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This book is really important to me. Not because it holds inside it the secret of the universe - it doesn't. Instead, it simplified down all the things I had been thinking (literally for YEARS,) got me out of my own head and started me on the path to my own business. If you're like I was, and paralysed by inertia because you can't decide on what direction to take or what to do next, this book is a must read for anyone starting out. Stay in your head, you're dead. I only review books that I give 5 stars. This is one of them! I'll try to get a book reviewed most weeks because reading is what? FUNDAMENTAL. Stay emPowered, Beck

Janice Chaka is the Queen of Introverts. (Long live the Queen!) In this episode, Janice is underwhelmed by my excitement about Mexico. She also sets me right about what an introvert truly is (the definition might not be what you expect.) Stay emPowered, Beck

In this episode, Nat and Jodie talk about their life as full time housesitters. Full time nomads don't have to move around all the time - they can take house sits for almost any period. Nat and Jodie get free accommodation wherever they go, and plan their travel around their favorite places (and favorite pets.) Where would you go if you could find free accommodation anywhere? Stay emPowered, Beck

As digital nomads, we need to get paid, and it's not as easy as as just getting a paycheck every month. In this episode I talk tools - and bank accounts. Stay emPowered, Beck

Once you have built an audience, you basically have unlimited options of how to help them solve their problems. Everyone has problems, and ultimately you want your products and services to solve those pain points for them, so you become their go-to in your industry. Too many times I see nomads mad or upset because their ONE product isn’t selling. Try repurposing it, fool! What else could it be? For example if you have a video course. Could you sell a smaller, shorter “starter” version? Could you sell only the audios? Could you put it together with someone else’s product and sell it as a bundle? Could you perhaps sell a transcription, or upsell to people who already bought it with a 1-1 consultation, or maybe you could make 8 mini products that branch out from that course, addressing smaller problems that the audience still has. Perhaps you can interview people on the topic and add the interviews to the video course to add value? There are a

One thing I’ve started doing lately is being mindful. I wouldn’t consider myself a stereotypical non meat eating lesbian who takes meditation seriously, but hey I guess that’s who I am. Practicing mindfulness is something that a lot of the people who I admire, set aside time for during the day. One of the reasons I like to meditate is because my days get pretty hectic. I’m “on” a lot of the day and my mind is going at a million miles an hour. It’s really helpful to set aside 5-10 minutes a couple of times a day just to sit and reset my brain. Literally I just sit somewhere quiet or put in headphones and pull my brain back from wherever it’s stretched out to. It’s kind of like a reset and it’s been really helpful for me. You can use the Calm app or headspace app or anything you want really, I find I still do need some direction while I meditate or I get super distracted. You can actually feel yourself come back to a center. What’s really important is that you clear your mind as much

This is a fun episode because I remember when I first started my first project, NomadFly. In the previous podcast episode yesterday, I spoke about overthinking and this is one of the things I was overthinking for REAL. The problem was, I thought that I would have to marry my first topic. Like if I chose it I would have to be known as “the travel agent” forever, and I don’t want to be a travel agent. That’s why I stopped being one! What I didn’t understand is that there are so many angles to take in any niche, so many products and different ways to do something, that whatever I tried would just be the beginning, the first steps, which would just move me, kind of into the arena. Then I would be able to play. But if you don’t take those first few steps you just keep standing on the outside, never participating and always feeling that feeling, that you’re not involved, you’re not playing the game. So my advice is the same as Dan Norris’ advice in the book 7 day startup - t

Digital nomads always overthink before they get started - so: Let’s talk overthinking, which is a concept near and dear to my heart. I honestly believed, when I was poor and had the cold sweats in my apartment in Bangkok a few years ago, that it mattered what I chose to start with and I had to get it right from day one or else I’d be a huge failure. In fact I think that the more I overthought, the more I overthought…. It got into kind of a downward spiral that made me scared to do anything at all in case it didn’t work. I am aware that doesn’t make much sense right now, it sounds crazy. But the saying is true - “Stay in your head, you’re dead” The ONLY thing to do is to take action. The ONLY thing that you can do to move forward, is take a step. Standing still and thinking will not work. Yes the future will be uncertain. But no amount of thinking is going to get you certain. All that will happen is you will waste precious time. Stay

Kit Whelan is a co founder of the 7in7 digital nomad conference, and one of my favorite people. Why? We're pankcake buddies, of course! (And obvs there are more reasons, but that's the most important.) Kit is a co host of the Nomad+Spice podcast, which is must listen for all nomads! Kit has been a nomad for almost 10 years, and is travelling full time - yup no home base, just travelling a few weeks or months in each place. We talk about location independence, and how remote work is the future. We are so lucky to be nomadic and I was really reminded of that during this episode. Stay emPowered, Beck

Attention digital nomads----> If Heather isn't the most kickass person you've heard on a podcast... I don't believe you. There's something epic about being known as an Arctic explorer - being a known associate of penguins and polar bears, battling enormous blocks of ice, forging a path into (relatively) unknown lands on huge ships... In this episode, I ask Heather about how she got started and her journey to become an expert on the polar regions and a world traveler. I can't wait to have her on again to shoot the shit and talk about more of our journeys. I love this conversation because we get into the real grime of entrepreneurship, the low points, the fears, the sacrifice, and how to overcome adversity to achieve what you really want. Want to join Heather and I in Antarctica in 2022? It's awhile away but you can put a deposit down to go with us through 7in7 - it will be a digital nomad conference like no other. Apply here and make your deposi

