The Toto Experience

Today’s guest is Kai Law. Being tired of 12 hour working days back in New Zealand he looked for an alternative and started to work on ways to make money online. He got to know about the digital nomad hub in Chiang Mai and not much later in 2014 he took the leap and bought a one-way plane ticket to Thailand. After trying drop shipping he got sucked into the newly developing scene of Amazon FBA. He quickly killed it and soon was able to follow his passion to travel. A program called Remote Year, 12 month 12 countries, caught his attention and he decided to apply. He got accepted and spent 4 month in 4 different countries across Europe before he dropped out and got back to work in Chiang Mai and later Saigon. We talk about the reasons why he dropped the program, the lessons he learned throughout those years, what he is working on now and the incredible lifestyle he enjoys today. I really enjoyed this talk and learned a lot form it and I hope you will too.

 

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Today’s guest is Anthony Rigogliosi. We’ve met a couple of times before and always ended up having deep conversations about the big questions of life. I was really keen to have him on the show and so he came and visited me. He tells us about his fascinating and inspiring story from being a manager and living the unfulfilled life in the rat race to become a digital Nomad living in Chiang Mai. Things started to fall apart when his ex girlfriend cheated on him which drove him towards alcohol as a pain killer. Soon he realized and reflected on his situation and took action. He was living in his car, in a wall mart parking lot to finish his studies and then took a big step towards a better life. He flew out to Asia where he cycled across Thailand, Laos ,Cambodia and Vietnam. During that time he had countless local interactions and finally found his spark. To not spoil it I leave it like this and you will understand when you listen to him. After turning off the mic we kept talking for another 3 hours and WE wished we would’ve recorded it. We definitely need to go for a second episode to really dive into what excites US the most. Deep thoughts and the big questions of life. Nevertheless it’s been a great chat and I hope you enjoy it.

Links:

Anthony Rigogliosi

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/govegangreen

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livyourlife2

Chiang Mai Digital Nomads: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cmnomads/

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This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China. 

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here

 

I recall one of the most adventurous and memorable experiences while traveling Rwanda and Tanzania. This covers 3 days on a 100 year old German cargo ship (felt like Titanic) and surviving a few mad bus journeys.

The ship is called MV Liemba and crosses Lake Tanganyika every week. Amazing adventure!

Today’s guest is Dan O’Donnell. He’s been an entrepreneur since he was young and became one of the pioneers of the digital nomad movement in Thailand. He started the Chiang Mai Digital Nomad Facebook Group which by now has over 10.000 members as well as the Positive Thinking Facebook Page with over One Million likes. With his passion for self development mixed with his entrepreneurial instinct he went down the road less traveled and created a self-development board game called Better Me – The Game of Growth. Today the game is becoming more and more successful by the day but the journey to reach this point was troublesome and filled with failures which I like to call lessons. Despite that we also talk about positive and solution based thinking, being prepared for the worst case, from dreaming to taking action and learning from other peoples mistakes. I really enjoyed this talk and learned a lot and I hope you will enjoy it too.

06:00 Chiang Mai Community

10:00 Give Value First to find Mentors

17:00 Better Me Board Game

30:00 Using the Game to acquire clients

46:00 Taking the right kind of risks

52:00 The book: Alchemist

1:05:00 Positive Thinking and you don’t know what you don’t know

1:07:00 Be prepared

1:16:00 Taking action

1:20:00 Learning from the best

1:25:00 Learn from other peoples mistakes

 

Links:

Dan O’Donnell

Get the Game (Get 10% Off with Promo Code “toto”): http://www.bettermegame.com

Podcast: http://www.odonlife.com

Tai Lopez 67 Steps http://totoexperience.com/tai

Chiang Mai Digital Nomads: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cmnomads/

Philosophers Notes on Youtube: Philosophers Notes: http://bit.ly/29pOifd

Sponsor:

This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China. 

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here

I started following up with one of my dreams which is writing my first book. Simultaneously I decided to record an audio version to get my mind and memory going. In this episode I talk about how a 6 week backpacking trip in Thailand in 2011 changed my life, how I made my final decision to leave everything behind and the adventure of the first 5 month traveling/ living in Africa.

