October 14, 2021

From FBI agent to digital nomad (interview with Wade Sellers) | Ep 14

1 hour 11 minutes

Wondering how Wade went from serving in the US military to working for the FBI to living as a digital nomad in Bali? If so, you're going to love this interview!

In this episode, Marisa interviews her good friend, Wade Sellers, who she met 3 years ago on a Nomad Cruise from Spain to Portugal.

Wade is a "non-digital nomad" turned "digital nomad" turned "non digital nomad again" turned "current hybrid nomad" with a home base now in New York. He's the perfect example to show that there's no one way to live digital nomad life, and how your desires can change over time (plus, Wade is full of energy and an A+ story teller!).

In this episode, Wade shares his detailed journey about...

How he spent time in Kuwait and Cuba while serving in the military (and what he really thought of this experience)

How he landed a job with the FBI, and how a polygraph test gave him an even higher top secret security clearance while fighting cyber crimes

How a drunk night at a karaoke bar in Tennessee at Christmas time turned into a job offer to work on spy planes in Afghanistan working only 9 months of the year and making $160k

How surviving a rocket attack led to questioning his life choices...and the one question his friend asked him that changed the course of his life forever

What's been THE SINGLE HARDEST thing he's every done in his life (hint: it doesn't have to do with the FBI or the military)

How (and why) he built the world's first cannabis scanning app, and also helped create apps for cops to help stop human trafficking

Why he spent 9 HOURS making a 4 minute YouTube video that landed him his dream job (and what that job was)

Why he later got hired at Go Pro even though he was one of the LEAST qualified candidates

The spam email that changed his life while he was eating pizza in bed and watching YouTube videos to escape his life (hint: it led to his decision to book his first ever one way flight and live as a digital nomad)

Where he booked his ONE WAY ticket to on a complete whim using credit card points (and why he ended up staying in this location for 9 months!)

Why he says "The American dream is only but one dream..." (and how he learned while traveling that most people don't actually want this dream, and what they want instead)

Why he ended up finding (and loving!) having a home base in NYC after traveling all over the world (and what that means for his nomad days)

If this isn't enough, this interview took place on Wade's actual birthday...so you get "an extra punch" of his (already very high, amazing) energy! You're in for a real treat 🤗

Enjoy!

Websites:

Want to know the 7 most common jobs for Digital Nomads (hint: Wade has done TWO of them): www.beachcommute.com/7jobs

Want to learn how YOU can land a remote job like Wade? Check out our Go Remote Employment online course: www.beachcommute.com/gre

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