When I first became nomadic, and some airline staff asked me for proof I was going to leave the country, I would buy a cheap ticket to a nearby country and then not use it. Ugh. As time went on, a few services popped up. Flyonward, Bestonwardticket, Returnflights.net... but they all had issues. They'd take to long to deliver (I was usually in a hurry) I couldn't open the ticket on my phone (who has time to get out their laptop and find internet when they're trying to check in?) The customer service wasn't responsive I had to pay every time I wanted a fake ticket! Some people recommend using Photoshop but I'm not photoshopically inclined... So I decided I'd get a small software product made, that would handle the problems I'd experienced with other sites. BOOM: Nomadproof was born. Digital nomads rejoice! You can get proof of onward travel in just a few clicks on your phone, and best of all, NomadProof is free! I wanted to give

What I'm about to tell you is 100% true, and I'm 100% not happy about it lol. I left New Zealand in 2013, to embark on my great nomadic journey. Of course I was going to Chiang Mai! I had no idea what I was doing, or what I would do for money, but I figured it would take care of itself. After all, I'd read the 4 hour work week, and it was easy enough, right? WRONG. I spent 4 months in Chiang Mai telling people all the stuff I wanted to do (start a coliving space, start remote work retreats, it went on and on) but I never actually DID anything. I talked a lot but the action wasn't there. Most people at least take SOME action even if it's not that much or it's the wrong action, but I was legit not doing ANYTHING. Haha. I think I expected that it would happen if I wanted it enough -- like passively WANTED IT. Haha -- nope. Action is what is required - immediate action. Stay emPowered, Beck

We always worship winners. People who seem to be able to accomplish superhuman feats. People who beat out the competition to come first. Especially people who seem to turn everything they touch into gold. But we sell ourselves short. It doesn't matter what other people are doing, the experiences they have that are hidden from us so it looks as if they are magically able in some way that we are not. I think being a winner is about pushing through hard things. Not giving in to the thoughts that tell you to give up, that this will never work, that it's not for you, that this should be easier. The truth is it's not easy. It's such a mental game and if you can win that game, you're officially a winner. People who keep pushing are absolutely winners. People who see what's going on around them and refuse to give up, refuse to stop, refuse to be affected by drama, by bullshit, by self doubt. People who decide something, and then do it. Every day.

Almost every morning (hey I'm not perfect) I get out of bed at 5:30. I wouldn't have called myself a morning person actually, but like anything, I'm no fixed way and I've taught myself to make it happen - here's why. I get all my morning routines done and get started working at about 7:30. When this all goes smoothly, I normally get en entire days work done by 10am. I then feel amazing and stop work at 1pm or 2pm so I can reward myself and enjoy the rest of the day. I have had to create systems for this, it's not easy to force myself to wake up at that time. One thing that helps is that I'm MOSTLY excited about what I'm going to work on that day - and if it's not that exciting, I reframe it. I look forward to finishing tasks so I can move on to the next task. Some people are adamant they work best late at night and like sleeping in, and that's OK! This morning thing doesn't work for everyone. But I really encourage you to try out mornings for a 7 day or

I originally heard about this idea from James Altucher. (My fave author and probably one of my fave humans.) James says to write 10 ideas a day because it stretches your "idea muscle" - that is, it helps you be more creative and problem solve when you really need to problem solve. I used this practice and the practice of daily gratitude, to get out of the funk that I was in in the middle of 2016. Every night I'd go to sleep crying and every day I'd be sweating the "fear sweats" in my tiny Bangkok apartment. I had no money and as far as I could tell, no way of getting any. I kept telling myself that no one cared about me and that I was all alone in the world. For the last few months I had been contemplating if anyone would miss me if I disappeared. I started a small daily practice and things started to change. I was able to start thinking outside the box, take action on a few of the ideas and really realize that I was not stupid or useless or any of

I love challenges because the commitment isn't too great. 7 days? 10 days? Even 3 days, depending on what it is I'm trying to do. I highly recommend trying a personal challenge or starting/joining a group challenge, to build those small habits that make a big difference. Stay emPowered, Beck

There are a metric crap ton of ways to make money as a digital nomad. One of the fastest ways and one of the easiest ways, I believe, is to sell information, that you already have in your head. (Or someone else has already provided.) Info products are good because you just need to package up the information you have on a topic (like indoor gardening for example, knitting cat costumes, or repairing a motorcycle.) Then you find people who are looking for that skill or information, and show them how your product solves their problem or is what they're looking for. Stay emPowered, Beck

There are lots of ways to live as a nomad - full time travel, staying places 6 months at a time, or having a home base are the top 3 contenders. Here's how and why I choose to be based in Bangkok. Stay emPowered, Beck

I can't believe I only just got to meet Sami Gardner! She is a lot of fun. Sami is passionate about helping people find work online to live their nomadic dream. She's a career consultant among a few other things! She drops some gold on how to take action after you've decided to leave your job and her passion is economic empowerment. Sami's thought on packing "you don't have to bring everything - they have things in other countries, and sometimes they're even better." Stay emPowered, Beck

I finally managed to meet Danny in Feb 2018. In a whirlwind week, we were able to meet up and go over some of the awesome and clever ways he grows companies. This episode is recorded live from my living room, which we were able to stream on the NomadMe Facebook page. Enjoy! See you tomorrow. Stay emPowered, Beck