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May 11, 2015 AOA 062 | Jason Zook | Exercise Your Creative Muscle To Make Millions
"My best ideas come in moments of stillness"
Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcast has made a name for himself by thinking outside the box with unconventional and creative business ideas and marketing strategies.
He is the manÂ behind IWearYourShirt.com, a million dollar business where he got paid to wear t-shirts for a living.
HeÂ has changed his name more than Prince: Jason Zook (rhymes with 'look'), was formerly known as Jason Sadler, Jason HeadsetsDotCom and Jason SurfrApp.
In 2014, he self-published his bookÂ Creativity For SaleÂ by crowd-sourcing over $75,000 worth of sponsorships before the book was even written.
This episode is all about how to exercise your creative muscle, take action, and have fun making money.

Quotes:

"NO is another opportunity to hear yes" - Jason Zook

"You don't get what you don't ask for" - Jason Zook

"I want people to feel the empowering feeling of getting something into the world" - Jason Zook

"Follow your effort, not your passion" - Jason Zook

"Adventure is realizing a big dream" - Jason Zook

"If could add anything to the world, I would bring Steven Jobs back and add another Elon Musk" - Jason Zook

"Take a photo of you with your favorite author's book and send it to them" - Jason Zook

"The first 'weakness' I outsource is to pay for a good designer" - Jason Zook

"My best ideas come in moments of stillness" - Jason Zook

What you will learn in this episode:

-How to tone and build your creative muscle

-"Hacktics" - hacks and tactics to help you take action

-What Jason's greatest strength is

-How Jason funded his podcast with a product bundle

-Why you should make yourself accessible to help others

-How to find your unifying theme

-How to get over self doubt and get used to rejection

-Jason's favorite pricing model and how it works

-Plus much more...

Continue the Adventure:

Jason Does Stuff - for all Jason's past and current projects

Author at The Next Web

Creativity For Sale: How I Made $1,000,000 Wearing T-Shirts And How You Can Turn Your Passion Into Profit, Too

Thanks Jason Zook!
If you enjoyed this session of The Art of Adventure Podcast, let Jason know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter:
Click here to thank Jason on Twitter!
59 min
May 08, 2015 AOA 061 | Steven Essa | Creating Kickass Webinars
Do you love adventure and entrepreneurship? So do I! In fact, I have an amazing retreat coming up in Bali! Find out more here.

ave you even been really surprised to find out that some 'trivial' piece of information you know ended up being really important to someone else? I find this every day when people ask me about presenting or podcasting or how to start a business. The moral is...people want to learn what you know!

Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcastÂ is a great facilitator of helping teachers and creators sell what they know.

Steven Essa is one of the world's leading trainers on how make great webinars that help you sell your knowledge, in the form of an online course, training, coaching, product, etc.

He has a great story in this episode about how at his live two day events, he will spend one day teaching about webinars, pick someone from the audience, set up a webinar for them, and the next day run the webinar live and create $2,000 - $23,000 in sales. Clearly this is a powerful tool.

I couldn't believe the amount of improvisation Steven did around the "test case" webinar we were referring to in the episode, which is an actual webinar that I want to give next week for scientists and grad students about presenting skills. He is so pro, he even came up with the patented "cheeky grin technique" for being more charismatic when you are presenting. It was like witnessing Don Draper in action.

If you are someone who already has a course, training, or coaching, or you want to get into teaching others what you know, this episode will blow your socks off with how powerful and easy it is to run a webinar and get people what they need.

Quotes:

"Content is number one - you have to deliver amazing information" - Steven Essa

"You can't say the wrong thing to the right person"Â - Steven Essa

"People want to be led, you can order them to participate"Â - Steven Essa

"Tell the story of what led you to teach this webinar today"Â - Steven Essa

What you will learn in this episode:

-The tested framework for the most successful webinars

-How to come up with a great webinar title

-How to tell the story of yourself and why you are doing the webinar

-How to describe who the webinar is for

-How to talk about the benefits of your product or course at the end of the webinar

-How to craft the perfect call to action

-How to set prices

-How to work towards higher priced products ($10,000 course or coaching)

Mentioned in this episode:

The X 10 Effect

StevenEssa.com

An example of Steven doing a live training:

Thanks Steven Essa!

