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1162: The Land of Too Much by Chris Guillebeau on Appreciating Life & How To Be More Grateful

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🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Chris Guillebeau shares his thoughts on the land of too much. Episode 1162: The Land of Too Much by Chris Guillebeau on Appreciating Life & How To Be More Grateful Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. He is the author of 5 books and his daily podcast, Side Hustle School, is downloaded more than 2 million times a month. Every summer in Portland, Oregon, Chris hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people with thousands in attendance. Chris is also the founder of Pioneer Nation, Unconventional Guides, the Travel Hacking Cartel, and numerous other projects. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. The original post is located here: https://chrisguillebeau.com/the-land-of-too-much/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is where I'm Dan, I'm your host,

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episode 1162, the land of too much

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by Chris Gillibow of Chris Gillibow.

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And I'm Dan, I am your host, here on optimal finance daily. This is where I read to you from some of the

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best personal finance blogs on the planet and I do that every single day including weekends

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So welcome, happy Friday.

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Thanks so much for listening in and hey, if you didn't know,

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so if you're not following us there,

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you can find us at Old Podcast but for now let's get right to today's

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post as we optimize your life.

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The Land of Too Much by Chris Gillibow of Chris Gillibow.com

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Two years ago I was working in Liberia, West Africa and came to Chicago for a three-day conference.

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Coming out of West Africa to Europe and then North America is always a huge

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culture shock. And when I went all that way for just a weekend conference,

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I felt more disoriented than ever.

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I stayed at the courtyard by Marriott near O'Hare Airport, and after arriving late at night

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after a series of long flights, I was excited to head down to the buffet breakfast the next morning.

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Here are a few observations on that experience. Day one. I am amazed at what I see on the overstocked

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