The Voluntary Life

Pete Blacow has taken two career breaks to travel the world. In this episode he shares his experience of long-term travel and taking time out from working. Topics covered include the practical issues of taking a career break, the pros and cons of long-term travel, and Pete's recommendations for anyone interested in travelling the world. Show Notes: The 4-Hour Workweek  by Tim Ferriss

This episode is about freeing your mind by decluttering all your mental baggage on a regular basis. Topic covered include: The benefits of going on an information and media diet The importance of having a trusted system for how to declutter your mind and control the information buildup around you. The role of a weekly clear-out, as part of a weekly review  Applying the "inbox-zero" approach beyond...

Comedian Rosie Tran ( @FunnyRosie ) interviews financial freedom advocate, investor, and host of The Voluntary Life Podcast, Jake Desyllas ( @jakedesyllas ). They discuss the various ways to escape the rat race. Jake talks about the different techniques he has discovered, including unjobbing, extreme saving, business ownership, investing, and more. Also, in depth discussion on the importance of pe...

This episode is an interview that I did with Kevin Koskella from Freedom Lovin podcast . Kevin and I talk about expat life in Mexico: the pros, cons and experiences.

Part 2 in a series on win-win negotiation. This episode explains the process of principled negotiation and answers two key questions for any negotiation: What determines your negotiating strength?  How do you create value in a negotiation?  Show Notes Getting to Yes  by Fischer and Ury   Episode 144 Win-Win Negotiation Part 1: Communication Episode on Negotiation from 2012 Best Alternative To A Ne...

Part 1 of a series on win-win negotiation. This episode covers communication as an integral part of negotiation. Jake highlights some useful techniques from psychology to help you communicate productively in negotiations. Show Notes: Getting to Yes  by Fischer and Ury  Active Listening   Games People Play  by Eric Berne  I-Messages  

An interview with Daniel Mackler about his new book Breaking From Your Parents . Daniel talks about why he chose to tackle this taboo subject, based on his own personal experience and that of many others. The interview was recorded in January 2014, and the book has since been released.  Show Notes: Breaking from Your Parents  ebook by Daniel Mackler  Psychological Freedom: An Interview With Daniel...

An interview with Augusto Pinaud about the concept of Extrodinary Time. Augusto is the author of 10 books including  25 Tips for Productivity . In this episode he explains his technique of devoting dedicated time to working on extraordinary challenges. He provides inspiring suggestions for how to push yourself beyond the comfort zone of doing good work and get to truly great work. Show Notes: Augu...

"Most people think that they need to be tapped on the shoulder by the Epic Fairy if they ever hope to be epic, or if they're ever going to have the audacity to do something truly epic. But it's not true. Want to be epic? Just do epic s**t. There's nothing else to it." Johnny Truant An episode about ideas to help you make a habit of doing epic things. Show Notes: The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying...

This episode provides some thoughts on common objections to entrepreneurship. Topics covered include: The myth of an entrepreneur "personality type". Entrepreneurship as a personal development programme that can benefit anyone The possibility of a world where everyone is an entrepreneur

This episode is about how to develop and strengthen your network of business contacts. The ideas discussed are also relevant for friendships. Topic covered include: Following Through on Commitments Responding in Time Making Introductions Referrals and Recommendations Acts of Kindness and Helpfulness Show Notes: Getting Things Done  by David Allen Inbox Zero talk by Merlin Mann How The World's Top...

This episode is about identifying your purpose in life. Topics covered include: The concept of Horizons of Focus used in David Allen's "Getting Things Done" How to manifest your life's purpose in every action that you do.  Identifying and addressing gaps in your integrity Identifying the level of integrity shown by other people in your life.  Show Notes: Getting Things Done  by David Allen Episode...

This episode is about financial freedom and asking oneself the question "how much is enough?" Show Notes Episode 116 (about the 4% rule and financial freedom)   Article: "My husband retired young and goofs off all day"   Episode 119 (Todd Tressider Interview)  

The biggest challenge to becoming an entrepreneur is overcoming your conditioning. It's never been a better time to start your own business, yet we are all conditioned to think like worker drones. This episode is about how to break your employee conditioning. Show Notes: Episode 111 on Risk in Entrepreneurship The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The Peter Principle

An update on my experience of going minimalist. Topics covered: The benefits of minimalism How it feels getting rid of stuff The downside of minimalism? Some suggestions for going minimalist Show Notes It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff  by Peter Walsh Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity  by David Allen

Andrew is the founder and host of the Nomad Capitalist website and radio show. In this interview he describes his life as an expat entrepreneur, including: travels through South East Asia Becoming a nomad capitalist different opportunities for investment abroad Diversification: do you need it? Dealing with the practicalities of doing business on the road perpetual travel: the good and the bad

David is an entrepreneur and perpetual traveller. He is the founder of a successful technology consultancy and has been travelling around the world with his family for many years. In this episode he shares his experience of perpetual travel and entrepreneurship, including: The idea that got David and his wife travelling. The influence that The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber  had on him How Dav...

Pete Sisco is an entrepreneur, blogger and author of The Freedom App . In this interview, Pete talks about his life as a perpetual traveller including: Long term travel with a family Self-publishing Passive income businesses Working with people all over the world Dealing with bureaucracies when travelling Perpetual travel as the ultimate personal freedom Show Notes: Pete's website and blog The Fre...

An interview with  Kevin Koskella , host of the Freedom Lovin' blog and podcast. Kevin talks about his life as a perpetual traveller. He explains his approach to funding a digital nomad lifestyle with online passive income businesses and shares some of the best and worst experiences of his permanent travel life!

This episode is an interview with strength trainer and youtube personality Elliott Hulse. In the interview Elliot talks about his approach to getting freedom by creating a non-job. Topics covered include: Growing up rebellious What it means to have a non job Sharing your ideas, even though you suck at first How to finance the early days of your non job Perseverance What to do if there is not much...

Stephanie Murphy interviews Jake Desyllas on the Porc Therapy podcast. We talk about different strategies to escape the rat race, including unjobbing, intensive saving, passive income businesses and selling a business. The discussion focusses on some questions about pursuing financial freedom, including: What is financial freedom? College- is it worth it? Does having kids make financial freedom im...

This episode is a recent interview about Getting Things Done that I did on the School Sucks Podcast . The discussion is with Brett Veinotte and here is his summary: "This is the sixth and final (for now) installment in a series of shows inspired by my experience with and successes after reading the book, Getting Things Done by David Allen. Jake Desyllas joins me to discuss his experience with GTD,...

The Question and Answer session from my talk about Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race. See Episode 124 for the main talk.

Audio from a presentation given at the 2013 Libertopia conference. The talk explains how I quit the rat race aged 38 and what I have learned about different ways that other people have found to do so. There are four basic ways to quit the rat race presented in the talk: Unjobbing Intensive Saving Passive Income Selling A Business Show Notes: Michael Fogler 's book  Un-Jobbing Linda Breen Pierce's...

A podcast mashup with Hannah Braime of Becoming Who You Are and Stephanie Murphy of Porc Therapy.