If you enjoyed this session of The Art of Adventure Podcast, let Steven know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter:

Click here to thanks Steven on Twitter!
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1 hr 14 min
May 04, 2015 AOA 060 | Dave Cornthwaite | Say Yes To Adventure
Today's guest on the Art of Adventure Podcast is 11/25 of the way through his quest to complete 25 journeys of a thousand miles or more, each via a different mode of non motorized transport. I was really excited to hear that one of his favorite journeys so far ended in my hometown of St. Louis!

Dave Cornthwaite has swum the length of the Missouri River and paddle boarded the Mississippi. He has also written three books, entertained audiences on six continents, broken eight world records,Â and is the founder of www.SayYesMore.com.

His new project "Out of Office" takes him around to amazing "office" locations around the world. The only stipulation is that he is not allowed to plan anything more than 10 days in advance, and he barters for all his lodging, food, and transport.

I caught up with Dave at Bambu Indah, a boutique luxury eco lodge here in Ubud where he was making a video about the place. Check it out, it's pretty epic.

Dave is a really down to earth guy, and a great story teller, I appreciate how thoughtful and real he wasÂ in this interview.

Quotes:

"Just say yes more"- Dave Cornthwaite

"I'm always with friends, even if I'm with people I just met" - Dave Cornthwaite

"Feeling small [compared to the universe] takes the pressure off" - Dave Cornthwaite

"Give yourself a chance to not just simply exist"- Dave Cornthwaite

"How can the mindset of our future leaders be more positive?"- Dave Cornthwaite

"I'm interested in being a more resilient, interesting person"- Dave Cornthwaite

"Quests are a helpful way to be a productive Human"- Dave Cornthwaite

"Responsibility is ever so dangerous"- Dave Cornthwaite

"The most important thing you can do is understand your skills"- Dave Cornthwaite

"Recuperating from a big quest in a new place is really helpful" -Dave Cornthwaite

"Adventure is doing new things, but success is being content with what happens"-Dave Cornthwaite

"Write to me and tell me what you want to go do, and I will encourage you!"-Dave Cornthwaite

Dave gazing out from Bambu Indah after our interview

What you will learn in this episode:

-How to barter your skills for food, lodging, and transport

-The adventurer's videography tools: iPhones and photography drones

-How to use goals and quests to be more productive

-How to get paid to go on adventures

-How to minimize your living expenses

-How to learn what you are good at

-What are the dangers of responsibility

Mentioned in this episode:

davecornthwaite.com

Dave's books:

Life in the Slow Lane: A patient quest for adventure

Date: The diary of one man's ultimate dating challenge

1 hr 1 min
April 30, 2015 AOA 059 | Millionaire Mindset: Habits For A Rich Life
Welcome to another solo round of The Art of Adventure Podcast! Lots of folks have been asking me to do an episode on millionaires and the rich mindsetÂ for a while, so here you go!
This episode comes after a multi year study of dozens of books about millionaires and the rich. Now that I have the privilege of interacting with millionaires on a daily basis, I have distilled down some of the major commonalities from the top books and my mentors.
Some of these books are a hundred or more years old! Some of them are quite recent. While the shape of wealth and business is constantly shifting, I hope to share some of the lasting truisms of wealth as I understand them.
I'm not a millionaire yet so I can't back these ideas up with my own proof, they are simply a collection of observations and ideas that I have seen and try to cultivate for myself.

