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
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23 Comments posted: November 19th, 2010
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. For years I lived what you might call a “maximalist lifestyle”. There’s been all of this talk lately about minimalism, people going car-less, and even some who own less than 100 things. Guess what? That’s not me. I used to be the biggest pack rat you’ve ever met. I’d collect just about everything you could imagine. I had over 400 movie ticket stubs, dozens of plastic tennis trophies, and even a shot glass collection of places I’ve traveled. I mean honestly, what the hell am I going to do with 100 shot glasses? That’s a lot of tequila. I don’t know why it’s so, but I have an extremely hard
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16 Comments posted: November 15th, 2010
If you had to choose one thing common among all location independent entrepreneurs what would it be? I’m gonna go with the consistent pursuit of passive income. I mean after all, that’s what being location independent is about right? You want to be able to live and work anywhere while still making enough money to live off of. There are a million ways to go about this, but one is far easier, and potentially far more successful than others: affiliate marketing. I’ve talked about this a bit in the past, so most of you have an idea of what this is. If you don’t, well then I’ll put it in really basic terms: I put link on website, you click
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6 Comments posted: November 9th, 2010
Earlier this week I was having a little jam session with master riskologist Tyler Tervooren, and we got into an interesting discussion about what makes certain people more successful than others. Hint: It has nothing to do with how smart they are. I’ve mentioned in the past how there are a variety of people who started blogs around the same time I did, that have arguably seen more success than me. Metrics for this could be greater income, more subscribers, or higher traffic. You can compare Corbett Barr’s or Karol Gajda’s five figure product launches to mine which barely cracked 4. Or perhaps the relationships that Adam Baker has built with some of the most successful bloggers out there. Then
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29 Comments posted: November 4th, 2010
So we officially have two months left in 2010. What have you done this year? When the year started if you were like most people you had some sort of grandiose plans for the coming 12 months that could have ranged from “exercise at least one time” to “achieve world domination”. For most, your plans were somewhere in between. The disappointing thing is that after around January 10th, most people forget all about their goals and go about living the same lives they lived the prior year. For me personally, there has definitely been some good and bad, but overall I’ve probably accomplished more in 2010 than any year that came before it. This year I’ve traveled all over Southeast
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17 Comments posted: November 1st, 2010
I just got back from my first vacation in nearly two years. I went to Oahu, Hawaii for a friends wedding and had a fantastic time. I spent a long weekend hiking, snorkeling, taking photos and generally doing all of the things that I love to do. However, now I’m back in Portland and am having a bit of a problem. I find myself wanting to do more of that stuff, rather than do the things that, oh you know, will actually help me make a living. I’ve always had too many hobbies. Part of this stems from the fact that I’m easily excited. I find something new and I obsess about it. Whether that was playing golf five times
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13 Comments posted: October 27th, 2010
If you’re coming over from my recent post, How to Live Like a Millionaire on Pennies on Get Rich Slowly, thank you! It’s an honor to write on such a well written and well established site. I understand that many of you are going to have differing opinions on the whole “lifestyle design” movement. At times I hesitate to define my site as such, but lets face it, the idea of designing your dream lifestyle is a pretty core component to what I write about. At Location 180 you will find concepts varying from entrepreneurship and business, to travel, and also some encouraging words to help you tackle the fears and uncertainty in your life. If this is your first
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4 Comments posted: October 21st, 2010
So as most of you reading this know that about three weeks ago I launched my very first premium product: Overcoming the Fear of Uncertainty. The project was a long time coming. I started working on it in November of 2009 and expected to have the much smaller version of it launched in January. Well things don’t always go according to plan, but nearly 9 months later I was finally able to get something I was really proud of out to the world. That said, it certainly wasn’t all roses and chocolate. Yeah, I just said that. There were a wide variety of things that I did well, and many more that I totally sucked at – so in the
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16 Comments posted: October 20th, 2010
In the past I’ve talked about how great the iPod Touch with IOS4 is for travelers. While that is still a fantastic tool, recently I’ve come across a device that completely puts that, and its older brother the iPhone 4 to shame – the HTC Evo 4G. For years now I’ve sworn I wouldn’t drop a ton of money on a monthly service plan for any device, regardless of how cool it was – and up until last week I’d done a really good job of it. After living in Thailand where cell phone ownership is dirt cheap, I had every intention grabbing a Go Phone and then using my iPod Touch and Skype to piece together a way of
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16 Comments posted: October 15th, 2010
Have you ever put much time into thinking about the difference between the time you spend creating versus consuming? My guess is that the overwhelming majority of your time is spent consuming – I know mine is, unfortunately. There are a lot of different ways to define these two concepts, but in my world I think about creating as building my business, whereas consuming is everything else. It’s kind of like making a lifestyle comparison to income and expenses. Over the long term, spending more than you make, is a recipe for disaster. Consuming and creating are the same thing – over the long haul if you consume more than you create you’re bound to fail. Or at least that’s
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20 Comments posted: October 12th, 2010
