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

After almost 2 years in the making, I was finally able to arrange a time with Benny, one of the most famous polyglots of Fluent in 3 Months. He knows 11 languages and speaks about 6 of them fluently. His big thing is to get started speaking from day 1.

Michael and I met in Ukraine last year and really hit it off. We had so much in common but one of our common interests was learning dating skills (interpersonal skills). He actually used to run boot camps to nerds and other technical people on how to be able to talk to girls. In just a few days awkward men can go from never having touched a girl to getting their phone number or even getting a girlfriend! Michael wrote a book, Fundamentals of Female Dynamics where he talks about how to improve your social skills with anyone, not just girls! Being outcome independent, not being needy with things going a certain way is one of the key tips.

Robin Farmanfarmain wrote the book The Patient as CEO, and since then has been booked on 50 conferences to talk about the future of medical technology. She was hospitalized for most of her childhood as well as having 3 organs removed. Since then she was determined to get medical breakthroughs, such as the one that eventually let her have a normal life.

This interview was edited so that it fits with the Travel Wisdom theme but we also talked about Brain Implants in my other show, Neural Implant podcast

Anybody who learned the Slovak language is fine by me! I was shocked when I heard Richard DeLong on another show, Actual Fluency, because nobody learns Slovak! A hard language with a small population.

I had Richard DeLong on because he had interesting ways to learn a language. He talks about focusing on the small wins and get those to perfection. So instead of always learning new things get the things you mostly know up to fluency. That is the best way to get to fluency.

Nick Tasler moved to Mexico and saw his creative output increase! He was able to triple the rate he wrote his book, Ricochet, because he also saw so many new things around him. This novelty triggered his creativity and he was able to do more!

In this episode, we talk about how to draw inspiration from the new place you might find yourself.

Robert Frank almost died on a racquetball court when his heart stopped beating. 99% of people die from this particular disease. Robert was almost a part of that were it not for the ambulance a few hundred meters away which had been called to this rural location on a false call.

In his excellent book, Sucess and Luck, Robert talks about how we perceive these two things. Most successful people have a hard time acknowledging the role of luck in their success but it most definitely is there. He explains it with the metaphor of a headwind and a tailwind. When you are going against a headwind you know it and think about it often. However, if you experience a tailwind you quickly forget that you have something helping you.

I really enjoyed this interview because I have had many lucky/unlucky breaks as well. It's important to recognise this and to just try as hard as you can knowing luck may be working against you.

So just keep trying! Get better! And eventually, luck may be on your side!

When Gret asked to come on the show to talk about his charity I warned him that it was not going to be a pleasant interview! After travelling across 17 countries in Africa in 2010 I personally saw the damage that well-intentioned charities had. Rich white people would simply get an idea like: 'I'm going to bring a million T-shirts to Africa' without having any thoughts about what damage that might cause. Imagine what would happen to your city if all the clothing stores suddenly had to shut down because the value of what you sold was gone.

Bureaucracy kills the actual implementation of charities which means that somewhere in Africa there is a warehouse full of Tom's shoes just sitting there. Not to mention the corruption that millions of dollars inevitably brings.

However, Gret Glyer's DonorSee seems to be a good solution. He adequately addressed all my concerns with charities with this peer to peer donation platform. Aid workers who are already in the country post on the site so people can donate. If the goal is reached then the money is sent to the aid worker to give to the cause. All the aid workers watch each other so that no funny business goes on and the crowd decides what to fund.

So, pretty good solution! They're on the right track to fixing charities.

Remember, just because your mission statement involves saving lives doesn't mean you can then run your organization however you want!!

Austin was very methodical in his job search, he interviewed at 100 companies of which 40 called him back. But he wanted to the best job possible and was clear on his values and his role. So it took him a year to find the best job but in the end he had many companies like Google, Uber, Facebook and other tech companies fighting for him until he finally got hired at Microsoft.

He did this by finding the role that he wanted within the company and contacting the supervisor for that role in the target company. Then he would have an informational interview with them before coming back and providing value in the form of problems he could solve for them. The people were usually blown away by his effort and would call him in for an interview or try to hire him right there!!

So if you're looking for the perfect job, listen to this episode and find out how Austin did it!

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Olly runs the I will teach you a language podcast where he gives tips and answers questions for those who are learning a language. Olly himself speaks many languages and recently learned Thai to a decent level in only a few weeks.

In this episode, I am excited to have on Andrew Miles. We had a great conversation and since have subscribed to his podcast, Botanical Biohacking. I have also listened to all of their episodes as well as recommended it to a number of friends!

You may have heard about gut bacteria and its role in human health, but have you heard about communication using gasses in the body? These gases are vital to maintaining a healthy body and getting them out of balance will lead to many diseases.

By listening to this podcast you will learn about medicine which the medical community will only discover 10 years from now!!