Podcasts about vagabonding

“Anybody with curiosity and wanderlust can have their own Hippie Trail. They just need to get away from home, embrace the world, and have an adventure.” –Rick Steves In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Rick talk about Rick’s 1990s book Asia Through the Back Door, and how Rick recently rediscovered the old Asia travel journals he kept as a young man (2:30); how Rick prepared for the journey in the era before there were many guidebooks to the regions he was headed (9:30); what the experience of travel was like for Rick and his friend Gene on the Hippie Trail, including spiritual experiences (18:00); how travel can expand your sense of community, and diversify your sense for what wealth and poverty is (28:00); Rick’s first experience of smoking hash on the Hippie Trail, and how it gave him an appreciation for the joy of travel (34:00); and what lessons Rick brought home from the experience (39:00). Rick Steves (@ricksteveseurope) is a travel expert, author, and TV host who specializes in Europe. His newest book is On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer. Notable Links: Kevin Kelly on the lost world of 1970s Asia (Deviate episode) Travel can be a way to see the future, with Kevin Kelly (Deviate episode) Vagabonding pioneer Ed Buryn (Deviate episode) Hippie trail (Asia travel route in the 1960s and 1970s) Asia Through the Back Door, by Rick Steves (book) Iranian revolution (1979 overthrow of U.S. backed government) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (conflict that started in 1979) Van Life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Lonely Planet (guidebook publisher) Rick Steves’ Europe (TV show) Bucket shop (wholesale of air tickets) The Man Who Would be King (1975 film) ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) LCMS (Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod) Bread for the World (Christian advocacy organization) Herat (city in Afghanistan) Freak Street (neighborhood near Durbar Square in Kathmandu) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

This is a rare public interview with Jean-Michel Lemieux, a highly acclaimed technology leader who was CTO at Shopify, where he grew the engineering team from 50 to 4,000. Prior to that, he served as VP of Engineering at Atlassian working very closely with the world renowned Founders, Mike-Cannon Brookes and Scott Farquhar. He recently co-founded SeaPeople, owns/runs the Arlo Wine and Restaurant in Canada, has authored a book and holds two U.S. patents in software management.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It's now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***CLICK HERE to read show notes from this conversation. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterGet in touch with our Founder and Host, Vidit Agarwal directly hereContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***The High Flyers Podcast re-imagines the traditional notion of a "high flyer" and is a premier product of the Curiosity Center. The podcast showcases the journeys of relatable role models from their sunrise (childhood) to today. Listeners love the unique and direct inside access to these relatable role models, companies and industries in every walk of life to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.180+ guests have joined Vidit Agarwal on the show from around the world including Heads of state, Olympians, Business and cultural leaders, Social Advocates, Investors, Entrepreneurs and more. Past guests include: Anil Sabharwal, Mark Suster, Ahmed Fahour, Holly Ransom, Daniel Petre, Paul Bassat, Simon Holmes a Court, Michael Traill, Osher Gunsberg, Ed Cowan, Carol Schwartz, Wyatt Roy, Jack Zhang, Martijn Wilder, Holly Kramer, Dom Price, Sam Kroonenburg and more.The Curiosity Center is your on-demand intelligence hub for knowledge, connections and growth to achieve your potential, everyday. Join 200,000+ Investors, Founders, Decision Makers and Emerging Leaders. Learn with the world's best at www.curiositycenter.xyz***

“We’re having less enjoyable travel experiences, even as our photos show us having this amazing time, because we’re performing a version of travel for people who aren’t even there.” In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David talk about the time-honored Americans pretending to be Canadian on the road, and why Americans at times have had a bad reputation abroad (2:30); strategies for avoiding becoming an “Ugly American” on the road (11:00); how a fixation with comfort can get in the way of life-enriching experiences on the road (18:30); how rituals like tipping, interacting with children, or choosing what to wear in public from culture to culture (22:00); how “voluntourism” and charity on the part of travelers is often not as selfless or effective as it pretends to be (30:00); how social media has a way of turning us into superficial, image-obsessed travelers (34:00); and how technology has transformed (and constrained) the way we all travel (39:00). David Martinez is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the director of the Center for Study Abroad at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Notable Links: How to study abroad, even if you aren't a student (Deviate episode 221) The Vagabond’s Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Flag-jacking (the practice of travelers to be from someplace they’re not) Paris Writing Workshop (Rolf’s travel-memoir writing classes) The Comfort Crisis, by Michael Easter (book) Misogi (Japanese Shinto ritual) Voluntourism (short-term charity work for travelers) Picturesque (aesthetic ideal) The Shallows, by Nicholas G. Carr (book) The Scent of Time, by Byung-Chul Han (book) George Fox Talks (podcast) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

“The best way to travel? Dare to be lonely, lost, and bored.” – Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding Today's special episode is in honor of World Travel Day, which was set up by the United Nations over 50 years ago and is celebrated today, on September 27th, every year. Here's what they have to say about it … Tourism as an instrument for peace Tourism, often highlighted for its role in economic development, also plays a significant role in fostering peace. On a global level, where nations are interconnected and interdependent, Tourism, an industry made by people and for people, emerges as a compelling and dynamic force to defy stereotypes and challenge prejudices. This sector can be perceived as the epitome of intercultural dialogue; it allows meeting the "other", learning about different cultures, hearing foreign languages, tasting exotic flavours, bonding with other human beings, and building tolerance. In essence, it is a mind-broadening educational and spiritual experience. Our guest today is author Rolf Potts, whose book Vagabonding was one of the pioneering publications of independent travel and has become a legend on the backpacking, van life and digital nomadism scenes. He has inspired countless travelers to forgo expensive, overly planned travel in favor of affordable, spontaneous exploration. Plus, he has some incredible stories he's collected over the years. Highlights include: Taking a traditional fishing boat on a three-week journey down the Mekong River. Trekking through the jungle to visit remote tribes in Indonesia. Riding a bicycle across Myanmar. Finding out how to let go of expectations and open yourself to authentic experiences. Learning the subtle art of being bored, and why it's important. Discovering how exploration enhances our experience of home. CONNECT WITH ROLF Follow Rolf on Instagram @rolfpotts, or visit his website at rolfpotts.com to find his books, articles, blog, videos, writing courses, and more. You can also find his newest book, The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discover, and the Art of Travel at your local bookstore or online. There are so many interesting stories and reflections in there that we didn't have time to cover, so we highly recommend you pick up a copy for yourself! CONNECT WITH US Facebook: @armchairexplorerpodcast Instagram: @armchairexplorerpodcast Following the show will bring good travel karma! If you like this episode, please support us by subscribing to the show. Don't miss finding out where our next adventure will take you. Armchair Explorer is produced by Armchair Productions. Aaron Millar presented the show and wrote it along with Jenny Allison. Charles Tyrie did the audio editing and sound design. Our theme music is by the artist Sweet Chap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En este episodio, te llevo conmigo a una cabaña aislada en la Sierra de Madrid, un lugar de paz y libertad donde he estado reflexionando sobre algunas ideas poderosas que pueden transformar tu forma de influir y persuadir. Inspirado por el efecto Zeigarnik y las enseñanzas de Cialdini y Boss, te presento técnicas avanzadas de pre-suasión que puedes aplicar en tu vida diaria y en tus interacciones profesionales. Hablaremos sobre cómo dejar tareas incompletas puede mantener tu foco y mejorar tu productividad. Descubre el impacto de la dotación y la aversión a las pérdidas en la toma de decisiones y cómo puedes utilizarlas a tu favor. También exploraremos la reactancia psicológica, que te permitirá convertir la resistencia en aceptación, y cómo las asociaciones y el egoísmo implícito pueden influir en las decisiones de los demás. Finalmente, te guiaré a través de estrategias para crear cambios duraderos en el comportamiento mediante la pre-suasión efectiva. Acompáñame en este viaje lleno de ideas prácticas y aplicables que te ayudarán a convertirte en un maestro de la persuasión :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:17 Zeigarnik: dejar las cosas sin completar 00:04:50 Dotación: como el orden de las palabras influyen y ¡mucho! 00:10:35 Reactancia Psicológica: como convertir resistencia en aceptación 00:12:21 Las asociaciones y el egoísmo implícito 00:15:27 La Pre-suasión 00:29:12 La ilusión de control 00:31:39 La falacia del aspecto 00:35:30 Recapitulación Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

En este episodio, te llevo conmigo a una cabaña aislada en la Sierra de Madrid, un lugar de paz y libertad donde he estado reflexionando sobre algunas ideas poderosas que pueden transformar tu forma de influir y persuadir. Inspirado por el efecto Zeigarnik y las enseñanzas de Cialdini y Boss, te presento técnicas avanzadas de pre-suasión que puedes aplicar en tu vida diaria y en tus interacciones profesionales. Hablaremos sobre cómo dejar tareas incompletas puede mantener tu foco y mejorar tu productividad. Descubre el impacto de la dotación y la aversión a las pérdidas en la toma de decisiones y cómo puedes utilizarlas a tu favor. También exploraremos la reactancia psicológica, que te permitirá convertir la resistencia en aceptación, y cómo las asociaciones y el egoísmo implícito pueden influir en las decisiones de los demás. Finalmente, te guiaré a través de estrategias para crear cambios duraderos en el comportamiento mediante la pre-suasión efectiva. Acompáñame en este viaje lleno de ideas prácticas y aplicables que te ayudarán a convertirte en un maestro de la persuasión :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:17 Zeigarnik: dejar las cosas sin completar 00:04:50 Dotación: como el orden de las palabras influyen y ¡mucho! 00:10:35 Reactancia Psicológica: como convertir resistencia en aceptación 00:12:21 Las asociaciones y el egoísmo implícito 00:15:27 La Pre-suasión 00:29:12 La ilusión de control 00:31:39 La falacia del aspecto 00:35:30 Recapitulación Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Descarga gratuitamente el audiopodcast extra caminando con Álvaro Sánchez por los bosques asturianos: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ventasydios/ Nos fuimos a Asturias a conversar con Álvaro Sanchez (genteinvencible.com y Ep. #107). A explorar temas que no nos dió tiempo a abordar en el último episodio. Hablamos de emprendimiento, negocios, ventas, Dios, espiritualidad... No quedándonos satisfechos decidimos continuar la conversación tranquilamente caminando por la naturaleza. La puedes esucuchar y descargar aquí: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ventasydios/ :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:27 Episodio doble 00:02:13 Presentamos a Álvaro Sánchez 00:04:10 La Infelicidad es el estándar 00:07:50 Puntos de inflexión 00:11:06 Emprendimiento 00:32:10 Complejo de superioridad 00:35:05 Como haces algo haces todo 00:38:50 La salsa secreta y la complejidad 00:43:50 Sigma - Solopeneur - Lobo Solitario - Indiehacker 00:48:29 Sistemas caóticos 00:52:38 Todo es perfecto 00:54:24 Uso de la IA 00:59:30 Espiritualidad Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Descarga gratuitamente el audiopodcast extra caminando con Álvaro Sánchez por los bosques asturianos: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ventasydios/ Nos fuimos a Asturias a conversar con Álvaro Sanchez (genteinvencible.com y Ep. #107). A explorar temas que no nos dió tiempo a abordar en el último episodio. Hablamos de emprendimiento, negocios, ventas, Dios, espiritualidad... No quedándonos satisfechos decidimos continuar la conversación tranquilamente caminando por la naturaleza. La puedes esucuchar y descargar aquí: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ventasydios/ :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:27 Episodio doble 00:02:13 Presentamos a Álvaro Sánchez 00:04:10 La Infelicidad es el estándar 00:07:50 Puntos de inflexión 00:11:06 Emprendimiento 00:32:10 Complejo de superioridad 00:35:05 Como haces algo haces todo 00:38:50 La salsa secreta y la complejidad 00:43:50 Sigma - Solopeneur - Lobo Solitario - Indiehacker 00:48:29 Sistemas caóticos 00:52:38 Todo es perfecto 00:54:24 Uso de la IA 00:59:30 Espiritualidad Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

*This episode originally aired on January 14, 2023.From our earliest ancestors, we’ve been travelers — first as nomadic tribes, and later as raiders, traders, explorers, and colonizers. Whether by ship or by foot, it’s human nature to move and explore.   Jonathan Bastian talks with travel writer, podcaster, and vagabond Rolf Potts about the merits of travel. Potts is the author of several travel books,  including Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn't Go There. In his latest book, The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel, Potts explains why travel is good for us and how the unexpected part in a journey can change us for the better.   “The best gift to travel is just allowing yourself to be surprised,” says Potts. “Stumbling into serendipity, having a bad time, and realizing that it's not as bad as you thought it would be. We forget how easy it is to adapt, how helpful people are, and how we can figure it out and have a great time doing it.” “One of the gifts of travel is to sort of blow those habits open and be vulnerable and almost childlike in your relationship to the world again,” says world traveler Rolf Potts. Photo by Fritz Liedtke. In “The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel,” author Rolf Potts encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you aren't able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement. Today, technology, cheap flights, and bucket-list trips have made travel easier, more affordable, and somewhat predictable. Potts says that’s also limited our options and possibilities as travelers.  “We're all in lockstep, following our phone, looking at a screen as a window into a place that we've traveled so far to come to, instead of just sort of following our nose or following our eyes or following our ears,” he says.   When it comes to modes of transportation, Potts shares his tips on exotic ways to travel without becoming overly dependent on flights.  “Train culture around the world is really fun to experience and it doesn't have as many emissions,” he suggests. “Stay on the sea over land and go those hardships, don't fast-forward your way through the world with a bunch of flights — slow down a little bit.” Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

