The OpenWorld Podcast: Live Without Limits

Today I’m joined by Bryanna Royal, co-founder of Virtual Powerhouse - "Virtual Solutions to Power Your Business" and blogger at CrazyFamilyAdventure.com. Bryanna works as a freelance virtual assistant -  or “Virtual Team Member” in her words. She's also living the remote working / traveling digital nomad life in an RV with her husband, four kids, and two dogs roaming around the US. Bryanna is some...

If you value freedom, exploration, and adventures big and small, want to see the whole world and make a difference, then you are going to love this interview. I’m joined by Amy Scott, the host of Nomadtopia. She's a full-time digital nomad working and living remotely, a lifestyle that she's plugging away at for eleven years. On her weekly podcast, she interviews other nomads to find out how they m...

In this exciting episode we're joined by Caroline (Caz) Makepeace, the co-owner of Y Travel Blog. Together with her husband, Caz has traveled to over 50 countries and lived in 5. Her blog is getting over 300,000 visitors a month - over 10,000 per day. They have over 4 million followers on Pinterest. Their travel blog has led to incredible experiences like attending the first travel summit at the W...

In this episode I'm joined by Matt Inglot, host of the Freelance Transformation podcast, which interviews top freelancers to learn how they price their services, get leads and clients, and run their businesses. Matt is also the founder of Tilted Pixel, a web design and development agency, which he has been running for more than a decade. If you’re a freelancer looking to improve your business or i...

If you want to learn how to make more money with your website by increasing your visitors to leads and then converting those leads to paying customers, and then high-paying clients, then you’re going to love this interview! In this episode I’m joined by Joe Dejene, the co-founder of Groove Funnels. Joe spends each day picking apart online websites and their product and sales funnels to discover co...

In this interview I’m joined by Gabby Wallace, owner of Go Natural English and the Laptop Teacher which helps entrepreneurs with YouTube marketing and creating online courses. She's here to share her story of quitting my university professor job in February to travel to 18 countries this year, and growing an online teaching business that's earning 3 times more than her job and growing quickly. Her...

Want to learn how to travel more, work from anywhere, and live your dream lifestyle? Today I'm joined by Travis Sherry, who interviews globe-trotting location-independent entrepreneurs to find out exactly how they do it. Travis is the host of the Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast and an avid travel hacker and lifestyle entrepreneur who is living the digital nomad dream. Travis, along with his girlfrie...

If you’re looking to break free and gain greater personal autonomy in your life, then I’m sure you’re going to love this interview. In this episode I'm joined by the one and only Johnny FD. He’s an OG in the location-independent community and a respected thought leader that another guest we’ve had on this show, Ben Finnigan (#21) credited for really helping him along on his path. His podcast “Trav...

“If you’re gonna make it in this world you’ve got to focus. That’s the biggest thing I’ve learnt.” - Ben Worthington, digital nomad and entrepreneur In this episode I’m joined by Ben Worthington, a new friend and kindred spirit from the UK who hosts the IELTS podcast. He’s also a member of the Dynamite Circle, and we met recently at a DC meetup in Bangkok and became fast friends. I love Ben’s back...

Podcasting is really hot right now… it seems that everyone and their auntie is starting a podcast. But most people give up after 7 episodes. And of the ones who persist, far too many of them become "me too" also-rans… not able to become unique enough, drive enough downloads, or monetize their show. Why is it most people fail at podcasting while a few standouts crush it and kill it - and how can we...

In this exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast we're joined by the audacious and tepid world adventurer, Patrick Martin Schroeder, who goes by the moniker the "World Bicyclist." Patrick is one of the world's greatest young adventurers, and was recognized in our 2015 list of “Top 30 Adventurers Under 30.” He’s 28 years old, on a mission to travel every country by bicycle , and he’s been to 132 s...

October is self-publishing month here. In honor of my 30th birthday, I'm giving away free copies of all five of my books on Amazon, one after the other. To be notified of the dates of the free releases, as well as to receive other free giveaways first, simply enter your e-mail and subscribe in the box at the bottom of this post where it says "Join the Ultimate Lifestyle Design Community." Also, we...

We have another great guest on the show today. His name is Patrick King, and I think you guys are going to be blown away by this interview. Patrick has self-published more than 25 books and counting in just over one year. He’s at the top of numerous categories on Amazon as a best-selling author. He’s a top five author in Business and Money, top 10 in the category of Health, Fitness, and Dating, to...

