I was just writing a post called “How to Make 10K in One Day (YEAH!!!)” I was excited. It was an “x tips” post. I’ll still publish it. Probably. But then I found out I got a new competitor. I got PISSED. And then I got pissed about my post.

I’m often asked, “how can I become a lifestyle designer?” I’m not going to focus on what that means. If you are here and have a heartbeat you probably want tons of personal freedom, unforgettable experiences, and boatloads of cash. Let’s talk about how to get that done.

Let me just say: I am an American. The first amendment of our constitution requires me to believe that America is the best country in the entire world. I believe that. But three years ago I decided to uproot and live in Asia.

I’ve been SUPER busy trying to orient my actions on revenue-focused activities. Sean, Ian, and myself often use that sentence as a rubric for planning our days out. “Are these activities revenue-focused?”

I spent the day visiting an impressively ambitious internet startup here in Manila. I found myself missing my office days– a little. It was tons of fun to see office comraderie, leather couches, power lunches, killer work stations, and big LCD screens.

I’ve been blabbing on for weeks about how I’m going to share the “nuts and bolts” of what we are doing at the Tropical MBA. I am just talking a lot of junk.

I made the jump to location independence before it made sense. My business wasn’t ready, neither were my friends, family, or business partners. Hell, I wasn’t even sure if I was ready.

I love the idea of baselining your expenses and going into hardcore “start-up” mode. My whole business could blow up in my face and I could stay in a place like this for years before having to get a job.

If you’ve taken a listen to the most recent episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast (I think its our best one), Ian was telling me how much he loves Gary Vaynerchuk’s enthusiasm for doing what you love in business and working hard– so I had to go check him out.

I got inspried (in part by Seth Godin’s Alternative MBA program) me to put aside all my work for 2 days, and put up an open letter inviting would-be digital nomads to apply to work with me for 6 months and see first hand how I run my business.

We are still alive and kicking and will be accepting applications until the last hour of November 30th.

Things get kick started December 1st. Stay tuned until then!

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