The OpenWorld Podcast: Live Without Limits

In the past week alone, to manage my clients and workers, I've made business calls to Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Malta, London, the Caribbean, Dubai, Boston, and Thailand. How do I do manage all these time zones? Espresso shots and power naps. Today I invited Hassan Osman, an expert at managing remote teams and author of “Influencing Virtual Teams,” onto the show. Want to learn how to be...

Local Online Marketing - an Easy and Lucrative Business Model Sandboarding in Florianapolis, Brazil, Kevin's second home. Today's guest has taught over 10,000 students how to work from home as a consultant earning $5,000 to 10,000 per month performing simple online marketing for local businesses in their neighborhoods. The beauty of Kevin's model is that (in true lifestyle-design fashion) it requi...

Want to live on permanent holiday, or retire in the near future so you can travel the world? Today's guest found a way to do exactly that. In 2010 Jasper had a highly lucrative career in finance. He worked hard, party hard, took business trips on the company’s dollar and stayed at fancy hotels. But the existential questions began to creep in. He was waking up way too early, commuting back and fort...

How to Do Business in China Nick Ramil is a location-independent entrepreneur based out of Guangzhou, China. Nick and his parter Tim are entrepreneur trainers and co-founders of  The Elevator Life, which helps expats and digital nomads set up successful businesses in China. They have also co-founded Enter China, a mastermind and networking group for China-based expat entrepreneurs. Nick believes t...

Tom Edwards, friend of the animal kingdom. In this episode, I have a blast talking travel with Tom Edwards, the globetrotting blogging musician behind Tune Up and Travel. Tom left behind the sedentary life in small-town Ohio for a life of adventure and travel. Leaving behind a corporate career with Verizon, he picked up a guitar, summoned two friends, and hit the road. Woefully unprepared, and wit...

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Meet Andrew Ferebee. At the start of 2013, Andrew was a disgruntled employee at Target. He dreaded facing each day. He woke up far too early to commute to a job he hated. He even came close to driving himself off a bridge in frustration. In spite of it everything, he knew he was destined for more. Flash forward a year later and Andrew's podcast, Knowledge for Men, has reached #1 in iTunes "New and...

Sean Perez of Guam is an experienced world-traveler and polyglot. While living in Taiwan, he became conversationally fluent in Mandarin in only 4 months. A self-professed language fanatic, he's now fluent in 7 languages, and is shooting for 10, studying 3 more! Sean has developed an unconventional approach to learning languages which allows anyone, regardless of their experience at previous attemp...

In this episode I was interviewed by business executive coach Robert Atkinson about my entrepreneurial journey over the last several years, designing a lifestyle business which allowed me to travel around the world for 4 years. I share some of the most important lessons and experiences that I've learned, things others have taught me, and things I discovered along the way. It took a lot of work and...

Ever wanted to volunteer and make a difference abroad?  It’s difficult to find a better way to change your life for the better and improve the world at the same time.  Volunteering is a great way to gain a brand new perspective on the world and learn new ways you can contribute to it. When you help others who are less fortunate, you come to appreciate what you have. You learn not to worry about pe...

Zeke Camusio is a serial entrepreneur from Argentina whose list of accomplishments is impressive. Among other things, his resume includes: Founding seven businesses, four of which have been successful. Traveled to 72 countries Written a book called the “Internet Marketing Bible” Consulted with over 150 clients for advertising and marketing All before the age of 30! His latest project is the Windca...

Johnny Ward, the larger-than-life persona behind OneStep4Ward, is a successful location-independent entrepreneur, travel blogger, and digital nomad who has traveled to over 100 countries.  Johnny started out with a degree in finance and planned to begin a stable career after college. But after taking a brief trip to the US, the travel bug had bit... and his life was changed forever. He embarked on...

Cyril Mazur, founder of MyLadyboy Date. Cyril Mazur is a location-independent entrepreneur and digital nomad who divides his time between Europe and Southeast Asia. He began his first online business at age 14, where he quickly began earning more than his business professors. Unlike many entrepreneurs who struggle to make money, Cyril is an expert at creating online businesses that are profitable...

Serena Roffo, who crowdfunded over $5,000 for African Impact Did you know that you can launch your own crowd funding campaign to volunteer internationally? Volunteer Forever is a simple, easy-to-use crowd funding website for those who would be volunteers. In just minutes you can create a profile, set up your campaign, and promote it to raise funds. The website was set up in 2013 and since then, us...

"Probably the best traveler interview I've ever heard. You did a great job of listening, following the flow of the conversation, and asking good questions." Justin Alexander, Adventures of Justin In this interview we feature the exciting story of Mike Spencer Bown, the "most extensively traveled" man in history who has finally returned home to Canada after traveling since 1991, 23 years straight!...