1 hr 3 min
Graham Brown: Learning the Business Lifecycle and Fitting it into Your Traveling Lifestyle Coffer
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- Places & Travel
A telecom business made him traditionally successful.
Then Graham started to examine what success really meant.
So the transition from being a CEO to just a guy with a backpack began.
His family slowly scaled down their lives and started traveling the globe.
Now he enjoys Zen-like moments around the world.
Our next guest, Graham Brown.
“Everybody has a different way of traveling. People need to know there are options, there are different ways of doing it.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It)
Travel Topics:
* Lived in Japan in the 1990s where he saw the beginnings of the mobile revolution
* Why Graham scaled down his telecom business to make it more profitable
* How he learned to be wary of taking on any overhead
* The importance of the business life cycle
* Benefits of being detached enough to step back and see what the business needs
* How he saved money from real estate investments
* The important part of your finances when traveling: what direction your bank account is going
* How he wanted to live some place exotic and warm (who doesn’t, really?)
* His son goes to local school wherever they go, allowing the family to integrate into the local community
* Books are about starting your own business, making it autonomous, getting rid of material stuff, and being able enjoying the adventure
* Tips for getting started: Educate yourself, write down your travel goals, be aware that it’s a process
* How people think traveling is going to get rid of all their problems… It won’t!
* If you’re a guy with big feet, buy your shoes before you go to Japan
* How children are far more adapted to this lifestyle than adults
“Children don’t care about making mistakes and they are natural travellers.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It)
Lovely Links:
* Connect with Graham:
Barefoot Journal | Facebook | Google+
Music Credits:
* Everything is Everything by Gabriel Garzón-Montano
* Moneygrabber by Fitz and the Tantrums
* Eyo by Asa
* Curtis by DR. MAD
* Geography by Thao Nguyen
A telecom business made him traditionally successful.
Then Graham started to examine what success really meant.
So the transition from being a CEO to just a guy with a backpack began.
His family slowly scaled down their lives and started traveling the globe.
Now he enjoys Zen-like moments around the world.
Our next guest, Graham Brown.
“Everybody has a different way of traveling. People need to know there are options, there are different ways of doing it.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It)
Travel Topics:
* Lived in Japan in the 1990s where he saw the beginnings of the mobile revolution
* Why Graham scaled down his telecom business to make it more profitable
* How he learned to be wary of taking on any overhead
* The importance of the business life cycle
* Benefits of being detached enough to step back and see what the business needs
* How he saved money from real estate investments
* The important part of your finances when traveling: what direction your bank account is going
* How he wanted to live some place exotic and warm (who doesn’t, really?)
* His son goes to local school wherever they go, allowing the family to integrate into the local community
* Books are about starting your own business, making it autonomous, getting rid of material stuff, and being able enjoying the adventure
* Tips for getting started: Educate yourself, write down your travel goals, be aware that it’s a process
* How people think traveling is going to get rid of all their problems… It won’t!
* If you’re a guy with big feet, buy your shoes before you go to Japan
* How children are far more adapted to this lifestyle than adults
“Children don’t care about making mistakes and they are natural travellers.” – Graham Brown (Tweet It)
Lovely Links:
* Connect with Graham:
Barefoot Journal | Facebook | Google+
Music Credits:
* Everything is Everything by Gabriel Garzón-Montano
* Moneygrabber by Fitz and the Tantrums
* Eyo by Asa
* Curtis by DR. MAD
* Geography by Thao Nguyen
1 hr 3 min