The OpenWorld Podcast: Live Without Limits

Vincent Dignan is the co-author of "Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Course to Growth Hacking & Marketing Course," which has raised nearly $80,000 through Kickstarter and Indiegogo after just one's preparation time. After interviewing co-author Austen in episode #86, we had to invite Vincent to onto the podcast to share his remarkable story. If you haven't heard of him yet, you will soon. Vincent was li...

Welcome to the latest episode of the OpenWorld podcast! If you're an adventure lover, then I’ve got a fun one for you today! In this interview I’m joined by Will Hatton from The Broke Backpacker. He was working as a lorry in the UK, unloading boxes for a grocery store. He had never done anything exciting. So he went to climb Kilimanjaro for his 19 birthday. Ever since that first experience, he’s b...

Keeping in with the theme of dramatic personal reinvention, we have one heck of a story for you today! When we last heard from Tom way back in episode #11, he was travel blogging and roaming the world as a wandering musician. He entertained us with all kinds of travel tales, from hitchhiking to busking on the streets of Europe, to sleeping with exotic animals. Flash forward one and a half years la...

I'm excited for this episode because I'm joined by one of the most inspirational women I know (and I know a lot of people)! Her name is Megan Jerrard and she is, undoubtedly, one of the most influential travel bloggers on social media. The owner of MappingMegan.com, she’s been a nomad for nine years, traveling full time with her husband for the last three years. Meg and I connected through the Fac...

Austen is co-author of "Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking & Marketing Guide." Austen has moved millions of visitors and dollars through multiple channels from Pinterest to SEO. Together with his co-author, Vincent, they’ve raised nearly $50,000 from 700+ backers - for an e-book! They did this through the very same tactics that he teaches (which he also shares in this interview). During our...

In this episode, we welcome Ryan Madgziarz on to the show. Ryan has been an entrepreneur since his teenage years, starting a marketing agency with eight employees before age 21, creating a successful app, and more. Today he is the founder of Winning International, which helps coaches and consultants make the leap to six and seven figure businesses. He's also author of “Secrets of the 7 Figure Coac...

In this episode of the OpenWorld podcast I have the pleasure of hosting the "creative warrior" and "uncommon entrepreneur" Jeffrey Shaw. He is host of the popular business podcast, Creative Warriors, which teaches brave entrepreneurs how to earn a prosper making their art and giving their gifts. He says we live in a period which he calls “The New Renaissance,” where creative individuals have unlim...

He’s the business guru that the gurus go to. As the head honcho of SuperFast Business, James Schramko has created some of the most exclusive, prosperous masterminds for elite high-performing entrepreneurs. But before that, James was a top performing salesman at a car dealership, earning two Mercedes Benzes as company cars. On paper he had it all. But he realized he was chasing an endless cycle of...

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,...

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! I'm publishing this episode today from my temporary office in Koh Phangan, Thailand. Check out that view! Onward to the podcast! In today's action-packed, content rich episode I’m joined by Sean Marshall. Sean blogs at FamilyRocketship.com where he teaches people how they can set up a business that enables lifestyle freedom with a family. So if...

In this episode of the podcast I was invited on to the "Unleash Yourself" podcast where I was interviewed by the host, Michael Carbone. We chatted about the mindset and lifestyle of high achievers, how to create your own set of rules to live by, and how to write your own life's narrative. It was a really interesting, candid discussion. Some things we discuss: What traveling through 30+ countries t...

In this newest episode, I'm joined by my friend and a familiar face on the digital nomad trail. Derek and I met by chance a few years ago in an alley in Saigon, and then again in Chiang Mai. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Derek had whittled his savings down to his last $200 while in Saigon - but completely turned things around to the point where three months later he was earning $10,000 a month th...

In this episode of the podcast I was invited on to the "Brand New You Show" where I was interviewed by the host, Ryan Rhoten. Ryan did an excellent job of preparing for the interview, picking apart my first (and heftiest) book, "Buy Your Own Island," which led us in to a deep and rich conversation about the location-independent lifestyle. This interview is well worth your time! Some of the things...

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! in this episode Sorin Constantin, an entrepreneur coach and prolific Udemy course creator, joins us for the call. Sorin is a location independent entrepreneur from Romania who has been an online entrepreneur since 2011.

 He also helps teach people how to create viable online business models, generate traffic for their products, and live the loc...

In this episode, I’m joined by David Hindin, he’s a doctor by day, by night a freelance writer who picks up gigs via Fiverr, and a closet tech enthusiast. He’s also created a digital magazine called “Invented Magazine," which is designed for new entrepreneurs seeking to become tech founders, which he’s successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter, raising more than $7,000. He’s also been invited to spe...

Today I’m joined by Jiro Taylor. He’s the host of “Flowstate Collective” podcast and founder of a global community of the same name, where he helps individuals reach their ultimate peak performance and potential by optimizing "flow." He runs a blog, interviews top performers, creates adventure retreats, and explores altered states of consciousness. He also coaches entrepreneurs and guides them to...

In this fun and exciting episode I'm joined by the one and only Jeremy Ginsburg, who calls himself "The Culture Chameleon." Jeremy is a veteran digital nomad, who has experimented with countless ways to earn money and travel. To support his international travels, he has worked as a remote freelance writer, videographer, musician, stand up comedian, English teacher, and basketball coach (to name a...

In episode #73 of the OpenWorld podcast I'm joined by my new friend and fellow author, Tommy Joiner. Tommy has just published his new Amazon book, "Teaching in East Asia" (full disclosure: we worked on the project together). The book shares his story (and the stories of many others) of teaching English abroad, a wonderful experience which helped him get out of debt, save a lot of money, travel, an...

In this episode I'm joined by Melinda Chen, founder of Women Making Big Sales. She's created a location-independent lifestyle where she travels and works from coffee shops - interacting with huge companies and earning seven figures - while supporting two children. She's here to share valuable insight for the one thing holds most self-employed people back from making the money they really want: Sal...

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! I’m joined today by Derek Loudermilk. He’s a professional cyclist, explorer, scientist, and adventurer. He’s been a full-time slow traveler for two years, currently living in Bali. He’s also been to all 50 US States, 27 countries, and four continents. He hosts the podcast “Art of Adventure” which interviews world-class performers doing things ne...

In this epic episode I’m joined by the one and only Fabian Dittrich, co-founder of Startup Diaries and HelpandDo. IT. Fabian, along with a couple of buddies, has spent more than a year traveling overland across the Americas, running their business remotely from a Land Rover, wherever it is parked. Pretty wild! He's also lived in Germany, Chile, Spain, and England and worked in IT startups such as...

In this episode, we've switched things around a bit and I'm the one being interviewed. I was recently invited to appear on the Borderless podcast with Jonathan Lockwood and James Guzman to share a bit about my story and how I broke free from the conventional mold (which never seemed to fit me in the first place!). I also share quite a bit about my early life and what it was like having entrepreneu...

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 harne...

A few years ago Sean Ogle was working 50 hours a week as a financial analyst. Getting up early, commuting to work, putting on a suit and tie and shaving every day. But he was miserable. He had this incurable wanderlust and desire to experience the world. He went to Rio de Janeiro, experienced everything he wanted at that moment... and felt he couldn’t go back to the financial analyst life. The res...

On paper she was a success. She had a high power job in marketing and business development back in Canada. She was earning close to six figures and traveling all over the world. Money, prestige and international travel. It was the kind of life many of us dream about. But then during a business trip in Moscow she had a breakdown: "You are going to die!" she thought. "Is this really all there is to...