And here is the beginning of my book (First Draft):

It was late summer 2011 when I decided to go backpacking in Thailand. For the first time in my life I decided to go by myself abroad without having any plans or bookings. A few weeks earlier I came across the word backpacking the first time and started to research it. Quickly Thailand landed on my radar as the number one spot as easy entry for backpacking. I read countless blogs and travel sites and fell in love with the idea of an adventure. I always felt drawn to real adventures but would’ve never imagined I could actually do it. And here it was. The opportunity to live an adventure. I checked my working schedule and decided to take 4 week off in October/ November 2011. My shift system had one week off every 5 weeks. Together with one week before and one week after those 4 weeks I got 6 weeks in total. Awesome.

Once that was set I booked a flight and that was it. I bought all the fancy backpacking equipment starting with a 65L backpack, daypack, mosquito net and so on. The day came quick and off I was. I didn’t speak much English at that time but I felt confident enough to go without any plans or bookings. Once arrived in Bangkok I made my way to the famous Khao San road and here my new life started to unfold. Today I don’t like this area anymore. Too much hustle and all those backpackers (ha!) but back then it felt like home away from home. So many people to meet and socialize.

I quickly booked my ticket to get south to the islands starting with Koh Tao. Once down there I took a diving course and got my advanced license within a week. Absolute amazing and well worth the money. From now on I was able to dive anywhere in the world and I did.

Again I met so many people and made many new friends. Some of whom I’m still in touch today. I remember meeting 2 guys who told me they’ve been traveling since 3 years. 3 years!! I couldn’t warp my head around that. The longer I traveled the more of such people I met. One to two years seemed to be normal and money was never a big issue. Life out here was cheap. After about 3 weeks I was on Koh Phangan and I must have read a book at that time that printed one quote into my mind. Till today I live by this quote. “Everything happens for a reason”. At that time I was just starting out to think about the bigger questions of life but that quote became the foundation of my future. Thinking back I’m actually impressed with myself knowing what journey it took to become who I am today and remembering that even back than as a newbie in life I already realized the value of those words without knowing their deeper meaning.

The night I wanted to leave Koh Phangan with a night boat has become one of the strong memories of that trip. It was like 10 PM when the ferry was supposed to leave and I went to the port on time. But the crew was asleep and the watchman told me that the boat isn’t gonna go tonight. It was late and most shops were closed. The little port town was almost like a ghost town. I remember thinking, okay, there is reason I’m in this situation. Instead of being worried I just took it with a pinch of salt and walked across the dark streets until a guy in a pub called for me. He was actually German and funny enough, he had a guest room for me upstairs. The next day I took the day ferry and made friends with a group of 4 guys. We became good friends and stayed together for the next 2 weeks. There was the reason I was looking for. If the night ferry wouldn’t have been out of service I wouldn’t have met those guys.

Today’s guest is Christopher Chiu. He started his career in new york city and quickly got sucked into the stressful and unfulfilling lifestyle of wall street.  His physical and mental health started to suffer dramatically. A turning point came when his lung collapsed twice in the age of 28. Now seeking a better life he came across the term digital nomad. On deeper research he got sucked into a world of freedom, happiness and endless possibilities. Without wasting much time he took a 6 week vacation and flew out to Thailand where he found fulfillment in training Muay Thai and enjoying the easy lifestyle. After returning home he knew that he wanted a different life and as soon as he was done with his MBA he took immediate action, quit his job and got a one way ticket to Thailand. 3 years later he has become a serial entrepreneur with several businesses and also coaches clients who are stuck in similar situation then he was how to create the life they want. He also tells me about his disrupted childhood and how he found healing through Ayahuasca in South America. I really enjoyed this talk. It’s been truly inspiring and I hope you enjoy it too.

Links:

Christopher Chiu

http://christopherwchiu.com/

http://www.facebook.com/chriswchiu

http://www.youtube.com/c/ChristopherChiu

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This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China. 