Mindset
You might recognize this as one of the top themes from the first 50 episodes.Â Get comfortable being uncomfortable so you can make a big ask or go out on a limb when you need to. Â Results come from action, which comes from whether you decide to take action, so before anything can happen you have to think it. The right mindset also means having a purpose - a reason why you are doing something, and a clear image of what it will look like. You would never build a building without a plan, so what is your blueprint for success? Â Also, you have to believe you deserve the wealth you seek.

You have to actually deserve it.
Beyond believing you deserve the good life...from what I have seen, nobody is getting wealthy that didnâ€t deserve it, i.e. they solved a big problem or helped a lot of people solve theirs. Â If you help make a ton of people rich, you will probably get rich too. If you solve a lotÂ of problems, you will probably get rich.
Creative solutions, lots of ideas
Because rich people have broad and deep knowledge and are not operating from a place of fear, their solutions to problems are creative (remember when you made creative deals in monopoly?) and that is a great way to uncover huge value that is closed to others. Giving good ideas away helps everyone and makes you valuable. When you have plenty of ideas (i.e. practice brainstorming) you come not from a place of fear, but fromÂ a place of abundance. Try thinking "How can I have my cake and eat it to?"
Learn rich social skills
People like people similar toÂ them. Most rich people are ridiculously positive. Â You can be positive too! Learn where rich people hang outÂ so you can meet them there. Learn the things they like to do and think about: travel, charity, playing chess, tennis, cycling, investing, entrepreneurship, etc., so you have something to talk to them about. Â Rich people like to talk about big ideas, not gossip about people or talk material possessions, so practice talking about ideas every day. Maybe try not complaining too.
Setting good habits as a foundation.
If you spend more of your time doing useful, productive, money making activities than not, you can build wealth. This usually means cutting out some nonsense time when you are consuming rather than creating. You need to always have a sharp prepared mind and body, so when you sleep well, eat well, relax and fully rest, it means you can work harder when you need to, duh. For the important relationships in your life - set up a habit and a schedule to think about them and get in touch with them.
Your surroundings are important
Your physical location brings you into contact with different people and ideas. The places you go on the internet bring the same contact. If you need to physically move to a new city or get new friends or...
29 min
April 29, 2015 AOA 059 | Millionaire Mindset: Habits For A Rich Life
Welcome to another solo round of The Art of Adventure Podcast! Lots of folks have been asking me to do an episode on millionaires and the rich mindsetÂ for a while, so here you go!

This episode comes after a multi year study of dozens of books about millionaires and the rich. Now that I have the privilege of interacting with millionaires on a daily basis, I have distilled down some of the major commonalities from the top books and my mentors.

Some of these books are a hundred or more years old! Some of them are quite recent. While the shape of wealth and business is constantly shifting, I hope to share some of the lasting truisms of wealth as I understand them.

Iâ€m not a millionaire yet so I canâ€t back these ideas up with my own proof, they are simply a collection of observations and ideas that I have seen and try to cultivate for myself.

Mindset
You might recognize this as one of the top themes from the first 50 episodes.Â Get comfortable being uncomfortable so you can make a big ask or go out on a limb when you need to. Â Results come from action, which comes from whether you decide to take action, so before anything can happen you have to think it. The right mindset also means having a purpose â€“ a reason why you are doing something, and a clear image of what it will look like. You would never build a building without a plan, so what is your blueprint for success? Â Also, you have to believe you deserve the wealth you seek.

You have to actually deserve it.
Beyond believing you deserve the good lifeâ€¦from what I have seen, nobody is getting wealthy that didnâ€t deserve it, i.e. they solved a big problem or helped a lot of people solve theirs. Â If you help make a ton of people rich, you will probably get rich too. If you solve a lotÂ of problems, you will probably get rich.