Test de evaluación de conocimientos: https://bit.ly/3KJKcyj ¡Bienvenidos al episodio 109 de Píldoras del Conocimiento! En este episodio más veraniego y relajado, grabado desde mi casa de campo, nos acompañan dos invitados muy especiales: Flavio Muñoz y Juan de Dios de Andromeda Value Capital. Hablamos sobre la revolución de la inteligencia artificial y debatimos si es solo un hype o una realidad duradera, comparándola con la revolución de Internet. Exploramos el rendimiento y la competencia entre gigantes tecnológicos como Google, OpenAI y Nvidia, destacando sus estrategias y el liderazgo de sus CEOs. Nos adentramos en las expectativas sobre cómo la IA traerá eficiencias y herramientas útiles, desde la edición de podcasts hasta mejoras en el metaverso y el hardware. Además, reflexionamos sobre el futuro con IA desde una perspectiva humanista, planteando qué significará para nuestras vidas cuando la tecnología resuelva todos nuestros problemas. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación fascinante y llena de insights sobre el presente y el futuro de la tecnología! Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:02 Presentación 00:06:27 IA como Hype 00:13:51 Google y los juegos de la guerra en la IA 00:27:37 Las novedades en Hardware 00:39:10 Cloud Computing 00:41:40 Nvidia 00:54:00 Amazon 00:59:45 Meta 01:02:26 Apple 01:13:00 Robótica 01:16:02 Superabundancia 01:26:04 Despedida Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ SUSCRÍBETE O TE PERDERÁS PRÓXIMAS PÍLDORAS ╔═╦╗╔╦═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╦══╦═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╬╗╔╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝╚╝╚═╝ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

👉 Test de evaluación de conocimientos: https://bit.ly/3KJKcyj 👈 ¡Bienvenidos al episodio 109 de Píldoras del Conocimiento! En este episodio más veraniego y relajado, grabado desde mi casa de campo, nos acompañan dos invitados muy especiales: Flavio Muñoz y Juan de Dios de Andromeda Value Capital. Hablamos sobre la revolución de la inteligencia artificial y debatimos si es solo un hype o una realidad duradera, comparándola con la revolución de Internet. Exploramos el rendimiento y la competencia entre gigantes tecnológicos como Google, OpenAI y Nvidia, destacando sus estrategias y el liderazgo de sus CEOs. Nos adentramos en las expectativas sobre cómo la IA traerá eficiencias y herramientas útiles, desde la edición de podcasts hasta mejoras en el metaverso y el hardware. Además, reflexionamos sobre el futuro con IA desde una perspectiva humanista, planteando qué significará para nuestras vidas cuando la tecnología resuelva todos nuestros problemas. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación fascinante y llena de insights sobre el presente y el futuro de la tecnología! 🌟 🔻🔻🔻 Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica»🔻🔻🔻 https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego 🔻🔻🔻 Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» 🔻🔻🔻 https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos 🔻🔻🔻 ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor 🔻🔻🔻 https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 🔻🔻🔻 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» 🔻🔻🔻 https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:02 Presentación 00:06:27 IA como Hype 00:13:51 Google y los juegos de la guerra en la IA 00:27:37 Las novedades en Hardware 00:39:10 Cloud Computing 00:41:40 Nvidia 00:54:00 Amazon 00:59:45 Meta 01:02:26 Apple 01:13:00 Robótica 01:16:02 Superabundancia 01:26:04 Despedida 🔗 Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ SUSCRÍBETE O TE PERDERÁS PRÓXIMAS PÍLDORAS 💊 ╔═╦╗╔╦═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╦══╦═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╬╗╔╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝╚╝╚═╝ 🔻🔻🔻 Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos 🔻🔻🔻 #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Test de evaluación de conocimientos: https://bit.ly/3KJKcyj ¡Bienvenidos al episodio 109 de Píldoras del Conocimiento! En este episodio más veraniego y relajado, grabado desde mi casa de campo, nos acompañan dos invitados muy especiales: Flavio Muñoz y Juan de Dios de Andromeda Value Capital. Hablamos sobre la revolución de la inteligencia artificial y debatimos si es solo un hype o una realidad duradera, comparándola con la revolución de Internet. Exploramos el rendimiento y la competencia entre gigantes tecnológicos como Google, OpenAI y Nvidia, destacando sus estrategias y el liderazgo de sus CEOs. Nos adentramos en las expectativas sobre cómo la IA traerá eficiencias y herramientas útiles, desde la edición de podcasts hasta mejoras en el metaverso y el hardware. Además, reflexionamos sobre el futuro con IA desde una perspectiva humanista, planteando qué significará para nuestras vidas cuando la tecnología resuelva todos nuestros problemas. ¡No te pierdas esta conversación fascinante y llena de insights sobre el presente y el futuro de la tecnología! Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/nacidosparaaprender/ :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:02 Presentación 00:06:27 IA como Hype 00:13:51 Google y los juegos de la guerra en la IA 00:27:37 Las novedades en Hardware 00:39:10 Cloud Computing 00:41:40 Nvidia 00:54:00 Amazon 00:59:45 Meta 01:02:26 Apple 01:13:00 Robótica 01:16:02 Superabundancia 01:26:04 Despedida Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ SUSCRÍBETE O TE PERDERÁS PRÓXIMAS PÍLDORAS ╔═╦╗╔╦═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╦══╦═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╬╗╔╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝╚╝╚═╝ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Examen de conocimientos del episodio: https://bit.ly/4ayj3sr En el episodio de hoy conversamos con Isra Bravo (el escritor persuasivo con mejores resultados actualmente de habla hispana) sobre multitud de temas: ventas, persuasión, estrategia empresarial, mentalidad, cambios en su vida reciente, su pasado, presente y futuro... No te lo pierdas, uno de los episodios más interesantes que hemos grabado hasta la fecha. ️ Isra Bravo: https://www.motivante.com/ Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://nacidosparaaprender.es :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:09 Presentación de Isra Bravo 00:05:11 Reinventarse y novedades en primicia 00:14:10 Análisis de estrategia 00:16:30 Palancas de marketing 00:24:58 En la sombra 00:30:38 Una nueva fase: inversión 00:33:21 Autoconfianza inquebrantable 00:34:40 Andorra 00:24:58 En la sombra 00:37:21 Resiliencia y adaptación hedónica 00:44:30 Nuevo libro: "Storytelling Salvaje" 00:47:41 Calibración social 00:50:30 Nuevos libros 00:52:00 El negocio actual de Isra en cifras 01:01:00 Soy el Puto Isra Bravo 01:07:15 ¿Miedo? 01:11:35 Despedida Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ SUSCRÍBETE O TE PERDERÁS PRÓXIMAS PÍLDORAS Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Ahora lo puedes ver y escuchar Youtube, ya que le estamos dedicando mucho esfuerzo para ofrecértelo con la máxima calidad audiovisual posible: ‣ YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/r_FQW_kcUhw Volvemos con un nuevo episodio y lo hacemos como nos gusta, en el calor de nuestro hogar y con un amigo de confianza. Es Álvaro Sánchez (genteinvencible.com), que —entre otras muchas cosas— es una de las personas que mejor escribe emails de España. A parte de escribir emails, no se le dan mal otras muchas cosas como aprender constantemente, monetizar audiencias y conectar puntos con un toque socarrón y, sólo a veces, chulesco. ‣ Examen de conocimientos del episodio: https://bit.ly/4dGWLI2 :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 ¿Quién es Álvaro Sánchez? 00:03:00 Xtenos Fitness 00:05:20 El viaje del héroe aplicado al EGO 00:08:04 Monetización de audiencias y Sabiduría 00:09:50 "Morir de valor": densidad vs comestibilidad 00:13:00 La máquina orgánica de difusión perpetua 00:15:14 Atractores caóticos y ruido de patrón 00:20:48 El gran refugio de valor 00:23:50 Monetización de audiencias 00:34:50 Canal 1:1 controlado 00:38:00 Cross-selling nativo del canal 00:41:20 Gente Invencible 00:46:50 El arte de contar historias persuasivas 00:52:10 "Bullshit Receptivity" y el «Ranking de Vendehumos» 00:55:15 La mejor estrategia de persuasión 00:57:36 El conocimiento muerto 01:00:36 Bares Paco 01:03:00 Los matices en email marketing 01:06:45 La búsqueda 01:13:00 Despedida 🔻 Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica»🔻 https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego 🔻 Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» 🔻 https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos 🔻 [PATROCINADOR] Xtenos Fitness (Código descuento del 10%: PILDORAS10) 🔻 https://xtenos.com 🔻 ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor 🔻 https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 🔻 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» 🔻 https://nacidosparaaprender.es 🔗 Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ 🔻 Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos 🔻 #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Ahora lo puedes ver y escuchar Youtube, ya que le estamos dedicando mucho esfuerzo para ofrecértelo con la máxima calidad audiovisual posible: ‣ YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/r_FQW_kcUhw Volvemos con un nuevo episodio y lo hacemos como nos gusta, en el calor de nuestro hogar y con un amigo de confianza. Es Álvaro Sánchez (genteinvencible.com), que —entre otras muchas cosas— es una de las personas que mejor escribe emails de España. A parte de escribir emails, no se le dan mal otras muchas cosas como aprender constantemente, monetizar audiencias y conectar puntos con un toque socarrón y, sólo a veces, chulesco. ‣ Examen de conocimientos del episodio: https://bit.ly/4dGWLI2 :::::::::::::::: ÍNDICE :::::::::::::::: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 ¿Quién es Álvaro Sánchez? 00:03:00 Xtenos Fitness 00:05:20 El viaje del héroe aplicado al EGO 00:08:04 Monetización de audiencias y Sabiduría 00:09:50 "Morir de valor": densidad vs comestibilidad 00:13:00 La máquina orgánica de difusión perpetua 00:15:14 Atractores caóticos y ruido de patrón 00:20:48 El gran refugio de valor 00:23:50 Monetización de audiencias 00:34:50 Canal 1:1 controlado 00:38:00 Cross-selling nativo del canal 00:41:20 Gente Invencible 00:46:50 El arte de contar historias persuasivas 00:52:10 "Bullshit Receptivity" y el «Ranking de Vendehumos» 00:55:15 La mejor estrategia de persuasión 00:57:36 El conocimiento muerto 01:00:36 Bares Paco 01:03:00 Los matices en email marketing 01:06:45 La búsqueda 01:13:00 Despedida Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos [PATROCINADOR] Xtenos Fitness (Código descuento del 10%: PILDORAS10) https://xtenos.com ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://nacidosparaaprender.es Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

"An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel"

[Cuestionario de evaluación de conocimientos del episodio: https://bit.ly/3xGE9XX ] En este episodio conversamos con Javier Recuenco (https://twitter.com/Recuenco) sobre MoonShot Thinking, Complejidad, Inversión, Estrategia, Pompismo y otros temas fascinantes. Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos ✉️ Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender» https://nacidosparaaprender.es Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

Welcome back for another episode of Nick's Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz There's nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links below! My Instagram: www.instagram.com/hairysh1t/?... My Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheNiche

En este episodio volvemos a la esencia de Píldoras del Conocimiento. Yo sólo frente al peligro documentando mi proceso de aprendizaje. Libros estudiados estos últimos meses que empleo para hilvanar el episodio: - Copywriting Secrets de Jim Edwards - Expert Secrets de Rusell Brunson - Traffic Secrets de Rusell Brunson - Implacable: de bueno a excelente de Tim Grover - Los hábitos secretos de los genios de Craig Wright - $100M Leads de Alex Hormozi - $100M Offers de Alex Hormozi - El miedo a la libertad de Erich Fromm > Oferta Especial de Semana Santa para «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro»: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ofertaformacionpro > Nueva formación: «El Metajuego máster en complejidad estratégica» https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego/ *Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor: https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 * Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender»: https://nacidosparaaprender.es * Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

[Cuestionario de evaluación de conocimientos: https://bit.ly/49JCUWe ] En el episodio de hoy hablamos sobre ideas, reflexiones y falacias aprendidas tras decenas de libros estudiados, para ello contamos con un amigo, Adrián Sussudio (Charlando con libros). - Velocidades de lectura. - Humor inteligente y carisma. - Identidades múltiples, contexto y escala temporal. - Pragmatismo de ideas. - Cuándo cambia la gente. - Niveles de atención. - Mindfulness y ciclos. - Prueba y error sin definir el problema. - Orden y sobreoptimización. - Inteligencia como ritmo de aprendizaje * Aprende a resolver problemas complejos con un nuevo enfoque con «El Metajuego: máster en complejidad estratégica»: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos/metajuego * Aprende INVERSIÓN desde cero con «Píldoras del Conocimiento Pro»: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/cursos *Recibe nuestros emails cargados de valor: https://bit.ly/3PbEE23 * Comprar nuestro libro «Nacidos para Aprender»: https://nacidosparaaprender.es * Puedes seguirme aquí: Website: https://pildorasdelconocimiento.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Lualobus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lualobus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fernando_pdc/ * Invitado: Adrian Sussudio: https://adriansussudio.com/ Si te ha gustado nuestro episodio y nos acabas de conocer, te recomiendo nuestros 10 episodios favoritos #64. Técnicas de MANIPULACIÓN para gente de bien. #61. Los juegos INFINITOS. #66. APRENDIZAJE altamente efectivo. #48. INDEXACIÓN: ángeles y demonios en los detalles. #93. REANCESTRALIZACIÓN: el saber antiguo en el mundo moderno. #78. Mensajes ocultos en la COMUNICACIÓN: pistas no verbales. #69. Generando adicción masiva. #96. BITCOIN: la verdad. #67. Programación Neuro Linguística. #52. VAGABONDING.

