Hack the System - Digital Nomad Lifestyle Design | Travel | Passive Income | SEO | Marketing | Business, | the 4 Hour Workweek
By Maneesh Sethi
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Maneesh from maneeshsethi.com sits down with interesting entrepreneurs and finds out what makes them tick: How did they achieve blogging success, but business opportunities have made them successful, and how have they successfully hacked the system to become successful?
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How Tynan Became a Pickup Artist, Made Earrings out of Human Bone, And Lives in an RV | Welcome to the fifth episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. The Hack The System Podcast is your access to interviews with the world's foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short--you're going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I sit down with Tynan of Tynan.com. Tynan was one of the first bloggers that inspired me to become a lifestyle designer. Hell, his digital nomad packing list was the basis for what I still travel with. Tynan was Herbal in the book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. He traveled the world with just a small backpack, and lives the most interesting lifestyle that I've ever seen. And now, he just launched a new blogging platform (different than wordpress) called Sett---you can see it in action at Tynan.com. Tynan has been a huge inspiration for me, and you're going to learn a ton of info from him. Below, you'll see a list of things to listen out for--and a full transcript of the conversation. Transcript of the Podcast Episode Listen to the podcast here: Watch it here: This podcast can be seen on iTunes. Click here to follow it via iTunes (and automatically sync it to your iPod) A Summary Of This Episode 0:27 - Meet Tynan 1:05 - How to book a private jet for free 2:45 - Knowing the cheap hubs 4:05 - Catacomb earrings 14:00 - Life in an RV 16:39 - How to cope with peer pressure against your lifestyle 18:06 - The entrepreneurial / independent spirit 20:29 - 51% theory 21:40 - Monetizing 22:18 - What is Tynan wearing these days 23:37 - Tynan Forever 24:39 - Taser Karaoke 27:04 - Pickup Art 36:57 - Why is it so hard to get started picking up? 39:58 - Who are the real pickup artists? 43:33 - The state of the pickup industry | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly grew his blog to a million monthly visitors—and became a Time Magazine Top 25 Blogger | You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. J.D. Roth started his blog as a hobby in 2001. Now, his blog has almost a million monthly visitors---and continues to attract more. J.D. has become a bit of a renaissance man, going from working in a box factory, to now being recognized by Time Magazine as one of the Time's top 25 bloggers. So how did he do it? How J.D. grow his site---without even intending to? What psychological tricks did he use to build a business out of a personal web journal? I sat down with J.D. to ask the tough questions, and his insights provided a ton of information. I'm sure you're going to love this interview. J.D. has been a huge inspiration for me, and you're going to learn a ton of info from him. Below, you'll see a list of things to listen out for--and a full transcript of the conversation. Transcript of the Podcast Episode Listen to the podcast here: Watch it here: This podcast can be seen on iTunes. Click here to follow it via iTunes (and automatically sync it to your iPod) A Summary Of This Episode 1:30 - J.D. discusses his blogging methods---how many posts per day he writes 2:30 - Beating the feeling of an 'obligation to continuously blog' 4:15 - focusing on what you want to do by bringing in a staff (and his schedule for posting) 4:40 - moving towards reader generated content 5:48 - how J.D. got his blog from his first few hundred visitors to having almost a million monthly visitors 8:23 - the ebbs and flows of blog growth 10:00 - why being mentioned in the New York Times isn't as valuable as online mentions 11:10 - writing in an attempt to get on the front page of digg or reedit 13:45 - J.D's methods of capturing viewers who come to his page 15:20 - how does j.d. find the time to focus on what he loves to do with his blog, rather than the other non-important parts? 18:20 - Getting a successful blog requires effort 19:25 - what are the patterns in the most successful articles on your blog 21:40 - How do you frame a story inside an article 24:40 - How to beat writers block 26:00 - Why you should quit absorbing and start doing 28:40 - What were the BIG changes that affected GetRichSlowly's popularity 29:40 - A few big changes that QUINTUPLED revenue OVERNIGHT 32:33 - J.D.'s views on credit cards 34:15 - Do blog posts with controversy get more views? 35:50 - The two different spheres of bloggers--for profit vs non-profit bloggers 37:45 - Choosing your monetization method based on the type of traffic you have. 38:45 - Blog monetization strategies 39:55 - Money talk---how to automate and set up your finances 44:35 - Travel 48:00 - Luxury travel vs regular travel 49:30 - Language learning -- how to actually learn spanish | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HTS Podcast 3 with Chris Guillebeau | Welcome to the third episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. The Hack The System Podcast is your access to interviews with the world's foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short--you're going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I sit down with Chris of The Art of Non Conformity. Chris has been one of the five most influential bloggers in my life. He made a goal to visit every country in the world by the age of 35---and he's en route to achieve it, having visited already 180/193. Meanwhile, he runs one of the most sophisticated online businesses I've seen. His most recent product, How to Write, Sell, and Publish Your Own Book, is the most comprehensive resource for publishing your own book that I've ever seen (and this is coming from someone who's written 6 published books). You might have seen my recent review, How to Hack Writing Your Own Book. Chris has been a huge inspiration for me, and you're going to learn a ton of info from him. Below, you'll see a list of things to listen out for--and a full transcript of the conversation. Transcript of the Podcast Episode Listen to the podcast here: Watch it here: This podcast can be seen on iTunes. Click here to follow it via iTunes (and automatically sync it to your iPod) A Summary Of This Episode 0:49 - Meet Chris! 