Creative solutions, lots of ideas
Because rich people have broad and deep knowledge and are not operating from a place of fear, their solutions to problems are creative (remember when you made creative deals in monopoly?) and that is a great way to uncover huge value that is closed to others. Giving good ideas away helps everyone and makes you valuable. When you have plenty of ideas (i.e. practice brainstorming) you come not from a place of fear, but fromÂ a place of abundance. Try thinking â€œHow can I have my cake and eat it to?â€

Learn rich social skills
People like people similar toÂ them. Most rich people are ridiculously positive. Â You can be positive too! Learn where rich people hang outÂ so you can meet them there. Learn the things they like to do and think about: travel, charity, playing chess, tennis, cycling, investing, entrepreneurship, etc., so you have something to talk to them about. Â Rich people like to talk about big ideas, not gossip about people or talk material possessions, so practice talking about ideas every day. Maybe try not complaining too.

Setting good habits as a foundation.
If you spend more of your time doing useful, productive, money making activities than not, you can build wealth. This usually means cutting out some nonsense time when you are consuming rather than creating. You need to always have a sharp prepared mind and body, so when you sleep well, eat well, relax and fully rest, it means you can work harder when you need to, duh. For the important relationships in your life â€“ set up a habit and a schedule to think about them and get in touch with them.

Your surroundings are important
Your physical location brings you into contact with different people and ideas.
29 min
April 27, 2015 AOA 058 | Jasper Ribbers | Get Paid For Your Pad On Airbnb
Do you live somewhere? Do you sometimes leave or have an extra room? You can be making bank by renting your house or apartment on Airbnb!

Today's guest on the Art of Adventure Podcast has spent the last several years traveling the world to over 50 countries and having amazing adventures.Â Jasper RibbersÂ currently funds his travels by renting out his apartment in Amsterdam on Airbnb. HeÂ is the author ofÂ Get Paid For Your Pad, and host of the podcast of the same name.

I first met Jasper when Natalie Sisson (guest on episode 54), Nik Wood (who had me as the first guest on his new podcast), and I were hanging out together on Nyepi, the Balinese day of silence and he has kicking everyone's butt in hearts. I had no idea how easy or lucrative it was to rent you place on Airbnb, but once I found out all the cool travel he was funding with his apartment, I had to get him on the show to tell us how!

As a bonus to AOA listeners, Jasper has given us access to his free PDF guide:Â Top Seven Tools for Airbnb hosts

Quotes:

"Adventure is going to an unfamiliar place and not making any plans" - Jasper Ribbers

"If I could change the world, I would add free teleporting for everyone" - Jasper Ribbers

"I think a lot of people are looking for a more authentic experience" - Jasper Ribbers

What you will learn in this episode:

-How much money you can make on Airbnb

-How to get awesome pictures of your house

-How to write a catchy title for your listing

-How to create a great rental experience (hint: it start with communication!)

-Why picky guests give better feedback

-How to manage your listing and rentals with each guest

-How to write and enticing description for your listing

-How to assess the market in your neighborhood

Mentioned in this episode:

Jasper's free PDF guide:Â Top Seven Tools for Airbnb hosts

Airbnb

Get Paid For Your Pad: How to Maximize Profit From Your Airbnb Listing

Get Paid For Your Pad

57 min
April 23, 2015 AOA 057 | Andy Austin | The Art Of Adventure Selfies
Today's guest on the Art of AdventureÂ podcast is an award winning adventure photographer, with a special styleÂ of photo he likes to call the "adventure selfie".
I first met Andy Austin through a mutual photographer friend - Kacie Q, who helped me with my modeling portfolio last year, gotta love personal intros!
I've been following Andy's work on Instagram for a while now, and I knew I had to get him on the podcast, because there were so many times I would see a cool picture with him in some epic landscape, and I wondered "how the heck did he take that?"
The upshot of this episode for me was to run out and buy a selfie stick and start taking my first iPhone videos, to download a couple new apps, and think about getting a tripod. You might be even more advanced and start setting up your own nighttime adventure selfies with a flash and a headlamp, like Andy's famous Palisade Falls shot. Either way, this episode will surely up your adventure photography and photo storytelling game!