In this episode, William Green chats with Laura Geritz, founder of Rondure Global Advisors, which scours the globe in search of high-quality companies trading at attractive prices in places like India, China, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil, & Mexico. Here, Laura makes the case for allocating more money to undervalued stocks outside the US. She also discusses her unusual lifestyle, which is built around relentless travel, voracious reading, & abundant time to think. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 08:15 - How Laura Geritz earned the nickname “Money Bags.” 09:41 - How she broke into the investment industry by living in Japan. 12:55 - How she was shaped by the frugal, unflashy culture of rural Kansas. 22:57 - What she learned from her mentor & partner, Robert Gardiner. 30:14 - Why so many talented women quit the investment business. 36:54 - Why she believes many investors are taking too much risk. 38:56 - Why foreign stocks may be overdue for a powerful rebound. 41:20 - How she weighs the risks & rewards of Chinese stocks. 52:26 - How she screens 70,000 stocks to identify great businesses. 1:03:36 - What foreign investors don't understand about Japanese companies. 1:11:51 - How to become a continuous learning machine. 1:25:38 - How Laura handles adversity when her investing style is out of favor. 1:32:06 - Why she maintains a remarkably uncluttered calendar. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Laura Geritz's investment firm, Rondure Global Advisors. Graham Greene's book The Quiet American. Yasunari Kawabata's book Snow Country. Michael Pollan's book A Place of My Own. Rolf Potts' book Vagabonding. Pico Iyer's book The Half-Known Life. William Green's podcast interview with Pico Iyer | YouTube Video. William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book. Follow William Green on X (AKA Twitter). Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Linkedin Marketing Solutions NetSuite Fidelity Shopify Toyota TurboTax Babbel American Express Business Gold Card Fundrise Vacasa HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Billionaires can't take a week off? What's the point of having a billion dollars if they have fewer options than I do?”  –Tim Ferriss In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tim discuss common travel fantasies, and the fears that keep people from traveling (5:00); how we can redefine what "wealth" is and live fuller lives (18:00); why keeping a healthy perspective on information intake, technology, and "efficiency" is important, both on the road and in daily life (25:00); the "beginner's mind," and tips for writing and creativity (54:00);  the merits of going on foot and "getting lost" on the road, and how this figured into Rolf's writing classes (1:17:00); notions of "success," and how to definite the notion of success in a way that enhances one's way of being in the world (1:37:00); and Rolf's recommendations for drinks, food, documentaries, books, and poetry (1:50:00); Tim Ferriss (@tferriss) is a best-selling author and podcaster. General Links: Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf's summer writing classes) Vagabonding, by Rolf Potts (audiobook) The Game Camera (short film cowritten by Rolf and Kristen Bush) Tim Ferriss on how to create a successful podcast (Deviate episode) Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Tim Ferriss Show LeBron James on The Tim Ferriss Show Cheryl Strayed on The Tim Ferriss Show Jerry Seinfeld on The Tim Ferriss Show Tortuga (bags design for long-term travel) Unbound Merino (travel clothing company) AirTreks (round-the-world flight planner) BootsnAll (online travel community) Interview Links: Van Life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Man bites dog (aphorism about journalism) “War is God's way of teaching Americans geography” (quote) Beginner's mind (attitude of openness) Adaptation (2002 film) Anne Lamott (American author) Kurt Vonnegut (American author) The Hero's Adventure with Joseph Campbell (podcast remix) Flâneur (urban wanderer) Situationists (1960s social and artistic movement) Psychogeography (exploration strategy) Dave Chappelle (comedian) John Hughes (filmmaker) Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (American essayist) Grizzly Man (2005 documentary film) Werner Herzog Reads Curious George (satire) Con Air (1997 film) Aimee Nezhukumatathil (poet) Naomi Shihab Nye (poet) Major Jackson (poet) Donald Hall (poet) Books mentioned: Walden, by Henry David Thoreau (book) The 4-Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss (book) The Art of Nonfiction, by Ayn Rand (book) Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark (book) To Show and to Tell, by Phillip Lopate (book) Screenplay, by Syd Field (book) Story, by Robert McKee (book) Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder (book) A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway (book) Leaves of Grass, by Walk Whitman (book) Good Hope Road, by Stuart Dischell (poetry) Alien vs. Predator, by Michael Robbins (poetry) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Join us on A2 The Show for a captivating conversation with Rolf Potts, renowned travel writer and author of Vagabonding. Discover the philosophy behind extensive traveling and the transformative effects of exploring new cultures. Delve into the educational value of travel and the significance of embracing spontaneity and curiosity while on the road. Find out how to capture unique and surprising cultural moments, and the importance of relationships and authenticity in the pursuit of happiness. Tune in for insightful discussions that will inspire your next adventure! 00:00 - Lebanese culture, extreme living, and Rolf Potts' background. 05:00 - The educational value of travel, the hero's journey, and experiences in Kenya. 11:03 - Technology's role in modern travel, pros and cons. 15:33 - Embracing spontaneous trips, playfulness in travel. 20:04 - Importance of getting lost, wandering, and spatial awareness. 25:15 - Being adaptable, embracing unexpected experiences and people. 30:09 - Capturing cultural experiences beyond tourist spots. 35:34 - Curiosity in travel, understanding different cultures. 40:02 - Extroverts vs. introverts in travel, staying connected while traveling. 46:03 - Happiness, authenticity, and cultural experiences. 51:11 - The connection between travel and writing. 55:09 - Long-term life and travel planning, intentional decisions. Welcome to "A² The Show" – your ticket to the human mind's wild rollercoaster! We're a crew of pals from Lebanon, now globally scattered, who combat homesickness with friendship, gaming, fiery chats, and a sprinkle of controversy. Our podcast is more than just words; it's a fun-fueled rebellion against the everyday, and a beacon in the mental health fog. With a diverse lineup of guests who've braved the depths of the human psyche, we're here to inspire resilience, provoke thought, and tickle your funny bone. So strap in for a journey through the human mind's crazy maze. It's like your favorite videogame, but the cheat codes are science, empathy, and a dash of madness. Dive into "A² The Show" – your unforgettable adventure starts here! Ride the digital waves with us on social media: @a2theshow Ali "The Professor" Haajl @alitheprofessor alitheprofessor.com Saeed El Jammal @saeedjay97 Mohamed Owydat @mowydat Abbas Jawhar @abbasjawhar3 Ameer Asmar @cold_and_flew Sherif Seif El Nasr --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2theshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a2theshow/support

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“One ironic anxiety of travel is that suddenly you're living in 'organic time' and you're not used to it.”  –Rolf Potts In this "vagabonding audio companion" episode of Deviate, remixed from Aaron Millar's Armchair Explorer podcast, Rolf talks about his earliest travel dreams, and what compelled him to finally take a vagabonding dream trip around North America by van in his early twenties (2:00); how travel expectations and planning are often at odds with the joy of what happens spontaneously on the road (8:30); the delightful surprises Rolf found on a recent trip to Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands (11:30); Rolf's experiences in Myanmar, and the importance of seeing time, rather than possessions, as our most important form of wealth in life (22:00); Rolf's early experiences in Southeast Asia, and his monthlong boat journey down the Mekong River (31:00); and how, at its best, travel teaches us to pay attention to life itself (35:00). The Armchair Explorer podcast features adventure storytelling set to music and cinematic effects. Notable Links: Vagabonding, by Rolf Potts (book) The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Souvenir, by Rolf Potts (book) Van Life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Uinta Mountains (mountain range in Utah) Mardi Gras (annual celebration in New Orleans) Sumatra (island in Indonesia) "Travel in Sumatra is cheap and amazing" (dispatch) "Seeking crowds is better than crowd-sourcing" (dispatch) Mentawai Islands (archipelago in Indonesia) "Boredom is one of the greatest gifts of travel" (dispatch) Hornbill (tropical bird) Bessie Stringfield (20 century American motorcycle traveler) Bagan (UNESCO World Heritage Site in Myanmar) Mekong (river in Southeast Asia) "One Month on the Mekong," by Rolf Potts (travel essay) Henry David Thoreau (American essayist and philosopher) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Orest Zub has traveled to 132 countries   Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian. Checking in with our new guest, Orest Zub, a name many of you might be familiar with.  Orest and I have never met in person, but he falls into that category of someone who I feel like we have met in person, but we never have.  We have shared video calls, messages and share many friends in common.               This is a busy conversation where we speak about Orest's travels around the globe which have brought him to 132 countries.  We speak about updates in the NomadMania community, where he has a new position at the organization.  Don't forget to vote for your favorite travelers for the NomadMania Awards and also remember there is a live show in Lviv in October.  Of course, Orest and I speak about the situation in Ukraine, how is life has changed, as well as his role during the war.       The cat is out of the bag.  The next Extraordinary Travel Festival will be held on November 15, 2024, plenty of time to save the date and get ready to eat mango and sticky rice.  The event will be in Bangkok.  Expect amazing speakers, cool pre and post trips, as well as super fun networking with old and new friends.  You can buy your ticket now.  Please use the code BANGKOK to save big when you buy your ticket on .     I would like to thank everyone for their support of Counting Countries, especially my Patrons: Justine Kirby, Marc Jorgensen, Sonia Zimmerman, Lori Pastorelli, Carole Southam, Sunir Joshi, Philippe Izedian, Gin, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Ted Nims, Bisa Myles, Thor Pedersen, Adam Hickman, Katelyn Jarvis, Ed Hotchkiss, and Barry Hoffner for supporting this podcast.  You can support this podcast by going to .  My patrons will hear extra content with Orest that you will not hear.   I would like to introduce two new patrons, one of the names, Jorge Serpa, might be familiar.  He was a guest on an episode in 2022.  I encourage you to listen to this episode since Jorge is a very interesting character.  And if you swing by Kinshasa make sure you say hi to him since he is living there.    And also please say hi to Per Flisberg who is Chasing 193 and is currently at 61 countries and is currently planning trips to South America as well as a Gulf State trip.  If you have any recommendations for him, check him out at on IG.     This summer, I also got to connect in person with other patrons Ted Nims and Bisa Myles in Chicago.  Great to see them as always.     Counting Countries is ranked in the top 2.5% of all published podcasts, this is according to , which tracks over 3 million podcasts.  So again, thanks to everyone who listens, writes a review or shares with a friend.     I was in Chicago for this recording while Orest was in Ukraine. Please listen in and enjoy.    Thank you to my …. Jorge Serpa, Per Flisberg, Justine Kirby, Marc Jorgensen, Sonia Zimmermann, Lori Pastorelli, Gintaute Liutkeviciute, Barry Hoffner, Ed Hotchkiss, Katelyn Jarvis, Carole Southam, Thor Pedersen, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Adam Hickman, Bisa Myles, Ted Nims, Sunir Joshi, Gintaute Liutkeviciute, Philippe Izedian & Dale Wursten.          And now you can listen to ! And Alexa!   And write a review! More About Orest Zub Counting Countries   Where were you born Lviv What passport (s) do you hold Ukrainian Favorite travel book Vagabonding by Rolf Potts  Favorite travel film The Art of Travel, 2008 Favorite travel app or website NomadMania Must carry item when traveling (like flashlight, Kindle, deck of cards etc.) Tripod selfie stick Favorite food Grilled meat Favorite drink Ouso, Anise Raki, Mastika (all the same) Favorite airline WizzAir Favorite hotel Trunk of my car Travel map   Website   Social Media          About Counting Countries Counting Countries is the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who've spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to every country in the world. Less people have traveled to every country in the world than have been to outer space. Theme music for this podcast is Demeter's Dance, written, performed, and provided by .  About GlobalGaz Ric Gazarian is the host of Counting Countries. He is the author of three books: , , and .  He is the producer of two travel documentaries: and .   Ric is also on his own quest to visit every country in the world. You can see where he has and keep up with his journey at How Many Countries Are There? Well… that depends on who you ask!  The United Nations states that there are . The British Foreign and Commonwealth office states that there are . The Traveler's Century Club states that there are . The Nomad Mania The Most Traveled Person states that there are 1500 . SISO says there are .     Me? My goal is the 193 countries that are recognized by the UN, but I am sure I will visit some other places along the way. Disclaimer: There are affiliates in this post.  Orest Zub Counting Countries 

As part of my summer podcast replay series, I'm excited to share this week's episode with my good friend Amanda Turner (writing as AK Turner). In this episode, she shares how her family travels two to four months a year—all while running a business and writing New York Times best-selling books. Amanda's Vagabonding with Kids series was inspirational for me as we were dreaming of moving to Thailand way back when I was pregnant with my oldest child. As kindred travel and writing souls, we had a lot of fun in this episode talking about our travel experiences and what we've learned about the book-writing process. Amanda shares so many great pieces of advice! If you've ever wanted to travel the world or write a book—or both—you won't want to miss this episode. Learn more about Amanda: Join her Facebook group for writers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/255224582360857/ Access her free video series: https://www.bookwrite.org/getting-started-book Check out her excellent and inspiring Vagabonding with Kids series: http://vagabondingwithkids.com/ Follow me on: Instagram @stacyennis Facebook @stacyenniscreative LinkedIn Youtube @stacyennisauthor Learn more about my Idea-to-Draft Accelerator and Author Mentorship program here. To submit a question, email hello@stacyennis.com or visit www.stacyennis.com/contact and fill out the form on the page.

