrew's personal mantra, “go where you’re treated best.” We also discuss the finer points of long-term international travel, geoarbitrage and lifestyle design, overseas bank accounts, taxes, favorite destinations to live, travel, and invest, and much more!

Welcome to another fun episode of the podcast! Today I'm honored to be joined by a fellow Southern Californian :) He's a nomad currently calling in from Da Nang, Vietnam. We were neighbors together in San Diego, now both exploring the world. David s running a laptop business, traveling the world fulltime, wherever the wind takes him. He lived in Alaska for a year, traveled extensively through Europe, Asia, India, and Central America. He started out as a freelancer, and now he’s partnered with an expat and running a full on agency called Handmade SEO which you can see at handmadeseo.co. • Tips and tricks for making it as a freelancer • How David finds high-paying clients on Upwork • The trick David used to cut through the competition and differentiate himself • Strategies for consulting and converting clients • Favorite SEO strategies • Mistakes people make with their marketing activities • Why experts in a field handicap themselves • Techniques and tools to gain user feedback and improve websites • And much, much more! Hope you enjoy this fun chat between myself and my friend David. If you like our show and want us to keep going, please do take a moment to write a quick review on iTunes. We'd like to hear from you!

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! In this episode, I give you a sneak peek into my new upcoming book, dubbed "Dr Growth." I'm really excited about this new book, and you'll soon see why! I've been hard at work for the last seven months to create one of the best and most comprehensive guides to growing your business and brand online. Through the course of launching five best selling books, starting a top-ranked blog and podcast, publishing courses, a magazine, and information products, appearing on more than 50 podcasts, I've had a hand in everything. I've learnt a ton about how to best bring products to the online market space -- and how to blend in the secret ingredients of leverage and automation for best results. In the new book, "Dr Growth," I share all of my best secrets -- most of which you will not find anywhere else, in any other book, or even on this blog. • How to create viral launches • How to automate lead generation with social media • Price, promotion, neuromarketing hacks • Hack press to become an internet celebrity • How to appear huge by being "Twitter famous" • The most effective free traffic source you aren't using • And a bunch more! In this free excerpt from the book, you'll receive exclusive access to the foreword of this exciting new project, titled "Marketing is War, Minus the Venom:" • Lessons in marketing from history's greatest generals • Why those who create their own rules win • The most fascinating dentist you've never heard of • How to thrive in a world of chaos and change • What separates the most successful entrepreneur from the rest. • Plus more! Hope you enjoy this episode! If you're interested in receiving an early copy of the new book as a beta reader or helping with the launch, please comment here or send me an email to: danny@openworldmag.com.

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 great episode of the OpenWorld podcast! As a podcast that encourages people to view the entire world as a home base (and potential market), we don't often feature the traditional Silicon Valley type of entrepreneurs and startups. Today's guest is an exception, as someone who grew up in Palo Alto, with companies like Google and LinkedIn in his backyard. It was there he began his journey four years ago... as a part-time valet driver. In this interview I have the pleasure of welcoming my friend Amar Ghose, whom I met recently in Bangkok. Amar is the founder of Zenmaid, a calendar and scheduling application for maid services. Today, Amar's business is doing well and is very profitable. In this chat we discussed how he was able to "rearrange his stars" and go from an employee earning a pittance to creating his own successful software as a service company with over 200 customers and traveling the world. In the beginning Amar struggled to find qualified prospects for his niche product - a struggle all too common to new businesses. He kept plugging away, kept testing methods, and eventually discovered how to make very profitable partnerships and the best mediums to promote to scale up to his first ten clients, 50 and then 200. Amar is a very smart guy, and we had a great discussion with a ton of insights related to marketing and lead generation. We also discuss how he created a successful software as a service business (with a model that can apply to any type of business) by uncovering the market needs, niche selection, entrepreneurship, and travel. The spark that set Amar on the entrepreneurial path Methods Amar and I have been using successfully to generate productized service leads using online portals Simple techniques to build a stronger professional network How Amar created two years worth of e-mail follow up content - to successfully nurture and convert leads over time The most effective client-getting lead followup / onboarding process that Amar has used How to easily craft powerful headlines and offers Best lead magnets and offers The #1 asset to focus on for long-term success and freedom Monetization strategies using value generation, cross-sells and affiliates Zenmaid's best marketing channel - and actionable takeaways Marketing on Linkedin, Amar's LinkedIn marketing course. And much, much more! Hope you enjoy this awesome interview with Amar! And please do remember to show your love for the show by writing us a review on iTunes!

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.

In this episode of the the podcast I have a special treat for you guys. Adrian is a 23 year-old Amazon author from Australia who has created a strong recurring income source through Kindle Publishing, having self-published more than 200 books. In January 2017 alone he just received royalties from Amazon for more than $11,000 from his book sales. We met last year in Chiang Mai where we co-hosted a presentation on self-publishing together. He also spends his time helping others to publish their own books through his course Freedom Self Publishing, writing for his blog Driven Living, and creating videos for his YouTube channel. Just a couple of years ago, Adrian was working a normal salaried job at a gym. But he knew he was destined for more. He had an itch for entrepreneurship and travel which couldn't be ignored. He began dabbling in online entrepreneurship peddling various products on eBay, from basketball jerseys to cosmetics, but found that selling physical products came with too many hassles. He discovered Kindle publishing, and the model suited him perfectly. At first, he stumbled learning the ropes and his first books were terrible. But within 12 months he was earning enough money to quit his job, and he hasn't looked back since. During the interview I picked Adrian's brain to share his entire formula for self-publishing success: The mentality that holds people - including Adrian at first - back The #1 biggest mistake that the majority of authors make - and what to do instead How to assess profitable opportunities and competition within an Amazon niche The #1 marketing "hack" How to use sites like www.ewritersolutions.com or www.hotghostwriter.com to get books ghostwritten on the cheap How to use tools like Kindle Spy and K Optimizer to simplify your life How to research what the market wants and create a killer outline for each book Quality controls to create books that sell Adrian's pricing strategy to sell printed books - which makes up 70-80% of his sales And much more! Enjoy this epic interview about self publishing with Kindle author Adrian Ingram! If you find value in what we're doing and want us to continue creating epic podcasts, please take a moment to hop over to iTunes and leave us a review. Thank you and see you next week! You might also like: How I've Optimized My Kindle Books for Better Rankings and Sales Earning Serious Bank with Kindle and Helping Others do the Same My Six Figure Self-Publishing Success Story

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!