Quotes:

"Adventure is your own definition - just get out of your bubble" - Andy Austin

"How can you try to be different?"- Andy Austin

"What make the world beautiful is how different and unique everyone is"Â - Andy Austin

"Find that comfort zone and blow it out of the water!"Â - Andy Austin

What you will learn in this episode:

-What kinds of photos people buy

-What kinds of photos win awards

-What color jacket to wear in an adventure selfie

-How to set up a night time adventure selfie

-How photography fits in with your personal brand

-How to trade photography for lodging and travel

-How to enroll your audience in your story with a photo

-Specific gear and editing tips and tools

-How to use video the right way

Mentioned in this episode:

Peak Photography Montana

Andy's Instagram

Andy's Tumblr

Andy's charity: Wheels of Change International

Andy's favorite photography tools:
VSCO Cam App

Adobe Lightroom

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Â Digital SLR CameraÂ

Canon EOS 6D 20.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR CameraÂ

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom LensÂ

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
59 min
April 20, 2015 AOA 056 | Michael Margolis | Storytelling For Business
Storytelling is one of those buzz words that is guaranteed to make me perk up my ears! I meet dozens of people every day on my travels and I am always trying to figure out the best way to tell my story.
Today's guest on the Art of Adventure Podcast is the founder of the world's leading school for business storytelling,Â Get Storied. I first encountered Michael MargolisÂ a couple years back when I was justÂ starting the Art of Adventure blog, and I neededÂ to figure out how to write a good bio (not too braggy, and not apologizing for who I am).
Then, while in grad school, I had several hours a day of time where I was peering into an electron microscope, so of course I got really into listening to The Moth, and Porchlight StorytellingÂ Podcasts.
Michael has a really interesting back story about how he became a story teller including up and moving to a new continent from Switzerland when he was a nine. Â He turned to storytelling to help overcome his fear of social rejection.
Make sure you listen close toÂ find out the storytelling principle behind Michaels "Chocolate secret", how sharing that he thinks chocolate is a food group encourages people to connect with him online (if you love chocolate like Michael and I, you should check out my search for the worlds best chocolate).
This episode is for adventurous entrepreneurs, digital nomads, authors, speakers, coaches, businessesÂ with an online presence, or you simply want to get your message out to people in a way they can relate to.

Quotes:

"Talk about what you are most curious about" - Michael Margolis

"We love passionate people"- Michael Margolis

"Speak from your place of inquiry" - Michael Margolis

"Remind your audience that they were right all along" - Michael Margolis

"The customer is the hero of your story" - Michael Margolis

"Storytelling is the source code of humanity" - Michael Margolis

"You can only take people as far as you have gone yourself" - Michael Margolis

"Everyone wants to know: are you selling to me or are you helping me?" - Michael Margolis

"Consider this: Before any business meeting, you have been Googled"- Michael Margolis

"Adventure is collecting experiences as a way to tell the stories we already know" - Michael Margolis

"We are experience seeking, storytelling machines" - Michael Margolis

"The more adventurous lives we lead, the better stories we can tell" - Michael Margolis

"We all have the power to tell stories that change our world" - Michael Margolis

What you will learn in this episode:

The four Cs of storytelling for business:
1. Character
2. Circumstance
3. Choice
4. Consequences

-How storytelling beats your greatest obstacle: disbelief

-How to create that "me too" moment - social lubricant

-How to write the first sentence in your bio to get people to say "tell me more"

-In business storytelling, answer Who, What, Who: Who you are, What you do, Who you serve

-How to connect your story with the fire in your belly

-How to shape your internal story that you tell yourself

-How to talk about yourself beyond bragging and apologizing

Mentioned in this episode:

1 hr 4 min
April 16, 2015 AOA 055 | Ladan Jiracek | Travel Wisdom From 80 Countries
Do you you have an itchÂ to see a whole lot of this wide world, but don't know where to start or don't have a lot of money to do it?