Robin Hood: I cannot find the version of the legend of Robin Hood that I read on my grandfather's shelves when I was young. The book was old, maybe over a hundred years. The glue in the binding had long since crumbled. I remember that the one that I read was written in verse. But you know how memory is. All of this information is suspect. Anyway, if you're interested in this older version of the story, it made its way into the popular novelization of the story written by Howard Pyle called The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood which was published in 1883 and can be found here in both print and audio. Park History: I highly recommend The National Parks: America's Best Idea, which includes the story of Acadia as well as many other iconic parks. Tourism and Rolf Potts: My thoughts on travel, tourism, and tourists has been greatly influenced by a small but remarkable book by Rolf Potts called Vagabonding. If you are a traveler, you've got to read this book. If you aren't, this book will make you one. Public Piano: Here's some pics.

Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of "Mindful Monday." Join 10's of thousands of your fellow learning leaders and receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right... Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12   https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 Jack Raines is a student at Columbia Business School and the writer of YoungMoney.co – Young Money is a finance blog that covers a wide variety of life topics like why we should travel more, timeless advice, the use of humor, the 6 types of wealth, and infinite games. Jack is one of my favorite writers on the internet… Infinite Games – “The focus on outcome over everything leads to us discounting 99% of our lives for the sake of a few, small, fleeting moments that might provide some sense of satisfaction before the cycle begins anew.” It's not about getting to the top of the mountain, it's about the person you become along the way. Why We Should Travel More – Rolf Potts, Vagabonding. “The explorer has no goal other than exploration itself.” The Opportunity Cost of Everything – The Journey IS the Destination. Life isn't a Pixar film. It's not a television series. Our life isn't some chain of events and decisions that leads to a climax. A final moment of victory. Life is the chain of events itself. “Someday isn't a day.” The purpose of Jack's finance blog: “I write a finance blog that is really, like, idk? Maybe 40% finance? The rest is existential musings, satire, the occasional exclamation that Americans seriously need to travel more, and whatever random stuff comes through my brain.” Jack's LinkedIn satirical posts: “I take nothing seriously, but I do take the serious things pretty seriously. Linkedin isn't one of the serious things.” How Jack built a large following online: "I have published approximately 450,000 words of content in an 18-month period." Whatever it is that we want to do, in order to get good, we have to get going. We have to get the reps… The Case for Living Life Backwards – “You should write your obituary, and then try to figure out how to live up to it.”

“A souvenir can be anything from a travel experience that honors a certain moment in your life, certifies the journey that took you there, and celebrates the confluence of people and places and actions that made it possible.”  – Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Suzanne talk about the ways souvenirs help narrate our travel experiences (2:00); the five different historical categories of travel souvenirs (7:30); the old trend of collecting hair and bones from famous people (15:00); what kinds of souvenirs are popular with travelers (20:00); which souvenirs Rolf sought when he visited Australia, and how some souvenirs make less sense when you get them home (24:30); then Rolf and Gina talk about childhood travel souvenirs (30:00); how photographs are a kind of souvenir, and how they create different memories than objects (36:00); and how the notion of "authenticity" in regard to souvenirs can be complicated (40:00). Suzanne Hill is the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Weekend Nightlife." Gina Kaufmann is an essayist and radio journalist, most recently at KCUR, the NPR affiliate in Kansas City. Notable Links: Souvenir, by Rolf Potts (book) One Month on the Mekong, by Rolf Potts (essay) Grand Tour (17th- to 19th-century European travel rite) British Museum (public museum in London) Elgin Marbles (ancient Greek sculptures) Boxer Rebellion (anti-colonial uprising in China) Henry Crabb Robinson (19th century English diarist) John Keats (English Romantic poet) John Milton (English poet and intellectual) On Seeing a Lock of Milton's Hair (Keats poem) Rue Mouffetard (street in Paris) Las Vegas Souvenir & Resort Gift Show (convention) World's Columbian Exposition (world's fair in Chicago) Omiyage (Japanese souvenir rite) Día de los Muertos (Mexican holiday) Père Lachaise (cemetery in Paris) Neil Armstrong (astronaut) Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in Poland) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

“In alien parts, we speak more simply, unencumbered by the histories that we carry around at home, and look more excitedly, with eyes of wonder.” —Pico Iyer In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Vagabond's Way book club participants discuss how he prepares for the book-club sessions (1:30); how the first days of one's journeys have an optimistic energy and excitement, and how "culture shock" is a real thing (4:00); how travel can put us into a childlike mental state, and how travel expectations can lead to unfair disappointments (13:00); how food, even anomalous food, tells specific stories about places, and Rolf's strategy for keeping a travel journal (21:30); how the "beaten path" is beaten for good reasons, but straying from it yields serendipitous rewards (31:00); and simple strategies for staying safe and dealing with burnout on the road (42:00). Discussion moderator Luke Richardson is a traveler, author, and DJ based in England. Notable Links: Rolf's online book club signup The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Vagabonding, by Rolf Potts (book) Egeria (ancient Galician nun and pilgrim) Faroe Islands (North Atlantic archipelago) Culture shock (cross-cultural anxiety) Expatriate life in Korea (Deviate episode) Rick Steves (travel writer and TV host) Mary Oliver (American poet) Beginner's Mind (spiritual attitude of openness) Whittier (city in southern California) Nottingham (city in England) Hippie trail (overland Asia route in 1960s and '70s) Pulp Fiction (1994 Quentin Tarantino) H Mart (Korean supermarket chain) Lavinia Spalding on travel journaling (Deviate episode) Patrick Leigh Fermor (English travel writer and scholar) Commonplace book (compendium of learning) The Daily Stoic, by Ryan Holiday (book) On Trails, by Robert Moor (book) China and Mongolia with my parents (Deviate episode) České Budějovice (city in the Czech Republic) Ranong (town in Thailand) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Today we're diving into the topic of living a wandering or vagabonding life on a minimal budget. We'll explore how it is possible to create any lifestyle you want for yourself if you just want it bad enough. If you're ready to sacrifice the lifestyle you have right now. If you're willing to paint a little bit outside the box. We will talk about how to create a remote working career and what doors it might open up for you, how to be smart with your money, how to live simply and minimally, and how embracing solitude can unlock a life filled with incredible experiences and long-term travel. So, if you've ever dreamed of wandering the globe but thought, "I can't afford it" or "I'm not born into wealth" or "what about my job," this episode is for you. My goal in life is to show by example, how it's possible to live a life on your own terms, a life that gets you excited to wake up every single morning, and how this life is 100% possible to create, if you just want it bad enough.  The books I'm mentioning in this episode are: The 4-hour work-week by Tim Ferriss Vagabonding by Rolf Potts On The Road by Jack Kerouac The Nomad by Isabelle Eberhardt Find all my books, links and story at www.CharlotteEriksson.com ♡

“Quietly use travel to deepen your life, and to build stronger relationships – not only with other cultures, but with your home. Figure out ways to give back.”  –Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David talk about how travel allows you to "waste your twenties" in a good way, and how Rolf has come to define "adventure" (2:00); how to plan travels in such a way as to leave room for spontaneity, and how to meet people on the road (8:00); how to communicate in a place where you don't speak the local language, and how to be daring in trying new foods as you travel (15:30); Rolf's travel experiences on the Laotian Mekong, on foot in the Libyan Desert, and by van in North America (25:00); how to balance the desire to see lots of places with the desire to get to know a few places well, and what it means to find "authentic" places (32:30); why slow journeys create richer experiences than hurried ones, and how to honor gestures of hospitality (42:30); how the experience of travel changes as you get older, and why making time is more important in life than making money (48:00). David Martinez is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the director of the Center for Study Abroad at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Notable Links: The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Marco Polo Didn't Go There, by Rolf Potts (book) Bosintang (Korean dog-meat soup) Fried spider (Cambodian snack food) Beondegi (Korean silkworm street food) Doritos (American snack food) Snails as food Merengue (Dominican music and dance) Asturian gaita (Spanish bagpipe) One Month on the Mekong, by Rolf Potts (essay) Van Life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Elderhostel (educational travel for older adults) "The Loss of the Creature," by Walker Percy (essay) Heraclitus (ancient Greek philosopher) Wall Street (1987 movie) Gap year (student sabbatical period) Wanderjahr (journeyman year for tradespeople) China and Mongolia with my parents (Deviate episode) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Fernando Angelucci, - Fernando Angelucci worked at Dow Chemical, a Fortune 50 company, rolling out a flagship product estimated to gross $1B in global revenues. At 23, Fernando left the 9-5 world and started investing in residential real estate by acquiring residential rentals and acquiring, renovating, and selling residential projects. Fernando then went on to build a multi-family rental portfolio spanning the Midwest. In preparation for the next down cycle, Fernando and the team divested from residential real estate to focus on self storage. Fernando graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 with a B.A. degree in Technical Systems Management. Fernando currently resides in Chicago, IL. HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - Systems and Processes 08:22 - Underwriting Process 14:43 - Finding Joy In The Journey 22:27 - Highest Value Activity 28:08 - Building Habits 35:42 - Out Of Country Investing 44:32 - All Cash Developments 50:12 - Market Predictions 57:42 - Getting Started 1:00:12 - Tech Recommendations 1:02:42 - Connect With Fernando CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestoragestud/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/thestoragestud/ twitter: https://twitter.com/thestoragestud?lang=en CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with Sean Graham to discuss self-storage syndication investment opportunities at Maven Equities or to sell your self-storage facility without a broker. www.mavenequities.com www.mavenstorage.com Linktr.ee/seangraham --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.it Listen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/

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This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Be sure to stayed tuned for the second half of this amazing conversation! Fernando Angelucci worked at Dow Chemical, a Fortune 50 company, rolling out a flagship product estimated to gross $1B in global revenues. At 23, Fernando left the 9-5 world and started investing in residential real estate by acquiring residential rentals and acquiring, renovating, and selling residential projects. Fernando then went on to build a multi-family rental portfolio spanning the Midwest. In preparation for the next down cycle, Fernando and the team divested from residential real estate to focus on self storage. Fernando graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 with a B.A. degree in Technical Systems Management. Fernando currently resides in Chicago, IL. CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestoragestud/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/thestoragestud/ twitter: https://twitter.com/thestoragestud?lang=en CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with Sean Graham to discuss self-storage syndication investment opportunities at Maven Equities or to sell your self-storage facility without a broker. www.mavenequities.com www.mavenstorage.com Linktr.ee/seangraham --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.it Listen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/

