Welcome back to Build Your Network with your host, Travis Chappell. The guest today is Chris Guillebeau. Chris is the New York Times best-selling author of The $100 Startup, The Art of Non-Conformity and several other books. During a life-time of self-employment, he visited every country in the world, 193 in total, before his 35th birthday. Every summer in Portland, Oregon, he hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people. His daily podcast, Side-Hustle School, is downloaded more than 2 million times a month.
What Travis and Chris cover in this episode:
- How Chris ended up visiting all 193 countries of the world
- Why you don’t need to have a big vision at the start of your journey
- Chris’ number 1 travel tip from his years of roaming the world
- The benefits of podcasting and the value of being intentional about it
- The differences between podcasting and blogging
- The value of community and the reason Chris believes who you know is most important
- Why Chris has not spent any money on masterminds or mentoring
- How a connection with Gretchen Rubin led to the creation of the Side-Hustle School Podcast
- How Meetup events helped Chris think differently about both blogging and networking
- Practical ways to avoid sounding like a door-to-door salesman when networking
- The advice Chris gives to introverts about networking and building genuine connections
- Why Chris guards his morning hours
Where to find Chris
Check out Chris’s Podcast at www.SideHustleSchool.com or find him in an airline lounge!
Links and recommended resources:
- The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
- President Obama
- Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards
- Wishcraft by Barbara Share
- Taylor Swift
- Eminem
- Megadeath
- Metallica
Don’t forget to leave a rating and review on iTunes, take a screen shot and send it to travis@buildyournetwork.co to enter the competition for $250 cash
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