Verity Harrison is a graphic recorder, a visual storyteller, and an animator. Verity makes a living doodling during meetings and translating long presentations and complex concepts into simple, beautiful graphics.
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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.
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They say that the best jobs are the ones you invent yourself. Well, my guest for this episode has done exactly that. Anna Rova is a “feminine embodiment coach” who helps successful women attract masculine, committed men.
Anna is no stranger to success herself. She has changed the lives of countless women through her coaching program, and her podcast, Claimed, is downloaded more than 18,000 times per month.
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There Are Two Different Economies
I remember going to the shopping mall with my mom when I was younger. At the time there was a recession and all you heard on TV was that the economy was crashing, unemployment was on the rise, and people were struggling.
But when we got to the mall, the parking lot was full of new BMWs and Mercedes. You couldn’t even find a place to park. Inside, the mall was packed. It wasn’t just teenagers hanging out after school. People were shopping — buying designer clothes, jewelry, and expensive consumer electronics.
As we watched people pass with more shopping bags than they could carry, my mom said to me, “No recession in here.”
She was right.
It’s like there were two completely different economies. The one we heard about on TV, and the one we saw that day at the mall.
The same thing is happening again right now.
Economists are warning that we are headed for another recession or even a second great depression.
Even the fancy stores aren’t safe this time. Neiman Marcus could declare bankruptcy this week. They are not alone. Analysts predict that 100,000 more stores will go out of business soon too.
But not all businesses are hurting.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has gotten 24 billion dollars richer since the start of the coronavirus lockdowns.
This “two different economies” phenomenon isn’t limited to retail shopping.
Online meeting software Zoom has seen usage skyrocket from 10 million users per day a few months ago to more than 200 million users per day now.
Meanwhile TechCrunch reports that WeWork, the co-working and office space rental company, has stopped paying rent and that “Commercial real estate could be in trouble, even after COVID-19 is over.”
“Remote work is something we’re thinking a lot about right now,” says Colin Yasukochi, director of research and analysis at the commercial real estate services giant CBRE. “People are right now being forced to do it,” but “I think some will inevitably stick” to working remotely, he says.
None of us can predict the future, but one thing is pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention:
The companies that are able to take advantage of technology and make money online are the ones that will survive.
But what has all this got to do with you?
Well, the same rule applies to people…
Over the past few weeks, more than 22 million people in America have filed for unemployment (the previous record high for a single week was about 670,000 people)!
Yet those of us who work online are mostly unaffected. Even if offices are closed, we can work from home just about anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
You might think that these are all just short-term effects of the coronavirus crisis, but they are actually part of a much bigger trend that’s been going on for years.
In his 2013 book, Average is Over, Tyler Cowen wrote the following:
Lacking the right training means being shut out of opportunities like never before…workers will come to be classified into two categories… The key questions will be: Are you good at working with intelligent machines or not? Are your skills a complement to the skills of the computer, or is the computer doing better without you?
If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch. Ever more people are starting to fall on one side of the divide or the other. That’s why average is over.
The bottom line is this: If you’re not taking advantage of technology and the internet to earn your living, sooner or later you’re going to get left behind.
What if you never had to go to work again?
Office Escape Plan is my program for people who want to break free from the daily grind of commuting to a cubicle and start living life on their terms instead. Join me and I will walk you through a step-by-step process for creating your very own Office Escape Plan. In this course, we will cover:
- The most important thing you must do to escape
- What a successful Office Escape Plan looks like
- The best careers for digital nomads and remote workers
- How to convert a “stuck-at-the-office job” into a remote job
- How to find a new remote job that you can do from home… anywhere in the world
- How to quit your job and triple your hourly pay
- Turning your plan into reality: How to take action and make it happen
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If you want to become a digital nomad with the freedom to travel whenever and wherever you want, then you are going to need a way to make money that doesn’t tie you to one specific location.
By definition, digital nomads make money by working online, but just because digital nomads work online doesn’t mean that they are all doing the same thing.
There is a common misunderstanding that all digital nomads are computer programmers or social media influencers.
In reality, there are many different ways to make money online and types of jobs that you can do as a digital nomad.
Here are six ways that you can make money online (including links to more than 30 companies that are offering work from home opportunities right now).
These opportunities are kind of like the online equivalent of driving for Uber — basic jobs to make money using skills that most people already have. And unlike many of the more advanced ways to make money online, these opportunities do not require you to spend time building a brand or an audience before you can get started.
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How to Find a Real Remote Job
Have you considered a remote job?
There is a common misconception that in order to make money online you need to launch an app, start a business, or something else like that. Not true!
It is possible to make money working online as a regular employee in a remote job, as more and more companies are embracing remote work and allowing their employees to work from home via the internet.
Here are three ways that you can find a remote job that will give you the freedom to work from home.
It’s a common misconception that travel has to be expensive. The reasoning usually goes something like this: “Last year I went on vacation to Las Vegas (or London, Disney World, etc) for a week and spent $5,000! There’s no way I could afford to live like that full-time!”
The truth is that traveling full-time probably costs less than you think, and it may even cost less than your current lifestyle at home.
There are a few “secrets” that digital nomads and other experienced travelers know and use to minimize their costs while maximizing the amount of time that they are able to travel.