4 episodes

Welcome to The Remote Nomad podcast with Kate Smith! Your weekly escape from the 9-5 grind. Every week we interview industry experts from around the world on remote work, landing a remote job, the digital nomad lifestyle, and mastering your mindset. Prepare to be inspired to create more freedom in your life.

Hosted by Kate Smith, Remote Career Coach, Speaker, and Remote Work Advocate. She's been seen in Fast Company, BBC, CNN, CNBC, Glassdoor, Bustle, Atlas Obscura +. You can find her at www.theremotenomad.com or on Instagram @theremotenomad.

The Remote Nomad® Podcast: Land a Remote Job and Travel the World Kate Smith

    • Careers

Welcome to The Remote Nomad podcast with Kate Smith! Your weekly escape from the 9-5 grind. Every week we interview industry experts from around the world on remote work, landing a remote job, the digital nomad lifestyle, and mastering your mindset. Prepare to be inspired to create more freedom in your life.

Hosted by Kate Smith, Remote Career Coach, Speaker, and Remote Work Advocate. She's been seen in Fast Company, BBC, CNN, CNBC, Glassdoor, Bustle, Atlas Obscura +. You can find her at www.theremotenomad.com or on Instagram @theremotenomad.

    Overcoming Career Burnout and Finding Work-Life Balance with Ali Pruitt

    Overcoming Career Burnout and Finding Work-Life Balance with Ali Pruitt

    Ali helps remote workers be productive and create more work-life balance so they can enjoy the full benefits of working remotely. In this episode we talk about creating boundaries at work, how to stay productive on the road, what newbies get wrong about remote work and common misconceptions, overcoming loneliness, managing work from home, and creating routine, workflow, and habits that support a balanced lifestyle.

    This episode will be your ultimate inspiration to go from career burnout to finding work-life balance.


    ABOUT ALI

    Ali Pruitt is a seasoned digital nomad, she has over 10 years of process and workflow improvement experience and she’s the woman behind Fully Remote with Ali. She’s been featured in We Work Remotely, Association of Virtual Assistants, and The Creative Startup Academy. Ali is passionate about helping others transition into remote work, so they can fully embrace the remote lifestyle in the way that works best for them. She believes when you’re able to #getsh!t done and unplug from work, you have more time to focus on what’s important – you!  

    CONNECT WITH ALI

    → Connect with Ali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-pruitt/
    → Connect with Ali on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullyremotewithali/
    → Visit her website: www.fullyremotewithali.com  

    GET THE FREE OFFER

    → Download the FREE Remote Career Playbook here: https://bit.ly/RemoteCareerPlaybook 

    CONNECT WITH KATE

    → Ready to land a remote job so you can create more freedom and flexibility? Get on the waitlist for The Remote Career Accelerator: https://bit.ly/RCAwaitlist
    → Follow Remote Career Coach, Kate Smith on Instagram @theremotenomad https://www.instagram.com/theremotenomad/

    Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/TRNPodcastAliPTranscript 

    • 50 min
    How Portugal's Madeira Island Became a Digital Nomad Hotspot with Gonçalo Hall

    How Portugal's Madeira Island Became a Digital Nomad Hotspot with Gonçalo Hall

    Learn how Gonçalo Hall transformed a random island in Portugal into a digital nomad hotspot, in the middle of a pandemic. In this episode, we talk about how countries are embracing remote workers, how Gonçalo convinced the community of Madeira Island to get on board with becoming a digital nomad hotspot, what digital nomads and remote workers can expect when visiting Madeira, how to enter during COVID, his secret to creating a top remote work destination and future remote work hotspots that Goncalo is working on developing.

