This is a guest post from my good friend and Location Rebel Expert Joel Runyon of the Blog of Impossible Things and Impossible HQ. As a kid, I used to play in the sandbox all the time. I’d move stuff around without a care – building, creating whatever I wanted. Everything from castles to landscapes to active volcanoes that I managed to make by putting the garden hose in at the base of a mountain of sand and wait for it to erupt. It was awesome. I had total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do and make whatever I wanted to make. Nobody could tell me what to do and whenever I got tired of building something, I
Continue Reading > 19 Comments posted: December 27th, 2011
Sean’s Note: Today’s post is from David of twago, Europe’s largest online platform bringing together customers and freelancers in projects in the field of web design, SEO, graphic design, translation and copywriting. His joint passions are writing and long-boarding around Berlin. I chose to run it because as most of you know, I started my lifestyle business doing SEO. I frequently get asked a lot of questions about my thoughts on the Panda algorithm changes, and this is a very good break down of what has changed and what hasn’t. Regardless of whether you’re an SEO freelancer, or just want to work on your own sites, it’s valuable information to keep in the back of your mind. Since Google Panda went global
Continue Reading > 10 Comments posted: December 19th, 2011
This is a guest post from Location Rebel expert Alison Gresik. She is a writer and coach for accomplished creatives who want to design amazing lives in support of their art. If you are an artist of any kind and keen to make more space for your creative work, stop by her website. You can also sign up on her mailing list to get news of the Field Guide to Truth and Beauty, or follow her on Twitter. I’m a newly-fledged location rebel in Penang, Malaysia and I am lonely. I consider that a good thing. Yes, my husband Shawn and our two kids are here and we’ve met a few other vagabonds. But my extended network of family and friends are all back in Ontario,
Continue Reading > 14 Comments posted: October 27th, 2011
This is a guest post by my friend and Location Rebel Expert, Tom Meitner. He’s run the entrepreneurial gamut and shares some of the insights he’s learned through his experience in this post. If you want to see more from Tom, definitely check out his site The Practical Nerd. As I write this, my freelance business is currently riding on a wave of success. I’m pulling in almost twice what we normally budget for my income this month, and the month is far from over. As an entrepreneur, I know that these months don’t always happen, so I need to enjoy it while it’s here. After all, running a business means a lot of high’s and low’s, and this is
Continue Reading > 13 Comments posted: October 10th, 2011
This is a guest post from my good friend Benny Lewis of Fluent in 3 Months. Around this time last year, Benny and I were hanging out on the beautiful beaches of Thailand – and I can absolutely say he is one of the most impressive people I’ve ever met. If there’s anyone who knows a thing or two about achieving goals, it’s him – so pay attention! If you’re serious about learning a language, then I’d also highly recommend his Language Hacking Guide. I used to make myself all sorts of promises for my new years resolutions – get fit, give up TV, read more books etc., and the result was one I’m sure many of you are familiar
Continue Reading > 19 Comments posted: January 3rd, 2011
This article is written by John DeVries, author and creator of MotoVagabond. John is generally an amiable guy, but has been known to sleep in his truck, run barefoot in the snow, and consume exorbitant amounts of pie. If there’s one thing that characterizes him, it’s his commitment to his dreams, regardless of what it takes to achieve them. Editor’s Note: I’m really excited to feature this post from John. He picked up my program Overcoming the Fear of Uncertainty and has taken the ideas to an incredible level, and I’m really stoked for the stuff he’s got going on. Not to mention he’s a cool guy, and I highly suggest you check out his site and hit him up
Continue Reading > 23 Comments posted: November 19th, 2010
Photo credit: viZZZual.com Editors Note: This is a guest post from Haidn Foster of Reach Altitude. I decided to post this article because I believe these four things are absolutely essential to succeeding in creating a unique lifestyle. It isn’t hard to do, its just a matter of overcoming the uncertainties that you’ve been trained to build up in your mind. Stay tuned for a big update from New York City on Thursday! The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. – Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture Jetting from Bali to Thailand to Portland sounds terrific, but in reality it’s a
Continue Reading > 4 Comments posted: September 7th, 2010
This is a guest post by JD Bentley of Wage Slave Rebel. He has just recently launched his new blog coaching course, which you can check out at Idea Anarchy. In July of 2009 I decided to take a risk. I registered a domain name, bought some hosting and wrote two weeks worth of posts for Wage Slave Rebel, a blog I wanted to create as a way to document my entrepreneurial aspirations and to help inspire other people to start moving toward doing what they love. I’d tried to start a blog many times before this but had only mustered up enough effort to earn myself a series of outright failures. Wage Slave Rebel was going to be different,
Continue Reading > 14 Comments posted: June 14th, 2010
This is a guest post from blogger and photographer Matt Koenig. I asked Matt to write for me because he is going through the exact same things I struggled with, and I know many of you are struggling with now. He is on his way to overcoming his uncertainties and has really helped me clarify my thinking for my upcoming book on the subject. I highly recommend you check out his photography blog, and wish him luck as he tries to make some big changes by the end of the year! All photos in this article were taken by Matt. Have you ever really wanted to do something, I mean really wanted to do something, but you missed out on
Continue Reading > 13 Comments posted: June 10th, 2010
photo by John and Keturah This guest post was written by Gen-Y Lifestyle Designer Greg Rollett. He teaches young people how to turn their visions into a business with the Rock Star Business Series. You can also chat with Greg on Twitter. I love talking to my peers these days. Young people are having the best of both worlds right now and many of them have no idea. They are faced with a really bad economy and a shady work pool, yet have more skills, know how and ambition than Tommy Callahan pushing brake pads in the heat of the moment. Just this weekend I was enjoying an amazing Sunday afternoon on a lake outside of New Smyrna Beach. Amidst the tree jumping,
Continue Reading > 10 Comments posted: November 2nd, 2009
