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Today’s Topic: Transitions in life

We're less than 30 days away from moving from this beautiful life in Italy to Southern California. Although we’re excited about the move, we also love the life we’ve created here, so it’s going to be a big transition. We love that here nobody's saying, “Would you like fries with that?” The other day Kim was at the deli and the guy said, “I want you to taste something. I've been cooking this ham for 40 hours.” It was the most amazing ham Kim had ever tasted and it wasn't an upsell, he wanted to share it because he was proud of it.

We’re at the point in the transition where it’s starting to get a bit hard. Fun fact: the cost of living in SoCal is about twice as much as in Italy. Sophia will have to go to a new school, we’ll have to make new friends, and we have to rent a house. We're doing calls with potential landlords and they're asking, “Now, what is this Work Hard Play Hard business you have? I don't need you to be having all these parties in the house.” We’re willing to spend up to 5K a month on renting a house, but that’s pretty low for an amazing house close to a beach in a good school district. Our flight from Italy was originally booked to Atlanta. We wanted to change it to land in California, and Delta was going to charge us $26,000, so we ended up buying new tickets with Air Italy.

The biggest gift we think you can give yourself with transition is to bring on the suck. In other words, acknowledge that transitions are hard, allow the shit to hit the fan and breathe through it. Know that God or the universe is conspiring in your favor to make your dreams come true. 

Resources:

• Cibreo Cafe
• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Resources:

• lunchonme.org
• Instagram: @lunchonme
• Twitter: @LunchOnMeLA
• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

LaRayia Gaston is the founder of Lunch On Me, a non profit that supplies healthy, organic meals to the homeless community of Los Angeles. But it’s not just meals that they provide - they also hold yoga classes and birthday parties. Their organization is rooted in the philosophy that they can’t fix anyone. They see their role as to give love and mend hearts, which empowers people to want more in life. I learnt so much from talking to LaRayia, and I think you will too. 

In This Conversation We Cover: 

• [8:13] What happened when LaRayia saw a man taking food from a dumpster at her uncle's restaurant
• [14:30] How her life is guided by her heart
• [20:56] Why so many foster children become homeless
• [24:53] The biggest misconceptions about homeless people
• [28:00] Our responsibility to help
• [29:15] Why money alone can’t solve homelessness
• [38:13] Living off trust

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: workhardplayhardpodcast.com

Work Hard Play Hard is a production of Crate Media

Resources:

• lunchonme.org
• Instagram: @lunchonme
• Twitter: @LunchOnMeLA
• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

LaRayia Gaston is the founder of Lunch On Me, a non profit that supplies healthy, organic meals to the homeless community of Los Angeles. But it’s not just meals that they provide - they also hold yoga classes and birthday parties. Their organization is rooted in the philosophy that they can’t fix anyone. They see their role as to give love and mend hearts, which empowers people to want more in life. I learnt so much from talking to LaRayia, and I think you will too. 

In This Conversation We Cover: 

• [8:13] What happened when LaRayia saw a man taking food from a dumpster at her uncle's restaurant
• [14:30] How her life is guided by her heart
• [20:56] Why so many foster children become homeless
• [24:53] The biggest misconceptions about homeless people
• [28:00] Our responsibility to help
• [29:15] Why money alone can’t solve homelessness
• [38:13] Living off trust

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: workhardplayhardpodcast.com

Work Hard Play Hard is a production of Crate Media

Today’s Topic: Our life in Italy

This episode comes to you from a cafe in the middle of a street in Florence, Italy. We’re loving life here so much that we’re actually looking into coming back to live here long-term.

This is how our day goes. We wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. And then we walk out on our balcony and we're on the top floor of this palazzo and we can see the Duomo and Santa Croce. We stroll Sophia down to school, which is about a mile away. Everybody walks here. It's a pedestrian friendly city with bicycles, scooters and people walking down the street, so one mile is nothing. 

As soon as you get out on the cobblestone streets, you're hit with the sounds and the smells of Florence. The Italians are bicycling to work and they're beautifully dressed and they're ringing their little bicycle bell so they don't kill you when they come by. But there's no rush here. Italians get up and they walk to the cafe. And they stand at the counter and they chat and sip their espresso. They talk and communicate with the people around them and no-one walks around staring at their cell phone. People look you in the eye and say good morning. Parents aren't working and grinding all day and coming home exhausted. 

In the US we used to get up on a Sunday and drown ourselves in mimosas, eat some sort of eggs for brunch and watch YouTube videos about Italy. We were bored. Yesterday it was Sunday and here in Florence we went to see Machiavelli, Dante and Leonardo. We walked the city and we had the best gelato ever.

Feeling inspired by our travel talk? Check out the episode to hear more about our life in Italy and why we’re loving it so much.

