On show 52 of the BRAND New You show, it is my pleasure to welcome Danny Flood co-founder of Open World, the world’s #1 resource for active lifestyle creators.
Danny is an author, a podcaster, and location-independent entrepreneur originally from San Diego, California.
He is the founder of Open World magazine and the Open World podcast, where he interviews the world’s most exciting adventurers and location-independent entrepreneurs.
Danny has traveled to over 30 countries on four continents and during his travels He has crossed half of Southeast Asia on a motorcycle.
He’s rafted down the Amazon and climbed the tallest mountains of South America. He’s rappelled off waterfalls in the jungle and sailed across the South China Sea.
He’s even tangoed in Buenos Aires and fought Thai boxing matches in Bangkok.
Danny believes that we should live life on our own terms without the outside pressure from others.
To this end, his book, “Buy your own Island” is a playbook designed to help individuals find the love, adventure, passion and purpose they seek.
Help me welcome Danny Flood to the brand new you show.
Buy your own Island is not a book on how to buy an island. Rather, it’s a highly actionable and motivational book which I consider to be a great mix of two of my favorite books, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and The 4-hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.
This book provides the reader with an MBA in location independent lifestyle.
During our discussion, Danny Flood dispels the notion that location-independence is just for “certain types” of individuals. It really can be something we all enjoy if we have the right mindset.
Because he has “been there done that” Danny understands more than anyone the games your mind will play with you to keep you in your comfort zone.
Danny spends a good deal of time in the first section of the book walking the reader through exercises to help the reader overcome their own fears and self-doubt.
ALIBI-ITIS
We all suffer from an affliction known as alibi-itis, our secret excuses that keep us from getting what we want from life. These excuses act to postpone action and defer the things we really want out into the future.
To overcome alibi-itis help Danny Flood recommends taking small steps out of your comfort zone by “leaning in” to the edge of your comfort zone.
In Hack UpWork Danny Flood takes all of his experiences using UpWork, an online staffing website for freelancers and clients developed to connect companies with talent, and boils them down into an actionable strategy you can follow to make the most of the system for freelance work.
Companies post project based jobs and registered freelancers in areas such as web development, writers, sales, marketing and accountants review the job postings and bid on the o