     
    Connect with Gonçalo:

    → Connect with Gonçalo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goncalohall/
    → Connect with Gonçalo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gonzohall/
    → Learn more about Madeira: https://digitalnomads.startupmadeira.eu/

    Get the FREE offer:

    → Download the FREE Remote Resume Revamp Checklist here: https://bit.ly/ResumeRevampChecklist

    Connect with Kate:

    → Ready to land a remote job so you can create more freedom and flexibility?Get on the waitlist for The Remote Career Accelerator: https://bit.ly/RCAwaitlist
    → Follow Remote Career Coach, Kate Smith on Instagram @theremotenomad https://www.instagram.com/theremoteno…

    Resources Mentioned:

    • www.digitalnomads.startupmadeira.eu 


    Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/TRNPodcastGoncaloHallTranscript

    • 37 min
    The Most Overlooked Skill Needed to Succeed as a Remote Worker with Scott Asai

    The Most Overlooked Skill Needed to Succeed as a Remote Worker with Scott Asai

    Today we are joined by Scott Asai who is a speaker, Coach, and guru of one the most overlooked yet critical skills for remote workers, and he’s even given a TEDx talk about it... “Saving Soft Skills From Extinction.” Scott Asai is a coach and TEDx speaker. He is an expert on one of the most overlooked, yet critical skills for remote workers – soft skills. In this episode, we discuss: 


    How to get started with building a strong network of contacts, especially in a virtual world 
    The key trigger you want to ignite in the other person when networking 
    How to read body language 
    Networking as an Introvert vs Extrovert 
    Using emotional intelligence and soft skills to land the job and get more promotions 
    How to answer, “what is your biggest weakness?” in an interview 
    Tips for mastering your mindset for more confidence 
    How to overcome failures and rejection in the job search process and life 
    Taking personal responsibility to grow and thrive in life 
    Why learning more won’t get you the job (and what to focus on instead) One action you can take today to take your soft skills to the next level 
    Recommended resources for developing your soft skills 

    Connect with Scott: 

    → Connect with Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottasai/
    → Visit Scott’s website: https://www.scottasai.com/ 

    Download the FREE offer: 

    → Download the FREE Remote Career Playbook here: https://bit.ly/RemoteCareerPlaybook 

    Connect with Kate: 

    → Follow Remote Career Coach, Kate Smith on Instagram @theremotenomad https://www.instagram.com/theremotenomad/
    → Ready to land a remote job so you can create more freedom and flexibility? Get on the waitlist for The Remote Career Accelerator: https://bit.ly/RCAwaitlist 

    Resources Mentioned: 


    Strengths Finder: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx 
    Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman: https://amzn.to/3D8GsBr 
    Simon Sinek Ted Talk https://youtu.be/u4ZoJKF_VuA 

    Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/TRNPodcastScottAsaiTranscript

    • 50 min
    Creating a Country on the Internet with Sondre Rasch

    Creating a Country on the Internet with Sondre Rasch

    CEO and Co-Founder of SafetyWing, Sondre Rasch, shares his vision to remove geographical borders by creating a global home country on the internet and a global social safety net. We discuss what inspired his bold vision and the challenges he will have to face to make this ambitious goal a reality. Sondre also shares how this will transform the world, how he anticipates countries with borders will respond, what this means for developing countries, and what this new reality without borders will look like. We also discuss what the future of work looks like, how the pandemic has impacted the 9-5 and remote work, and how SafetyWing is transforming the travel insurance space with borderless health insurance and COVID-19 coverage too.

    Connect with SafetyWing:

    → Learn more and sign up for SafetyWing Insurance here: https://bit.ly/TRNSafetyWing
    → Follow SafteyWing on Instagram @nomadcities https://www.instagram.com/nomadcities
    → Access tools on building a remote company at www.buildingremotely.com

    Download the FREE offer:

    → Download the FREE Remote Resume Revamp Checklist here: https://bit.ly/ResumeRevampChecklist

    Connect with Kate:

    → Ready to land a remote job so you can create more freedom and flexibility? Get on the waitlist for The Remote Career Accelerator: https://bit.ly/RCAwaitlist
    → Follow Remote Career Coach, Kate Smith on Instagram @theremotenomad https://www.instagram.com/theremotenomad/

    Transcript is available here: https://bit.ly/TRNPodcastSondreRaschTranscript 

    • 47 min

You Might Also Like