Resources:

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Today’s Topic: Our life in Italy

This episode comes to you from a cafe in the middle of a street in Florence, Italy. We’re loving life here so much that we’re actually looking into coming back to live here long-term.

This is how our day goes. We wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. And then we walk out on our balcony and we're on the top floor of this palazzo and we can see the Duomo and Santa Croce. We stroll Sophia down to school, which is about a mile away. Everybody walks here. It's a pedestrian friendly city with bicycles, scooters and people walking down the street, so one mile is nothing. 

As soon as you get out on the cobblestone streets, you're hit with the sounds and the smells of Florence. The Italians are bicycling to work and they're beautifully dressed and they're ringing their little bicycle bell so they don't kill you when they come by. But there's no rush here. Italians get up and they walk to the cafe. And they stand at the counter and they chat and sip their espresso. They talk and communicate with the people around them and no-one walks around staring at their cell phone. People look you in the eye and say good morning. Parents aren't working and grinding all day and coming home exhausted. 

In the US we used to get up on a Sunday and drown ourselves in mimosas, eat some sort of eggs for brunch and watch YouTube videos about Italy. We were bored. Yesterday it was Sunday and here in Florence we went to see Machiavelli, Dante and Leonardo. We walked the city and we had the best gelato ever.

Feeling inspired by our travel talk? Check out the episode to hear more about our life in Italy and why we’re loving it so much.

Resources:

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Resources:

• noaaon.com
• Instagram: @noaaonofficial
• Facebook: @noaaonofficial
• Soundcloud: @noaaonofficial

• The Book of Truth

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Pavel Stuchlik went from growing up in communist Czechoslovakia to having a career as a professional cyclist, owning Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt and Orange Theory franchises and being an international DJ. For him, the why is more important than what he’s doing. His mission with music is to unify people through the frequency of love. In business he came to realize that if his employees were unhappy, unfulfilled and weren’t making enough to meet their needs, that wasn’t making him a greater person, even if he was making great money.

In This Conversation We Cover: 

• [5:59] Pavel’s upbringing in the former Czechoslovakia
• [8:43] How he sold carbon bike parts to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional cyclist
• [15:10] How one of the biggest lessons he has learned is to ask what is the driving force behind anything he does
• [22:48] Why once a year he spends 10 days in complete darkness with no food 
• [25:29] Why DJing for him is about alchemy, mediation and unifying people with the frequency of love
• [40:59] What he teaches his children
• [44:53] How his business mission has evolved from trying to make the most profit to being profitable while paying people enough to meet their needs

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: workhardplayhardpodcast.com

Work Hard Play Hard is a production of Crate Media

Resources:

• noaaon.com
• Instagram: @noaaonofficial
• Facebook: @noaaonofficial
• Soundcloud: @noaaonofficial

• The Book of Truth

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Pavel Stuchlik went from growing up in communist Czechoslovakia to having a career as a professional cyclist, owning Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt and Orange Theory franchises and being an international DJ. For him, the why is more important than what he’s doing. His mission with music is to unify people through the frequency of love. In business he came to realize that if his employees were unhappy, unfulfilled and weren’t making enough to meet their needs, that wasn’t making him a greater person, even if he was making great money.

In This Conversation We Cover: 

• [5:59] Pavel’s upbringing in the former Czechoslovakia
• [8:43] How he sold carbon bike parts to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional cyclist
• [15:10] How one of the biggest lessons he has learned is to ask what is the driving force behind anything he does
• [22:48] Why once a year he spends 10 days in complete darkness with no food 
• [25:29] Why DJing for him is about alchemy, mediation and unifying people with the frequency of love
• [40:59] What he teaches his children
• [44:53] How his business mission has evolved from trying to make the most profit to being profitable while paying people enough to meet their needs

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: workhardplayhardpodcast.com

Work Hard Play Hard is a production of Crate Media

Today’s Topic: Planning Long-term Travel

A few people have asked how we specifically chose the eight or so destinations that we're traveling in over this four month journey in Europe. So today we’re looking at the process we went through to determine where we were going.

We knew that my mastermind was going to start in Monaco. And I had another one four months later that was starting in Florence, Italy. So we knew that we had that space in between. 

If you’re American you can’t actually stay in European countries that are part of the Schengen zone for four months unless you have some weird visa so we had to include some places that are outside of the Schengen zone. For those we chose Croatia and Montenegro.

