Ep 17: Laptop Lifestyle with Derek Blair

Keep Your Daydream

Marc Leach

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Fulltime, Travel, Rving, Self-improvement, Keepyourdaydream, Education, Sailing, Kyd, Nomad, Dreams

5 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Taking action and making your own opportunities to create a “Laptop Lifestyle”. That’s the conversation with Derek Blair as he turns one business setback into a new business on an island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. Learning more lessons from his experience in Cyprus compels Derek to head back to the UK with even more opportunity.

There are no wrong turns in creating a lifestyle of our choice. Just a series of small adjustments along the way.

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0:00.0	Life's too short to be sitting in a cubicle or to be stuck in a dead end job that you don't genuinely love.
0:08.8	If you've got the wondering spirit inside of you, you won't even be able to comprehend the massive amount of opportunities that are out there in front of you.
0:17.8	You're listening to Keep Your Daydream podcast, episode 17. Laptop Lifestyle with Derek Blair.
0:34.1	Have you ever wondered what it would be like to leave normal, travel the world, or follow your dream?
0:39.6	How about sail the ocean?
0:41.1	Live in a different country every year or serve your life's purpose through a mission trip.
0:46.1	My name is Tricia Leach and those are the stories you're about to hear.
0:49.2	And so much more.
0:50.7	Welcome to your favorite podcast, inspired by dreams and made for adventure. This is
0:55.5	Keep Your Daydream.
1:00.6	Hello and welcome today's show. Cater for a hungry audience and you'll never starve. That's what my next
1:14.7	guest, Derek Blair, says, Derek, I'm excited to hear how you got so wise. Are you, are you pumped up and
1:22.1	ready to share your story with us? I'm buzzing with school. Awesome. So it all started when he was laying on the beach in Cyprus during a vacation when a light bulb went off.
1:32.3	A short time later, he moved his family and was running his business on Cyprus.
1:37.3	But that was a dress rehearsal. And today, he's playing it out in the UK.
1:41.3	This all didn't happen easily. He learned a few lessons along the way,
1:45.3	but his new change, his move and business put everything into focus. And somehow that time on
1:50.5	Cyprus made everything come together. So Derek, where are you exactly? I'm just outside of Edinburgh
1:57.3	in the beautiful country of Scotland. Oh my goodness. That sounds amazing. Okay, so maybe
2:03.6	you should take a minute. Tell us a little bit about you and how you got where you are today.
2:10.6	Yeah, sure. I mean, I've always been involved in the motor trade in the UK. I had lots of jobs.
2:19.1	I eventually started up my own business, which fell apart in 2010.
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