Rolf Potts is the author of one of the all time great travel books, Vagabonding, as well as his latest creation, The Vagabond's Way, alongside a variety of other travel books and articles, as well as his podcast, Deviate. As one of the world's best known nomads, Rolf stops by today to share his perspectives on the past, present, and future of global mobility, and long the way we touch on subjects ranging from digital nomad visas, to the best walking cities in the world, and visa hopping through Asia.  Follow Rolf's work at http://rolfpotts.com/ and https://pariswritingworkshops.com/. On Twitter https://twitter.com/rolfpotts, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rolfpotts/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rolf.potts. Listen to the The Maverick Show here www.TheMaverickShow.com This episode is brought to you by Greenback Tax, the #1 company in the world for US expat taxes, and the team I've trusted with my taxes since 2015. If you're an American living abroad or planning to spend significant time outside the US, you need to talk to Greenback! Easy, affordable, and experienced in the specific niche of US expat taxes. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3CKUYkz This episode is brought to you by MakeMyMove.com, the #1 place in the world to find more information about the communities vying for remote workers to make the move to their town! If you're enjoying the podcast, please consider taking 2 minutes to leave a short review at: RateThisPodcast.com/aboutabroad Sign up for our monthly newsletter at: aboutabroad.com/newsletter

Summary: We discuss what happened to our relationships when we began to travel and the ways we're returning---albeit differently---to community these days. Mentioned on this episode:Animas Valley InstituteThe Gene KeysThe EnneagramSupport this podcast:Discount link to purchase organic, raw ceremonial-grade cacao ethically sourced in Guatemala (a portion of proceeds support this podcast)Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcoupleMake one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)Leave a review on iTunes!Share this episode with a friend! :DConnect with us:Website: www.thefarout.lifeEmail us at info@thefarout.lifeWild Within @ www.thewildwithin.orgCredits:Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonaldOutro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Summary: In this episode, I share some insights from a book I'm reading "Vagabonding" by Rolf Potts. I talk about wealth, health, freedom, time and quitting! Links: https://rolfpotts.com/books/vagabonding/ Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/timjp Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/timjpcollins?sub_confirmation=1 To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023

In this episode, I'm joined by Rolf Potts. Rolf has reported from more than sixty countries for the likes of National Geographic Traveler, Outside, the New York Times Magazine, NPR, and the Travel Channel. His adventures have taken him across six continents, and include adventures such as piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, driving a Land Rover across South America and traveling around the world for six weeks with no luggage or bags of any kind.Potts is perhaps best known for promoting the ethic of independent travel, and his newest book, The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel, was published this past October of 2022. His bestselling debut book, Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel has been through thirty-seven printings and translated into several languages worldwide.This was personally one of my favorite and most surreal episodes as a host because Rolf's first book Vagabonding was one that shifted my outlook and changed my life for the better.Inside The Episode:Lessons that can only be learned through international travelDebunking the many myths that keep most people from travelingHow travel and adventure brings you into the presentTactics for traveling more with limited time and moneyHow to travel long-term for less than your regular living expensesWhat living with little (or no) belongings teaches you about lifeRolf's favorite, least favorite, and most surprising countriesHow Rolf literally circled the globe without so much as a fanny packThe pros and cons of technology, social media, and smartphones in travelConnect with RolfThe Vagabond's WayVagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World TravelRolf's WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterConnect With BradleyBradley's InstagramSupport the show

“There's no getting lost when you travel, because you're already there. You're already where you're supposed to be, which is somewhere in this new place.” –Ari Shaffir In this episode of Deviate, which took place at New York City's KGB Bar, Rolf and Ari talk about the premise of Rolf's new book The Vagabond's Way (2:20); why it's important not to postpone one's dream travels to a seemingly more appropriate time of life, and how it's hard for your friends to appreciate and understand your travels when you get home (7:30); how to not let your smartphones and photographs get in the way of your best journey (15:00); how to best decide where to start on a journey, and why allowing yourself to get lost is sometimes the best way to find experiences a place (23:00); why the philosophical concept of "time wealth" is important to Rolf, and how travel allows you to express a unique feeling freedom (31:30); how the The Vagabond's Way is the "spiritual successor" to Vagabonding, and how Rolf keeps travel in conversation with his home life in Kansas (36:00); and how to savor a new place in the moment, even as that place is changing (44:00). Ari Shaffir (@AriShaffir) is a comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor. He is the host of the Skeptic Tank podcast. His new comedy special, JEW, is available on YouTube. Notable Links: Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf's summer creative writing classes) The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (travel book) Henry Rollins on Ari's podcast Skeptic Tank Commonplace book (method of compiling knowledge) Jasmin Shah (photographer) Wenamun (ancient Egyptian traveler) Matsuo Bashō, (Japanese poet and traveler) On Photography, by Susan Sontag (book) Mentawai people (inhabitants of islands near Sumatra) Cypress Hill (American hip-hop group) Pico Iyer (travel writer) Pagan Holiday, by Tony Perrottet (book) Icelandic Sagas (Nordic historic narratives) Koshary (Egyptian national dish) Chefchaouen (city in Morocco) Tétouan (city in Morocco) Inle Lake (lake in Myanmar) Eddy L. Harris (travel writer) Aosta Valley (region in the Italian Alps) Instagram shot of Rolf's first vagabonding trip Mary Oliver (American poet) Lindsborg, Kansas ("Little Sweden") Lower East Side (neighborhood in Manhattan) Umbria (region in Italy) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

“The best way to travel? Dare to be lonely, lost, and bored.”Today we're joined by travel-writing legend Rolf Potts, best-selling author and pioneer of indie travel. Long before the era of contemporary van life and digital nomadism, Rolf's first book, Vagabonding, inspired countless travelers to forgo expensive, overly planned travel in favor of affordable, spontaneous exploration. And with his new book, The Vagabond's Way, he's sharing some of his best stories and pearls of wisdom from a lifetime spent traveling the world - including why you should never trust reviews, how inconvenience can lead to extraordinary discoveries, and why boredom while traveling is a gift.  Whether or not you've already familiar with Rolf, this episode will surprise, delight, and teach you about why we travel - and how we can bring our travels home with us.  FIND ROLF Follow Rolf on Instagram @rolfpotts, or visit his website at rolfpotts.com to find his books, articles, blog, videos, writing courses, and more. You can also find his newest book, The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discover, and the Art of Travel at your local bookstore or online. There are several stories and reflections in there that we didn't have time to cover, so we highly recommend you pick up a copy for yourself! SPONSORS  THANK YOU to our amazing sponsor, The North Face, for supporting this episode! When you wear The North Face, it's more than a jacket…it's the calling to get out there and explore. Find your next fleece, parka, or winter jacket at thenorthface.com. And thank you to our other sponsor, Juggernaut Wines! Get four bottles of their delicious wines delivered to your home for only 1 cent in shipping costs. Just head over to juggernautwines.com and use code ARMCHAIR21. SOCIAL Share the show with your friends! Follow @armchairexplorerpodcast across Instagram and Facebook, and check out Armchair Explorer (www.armchair-explorer.com) for background videos, photos and more on each episode. And please hit that follow button to support the show!