We literally looked at a map of the world, and we zoomed in on places then looked at YouTube videos and Airbnb reviews. As we’re travelling for a long time we check if the Airbnbs have things like a stove and somewhere to do laundry. When you’re booking Airbnbs, really think about your lifestyle. Are you going to be able to get up the stairs? Do you need a terrace? Do you need to make sure you have more than one bedroom? How is it set up in the kitchen? What we love with Airbnb is that you can reach out to the owners and ask them these questions. If you’re going to be working from the Airbnb, I would strongly recommend that you ask them if they can do a speed test on their internet.Renting a car in Europe has been kind of a pain in the ass. We pre-booked (but didn’t pay for) for a car online for when we got to Montenegro then found out they wanted to charge twice as much when we went to pick it up. So we’ve found it better to negotiate in person. 

You also want to look at the ease of travel from place to place. Are there direct flights? Do we need a car at the destination? We’ve used Skyscanner.com to find cheap flights and Ryanair and easyJet are good affordable airlines for flights within Europe.Check the weather. We were going to go to Marrakech then realized it was going to be 120 degrees in August and we would have been like little ants roasting on the desert floor. We made a spreadsheet to budget for our trip and then reverse engineered a way to make that amount of money through Kim’s network marketing company and prepaid for everything.We recommend you don’t eat all your meals out when you’re traveling for a good amount of time. It's just too much to ask of yourself financially and too much to ask of your body - you'll look like buffalo mozzarella if you're not careful. Finally, dream big when you’re planning. Create a giant list (we wrote all our ideas out on big sticky notes) then look over them and visualize each step in the journey so you can work out what’s feasible.

Resources:

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Today’s Topic: Planning Long-term Travel

A few people have asked how we specifically chose the eight or so destinations that we're traveling in over this four month journey in Europe. So today we’re looking at the process we went through to determine where we were going.

We knew that my mastermind was going to start in Monaco. And I had another one four months later that was starting in Florence, Italy. So we knew that we had that space in between. 

If you’re American you can’t actually stay in European countries that are part of the Schengen zone for four months unless you have some weird visa so we had to include some places that are outside of the Schengen zone. For those we chose Croatia and Montenegro.

We literally looked at a map of the world, and we zoomed in on places then looked at YouTube videos and Airbnb reviews. As we’re travelling for a long time we check if the Airbnbs have things like a stove and somewhere to do laundry. When you’re booking Airbnbs, really think about your lifestyle. Are you going to be able to get up the stairs? Do you need a terrace? Do you need to make sure you have more than one bedroom? How is it set up in the kitchen? What we love with Airbnb is that you can reach out to the owners and ask them these questions. If you’re going to be working from the Airbnb, I would strongly recommend that you ask them if they can do a speed test on their internet.

Renting a car in Europe has been kind of a pain in the ass. We pre-booked (but didn’t pay for) for a car online for when we got to Montenegro then found out they wanted to charge twice as much when we went to pick it up. So we’ve found it better to negotiate in person. 

You also want to look at the ease of travel from place to place. Are there direct flights? Do we need a car at the destination? We’ve used Skyscanner.com to find cheap flights and Ryanair and easyJet are good affordable airlines for flights within Europe.

Check the weather. We were going to go to Marrakech then realized it was going to be 120 degrees in August and we would have been like little ants roasting on the desert floor.

We made a spreadsheet to budget for our trip and then reverse engineered a way to make that amount of money through Kim’s network marketing company and prepaid for everything.

We recommend you don’t eat all your meals out when you’re traveling for a good amount of time. It's just too much to ask of yourself financially and too much to ask of your body - you'll look like buffalo mozzarella if you're not careful.

Finally, dream big when you’re planning. Create a giant list (we wrote all our ideas out on big sticky notes) then look over them and visualize each step in the journey so you can work out what’s feasible.

Resources:

• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Resources:

• @brendankane
• The One Million Followers Book
• Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind
• Connect with us on Instagram: @kimmurgatroyd | @robmurgatroyd

Brendan Kane pioneered one of the first ever influencer campaigns by getting Youtubers with big audiences to interview actors in upcoming films. He’s built online platforms for A-listers including Taylor Swift and Rihanna and advised brands such as MTV, Skechers, Vice and IKEA on how to establish and grow their digital audience and engagement. Then he wondered if the digital marketing techniques he had developed would work for a non-celebrity with zero followers such as himself, so he tried it out and gained 1 million Facebook followers in 30 days.  

In This Conversation We Cover: 

• [6:40] Why Brendan wanted to work in the film industry
• [16:26] The challenge of marketing movies (unless it’s a sequel you’re basically building a brand in three months) 
• [24:52] How Brendan saw an opportunity for big brands to use more analytics or data when making marketing decisions 
• [28:34] How it’s important to know WHY you’re generating a social following 
• [33:31] Psychedelic therapy sessions with psilocybin

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: workhardplayhardpodcast.com

Work Hard Play Hard is a production of Crate Media