Episode 335: TMBA335: The Long View on Location Independence
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2016
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/longview/ Dan and Ian have been speaking about the lifestyle of the Location-Independent entrepreneur on this podcast for over six years. During that time, they've found that people all over the internet tend to glorify this movement, and why wouldn't they? It's exciting to be a part of. On the other hand, there are very few people online who are talking about the challenges of being a digital nomad. Mark Manson and Stacey Herbert have both traveled the world as location independent entrepreneurs and have recently decided to put down roots for the first time in years. On this episode, you'll hear them share their thoughts and experiences on what some of the biggest downsides to the nomadic lifestyle are.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a certain level of, like, delusion that is easy to maintain when you're living somewhere, |
| 0:05.6 | like in the middle of Thailand or Vietnam or Columbia, you're able to, like, put yourself in this |
| 0:10.3 | little bubble where a thousand bucks a month buys you a great lifestyle. And so you're able to |
| 0:14.9 | convince yourself that you're, like, doing really important, amazing things. |
| 0:21.6 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:23.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, |
| 0:25.5 | know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:27.7 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs |
| 0:29.9 | from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:32.8 | more profitable, location-independent businesses. |
| 0:35.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download |
| 0:38.7 | our entire back catalog, check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:49.6 | All right, Ian, I'm looking on our website right now. A lot of cool things on the website, |
| 0:53.3 | including a picture of me and you. |
| 0:55.0 | And on the side of it, it says, Tropical MBA is a popular podcast and blog dedicated to the growing |
| 1:01.1 | movement of location independent entrepreneurs worldwide. This lifestyle of the location independent |
| 1:08.0 | entrepreneur, we talk about it a bunch of different ways we say location |
| 1:11.8 | independent entrepreneur some people say i'm just a traveler some people say i'm just an entrepreneur |
| 1:16.0 | some people say i'm a digital nomad which is actually quite a contentious term even you know |
| 1:20.9 | location independence kind of like pretentious you know what i mean like why would you call yourself |
| 1:25.0 | a digital nomad like i saw somebody on a chat board the other day say hey hey, I'm a digital nomad coming to Barcelona. Does anybody want to meet up? And one guy in there was just like, hey, man, like my wife's been working remotely for seven years. She doesn't call herself a digital nomad. Like, what gives? Do you think the term is necessary? We're probably in some kind of teething phase right now where we're trying to articulate |
| 1:46.2 | what this new lifestyle is like. |
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