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LL 021: Heroic Fatherhood with Charlie King

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In the 21st episode of the Live Limitless podcast, I chat with Charlie King of heroicfatherhood.com.

Charlie King Heroic FatherhoodCharlie has just two goals; Supporting fathers to become the man they’ve always wanted to be and to create a generation of kids that are raised by fathers that they deserve. Charlie is the founder of Heroic Fatherhood, a platform where he supports entrepreneur fathers master fatherhood. Through individual coaching and workshops, he helps to create structures, insights, and to provide support to handle all the shifts that fatherhood brings. As Charlie mentions in his site, “Fellow Heroic Fathers generate resilience, self-confidence, flexibility, and openness. Holding your family securely but loosely allows freedom, confidence, and partnership.”

I met Charlie through the World Domination Summit and as someone who is thinking of starting a family soon, I wanted to reach out and ask some questions. As someone who isn’t living a conventional life, I have so many concerns about becoming a father. What sort of education should I give to my kids? Should I homeschool them? Is putting them into pre-school at a young age good for their health and/or our family relationship?

I have so many questions and I bet you do as well. If you’re a father or thinking of becoming one, this is a great podcast to listen to.

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An Unforgettable Adventure to Golden Rock and the Inner-Beauty of Myanmar

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Inle Lake Fisherman Myanmar

After a beautiful hike to Inle Lake, we jumped onto a bus to Bago. There couldn’t have been a bigger contrast. Our 3-day hike to Inle Lake was quite peaceful, skirting by small villages and tea plantations as well as spending nights in a small local home and monastery. Once at Inle Lake, we cruised across the smooth glass-like water, stopping by craft shops and watching fisherman cast their nets into the water. We stayed a couple of nights in the small town of Nyaung Shwe as well, relaxing for much of the time. Bago, on the other hand, was one of the noisiest cities I’ve ever experienced. Our guesthouse, which was right off the main drag, was the perfect place to fully experience the smorgasbord of endless vehicles, motorbikes, and people walking along the dusty street, amplified by their persistence of playing the horn. Like in India, locals were laying into the horn as if their lives depended on it. Standing on the balcony and looking down upon the chaos, we felt like we were in a movie. You know, that bustling scene that transports you to a distant land that you never knew existed. Gone were the scenic landscapes of Inle Lake. It was back to city life. Sort of. I mean, it’s not New York. [Read more…] about An Unforgettable Adventure to Golden Rock and the Inner-Beauty of Myanmar

LL 020: Turning a Passion into a Business with Sam Hunter

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In the 20th episode of the Live Limitless podcast, I chat with Sam Hunter of www.huntersdesignstudio.com.

Sam hunter Design Studio

Sam went from a 25-year career in IT to a full-time quilt pattern designer, fibre artist, and entrepreneur. Ever since she was a child (she started sewing at the age of 7 and quilting at the age of 20), Sam wanted to be an artist but peer pressure encouraged her to choose a more “stable” career, which is what brought her to graduating with a degree in electric engineering. Although Sam certainly doesn’t regret her IT experience (as a single mother, it paid the bills), she still longed for the life of an artist. Then, at the humble age of 40, she went back to school and earned a BA in sculpture and an MFA in fibre arts.

But it didn’t stop there. After talking with many beginning quilters, she learned that all of the beginner patterns were basic and boring. Sam then found her niche by designing patterns that looked complicated but weren’t that difficult for a beginner to emulate. In her first three years, she sold 15,000 patterns and hasn’t looked back.

In addition to her success as an artist, Sam also created We Are $ew Worth It, a worldwide movement and philosophy for quilters and artists. The mission of WASWI is to champion claiming our worth as makers and to educate our customers about the value of what we create.

There’s a lot of gems in this episode.

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Dream Trip Galapagos

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The Ultimate Guide to the Galapagos

Giant Tortoise Galapagos

The Galapagos are a bucket list destination for many people and it’s no wonder why; tropical beauty, unique wildlife, and the place where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. Ever since I had watched documentaries, often narrated by sir David Attenborough, about the unique creatures and exotic scenery, I dreamed of visiting.

Then it happened.

During a three month adventure honeymoon throughout South America, my wife and I took a flight from Quito, Ecuador to Santa Cruz in the Galapagos. We had just over two weeks to explore the fabled islands, which was divided into two halves; One week scuba diving and one week exploring the land.

As independent travellers, we didn’t book any accommodation in advance. The only thing we booked in advance was our live-aboard diving trip, which is mandatory due to popularity. We’re nature lovers (why else would you visit the Galapagos?) and so our whole trip centred around natural landscapes and wildlife encounters.

If you’ve always dreamed of visiting the Galapagos, below is a guide for not only making it happen but for doing it right.

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LL 019: Tom Morkes – Book Marketing 101

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Tom Morkes

In the 19th episode of the Live Limitless podcast I chat with Tom Morkes of www.TomMorkes.com.

Tom Morkes is the CEO of Insurgent Publishing, a book publishing and marketing company that brings unconventional nonfiction to the creative outliers of the world. Tom helps people publish and launch books as well as digital courses and products.

This is a special “workshop” episode. It’s slightly different because instead of a common interview, we turn it into a live case study of sorts. Since I’m going to be re-launching a new version of my bestselling book Limitless Travel, Tom helps me develop a marketing and launch plan for it. This podcast will give you some great ideas for marketing and/or launching a book or digital product and will give you some insight into what Tom specializes in.

You can find more about Tom at www.TomMorkes.com.

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LL 018: Jennifer Underwood – Just Say Hello

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Interview with Jennifer Underwood Just Say Hello

In the 18th episode of the Live Limitless podcast I chat with Jennifer Underwood of www.justsayhellotour.com.

I was introduced to Jennifer through the World Domination Summit. After quitting her stressful job as a social worker, Jennifer started a business on Amazon utilizing what’s referred to as retail arbitrage and calculated gambling. In other words, she buys things and sells them through Amazon. However, most of our talk revolved around her latest project: the Just Say Hello Tour.

Jennifer sold everything she owned and hit the road in a camper van with her 8-year old daughter to break down the stigma associated with homelessness. The Just Say Hello Tour is an advocacy project created to record and share the stories of those who are homeless in hopes of inspiring people to challenge their misconceptions and judgments of homelessness and to “Just Say Hello” to those on the streets of their communities.

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