Your dream trip is possible. In the words of someone who has been all over the world, Rolf Potts is here to share with us the authentic way that travel can enhance your life. Rolf speaks about the niche way traveling vagabond style changes your perspective. This episode is all about getting away from the itinerary or what we think will be the right way to do something and allowing fascination with the world to lead us. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The path to travel writing and vagabonding.Allowing travel to teach you something instead of disengaging Get away from the itinerary and become fascinated by the world.The reasoning behind the daily readings of VagabondingHow micro-adventures lead to the habit of curiosityCreate rituals that make your dream trip possible Things to think about when getting off the beaten path in travelThe built-up idea of safety Are you traveling with habits from home? The importance of being present in travelEpisode References/Links:Rolf Potts websiteFollow Rolf on IGRyan Holiday's Daily Stoic  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan  Hey, Be It listener. Okay, so I'm smiling so big, because I just got to take a trip down memory lane and not with our guests because I just met him. But I, I didn't grow up traveling. And I really had all these thoughts around travel. I thought that it was expensive and I thought that it was difficult and I thought that it wasn't, that wasn't safe. And, and so I really, I didn't get on a plane till I was 18. And I didn't get a passport till I was in my mid 20s. And I really didn't do a big international trip until I was almost 30. And then the world opened up for me in a different way. And I saw it a different way. And I share that with you because our guest this week is Rolf Potts, and he is the Author of Vagabonding. He has a new book out called the Vagabond's Way. And it is 366 meditations on wunderlust, discovery in the art of travel. And it's a really cool book because you can read it as a daily habit like a, like a virtual book. You can read it back to back if you want. But as I was perusing my birthdate day and Brad's birthday, and these other days, I was, I was just inspired by all the different stories he has to remind you to not escape your life with vacation. And he'll say this in the episode but to escape into who you are. And my love is like being it till you see it is not just about taking action in your work. It's it, it's about becoming more of who you are meant to be. And when you travel, and I say this, from my own experience, and you can find your own words on your own trips. But the more I've traveled, the more people I've met. And the more I've experienced, the more I realize how cool and interesting this whole world is, and how much we have to teach each other, and how much we don't have to fear. I think we can have a lot of fears in our life. And when you get out into the world, and you see how different people are living and you see, a different things have been around for so long. You start to realize like how frickin cool this whole world is, and that you're part of it and you're unique part of it. And so here is an amazing conversation I had with an incredible travel author, Rolf Potts, and I hope it inspires you to plan something, plan anything, and I love his little story about microadventure. So maybe you can make that something that you plan this month. That doesn't really cost anything you'll hear, you'll hear in this episode, thank you so much for being a listener of us. Thank you for your reviews and for sharing this podcast and here is Rolf Potts.All right, Be It listeners. Hey, how are you? I'm really excited because well, our next guest has a total love for travel that I think exceeds mine and Brad's. And I'm really excited to share it with you. And because I really do think that getting out to the world is one of the best ways to learn more about who you are. It just really, really is. And as I read, Rolf Potts is our guest today, Rolf Potts is our guests and his book, The Vvagabond's Way, I think you really are gonna get that inspiration as well. So whether you feel the fear of travel right now, and you're not really going out, or you miss it like crazy, I think this is going to be a really fun conversation. So Rolf Potts, will you tell everyone who you are? And what what you're up to these days?Rolf Potts  Well, I'm a travel writer, and I have been for gosh, about a quarter century. I, like many people didn't travel much during the pandemic. But I got my first big international trip this summer. It was awesome. I went to Paris and Norway with my wife has familyin the Faroe Islands before coming back. So I'm, I'm still slightly excited and tired from a great summer trip.Lesley Logan  Oh my gosh, I'm so jealous. Yeah, I used to travel like eight to 10 countries a year for the last several years before the pandemic and I didn't grow up traveling. So I didn't actually my first big trip was to Brazil in 2012. And then when my husband I went on a honeymoon in 2015, that was my, like, I went to several countries at once. And I was like, "Oh my God, this is the most amazing thing. I've never done this before." And we never stopped. And then obviously, we all did. But what got you into being a travel writer? How does one do that just go one day, "I'm gonna write, I love traveling, I'm gonna write about it." How did you do that?Rolf Potts  If only it were that easy. I actually grew up not traveling much myself, I didn't have a passport until I was 25. Actually, my first big vagabonding trip was earlier than that. I lived in a van for eight months and traveled North America, this is back when you could go to Canada and Mexico without a passport. And then I thought, well, now I'm going to become a travel writer. So I wrote a book, which is a complete failure and complete failures of the best education actually. And then I just kept trying and kept trying, I was out of money. So I moved to South Korea to work as an English as a foreign language teacher, conversation teacher for a couple years. And I just, I just didn't give up. I just kept trying to be a travel writer until I became one. And then my first byline was in my late 20s. And my first book was in my early 30s. And I'm still doing it, even though the the media world has changed. One great thing about being a travel writer is that even if you are not rewarded financially, travel is sort of a reward in itself, you know. And so even if you fail professionally, in an attempt to be a travel writer. Hey, your billy prize is that you have these awesome travels that you can remember for the rest of your life.Lesley Logan  Oh, my God. 1,000% love that. I also thank you for sharing that journey. Because I do think like, when you as someone who's written a book, I'm not like, I'm not when I see a book written. I'm like, a lot of work went into this book. And a lot of people might see this book and go, "Oh, well, he's a travel writer wrote a book, of course, he's just like, it just all works out." And so thank you for sharing that. It didn't, (Lesley laughs) it didn't it took a little bit while. When you, can you first actually just for our listeners who might not know what a vagabond is. Can you just kind of explain that?Rolf Potts  Yeah, well, I Vagabonding is my first book and, and it's sort of what a lot of my readers know me for, it's about taking time off from your normal life, to travel in earnest. It's not just a vacation, but it's maybe taking six weeks, if that's the amount of time you can find or a year or half a year, or six years, whatever you can find to travel and make travel an active part of your life, not an escape from your life, but an escape into your life. And so I've been talking about that vagabonding style of travel for almost 20 years now. And I've written you know, four other books, but people still love to talk about the Vagabond ethos. And in the new book, The Vagabond's Way, I've sort of returned to that. And I've really used a quarter century of, quarter century, 25 years. Yeah ...Lesley Logan  Yeah, that's quarter century. Oh, my God ... When we think about it, you're like, "Oh, my God, that's 25 years." It's a quarter century.Rolf Potts  Yeah, no, 25 years of travel and thinking about travel and reading about traveling, obsessing about travel. And it also encompasses like, 3000 years of other people's travels, to sort of bring this wisdom and inspiration about travel into the new book. And yeah, so so there's, there's a lot of different stations in my journey as a travel writer, but it feels like this really, really aggregates the full breadth of my career so far.Lesley Logan  Yeah. So that's a really interesting way to describe travel as not an escape from your life, but something to like, enhance and be part of your life. And I think a lot of people when they think of vacation, they're like taking a break probably they are or what they do. And, and maybe that's mostly the Western culture, that is the US because I find people in Europe take all of August off. And I remember I worked in jewelry. And if we wanted to get this several designers orders, and we had to tell people you must order before July 15. Because otherwise, they're not going to touch it until late September. Like it's just not going to happen. Right? Or like, when you're dealing with people with any manufacturers in China, it's like you better get stuff on a boat before before New Year, otherwise, it's gonna take till March or April. So, I feel like a lot of people don't know that your travel can just be part of enhancement of, of your life. And what why do you think that is? And like how can people kind of retrain themselves into using their travel to teach them something about themselves by their escape?Rolf Potts  Well, I think they have to be willing to be open and to make mistakes and be messy about it. That's something you can appreciate it. We were talking before we're recording about Cambodia and how the best place to experience Cambodia isn't necessarily that five star hotel that insulates you from the country you've come to visit. It's actually maybe a homestay or just walking down the street until your day becomes more interesting than it was before. And so I think if you take nothing against the commercial travel industry, but if you see travel as a product that you buy, and you surround yourself with nice meals and air conditioning all the time, then it is going to be separate from your life. But you can, instead of escaping from your life escaping into your life is such a way that you really push the boundaries of who you are. And you challenge yourself in interesting ways on the road. And you you sort of integrate like, you integrate your hobbies, you know, like, if you like playing volleyball, well then find a volleyball game in Cambodia, you know, if you like cooking then find a way to cook a dish, and you don't even have to take a formal class, you can, but you can just find the grandma up the street and ask her how she's making her dish or Google Street front restaurant probably might not be used to a lot of Americans taking a curious interest in them. And so ask if you can hang out in the kitchen for a while and see how they do that. And really, the odds are that that's gonna happen, because again, you're not being a consumer of your travel experience. You're taking control of it. And you're following your heart and your interests and your curiosity.Lesley Logan  Oh, yeah. So one way we take messy action, y'all cuz you're like, "How do I do that with like travel? Like, there's things that need to be planned." So when Brad and I decided to go on our honeymoon, he wanted to go to Cambodia. And I was like, that's an interesting place to go on a honeymoon. Where else can we go with that? Because I was like, "I don't what are we doing there? I don't even know." And he was obsessed with this one National Geographic with the first one ever picked up was with the temples. And so we, we picked our flight to Southeast Asia, and then home from Japan, but not the flights in between. (Rolf: Nice.) And then, and then when we flew into Thailand, we picked our flights to the different islands wanted to go to. And we really did try to find the hotels that were more inside the villages or just different than what was like when you look up Google up a, like hotels near me, it's like, where are the ones that are not paying the ads? Like how do we get to like the closest to you? What's going on? And it is so interesting and to talk about cooking. That is a really easy way to go. And when you're in these different countries, like they love that I or I'm one of the only Westerners that comes by and gets the roasted bananas. I'm like, and I speak enough Cambodian to like, get, get the ones I want. And they're so they want to show me how it's done. Because it's very interesting. And I think it changes my life because it makes me realize like, how often do we get to share our gifts and the way that they get to share their as when we're when we're traveling. So I agree with the messy action. There's ways to do it without freaking yourself out. So, you want, I want to get to your book really quick. And then we can bounce around the world with our conversation. But why did you choose it to be a daily read because I really this is very fascinating to me. Of course, I read my birthdate and then I and then I like bounced to Brad's birthday. But I actually use that aggregate earlier. And it really is there's so many great quotes and stories from other people's travels. So how did you go about because that seems like a really big endeavor to find 366 things to write about?Rolf Potts  Yeah, well, I loved aggregating it, because it went beyond my own point of view. You know, I could talk about a guy who travelled in Japan in the 13th century, and he had experienced something very human about travel, or a guy who lived 3000 years ago is in Egypt, or a woman who traveled in an age in Europe when travel wasn't really proper for women. But her insights are relevant to today. Actually, the idea to have it in this format started during the pandemic actually met my wife during the pandemic. I have the weirdest pandemic love story. I was supposed to be traveling the world, she was supposed to be traveling the world, we both been in Kansas, which is where we were from. And we went from zero to let's get married very quickly. But in the mornings, and this is still a habit we have to this day, we sit on the deck outside of our house here in Kansas, and we read to each other. And so we read like Mary Oliver poems, or Thich Nhat Hanh daily readings, you know, the Buddhist teacher. And this became such a part of our habit, a habit and such a part of our joy during the pandemic, that I realized that I had accumulated all of this knowledge about travel, both from travel and from reading about travel that why not just do the similar thing, why not create a book about travel that people can read every day, either with a partner with themselves, or you can skip around or read several chapters at once. But I liked that this as a ritual and I wanted to create a book that was a ritual actually another book we read during the pandemic was Ryan Holiday's Daily Stoic, which literally each page is a different quote by a stoic and a reflection about that quote. And so I decided to do a travel version that would compel people to think deeply in sort of beyond that consumer level of travel for each day of the year. And if you don't, if you want to read it in less than a year, that's fine too. But to sort of create this ritual that even when people are at home, they can think about travel and how it inspires people and how it can change your way of being in the world.Lesley Logan  I mean, like it is, it is really cool. I I know, I know that people listening are they love the daily ritual, they love morning pages, some of them have different things that they they do their gratitude journals, and so I found this like, "Oh my God, this is something else they could do." I wonder you know, I think it's hilarious. You guys met in Kansas that is not at all where I pictured you being from. So (Lesley laughs) but I wonder like, for the person who you know, is gonna pick up this book, maybe they're not used to traveling alone. Or maybe they have fears around it. I mean, obviously, as they read this book, I think that those fears will be quelled, but like, what, what are some ways that people could be a vagabond without necessarily going on it, on a, I mean I want you to go to Cambodia with me, everyone. But what are some that you can do to like start that travel and escape into yourself like, what what would be those 101, 102 level travels that they could do?Rolf Potts  Well, you could throw open your door and walk out the door until your day becomes interesting. I often give that advice in the context of international travel, you know, get away from the itinerary and just walk in this new place and become fascinated by it. This is something you can do at home. And it's funny, I mentioned my my wife during the pandemic, when we couldn't really travel internationally. Like she has cousins in Norway, we couldn't go there. But there's a town on the Kansas prairie here called Little Sweden. So we decided to walk there, it's 22 miles away, it took us seven hours. But it was so fun. I've never, I've never experienced that 22 miles in that way before. I've ... it's always been racing by outside of a car. And so I talked to people and I saw little, little cow herds, and herds of horses that never even noticed before. And so I'm not saying that everybody needs to throw their door open and walk 22 miles, you could walk around the block, or you could go to another neighborhood and try a pub. I quote Alastair Humphreys, he calls these micro adventures, we're basically, instead of sleeping in your bed, you sleep in your backyard, instead of instead of going the same route to work every day you walk to work through a different route. And this is just a way of sort of getting the training wheels in a certain sense for the bicycle that is your long journey. And you just get into this habit of curiosity. And you start to dream about traveling, you start to anticipate further journeys, and you sort of give yourself permission, which in a sense, it's not really about making a ton of money, but it's making enough money to make a journey happen. And so permission is a huge part of it. And it's part of what a lot of those meditations are in The Vagabond's Way. But it's about slowly, even if you can't leave on a big international trip tomorrow. Creating rituals that make that big trip seem more possible.Lesley Logan  I am obsessed with this. This is like 100% being it till you see it like being the vacation and being the escape before you can actually get on the plane and, and you my husband, will listen to this, can we do a recap episode, but he would drive a new route to work every single day all the time, like (Rolf: That's great.) all the time. No, in LA, you pretty much want to do that because there's so much traffic or like, I wonder if this turn is gonna get me. Wunder if I'll find a new route here. But it is a way to get like to see parts of your own city that most people don't even know like. And we moved to Vegas in the pandemic and we didn't actually have a car. And people thought was so weird. Like, how do you live in Vegas with a car I'm like, "Well, you can walk places like it's not ... there's a sidewalks." It's not like LA there's actually sidewalks to walk on but but I found like living in a new city gave me that permission to have these little mini adventures because I didn't know anything. So I'm like, this is an adventure, you know. But we can do that today where we are and you are right. It's the permission part is the hardest part. Because a lot of people think that they have to wait and save up for the big trip. Or that if they're not going to some particular like known place that maybe it's not safe to go or maybe they need to be part of a group. And so doing those little micro adventures where they have to be resourceful, and they get lost, and they have to figure out directions is really a great way of practicing it.Rolf Potts  Yeah. I think oftentimes people think they need to get a big trip out of their system. And I thought this way when I was younger, you know, I thought that I would work hard my whole life and then retire from work. And then I could travel as I thought. But you know, my grandfather was a Kansas farmer. And he'd worked harder than anybody ever knew in my life. He started farming when he was 15. You know, he quit school to start farming at that age. Well, grandma had Alzheimer's by the time he was ready to retire. And I don't know that he dreamed of travel necessarily, but he just wasn't able to enjoy his retirement with a woman he loved in that way that he thought he might have. And so I realized when I was young, that I needed to create this time. And so my first vagabonding trip eight months around North America, I thought I would get travel out of my system. But I really just sort of learned that it's easier and safer and cheaper than I thought it would be. And you don't need to just have one dream trip and then be done with it. So I think that you can start by you're talking about solo versus group travel, you can go on a group trip that's one week long to Croatia, just to get a taste for things and odds are, you're gonna learn that you don't really need that group trip that these restaurants are available to anybody who walks up and asks for food, you know, and that you can actually stay longer you kind of want to stay longer and you can maybe find a way to spend a month or two on the road too. And so baby steps, I'm all for baby steps. (Lesley: Yeah.) I think sometimes we think I'm going to do my dream trip and then I'll have my dream trip. Well you can have a little lot of little micro trips that lead up to a dream trip and they will inform that dream trip that will make it so much more dynamic than you ever would have imagined when you're sitting at home dreaming about it.Lesley Logan  Yeah, I am, so similarly, I don't think I got my passport till I was a little over 25. Because yes, it was somewhere in my early 20s, that you ended up having a passport to leave the states to go into Canada or Mexico. So I had to get one. And I didn't really feel like it was on an international trip until I went to Brazil. Like I don't know why that felt like it's like it doesn't doesn't feel real if I can still drive there. So I flew in and I ended up doing Rio by myself, which was its own adventure. But one thing I did learn, that I didn't know is it doesn't have to be as expensive. And you mentioned that earlier. But like, if you like volleyball, find volleyball, I'm gluten and dairy free. So even just searching for restaurants that could offer those things took me off these beaten paths. And I found other bloggers who had traveled before me, who had said, "Go to this restaurant, they have gluten free stuff." And so I found myself at this art school in Rio, there was no one else that wasn't a local and I got to experience this beautiful place. It was this old mansion, and I went on this hike. And I had was able to hire a guy to walk me up to hike me up to Christ, the Redeemer versus take the tram up to Christ, the Redeemer. And I would never have had that adventure. Had I not like Googled something that was important to me while I traveled and found other people's trips and other people's like journeys and like oh, and it was so much easier than I expected. And, and I didn't realize that you could it didn't have to be the most expensive trip I made a could be something that I could actually afford. And I realized then I was like, "Oh, international travel isn't that hard, it felt hard because I hadn't done it." And then once you do it, you're like, "Oh, I could take, I could stay a little longer." So I have been back to Rio a couple times. And I would love to take Brad but we keep bouncing around to other places. So I had to share that because if you if you do have something specific that you can look up, there's something that you really love, you'll find things that are so unique, and you end up on these interesting corners in these cool places.Rolf Potts  Yeah, little missions are great. Like when I was in Rio, I tried to learn Samba. (Lesley laughs) And I was terrible, like it was I failed as a Samba guy, but sort of that emboldened me to go to clubs with a dance salsa, or Samba and to hire a tutor to teach me Samba. And she invited me to different festivals around town, you know, I sort of it gave me a community, which is really fun. And just those little details, gluten free, whatever if you give yourself a mission or a mystery to solve, then suddenly, you're in that neighborhood that isn't catering to tourists. It's cheaper. People are as interested in you as you are in them. And like every place there's these mysteries like in Rio when I was there, like mannequins in stores are curvier. Like the the beauty, the vision of beauty in Brazil is not sort of this super skinny thing that you see in mannequins in the United States. It's like, yeah, these these are bigger curvier mannequins. And that's cool. And so it's like, if you see a city as a mystery, or if you use a certain desire or interest or even a limitation, to explore the city through that way, you find all sorts of delightful surprises along the way.Lesley Logan  Yeah, but oh, my goodness, it's like, I'll tell you a really funny story. It didn't feel funny at the time but it's it's funny to look back to. So, in Thailand, you know, they have their little motor group of motorcycles and motos are like Vespas, basically, to pictures, everyone, and I would see like three or four people on these with the driver. And Brad and I are like, "Oh, well, we want to ride on one, the two of us," which like, he's six foot, I'm five, nine. Right. So so but we're like, because he has a motorcycle back in LA when we lived in LA. And so I rode on back, like, "Let's do it together." So it was our last day in Bangkok. And we had I love vintage shopping. So we every time we go international, we look for a vintage shop. And then I try to find something unique and amazing. And so we're off the beaten path somewhere random and just finished our vintage shopping, we see a guy on a moto that you could hire. And so we think that we're negotiating two people, one bike, and then both drivers each hand has a helmet and we're like, "Oh, well, I guess we got a really good deal on two people and two bikes, but that's fine." We'll go because we didn't want to disappoint the other person. So we get on the bikes. And we're driving through and my husband's driver goes left and mine goes straight. And I was like, "This is not okay with me. This feels very unsafe. This feels like brokedown palace. Oh my God what's that to happen?" And so your brain is like going these like mile a minute. And we stop at a stoplight and I was like, okay, hold on. If he was kidnapping me probably wouldn't stop at a stoplight. And I am tall enough to put my feet down. And he could just go and I could just be standing here. So if at the next red light Brad is not back, I'm gonna just do that. And so we're we're on this tour. We're just trying to find this one restaurant and I look over this is we have to poach a red light and I see in the glass my husband's moto come up behind me. And I was like, "Okay not being kidnapped today." And I don't say this is like scare anybody but it was just like, it's interesting, the adventures that could happen. And it's more like no one was trying to do anything evil. It's just my brain went there. And it was a hilarious thing, which my husband then pulled his phone out and recorded the entire drive to where we were going. But we, we saw a very unique part of town. And we tried to go on a little mini mission that went terribly wrong, but it's a story that we have. And I, I'm appreciative of it, because, you know, it's not every day that you get to go see parts of Bangkok and experience that life.Rolf Potts  Yeah, no, and you put yourself there's so much not knowing in travel, you know, there's so much like, this money looks like play money. I'm not really sure what's it. The you know, this street car in Bangkok has is serving what I think are grasshoppers, and I'm not sure and I'm going to try. Or, you know, my husband is not there. So where am I going? It really, it compels you to put trust in the kindness of strangers, and it's yields rewards almost all the time that you're just in a place where you're, you're like a kid again, like you're not really sure what's going on. You don't know all the words of the language. But and Thailand is a great example. That's a great starter city in Southeast Asia, you know, (Lesley: Yeah.) more so than Myanmar, Cambodia, just because good roads, it's a friendly place. You know, I just love that as an entryway into Southeast Asia or Asia in general. (Lesley: Yeah.) And it's pretty chill too. You know, there's I'm sure there is crime in the city. But the travelers I talked to felt pretty safe in Thailand ...Lesley Logan  Well 1,000%. Yeah, I mean, like I live, it's really funny what people think about safety because my brain did have that moment. And then it's like, "Wait a minute, this person would not stop at a stoplight if they were trying too" (Rolf: Just a good detail. Yeah.) You know, like, it's just like, really important. But like, also, you know, where you live right now and people who listen to this, listen, live all over the world. But gen general where are you live right now has its own issues of safety. And I used to live across the street from the federal building in Los Angeles. And we moved to Las Vegas, they were trying to put us in like take us to like suburbs. And I was like, "I don't this feels really weird. It feels very clean. This is a this actually feels really uncomfortable for me." Where where we are about out these houses like oh, it's an anon safe area. It's like, well, what does that mean? Because I grew I lived for seven years across the street from people like shooting up and getting drunk. I mean, like, like, what are we talking about? What's unsafe here, like "well some breaking in" and I'm like, that's fine. But I think we we can build up in our head, what safety and unsafety can be. And what you find out is most of these places, they're so excited to actually share their city with you. And as long as you're being a little bit more wise, then you know, you can experience some great places. But I would say yeah, Thailand was very good starter Southeast Asia. Cambodia, Siem Reap is a great place because it is very much about the tourism, but you get out to the countryside, you definitely want to hire someone, I wouldn't personally go by myself yet. I probably will now that I've been there 15 times. But you know, I think I think it's cool to put yourself in that space where you can be curious. And then also challenge yourself to see that well, people are really nice. Like you said, they're really kind. And we tend to not think about that.Rolf Potts  Yeah, I think oftentimes the the negative things that happens to tourists kind of happened in tourist zones. There's people there, the the scam artists congregate in tourists, I'm not knocking to reason there's, there's, there's a reason why, you know, Angkor Wat or whatever, (Lesley: Yeah.) it is a thing. It's amazing there, but, you know, they're used to tourists, and they realize that tourists are sort of have a lot more money than them. And so that's where the scams are, that's where the pickpockets are. And there's ways to defend yourself get against that. But if you sort of wonder like 600 yards off the beaten path, you'll be like, the first outsider they've seen in a long time. And there's there's no economy in you know, those people have no pickpocketing skills, they have no scamming skills. They're just like, this is the most interesting thing that's happened to me this week. Here's this is this pasty American wander around asking me questions about this food, and I'm gonna get grandma and we're going to we're going to teach her how to fix it. Right. (Lesley: Yeah.) And so that is, and actually, you're right, you know that well. And the logic that applies to any city in America applies to cities internationally, don't go to don't get drunk and go to dangerous neighborhoods at bad times of night. Use your common sense and be curious and be friendly and ask questions. And people it's so great. I mean, this holds true from Kansas to us out of the world. If you take an interest in people people will be flattered that you're taking interest in them (Lesley: Yeah.) and they'll share your life with you. It's the kindness of strangers just blows me away again (Lesley: Yeah.) and again.Lesley Logan  Yeah, so there's one one thing we did we do off the beaten path in Siem Reap is there's a pagoda that's way off the beaten path. It's beautiful like you would you would when we pull up it's not that they don't see buses because they come in on buses for the new moon and and the full moons for holidays. But I came in and it was a high holiday for them, and we went to offer the monks food because the monks cannot, for anyone listening to this, no, no, they cannot touch through there has not been offered to them. So food can be there, they can't eat it. So we go and we are trying, no one taught us anything. So Brad is like lifting up a spoon and he's lifting up the ball, like lifting anything. And we're just like, "Okay, I'm like, lifting up the soda, like all the things." But you do this amazing ceremony for them. And then we sat down. And because we were out weighing in the countryside, we were very, we were more interesting to them and they invited us for lunch. And we had this very, very, like normal for that side of town, that side of the country lunch, which is very interesting for us. And it was so cool to share that experience. And you're right, we probably were the talk of the town for a bit. And especially Brad, because he was with like four women in the country side.Rolf Potts  Yeah, I think I think I like that you guys weren't quite sure how the ritual went? Because especially in those areas, you're given forgiveness, you know, people will look at you and it's like, okay, this guy is doing the ceremony wrong. But he's clearly not from here. And I bet he is pretty cool. And so I've had great experiences like that in Myanmar and other on the other side of Thailand from from Cambodia. (Lesley: Yeah.) I've been to festivals, I write about it in the new book in The Vagabond's Way about during rainy season, when I thought everyone was saying, "Don't go to Myanmar that month, you know, it's gonna rain every day." Well, it rained every day. And that meant that there weren't that many tourists there. And that meant that everybody at Vagon, which is their big field of monuments, they were just they took more they had more time for me. Right. And, and that was the cheapest pitcher of beer I've ever had. It was about 40 US cents. (Lesley laughs) It was nice, delicious pitcher of beer. And and yeah, it's funny how you get two travelers in a room together. And one story sparks a story for them. (Lesley: I know ...) So your your Cambodia story reminds me of my Myanmar story. And it was it was delightful.Lesley Logan  We wanted to go there so much. Um, so you, you mentioned that so in the book, you have like you said, you went to Myanmar on the season when some people said not to go. So what are some other tips that you have kind of maybe you shared in the book, but like, what are some things people can think about that are probably off the beaten path. So traveling, maybe not, when it's normal, maybe getting out of the tourist areas, because it probably is a little safer. And there's more interesting things, and people are more interested in you, and you can be interested in them. What else do we have?Rolf Potts  Well, I don't want to knock the beaten path too much, because it's beaten for good reasons I talk about desire trails, like there was this German scholar who's he couldn't figure out why there are all these shortcuts across the college green where he was studying. And so he had the landscaping department resod it and then a couple months later, they come back with their desire trails that those are the those were stewards, students wanted to go, those were the shortcuts. So the beaten path is beaten for a reason. But you don't have to go that far from the beaten path to find something that is more authentically, French, or Thai or Ugandan than what is right in the tourist district. And it's really about giving yourself permission and thinking, well, if I can buy this plate of food for $10, on the tourist trail, I wonder if I can get it for a fraction of that price, like a 10 minutes walk in this direction. And so really just realizing that there's no prescription you can, you can sort of do what you want. You're in a city full of people who live here and who have to buy clothes and have to buy food. And you can go into those non prescribed tourist neighborhoods. And in addition to having more spontaneous experiences with people who have time for you, you also save money, you know, staying in hotels where local people stay rather than staying in the big giant air conditioned complexes. And so really, it goes back to a word I come back to, again is permission, give yourself permission to take that trip, give your permission, yourself permission to take time and give yourself permission to just sort of follow your curiosity instead of your itinerary.Lesley Logan  Yeah, I am. It made me think of like, one of the things that I love about travel is we don't, we don't often we don't actually upgrade our phones to allowing us to take in calls unless we're on Wi Fi, wherever we are. And so what I love (Rolf: Great strategy.) because you can get very present. And you know, now you can download Google Maps on your phone, zoom in really quick and then zoom out and it will stay on whether you're online or offline. It's really easy, but but we I really love it because that walk from my house, even in my own village where I stay, or I have our house. I that walk from my house to where I'm going to go get my coffee that morning. And that coffee shop does have Wi Fi, it's 15 minutes long river no one can get a hold of me, no one can ping me. I can't be distracted. I can't be scrolling. So I only can take in how the city has changed since the last time I was there. And I think like it's so if you can do it, it's so worth doing because even when I was in Australia, which everyone speaking English, it kind of like was a Melbourne it's not actually like a very I mean it's a beautiful city to me. It's new but it wasn't like this unique thing, it looked like New York. Right? But not having any Wi Fi forced me to like look around and get curious in a place where I could make a lot of assumptions. And I find that to be a very cool thing to give yourself permission to do like, just, you'll get on Wi Fi, there's Wi Fi everywhere, you just gotta go pop and ask a question, but it allows you to get stay more present.Rolf Potts  Yeah, getting out of your smartphone habits is huge, because those are habits of home. Like when we're bored at home, we pick up our phone, when we when we, when we're lonely at home, we pick up our phone, but you've paid all this money go to the other side of the world, and you sort of had the same instincts, you're bored for 10 minutes in Melbourne or Cambodia, and you're looking at your phone, really? So that's a great strategy is just not buying the data and not being reachable. And my wife this summer did one step further. We were in Paris, and she decided she was going to use an old school paper map. And so while we had Wi Fi, when we were in the house, we were staying, she she did have to research the restaurants she wanted to go to but then she drew a little a little dot on the map and we used our paper map to find our way around Paris. And we weren't distracted. If we saw something beautiful and took a picture, we couldn't text it to our friends or posted on social media. That paper map forced us into a sort of presence in Paris. That was really delightful. And it's a good it's a good travel hack in a way just like yeah, don't buy the data plan. Don't, don't be reachable. Find a way to cut yourself off because you've paid good money and you've dreamt about this place. Be there. Don't distract yourself with your phone. Don't text somebody else. Don't post on social media. Just take that time in the middle of the day when you're not connected to Wi Fi and commune with the city, commune with the place where you've come so far to be.Lesley Logan  Yeah, oh my gosh, I like I need to get on a plane right now. Somewhere somewhere cool. So your books amazing. I'm I'm am doing the daily parts, because that's why you wrote it. And I kind of like I it's not going to be every day that I can get on a trip. But I do want to give myself permission to dream about them or find mini micro trips. So thank you for writing this and bringing this to us. Is there anything else people should know about this amazing book you wrote?Rolf Potts  Well, just that that it's a daily reading book, but you can use it. You can you can skip around, you can start with your birthday, you can start with Christmas, you can do whatever it's, it's not prescriptive. It's basically 366 ideas about travel and how it can enlarge your life. There's an ethos to the book, but it's not a prescriptive ethos. And so find your own way of being a traveler and pick it up. As I say in the introduction, if after reading a few chapters, you fling it aside because it doesn't fit in your luggage for a trip you've decided you can no longer postpone. Well, then it's done its job, right. (Lesley: Yeah.) Yeah, and so ...Lesley Logan  I love that. You were, and when I read that I was like, "Genius." And I and I love that you gave another permission slip for people to not finish the book before they they hit the road.Rolf Potts  Absolutely not a requirement at all.Lesley Logan  We're gonna take a brief break and find out where people can find you follow you learn more about traveling with you.Alright, Rolf, where do you like to hang out? Where can people buy your book? What's what's going on?Rolf Potts  Well, I'm an old school author, website guy, rolfpotts.com, which I've owned since 1998, is still the best place to find about my work. All of my books, articles. It also links to my social media accounts at @rolfpotts on Instagram or Twitter, although I don't use social media a ton, but it's a good starting place, I guess. And you can ask for it at your favorite bookstore, you can buy it online, but I'm a big fan of independent bookstores. And so call your local store and say, "Do you have this book?" And if not, "Why?" Because I'm curious, and to be inspired about travel.Lesley Logan  Oh, I love that. And I too, I think like small bookstores, thank goodness for them because they keep neighborhoods interesting and curious as well. Okay, so I am jealous that you own your url because mine mine is actually owned but I think a travel writer, (Rolf: Okay.) write my name.Rolf Potts  Well, I have a weird name. Is not many Rolf Potts is in the name ...Lesley Logan  I know, shockingly, Lesley Logan with an E Y has been taken before which I was like, "Oh, I know. I know." Anyways, it's okay. That's why there's .co. Okay, be it till you see it action item. So bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted steps people can take from this episode, what do you have for us?Rolf Potts  Well, one thing is that that dream trip that you've been thinking about it, it really starts when you decide it's going to happen. Even if you don't have enough money or, you know, the wherewithal for a couple of years that I once you've decided it's going to happen and that you're not going to make any more excuses, then it becomes real. And psychologists say that the pleasure of travel starts in the anticipation phase. And so that's a fun thing. Even when you're working hard maybe you don't even like your job but you're saving money you're saving X number of dollars every week for this trip that you've been dreaming about. The trip is started in a certain way, it becomes real the moment you decided to make it happen. That's that's one of my pieces of advice. And it's it's a very optimistic one because how fun is that that your trip decides once you decided it's going to happen? Right? (Lesley: That's amazing.) Yeah. Tied into this a little bit is the second one which is make plans, research your trip travels, to your tier delight, it's good to be prepared but it's also good to throw out your plans when you're inspired by the place where you've arrived in. I think sometimes we plan our trips too carefully. And it's like, well, I sort of want to do this cooking class, or I want to go to this place that all the travelers are raving about. But my itinerary says, I should go here. So I'll probably go here. No, that's fine. Give yourself permission. Regardless of how detailed your itinerary is, give yourself permission to throw it away, the moment you find inspiration. And oftentimes you find inspiration, five minutes after you walk off the plane and you smell this new place. Right. So find that balance between making plans and then breaking those plans from inspiration. And my third tip, and this applies to everything in travel is just slow down. I know you're gonna have like 50 things that you want to do in a place like Cambodia, or Italy, or Peru, or wherever you go. But don't try to pack them into a small space, let your days breathe, slow down and realize that even having lunch on the other side of the world is a travel experience. Even if it's not on your bucket list this restaurant that you didn't know about until 10 minutes before and it's kind of delicious. Allow yourself to slow down, enjoy that place. And as much as traveling through the place, let that place travel through you a little bit just just sit still and be present in that place. And that's really comes with the permission to let yourself slow down and enjoy yourself.Lesley Logan  I I pictured myself in seven different places, as you were saying all those things. I love them so much. Y'all how are you going to use these BE IT action items in your life? How like, let us know. So you can tag @rolfpotts, you can take the @be_it_pod. Share this with a friend who you wish you could go vagabonding with or or or has had a trip on their mind that they haven't taken action on because you know, it really is an escape into yourself. I love how you put that Rolf, you have an amazing way with words which is why you're a writer. But also this has been a very fun conversation me to picture all the places I've been and the places I want to go. So thank you for this and everyone until next time, Be It Till You See It. 'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'. Brad Crowell  It's written produced, filmed and recorded by your host Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli.Lesley Logan   Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing.  Brad Crowell  Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. 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If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go and why? Rolf Potts (@rolfpotts) is a travel writer, podcaster, and author of the bestseller Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. His latest book is The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel. I have always said travel is the most mind-expanding thing a person can do. Rolf, a serial traveler, reinforces this in our conversation this week. I've known of Rolf for a long time but we never met until this very moment. Learn more about Rolf Potts - rolfpotts.com/