Welcome to Episode #52 of the OpenWorld Podcast! In this interview I’m joined by Dan Norris, the two time bestselling author of “The 7 Day Startup” and “Content Machine” and founder of WP Curve, which recently posted revenues of $74,000 / month, after just two years in existence. Dan and his businesses have been featured in Forbes, Inc, Mashable, and others. Dan was voted Australia’s top small bus...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld Podcast! As always, we try to inspire you with real stories of people taking action and doing extraordinary things around the world. I’m joined today by Grady Hicks, he’s the author of “The Amazing Journey,” the true story of his travels with his young son Austin. Since a young age, Grady has marched to the beat of his own drum. He has been cur...

In this episode I’m joined by Kavit Haria from London. Kavit is a specialist at helping people set up automated businesses on the web that hit $100,000 by the end of their 1st year. Like others that we've interviewed, such as Jesse Krieger of Lifestyle Entrepreneur and Sean D'Souza of Psychotactics, Kavit started out as an entrepreneur following his passion, then quickly realized he needed to mast...

In this interview, we have my friend and fellow digital nomad Taylor Pearson on the show. Taylor and I first met in Chiang Mai back in 2012, early on in both of our lives as digital nomads. At the time, Taylor was working as an apprentice for Tropical MBA. Now, he’s the #1 best-selling author of “The End of Jobs” - a bold new business book. In his words: "it’s a book that’s not meant to scare, but...

Today’s guest is a successful serial entrepreneur, Ryan Buckley. He’s the co-founder of Scripted.com which connects web businesses with content writers. But we actually became acquainted through his side project, of which I’m a raving fan - Toofr. Toofr is one of the apps that I talk about in my book, “Hack Email” (which is available for a great price right now on Amazon). It’s a tool Ryan built h...

In this episode we're joined by Justin Cooke, co-founder of Empire Flippers, a marketplace for buying and selling websites. Justin has been leveraging geo-arbitrage and running a remote business long before most of us had ever heard of the term "digital nomad." Several years ago, Justin left behind an unfulfilling career selling real estate mortgages in Southern California. He wanted to join the i...

They're young, they're in love, and they're traveling around the world in a sailboat. In this episode meet Riley and Elayna, the traveling Aussie couple from "Sailing La Vagabonde," as we talk about their epic journey circumnavigating the globe in their sailboat. After a freak accident where he broke his neck bodyboarding in South America, Riley recovered and then decided on a whim to buy a yacht...

Welcome to another episode of the OpenWorld podcast! We're recording from a tower in Penang, Malaysia today where Jesse Krieger's book "Lifestyle Entrepreneur," became a Malaysia best-seller before hitting the international circuit. It was a fitting setting to record this episode with Jesse, who has quite the colorful background. Jesse has been passionate about leading a life outside of the norm f...

It's a real treat to feature Mark Messick in this episode. Mark is a 16 year-old Amazon author who has self-published nine books, including several Amazon best-sellers. Last month he just received a check from Amazon for $4,000 from his book sales. On top of that, he dropped out of traditional school at age 11. A few short years later and he is already earning more money passively than most Americ...

In this exciting episode, we sit down with Andrew Michael, co-founder and CEO of Funifi, a startup which builds applications to help parents in the household. Andrew and I connected after I read about the results of a recent growth hacking experiment he did, where they ran a personality test for parents on social media. The personality test prompted parents to answer a set of questions to determin...

In this episode we talk with Evelyn Badia, an online solopreneur who quit her job in advertising and created a new lifestyle by leveraging the sharing economy! An Airbnb superhost in New York City, Evelyn began hosting in the early days of 2010. Airbnb has allowed Evelyn to generate a full-time source of income that covers all of her living expenses also create a wonderful lifestyle for herself. D...

In this interview, we invite Nathan Chan, the entrepreneur and publisher behind Foundr Magazine, on to the show. Nathan launched his digital magazine (www.foundrmag.com) from his bedroom and two years ago foundrmag.com and crushing it. It has since become a profitable 6-figure business with 25,000 monthly readers, and 150,000 downloads. He's interviewed Richard Branson, Tim Ferriss, Arianna Huffin...