In this episode, I talk to Nikolaj Astrup Madsen who is one of the most inspiring people I know. I've followed Nikolaj for almost 20 years, and I have become friends with him over the past few years. Nikolaj and his wife Michelle live a very unconventional life with lots of travel and adventure. The conversation ranges from entrepreneurship, unschooling, travel, and much more.

Links

• Nikolaj on X
• Traveling Village
• Revillage
• Nikolaj's Blog

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• (00:00 ) - Introduction
  


• (00:46 ) - Nikolaj's book "Bedre" ("Better")
  


• (03:51 ) - A day in the life with startups and homeschooling
  


• (11:39 ) - What I've seen Nikolaj do over the past almost 20 years
  


• (14:17 ) - Nikolaj on finding his own path
  


• (17:29 ) - Business origin story
  


• (25:48 ) - Spending a year in China and starting to travel
  


• (28:35 ) - Starting a family while traveling leading to starting "Traveling Village"
  


• (32:05 ) - Starting Refuga
  


• (36:33 ) - Nikolaj's life plan
  


• (40:56 ) - City planning, community, and having kids involved in everyday life
  


• (51:37 ) - Parenting and unschooling
  


• (01:03:27 ) - What Nikolaj is working on right now
  


• (01:06:29 ) - Big bet vs. small bets: Nikolaj's entrepreneurship style
  


• (01:14:18 ) - Life phases
  


• (01:18:54 ) - Personal finance
  


• (01:25:12 ) - Using AI to get more things done
  


• (01:29:19 ) - Play, and spending time with kids
  


• (01:33:07 ) - Friends
  


• (01:37:46 ) - Growing together
  


• (01:42:04 ) - Advice for making life changes