#84: Travel writer and author, Rolf Potts joins Chris to discuss time wealth, why that's such a vital topic in life and what anyone can take from the concept to travel more richly. They also talk about how to adapt to the changes in travel technology and still have amazing adventures, why Rolf once traveled for six weeks without luggage and what you can learn from that experiment, how leaving your phone behind or getting lost might create richer experiences, and why he thinks that as you get older, you can still have richer and fulfilling travels.Rolf Potts (@rolfpotts) is an esteemed travel writer, teacher, and author. He's reported from more than 60 countries across six continents for publications like National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, National Public Radio, and the Travel Channel. 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“A travel journal helps you remember more than what you did and saw. It will helps you remember how you became the person you are today.” –Lavinia Spalding In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Lavinia talk about the section of Rolf's book The Vagabond's Way that touches on travel journaling, what what purposes a travel journal can serve (1:30); how journals give you perspective on the person you used to be, and how the journaling habit develops over time (9:00); strategies for being vulnerable and honest in a travel journal (15:00); strategies for being consistent with a journal on the road (19:00); employing non-visual senses and evoking less-than-ideal experiences to capture more subtle textures in a travel journal (25:30); how a journal gives you a pretext to approach and even interview people who interest you on the road (33:00); how to take notes in the field, how to maintain an ongoing relationship with old travel journals, and why travel journals serve to make a journey more meaningful (41:00). Lavinia Spalding (@laviniaspalding) is a travel writer and series editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing. She has author of Writing Away, and co-author of With a Measure of Grace and This Immeasurable Place. For more about Lavinia, check out http://laviniaspalding.com/. Notable Links: Jack London (novelist and journalist) Busan (city in South Korea) Before Sunrise (1995 Richard Linklater movie) Bullet journal (method of note-taking) Clove cigarettes Rainer Maria Rilke (Austrian poet) Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche (Buddhist lama) Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (children's song) Vagabonding, by Rolf Potts (book) Travel Writing and Global Change (TEDx talk by Lavinia Spalding) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

