Travel Wisdom Podcast -travel and learn languages for success and money

DC Cordova is a pioneer of high-speed, experiential, entrepreneurial education. She is the CEO of the organization that presents the famous Money & You Program and Excellerated Business Schools for Entrepreneurs that has over 95,000 graduates from the Asia Pacific and North American regions delivered in English and Chinese. Her global organization has customers, partners, and graduates from over 65 countries. Considered the grandfather of many money success programs with alumni such as Jack Hanfield from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Robert Kiyosaki from Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Ben Cohen the cofounder of Ben & Jerry's, and many more! In this interview we talk about the benefit of travel to start your career. She shares a few stories on how she was able to discover the path for her career by moving to a new place, being inspired by a location, and serendipitously talking to interesting people she met along the way. She talks about the problematic mindset of most Americans not wanting to leave their country in this increasingly globalized world. Finally we talk about her recent travel experience to Antarctica which certainly left an impression.

Justin Bachus and I have known each other for many years. I always marveled at how much he was able to travel and to how many places he went. He seemed to travel about 6 times per year! Now he has come out with his course on travel hacking and how he was able to go on 44 flights for only about $1200. Learn how to use credit card points to buy tickets halfway around the world for under $200. We talk about his experiences travelling to many places such as Peru, India, Turkey and so on. Learn how he visits his family in Texas by also going to Mexico! It's all doable if you are creative.

I was talking recently with my classmates and the question of whether or not you should be friends with your boss came up. Why not? Why not be friendly to the person that determines if you can get paid more? It doesn't have to be anything too mutual like going bowling together, but talking for a bit can really make things better.

Being friendly in general can also get you out of some tight situations while travelling. Having a smile and being happy to see somebody can be really improve the mood, even for muggers. It might take a thief completely by surprise when you *accidentally* misread the situation and are happy to see them. Maybe so off gaurd that they don't know what to do next which can give you a chance to act

Jeff Steinmann is the author and creator of the movement 'How to Quit Working' as well as the weekly podcast host of the show of the same name. He has been teaching people for the last 2 years on how you can leave your job and find fulfillment with entrepreneurship. He emphasizes living the lifestyle you want and considers himself to be a 'Lifestyle Fanatic.' Jeff also writes for several media outlets, including The Huffington Post, Lifehack and Medium. We talk about his passion to start this project after spending 10 years of his life in a unfulfilling job in order to show people that there is a better way to live. He says that we have been taught to live life in a way that does not make us happy and will ultimately not give us the security we once thought it would. We talk about how you don't have to leave everything and not burn all the bridges to transfer into your new life. He talks about ways to lower the risks of the transfer to a better life through doing what you are good at and not quitting until you are sure you can support yourself.

Susan RoAne is The Mingling Maven Author of the benchmark bestseller How to Work a Room. The book has recently had its 25th year anniversary and has sold over a million copies. She teaches about how simple things like listening to people in conversations and not taking yourself too seriously is the key to making friends as well as building business relationships. She is the expert on help people, companies and organizations successfully develop, build and manage client relationships that increase business growth. We have a great conversation that feels like it gets away from her 500 previous media interviews. We talk about the relation of talking to people with travelling and how travelling can help sharpen your social skills later in life. We share many funny stories about how a smile and being warm while travelling can make all the difference. Finally we talk about how not to take yourself too seriously, smile, and do your best to help as if they were already a friend. This is not rocket science, but sometimes we need to be reminded of the fundamentals, because that's what will determine most of our success .

Back in 2013 I went to a meditation retreat near Chiang Mai Thailand and met my meditation leader Tawachai. For 3 days he guided me through the process of meditation, but at the same time we were able to have a fun time. When I heard he was coming to my city in Germany during a trip around Europe, I was excited to have him stay with me.

He teaches the process of mindful meditation, which I believe is the key to any successful person. This allows you to monitor your thoughts to help identify and eliminate and negative thoughts that creep in. By doing this you can train your mind to stop jumping around from place to place like a monkey, but rather calm it down and learn to focus on what you need. If you have goals, this will surely help you achieve them!

I am sorry for the audio quality, it was recorded on my phone as I do not yet have the necessary audio equipment to do in studio interviews

Orlando is an Associate Professor of of Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin where he teaches courses in Portuguese and Spanish. He focuses mainly on business language and the cultural aspects of international business communication. He has many materials about language learning including Brazil Pod and many other resources to learn Spanish and Portuguese We talk about his experience on a Mormon mission in Brazil and how that increased his Portuguese abilities. We also talked about how learning new languages can make you less shy when you speak to others. He says that the key is to just have fun and learn what you can with the language. Finally we talk about how there is much more to language than just the grammar and vocabulary. There are cultural cues and other things that need to be learned in order to communicate effectively.

Wandering Earl has been travelling for 14+ years and has been to about 90 countries.He runs his blog where he wants to prove that a life of travel is not a crazy fantasy, but a realistic lifestyle option instead. He realized that a happy and healthy person is in a far better position to do good in this world than an unhappy one.

In this episode we talk about how things got started on this almost 15 year journey around the world. I had never heard anyone else say that travelling could be an investment into success but Earl said it almost 15 years ago! We talk about things that he learned along the way and how he paid for everything as well.

Chris Guillebeau is the founder of Art of Non-Conformity (AONC), a home for unconventional people doing remarkable things and has travelled to every country in the world at the age of 35. He is the author of The Art of Nonconformity, $100 Startup, and Happiness of Pursuit which have all reached top 50 in their respective categories of business guides, travel, and entrepreneurship. My favorite thing is that he has started the World Domination Summit which will be having its fifth year with a sold out crowd of 3000 people. Finally is author of the book and blog $100 Startup which helps people create a job from their passions often for less than $100

We talk about what led him to go to every country in the world and the type of goal that he is setting. We also talk about the goals that he sets and what is next for him. Don't miss this interesting albeit short interview!

Dave Sperling is the founder of ESL cafe which is the internet's meeting place for English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language teachers and students. The site offers job postings and teaching material for English teachers around the world, mainly in South Korea. It has been the internet's guide to languages for over 20 years and was one of the highest trafficked sites in the world.

Now he manages over 1000 listings per month to connect teachers with positions. We talk about his journey over the last number of years and what the motivations have been to make sure that everything goes well. We also talk about his experience in the dinosaur age of the internet back 20 years ago.