2:28 - Traveling to every country in the world 3:26 - Most difficult traveling experience 5:09 - Favorite country 8:02 - Frequent flyer miles 10:07 - Travel Hacking Cartel 12:18 - Best Airlines 13:51 - Chris's blog's traffic explosion 15:36 - Most successful product 18:06 - The World Domination Summit 21:09 - Advice for getting started 23:50 - Email culture 27:09 - The biggest subscription triggers 29:35 - Time management 31:02 - You will improve 34:18 - Crazy traveling experiences 36:15 - Don't be afraid to travel, just wear your seatbelt 39:27 - Video updates vs. writing | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hack The System Podcast: Episode 2 with Scott H Young | Welcome to the second episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. The Hack The System Podcast is your access to interviews with the worlds' foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short--you're going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I sit down with Scott H Young of ScottHYoung.com. Scott is awesome--at 23, he's built a business that pays for a swanky Vancouver apartment and all his bills, freeing up his time to do what he really loves to do: learn. Scott has written a ton of ebooks and posts about learning. Over the last few months he has been implementing the MIT Challenge. He is using the MIT coursework, available online for free, to learn the entire MIT Computer Science Curriculum, in just one year. The amazing part is that, due to his system of studying, he never seems to be working---he takes frequent breaks, and always finishes his work by 6pm. Listen to the podcast here: Watch it here: This podcast can be seen on iTunes. Click here to follow it via iTunes (and automatically sync it to your iPod) 11:43 - Scott's Three Phases of Learning 12:47 - The "Feynman" Technique 14:58 - The big problem with learning is that we don't really have a good sense about what we don't understand yet about an idea 19:51 - First get coverage of all the ideas so that you can see the big picture 22:50 - If you're learning something technical, do 50% practice problems 23:32 - The point of practice questions is to search for possible errors 23:40 - Cal Newport's "Quiz and Recall" Approach 25:20 - We don't want negative feedback 26:16 - The key to going to a dedicated approach is to flip that mentality on its head; you must constantly remind yourself of the things you don't yet understand 28:00 - Don't resist deliberate practice 30:13 - Having intrinsic motivation 33:17 - Weekly Daily Goals 35:55 - The Pomodoro Technique 38:39 - Brainstorm / Destruct for Creative Work 43:01 - I need to give these people some benefits and skills, not just ideas 48:42 - Figuring out the worldview of your customers; how they interpret their own problems | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hack The System Podcast: Episode 1 with Jonathan Mead | Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. Starting today, you're going to get access to interviews with the worlds' foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short--you're going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan Mead of Illuminated Mind, where he blows my mind with his ideas about joint webinars and building a brand. This interview literally changed the way I do business. Jonathan teaches people how to change their lives through his Trailblazer course, where he helps students discover, and implement, their passions. Check out his awesome Trailblazer video. Listen to the podcast here: Watch it here: This podcast can be seen on iTunes. Click here to follow it via iTunes (and automatically sync it to your iPod) 00:25 - Welcome Jonathan Mead! 1:05 - Importance of branding in business and in life 2:10 - The feeling of getting success stories from people you've inspired 3:10 - Feeling trapped in your job 3:45 - How to escape feeling trapped 6:00 - What was the first step for Jonathan towards finding his passion 7:00 - What did Jonathan do before blogging? 8:50 - Mentors that help you design your life 9:55 - How Jonathan helped one woman achieve her passion 10:55 - How to reach out and network with people who are more powerful than you 12:00 - more tips on networking 12:50 - How Jonathan built his readership by leveraging others' communities 13:30 - Offering your skills for free to network From 15:50 - 25:00 == Some of the best tactics for networking an generating revenue that I've ever heard 15:50 - How to reverse engineer situations to meet important people 16:30 - Specific tactics for making important people notice you 18:40 - How Jonathan built such a large email list 21:05 - Jonathan's current tactics for success: building partnerships 21:20 - Doing co-webinars (This advice BLEW MY MIND) 22:00 - Exactly how to leverage other peoples' audiences to make money and build your subscriber list 25:00 - Getting excellent design for ebooks and web sites 25:20 - For people who are just getting started, what's the next step to become successful? 26:00 - The importance and how to of running your blog like a business 27:40 - What about building an online business/passion without blogging? 28:50 - Jonathan talks about his product, Trailblazer | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
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This a great podcast for anyone wanting to live a life outside of normal societal expectations. Maneesh is an expert at hacking the system and in each episode he not only shares his own knowledge but also probes others to find out how they became successful in their respective fields. You don't have to be a blogger or entrepreneur to find the information in these interviews useful. I highly recommend you subscribe to this podcast. I'm looking forward to more episodes, Maneesh!
Forces you to seriously examine your existence. What the hell have you being doing this whole time?
Great audio with some of the most intelligent and down-to-earth minds out there in the life-hacking industry. Only 3 episodes have been released, and I'm begging for more. Maneesh and his friends always offer straightforward and practical tips, and you can't help but kick yourself for not having made a move toward your idea lifestyle by now. At the very least, all of the episodes make you think. You can't get this sort of content anywhere else. I hear Maneesh has even better stuff to come, and I believe it. Can't wait, Maneesh!
Great interview show
Maneesh's casual, engaging way of talking to his guests goes a long way toward making the shows feel like conversations between a couple of interesting friends, rather than a vanilla interview show. Definitely worth checking out!
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