The Voluntary Life

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132 Perpetual Travellers Part 4: Interview With Andrew Henderson Nov 03, 2013

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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

131 Perpetual Travellers Part 3: Interview with David Kahn Oct 26, 2013

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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 David turned an IT consultancy into a passive income business
Experiences of living in Argentina, Spain and Thailand
The benefits of minimalism and travel
The psychological rewards of travel: learning to live more freely and operating without the rulebook you were given.
The challenges of travel and how they are part of the experience

Show Notes: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber David's Company Family Kahn Blog Email David

130 Perpetual Travellers Part 2: Interview With Pete Sisco Oct 25, 2013

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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

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129 Perpetual Travellers Part 1: An Interview With Kevin Koskella Oct 12, 2013

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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!

128 Be More Expansive Than Your Expertise: Interview With Elliott Hulse Oct 09, 2013

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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 demand for what you are passionate about
Being more expansive than your expertise

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Elliott's Youtube channel and Facebook Page
Campaign For Non Jobs Website
Previous TVL episodes on Unjobbing

127 Porc Therapy Interview: Quitting The Rat Race- In Depth! Sep 29, 2013

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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 impossible?
How does becoming a stay-at-home parent fit into the idea of quitting the rat race?
Is "voluntary poverty" a viable strategy for financial freedom?
Do you have to be a sleaze to start a passive income business?
What's the role of Bitcoin in an investment strategy like the Permanent Portfolio?
Why doesn't the Permanent Portfolio contain silver?
How do intensive savers do it?

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Episode 124 (Original Talk on Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race)
Harry Browne's book on the Permanent Portfolio
Early Retirement Extreme blog and book
Mr Money Moustache

126 School Sucks Interview: Tools For A Freed Mind and A Voluntary Life Sep 21, 2013

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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, and to share his Eight Tools For A Freed Mind."

125 Q&A on Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race Sep 14, 2013

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

124 Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race Sep 08, 2013

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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: