Life Design Diaries | Entrepreneurs Traveling The World: Investing, Startup, Digital Nomad, Ecommerce, Property, Business

This episode features a full time Lifestyle Designer and entrepreneur Danny Flood. Danny is the founder of OpenWordMag, an online publication and lifestyle design resource for freedom fighters, adventure seekers and courageous souls who never stop following their dreams. Now into his 10th year as a nomad, Danny has picked up a wealth of experience, perspective and learnings throughout this time that leads to some fascinating conversation on this episode. Danny also has his own podcast, The OpenWorld Podcast where he interviews other successful nomadic entrepreneurs to help his listeners find more freedom, love, passion and adventure in their lives. This was a wide ranging conversation recorded from each end of Thailand and we covered many topics including: Lifestyle design. What is it and how to implement it into your own life How to be happy, find balance and fulfilment Life as a digital nomad What success looks like to Danny Practicing mindfulness Travel stories from India and Thailand Tips and tools for b

This episode is PACKED full of practical advise, tips and lessons we’ve learned to grow your business. Firstly we talk through how to change your thinking and answer the IMPORTANT questions in order to develop your brand. Having struggled for many days putting a website together for a new product we’re launching, we reminded ourselves that people buy your mission (your WHY), rather than your product features. Focussing on features alone is lazy thinking until you have developed the deeper, more meaningful mission of the company. That’s what people are going to relate to. In the second half of the episode, we cover the topic of sales. We’ve both grown so much since we learned the art of sales and want to share our thoughts on just how important it is in everyday life as well as business. We cover some practical tips we use to get in front of people and build a strong relationship. This episode covers loads of topics within the two broad categories of your mission and sales. More specifically: Your Mission: Wh

Answering your anonymous listener question: “What’s your story as a couple?” If you want to as your own question to be answered on a future episode, head over to https://www.lifedesigndiaries.com/question This episode is a light hearted, short episode where we respond to one of your anonymous questions, this time about us as a couple. We are by no means relationship gurus! However have the experience of being together for many many years and found this episode really fun to reflect on some of the key ingredients to a happy relationship. Amongst some of the very vulnerable topics, we discuss: Our history as a couple Why you need to be the number one priority in a relationship Secrets to a happy relationship The importance of independence in a relationship Trust and communication How to keep a relationship interesting over time Our thoughts on when we’ll have kids! References Submit Your Own Question Here Design Drop Email | Sign Up Here CATCH LIFE DESIGN DIARIES ON Website Instagram Facebook Please let us

In this episode we tackle goal setting: how to do it and how to simplify it. We also talk about the lessons learned reflecting on 12 months since starting a business and we give an overview on our current location, Chiang Mai. When we woke on our first day in Chiang Mai, we sat out on our balcony, coffee in hand, and talked through goals we’d set in Bali and Vietnam, what we’ve achieved, what we hadn’t & why we hadn’t. Recalibrate and set more for the next 4 weeks in Thailand. This activity that we force ourselves to do has become an important activity for many different reasons, all of which we explain to you in our 10th episode. This month also marks 12 months of being self employed for Lucy. We talk through how it all came about, her main lessons and reflect on important moments. It’s a great listen if you have itchy feet or just starting out for yourself. You’re not alone in your thoughts. We also discuss: 
Goal setting How to take the leap into self employment Revisiting 12 months lessons on from st

David Ralph is the host of the number 1 iTunes motivational podcast Entrepreneur Success Stories by Join Up Dots. David is considered podcast royalty and has successfully monetized his passion, often earning 6 figures+ monthly through his podcast and other income streams. David has interviewed hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and has  grown his podcast empire to almost 1000 episodes to date. We discuss David's story to get where he is today and how he designed his life to become one of the largest single produced podcasts in the world. When to say 'Hell Yeah' and when to say No with Derek Sivers influence. How to lose your ego Taking the leap into entrepreneurship Tackling burnout and how to streamline your life Pareto's 80/20 law to productivity Passive income and how to design a life with multiple income streams Advice to David's younger self References Tim Ferriss 4 Hour Work Week Catch David on Website Podcast Mastery Linkedin Twitter   Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on Website Instagram Facebook Ple

