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282 The Fear That Motivates Me (Sample Hour Interview)
This episode is from a conversation I had recently on The Sample Hour podcast with the host, Drew Sample. We had a wide ranging discussion covering options for living a job free life, productivity,...
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283 Minimalism and Parenting (Featuring Hannah Braime)
Does becoming a parent mean giving up a minimalist lifestyle? In this episode Hannah and I discuss our experience of minimalism and parenting. Some of the topics covered include:Baby-wearing as an...
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Special Announcement: Brighton Meetup on 1st April 2017
On Saturday 1st April 2017 at 2pm, we are having a social meetup with listeners from The Voluntary Life. We’re going to meet in a bar/restaurant in central Brighton, England. You are warmly invited— I...
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284 What The Founder Shows About Entrepreneurship
It is not often that Hollywood makes movies which explore real business challenges. The Founder is a movie about how Ray Kroc created a global restaurant franchise from a small business started by the...
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285 Making It All Work
This week's episode is a review of David Allen's book, Making It All Work. This book is about applying principles of productivity beyond work, to life as a whole. The review is a discussion between...
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286 Wireless Life: Interview with Sebastian Kühn on running a...
In this week's episode, my guest Sebastian Kühn talks about the benefits and challenges of running a location-independent business. He shares his own experiences setting up businesses in Hong Kong and...
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287 Freedom Surfer: Interview With Simon On Location Independent Business And...
Simon writes for digital nomads, perpetual travellers, and location independent entrepreneurs on his blog Freedom Surfer. In this interview, he talks about his own journey to location independence and...
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288 A Listener Question About Working Hard And Missing Out On Life Experiences
This week's episode is a response to this listener question:"From what I gather, for much of your 20s and 30s you worked very hard on building your business and for long hours each day. It has clearly...
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289 Managing Your Productivity System (Valiant Growth Interview)
This weeks episode is about how to manage your own productivity system for getting things done. It comes from an interview that I did a while ago on the Valiant Growth podcast. In the interview, I talk...
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290 Escaping The Identity Trap
The identity trap is an idea from Harry Browne's book How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World. Harry suggested that some widely held assumptions about life are false. By accepting such false...
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291 Setting Up A Nomadic Business With Estonian E-Residency: Interview With...
Ilias Ismanalijev is a web developer based in Belgium. When Ilias started his own company straight after college, he wanted to be able to manage the business online and travel easily as a digital...
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292 A Listener Question About The Decision To Have Kids
This week's episode is a response to this interesting listener question:"Hi Jake, I would like to hear your thoughts on making the decision to have a child. I am 33 years old, and there are lots of...
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293 Girona: Our Adventure Continues (featuring Hannah Braime)
This week's episode features Hannah and me discussing our move to Girona. We talk about adapting to a travel lifestyle with a baby, the challenges of minimalism and travel, beautiful Girona as an expat...
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294 The Five Laws Of Stupidity
"Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal...
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Special Announcement: Keynote Presentation At The Freecoast Festival
I will be giving the keynote presentation at the Freecoast Festival on the 9th September 2017 in beautiful Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The festival runs from the 8th to 10th September. The theme this...
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295 How To Sort Your Life Out Part 1 (and Patreon!)
The Areas of Responsibility framework is a very powerful productivity technique for sorting your life out. It helps me answer questions such as:What am I doing with my life, and why?Is what I am doing...
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296 No One Is Coming To Save You
This week's episode is a response to this listener email:"I've been a long term listener, but honestly I'm having a difficult time [seeing why I should be] a paid subscriber. I listen to several...
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297 The Role Of Cash In Investing
There is a saying in investing that "cash is trash", because cash provides such low returns and loses value owing to inflation. Yet every investor has to deal with cash in some way and there is always...
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298 Your Life Is Not On Loan
This week's episode is a response to this listener email:"I am very close to the financial independence. I have listened to some podcasts you have on the topic, but I still have some doubts. I know...
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299 What Is Selfishness?
Is unselfishness a virtue? Or is the idea of unselfishness a trap used to prevent you from living your own life? What is selfishness anyway?This week's episode is about different theories of...
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