What is it that motivates you to travel? Today I am joined by esteemed travel writer and teacher Rolf Potts to talk about his new book The Vagabond's Way and dive into how anybody can enrich their lives through maintaining a traveler's mindset, even at home.  Rolf Potts has reported from over 60 countries for publications like National Geographic, NPR, and Travel Channel. He has lectured all over the world and hosts a yearly writer's workshop. His travels have brought him through 6 continents, including boating 900 miles down the Mekong in Laos, hitchhiking in Eastern Europe, bicycling in Burma, and traveling for 6 weeks across the world with no luggage or bags, and much more. His first book Vagabonding was published in 2003 and was of paramount importance in my own travel journey. If you love to travel as much as me, then this episode will be extra special. We dive into exactly how travel changes our inner and outer perspective, allows us to embrace unseen parts of self, and try on new identities. We also discuss how to have micro adventures at home, what it means to feel comfortable in a culture and so much more. What are your biggest spiritual or philosophical takeaways from your recent travels? I'd love to hear what they are and hope you will share them by sending me an audio message. Don't forget that if you want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more. Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 and get: Access To The Zero To Travel Podcast Archives (300+ amazing episodes and growing)  One Bonus Episode Per Month (Decided By YOU) + Exclusive Content You Can't Hear Anywhere Else  Ask Me (Jason) Your Burning Questions, and Get A Personal Answer!  All Episodes Ad-Free (From April 2021 Onward) Today's episode is brought to you by The North Face - providing athlete-tested Jackets that are proven to be highly insulated, warm, breathable & durable so you can focus on what matters. It's more than a jacket, it's a calling to get out and explore. Get yours today in stores or at www.thenorthface.com. This episode is also brought to you by US Bank Altitude Go Visa Signature Card, get 4 X the points on eating out and 2 X the points on groceries, entertainment services, and gas or EV charge stations. Apply today at usbank.com/altitudego to get 20,000 points by spending $1000 in your first 90 days. Tune In To Learn: Thoughts and takeaways from visiting Norway What is forest bathing and why it's a great travel virtue Artists and thinkers who have made an impact on Rolf's travel mindset What the pandemic has taught Rolf about travel Why what's on your bucket list matters less than what you do when you get there What it means to take the travel attitude home with you and how to do it Practical ways you can explore new locations based on your interest What it was like to live in a van long before the van life movement How to overcome imposter syndrome and give yourself permission to live your travel dreams Why it's important to travel for your own growth rather than other's How to pay attention to life, practice gratitude, and make the most of the moments we have What motivated Rolf to write his most recent book and a secret look inside Why having a mission while traveling can drastically change the experience How to occupy time instead of managing it Why it's important to travel first and become a digital nomad later Insights on navigating the complicated relationship between travel and technology What it means to feel a part of a culture Tips for travelers who want to write about their experience And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport The North Face & US Bank Altitude Go Visa Signature Card - Today's sponsors Learn more about Rolf Potts Get your copy of The Vagabond's Way Listen to the Deviate podcast Sign up for the Paris Writing Workshop Follow Rolf on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Want More? How Travel Can Improve Your Mental Health w/ Gilad Gamliel Enjoy The Process Of Everything With Dylan Magaster How To Take A Leap of Faith and Change Your Life w/ Jana Schuberth

Travel can often be approached as just another consumer good; travelers quickly dive in and out of a place, check off the things they want to see, harvest the requisite pictures to prove they were there, and wear their trip as a status symbol.My guest, Rolf Potts, thinks there's a better way to approach travel. After exploring the world for years, he wrote a book called Vagabonding, which laid out the practicalities of how to execute long-term travel.Twenty years later, he's back with a new book — The Vagabond's Way — with reflections on the more philosophical side of that kind of travel which you can take on any type of trip. Today on the show, Rolf explains the vagabonding ethos, which involves slowing down, being open to surprises, and really paying attention to your experiences. He first discusses how taking an overly romantic view of travel can actually diminish your enjoyment of traveling. We then turn to the idea that seeking to take a more authentic approach to travel shouldn't mean trying too hard to differentiate yourself from "typical" tourists, and how to approach stereotypical tourist stuff with a nuanced view. We discuss how to use the idea of pilgrimage beyond its religious connotations as a pretext for choosing which places to visit. We also delve into how to deal with the culture shock that can come both from visiting a new place, and returning home from a long trip. We end our conversation with how the attentive, adventurous attitude which underlies the vagabond's way can also be applied to exploring your own backyard.Resources Related to the EpisodeRolf's previous book: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World TravelAoM Podcast #653: The Dirtbag's Guide to LifeSunday Firesides: This One's for MeAoM podcast and article on microadventuresConnect With Rolf PottsRolf's Website

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“I think sometimes as travel writers our most important job is to be a listener -- to listen to the stories that people are telling each other in a place.”  –Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Ernest talk about why home is such an important place in one's life, even when one travels to more far-flung places (3:00); why the vagabonding ethos begins with the willingness to give oneself permission to travel in life, and how Rolf's new book, The Vagabond's Way, furthers the vagabonding ethos in a daily-reading format (15:00); the difficulty of figuring out which place in the world is your "favorite," and how food becomes a part of one's iconic travel memories (32:00); and why it helps to be confident and "ride tall in the saddle" if you sometimes feel out of place as a traveler (41:00). Ernest White II (@ernestwhiteii) is a storyteller, explorer, producer, and host of the television travel series Fly Brother, now in its second season on PBS and Create TV. Check out his subscription-based membership community, Fly Brother & Friends, which promotes travel and personal transformation. Ernest will moderate Rolf's virtual launch event for The Vagabond's Way at 5pm PT on October 4th, 2022. Notable Links: TV host Ernest White II (Deviate episode two) "Pandemic love" Deviate episode Deviate episode with filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit Deviate episode with baseball historian Phil S. Dixon Kansas City Monarchs (Negro Leagues baseball team) Gordon Parks (Kansas-born photographer and filmmaker) Nicodemus, Kansas (town settled by African Americans) Lindsborg, Kansas (Swedish-American town in Kansas) Zacatecas (state in Mexico) Van life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Expat life in Korea (Deviate episode) Commonplace book (method of compiling knowledge) The Daily Stoic, by Ryan Holiday (book) Matsuo Bashō (medieval Japanese poet and traveler) Wenamun (ancient Egyptian traveler) Muhammad Ali (boxer) Code-switching (situational linguistic alternation) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.