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here

Todays guest is Ed Salamanca. Driven by his passion to help others he started a career as psychology teacher. But after a near death experience a few years ago he realized how precious life and time is. A 9-5 job in the rat race wasn’t an option anymore. With help from mentors and thought leaders like Robert Kiyosaki he got into real estate investment. In a short time he reached enough cashflow to quit his job and live life on his own terms. We talked about ways to get into U.S. Real Estate, also as a non-US citizen, the great opportunities and challenges in the market, networking, mentorship and so much more. This has become another really special episode. Little did I know how deep our passions and values align and it looks like I’ll be going to visit him in Dallas soon! Really exciting

Torsten is talking about his recent experience of climbing a 4097m peak without enough preparation including food and water. Totally exhausted and tired Cai and Torsten reached the peak after 8.5 hours at 6 PM. Only 2 hours of daylight were left and they had no more food and water. It was a race against time. Was it worth the risk? He challenges the common belief of “never give up”. There is always a point when giving up is in fact the right thing to do.

He also talks about the importance of mentorship, reading books and biographies of highly successful people and his plans (dreams) to build a multi-million dollar business.

Links:

Tai Lopez 67 Steps! (Affiliate Link)

http://www.the67steps.com/c/toto/

Sponsor:

This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China.

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here

Cai Bridgen is an actor, a film writer, a video blogger and a very deep feeling and thoughtful soul. Our paths crossed just a few weeks ago here in Dali, China and right from the first moment I could feel his very interesting energy. Once I got to know him closer I couldn’t wait to have him on the show. But Little did I know HOW interesting this episode would become. We talked about his passion for acting and quickly diverted into the depths of today’s society, spiritual experiences with mushrooms and DMT, the pineal gland, anomalies in our history ranging back to the last ice age, the great flood and lost civilizations, realization and meaning of life, quantum mechanics, materializing your dreams and morality. I enjoyed this conversation so much that we went way over time but if you are interested in those topics, I promise you it is worth it.

 

13:45 Book Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

15:00 Life as an Actor

19:00 Move forward no matter what

23:30 Money, Greed and Consumerism

25:30 Pineal Gland/ DMT

27:00 Mushroom Experience

33:00 Human Evolution

34:00 Lost Civilizations – Graham Hancock

53:45 Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP)

1:00:00 Overcoming your Fear

Links:

Cai Bridgen Adventure YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/1Wotuqm

Book: Magicians of the Gods – Graham Hancock: http://amzn.to/1WYS95x

Book: Meditations – Marcus Aurelius: http://amzn.to/1Z4V2yT

Book/ Audio: Tony Robbins: http://amzn.to/1P2gvZ6

Sponsor:

This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China. 

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here

David Eisner is an online entrepreneur/ digital nomad. His journey started in 2009 when he decided to take his life in his own hands. Out of his parents basement he started an email marketing business which quickly did very well and only after a few month enabled him to to move out and go traveling while making more money than ever before. Today he is the co-founder of a software company start up which serves Amazon FBA businesses. They are just 6 month in the game and the new business is already taking off and growing rapidly. We also talk about the sovereign academy where we have met in 2015 and the future of the monetary system.

Sponsor:

This Episode is brought to you by the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Immersion China. 

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a selfdefense martial arts focused on street fight situations. Certified by the Gracie Academy it is the first school of it’s kind in China. It’s immersion program with 2 to 3 daily training sessions offers the unique opportunity to learn 36 basic self-defense techniques within a few weeks time. No matter what situation you are facing, the goal is survival. If you get attacked and have the chance to run away, do it. If not, you better prepared. With Gracie Jiu Jitsu it doesn’t matter how strong, heavy or tall the attacking person might be. All that matters is technique, leverage and timing and I you WILL be able to defend yourself.

I personally trained with them and I will never look back. It is an investment in yourself. A valuable skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

The school is nested in the ancient lakeside town of Dali in southwest China. With it’s snow capped mountains, spring like climate, tea plantations, temples and the touristic ancient old town it offers an incredible lifestyle mix between nature and buzzing nightlife.

For less than 1000$ per month you’ll get 2-3 daily Jiu Jitsu training classes, daily rooftop yoga, comfortable accommodation, great food and chinese language classes while living in one of the most beautiful parts of China.

For more information got to http://gracie-immersion-china.com

Dali Digital Nomad FB group: Click here