Airbnb co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, tweeted: “Starting today, I’m living on Airbnb. I’ll be staying in a different town or city every couple weeks.”
As longtime readers know, this is something that I started doing in 2012. Since then, I’ve lived in Airbnbs (as well as other short-term rental apartments and the occasional hotel room) in hundreds of cities across 50 countries.
I’m back to business after a couple of weeks off. 🌴🌞
No essay this week, but I did write a twitter thread on how to have your most productive day ever:
How to make today the most productive work day of your life.
— Neville is Never Normal (@namehra) October 11, 2021
Everything I've learned over 15 years (with lots of trial and error)
While running a business and working from 'home' in over 50 countries.
🧵👇
Here's how you start…
I’ve also started recording new Never Normal podcast episodes (coming soon – stay tuned!)
In the meantime, I’m excited to share a few of the things I’ve been reading, listening to, and learning lately.
In addition to writing about to breaking free from the “default life plan”, I also like sharing what I’m thinking, learning, and working on…
Last week I sent my latest long-form essay on What’s Worth Owning. It’s an open-ended piece; I left off talking about blockchains and NFTs.
This week there’s been some heated debate on twitter about the value of NFTs, and whether they even constitute “ownership” at all.
I couldn’t resist weighing in myself here, here, and here:
The same people who convinced us to buy:
— Neville is Never Normal (@namehra) September 27, 2021
– Rare sneakers (made in sweat shops)
– Limited edition $80 Disney VHS tapes
– Blood Diamonds from their vault &
– $100 college textbooks (that you can't resell)
Are now trying to convince us that digital assets we control are all scams. https://t.co/fUl5kofARn
Ultimately, I think most people are over-focused on NFT art projects and missing the bigger picture (and opportunity).
The internet is evolving.
Allow me to explain…
Taren Gesell, better known as Triathlon Taren, is a former financial advisor based in Winnipeg, Canada. Not exactly a stereotypical social media influencer (aside from his fondness for posting photos and videos in skimpy bathing suits). But over the past few years Taren has amassed something of a cult following of “Traniacs” (as his devotees are known). In this episode we discuss how Taren managed to turn his passion for triathlon into a successful business via social media.
In this episode we talk about:
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’
One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.
In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.
― John F. Kennedy
This week marks the end of the lockdown in Wuhan, China, nearly three months after it began. Here in Spain, and across the Mediterranean in Italy, the worst-hit countries in Europe, we appear to be passing the peak. There are signs of hope in parts of Asia and in America too.
But this crisis is still far from over. Of the more than 1.6 million known, confirmed cases in the world, only about 365,000 are listed as recovered. And experts warn that if the lockdowns are lifted now, the virus will surge again. So as the crisis rages on outside, most of us are stuck inside doing our part to stop the spread.
We are left to wonder what the world will look like when we finally re-emerge back into it. What will be the “new normal”? Which businesses and industries will be forever changed? And which new habits and behaviors that we have adopted during the crisis will stick with us long after it’s over?
I have a billion dollar business idea that I’m going to share with you. I’m sure that sounds like an exaggeration or a trick. Nope. I honestly believe this idea could generate a billion dollars of revenue for whoever implements it. And I’m going to share the idea with the world, for free, here in this post.
Why?