Todayâ€s guest on the Art of Adventure has been to over 80 countries, and is the host of the Travel Widsom Podcast.

Ladan Jiracek and I first bonded over mountain biking and science, and in today's show we talk about both of those, plus some of Ladan's best advice to travelers on how to get started and how to travel on the cheap!

If you love travel and travel stories, or are thinking about setting off on a trip, this is the episode for you!

Quotes:

"Pack lots of socks and underwear" - Ladan Jiracek

"Adventure is getting yourself in and out of trouble" - Ladan Jiracek

"Science is just messing around, but you write it down" - Ladan Jiracek

What you will learn in this episode:

-What holds people back from travel

-Travel as an educational tool

-The best tools and process to learn any language

-How Ladan got out of a tricky situaion in Romania

-Should you Air BRB or Couchsurf?

-What two travel items (besides socks and underwear) should you never leave home without?

-What open source government would look like

Mentioned in this episode:

travelwisdompodcast.com/

Air BNB

Couch Surfing

Duolingo

Thanks Ladan Jiracek!
If you enjoyed this session of The Art of Adventure Podcast, let Ladan know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter:

Click here to thank Ladan on Twitter!
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This podcast is supported by listeners like you! Become a patron of the Art of Adventure on Patreon

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You might also like these episodes:
AOA 054 | Natalie Sisson | Take Your Business Anywhere With The Suitcase Entrepreneur
AOA 052 | Ben Keene | Creating Tribes Around The World
AOA 030 | Dave Booda | Exploring Creativity and Relationships

Did you like the episode?
Ladan is a great storyteller, really fun and interesting dude. Are you inspired to hit the road? Where do you want to go next?
57 min
April 13, 2015 AOA 054 | Natalie Sisson | Take Your Business Anywhere With The Suitcase Entrepreneur
Do want to know what it takes to takes to run a profitable business from your laptop from anywhere in the world? Today's guest will tell you how!
Today's guest on the Art of Adventure, Natalie Sisson has been running her multiple six figure income business from 69 countries around the world for the last 5 years! She truly embodies freedom in business and adventure in life and has been teaching thousands of people all over the world how to create this lifestyle for themselves.
I first met NatalieÂ when we happened to be neighbors for a week in Bali! That week happened to coincide with Nyepi day, the Bailnese day of silence, when no one on the whole island is allowed to leave their house, light fires, no working, no traveling at all! And for those of you that know how busy Bali can be, things were eerily silent. We spent the day taking a digital detox, hanging out and playing games and talking cycling (!) and lifestyle with other podcaster/travelers Jasper Ribbers - The Traveling Dutchman, and Nik Wood - "The Life Athlete".
This is the episode for you if are on the verge of starting your online business or side hustle, an entrepreneur wanting to take their business location independent, or if you simply want more freedom and flexibility in your life. Enjoy!

Quotes

"Freedom is unadultered joy" - Natalie Sisson

"You have to fight for freedom" - Natalie Sisson

"Who can I learn from today?" - Natalie Sisson

"Paint a picture of what you want your life to look like 3 years from now"- Natalie Sisson

"I want to conduct the first global study on freedom" - Natalie Sisson

"Adventure is stepping out your door, expecting the unexpected, and embracing it!" - Natalie Sisson

What you will learn in this episode:

-Why you should teach the skills you know

-Attributes of the most successful people

-How to invest in yourself

-How to achieve freedom

-How Natalie runs her business

-All about Natalie's bicycle ride through the length of Africa

-What it takes to succeed as a digital nomad

Mentioned in this Episode:

Natalie's FREE video training series on how to build a profitable lifestyle business:
The Freedom Plan

SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com

The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create freedom in business and adventure in life

Support the Art of Adventure!
This podcast is supported by listeners like you! Become a patron of the Art of Adventure on Patreon

This episode is also brought to you by Red Revive! We have an amazing new partner and are offering a special sale for Art of Adventure listeners â€“ click here for 30% off!

53 min

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