Our first Anonymous Question episode! If you want to submit your anonymous question for future episodes, head over to https://www.lifedesigndiaries.com/question and ask away. We tackle a difficult topic in this episode: Hyper productivity and perfectionism. We answer ‘How do we maintain balance in life, work & relationships?' With the current world hitting us from every angle with messages that we need to be better, richer, slimmer, more and live the ‘perfect’ life, we have some strong opinions on why this is wrong and how to manage it and take control. We give a global perspective on the subject, having witnessed and studied how some of the far east behave and react. We talk minimalism and the power it has to free the mind. After all, it’s important sometimes to ask yourself the question: What am I working so hard to keep up for? Is it the current pressures of society or is it your perception of those pressures? We discuss the devastating news this week of DJ and producer Avicii. At only 28 years old it

Imposter Syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychosomatic pattern in which people doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent, often internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Analysis paralysis or paralysis by analysis is the state of over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome. Both of these are experienced by us (and most people) most days. We dig into the definition of these and discuss some of the methods and rationalisation techniques we have used to overcome them, leading to positive outcomes. References Paradox Of Choice - Barry Schwartz Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on Website Instagram Facebook  Please let us know what you think!  We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is de

Our approach to starting a new business. We reveal how we started selling products online and sharing all our learnings along the way. The often perceived huge hurdle of just starting and how you can use the tools available to quickly move from an initial idea to an online business. The mindset required to start any business and practical tips to stay focussed. If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast can help. References Six Stories Etsy How I Built This Podcast - Sarah Blakely Wix.com Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on   Website   Instagram   Facebook     Topics discussed on our podcast: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startu Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim Ferriss, GaryVee, Gary Vaynerchuk, Steven Bartlett, NPR, How I Built This, Joe Rogan, TED, Planet Money,

This is a Design Drop episode, giving a short insight into key moments and lessons we've experienced and want to share with you. In this episode: How in a split second, not only did our perspective completely change but our entire comfort blanket was wiped away. How to take the learning from anything in life. How to dance to the rhythm of your headache. Catch us on Instagram Facebook Website  Please let us know what you think! We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is designed to help you! Each week we discuss topics such as: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startup. Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim Ferriss, GaryVee, Gary Vaynerchuk, Steven Bartlett, NPR, How I Built This, Joe Rogan, T

We’ve got some explaining to do… in this episode we give some much requested context into what we’re working on whilst travelling the world. We also explain what Life Design is all about. The key decisions that got us to where we are Why Lucy left her Marketing Director role at Social Chain to go it alone Are you talking control of your own life? Launching a new podcast format Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on Website Instagram Facebook Please let us know what you think of the podcast! We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is designed to help you! Each week we discuss topics such as: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startup. Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim Ferriss, GaryVee, Gary Vaynerchu

Lucy is considerably more positive about TETTA growth, we talk in detail about being over stretched and choosing what to work on, and we give some practical tips on getting an idea out of the ground with absolutely nothing but hustle. Hacks To Starting A Business With No Money Or Product What Output To Measure In A Start Up Why You Should Test Shit, And Test Again Deciding Where To Focus Finding Your Passion Hooray! A Positive TETTA Update  Catch us on Instagram Facebook Website Please let us know what you think! We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is designed to help you! Each week we discuss topics such as: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startup. Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim

It's New Years... well in Bali anyway. We're cut off from the world for one whole day to celebrate Nyepi Day. Can you be successful whilst in a relationship Mindfulness and meditation Startup struggles Striving for more vs being content with the present Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on Instagram Facebook Website Please let us know what you think! We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is designed to help you! Each week we discuss topics such as: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startup. Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim Ferriss, GaryVee, Gary Vaynerchuk, Steven Bartlett, NPR, How I Built This, Joe Rogan, TED, Planet Money, Jocko, Property Podcast, Tony Robbins, Tai Lopez, Rob Moore, Aubery M

Our very first episode! In this episode we introduce ourselves and the structure of the next couple of episodes. We also discuss the following questions: - How roosters, spiders and dogs interrupt everything - Why Ross MUST now complete a bungee jump - Lucy’s forever struggle with procrastination - Going deep with death bed thinking - What Lucy really felt on her wedding day Catch LIFE DESIGN DIARIES on Instagram Facebook Website Please let us know what you think of the podcast! We'll read out some of your feedback in our later podcasts! Lucy + Ross   If you're keen to start a business, make a change, become an entrepreneur, travel the world, become a digital nomad or any of the above, this podcast is designed to help you! Each week we discuss topics such as: e-commerce, travel, starting a business, online, entrepreneurship, digital nomad, selling products, mindset, how to start, business, investing, startup. Years Of Collected and Applied Learnings from the likes of Tim Ferriss, GaryVee, Gary Vaynerchuk,