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• Dan Andrews joins me from Bali, Indonesia to talk lifestyle independence
• Why you should like your job before you work for yourself
• The business of cat furniture
• The Tropical MBA

Dan Andrews used to work the 9 to 5 and had a two hour commute. He used to load his iPod with podcasts and fill his mind with helpful things. Internet Business Mastery was one of the big ones he used to listen to, and he ended up in a mastermind group around the same time.

Dan was a project manager and assistant to an entrepreneur in San Diego before branching out on his own. His former boss became an investor in his current company. Most people today hate their job and can’t wait to tell their boss to shove it, but Dan explains why this thinking could be all wrong.

More important than making money to Dan, is traveling. He told me he could be making more money than he is, but it’s not what’s driving him.

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• Creating a business on the side
• The best frequency for blogging
• Not giving up after the initial launch
• Overcoming the look of a family blog

Joshua Becker lives in Essex, VT with his wife and two kids. They decided to become rational minimilists in 2008 and eventually created a side business around it. He first launched his website as a personal place to talk about family life as he worked as a full time pastor.

Joshua had a slow start in blogging, doing it just for his family who lived in the midwest while they lived in Vermont. Along the way he had the realization that, if he were going to grow his blog, he should be writing for other people rather than himself. He’s been blogging for three years now, but 97% of his subscribers have come in the past 16 months.

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• Creating a business on the side
• Blogging full time
• Matt’s multiple sources of income

Matt Jabs lives in Lansing, MI and is a successful personal finance blogger. He started his blog on January 1, 2009 while working 40 hours a week as an IT manager.

Matt and his wife, Betsy, were motivated to get out of debt and started a website as a personal journal to track their progress.

Matt became a full time blogger in November, 2009 after facing a layoff.

“Making the emotional commitment to go full time in a business is hard, but until you do, you won’t be successful.” – Matt Jabs

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• Kevin Gainey launches ideas as a stay-at-home dad
• How to launch when you’re unsure of success
• Finding your best ideas

Kevin Gainey joins me to talk about the business of being a stay-at-home dad. He’s been at home raising his two kids for the past few years while also working on self-employment ideas.

“Quit finding ways to fix how I’m made and find ways to use them instead.” - Kevin Gainey

Kevin’s first foray back into business was creating Vekkin Solutions to fulfill technology needs.

He created the Sane Dad Podcast as an outlet for the resources and questions he had as a stay-at-home dad.

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• Jason Jaggard created an idea that spread like wildfire
• What do you want to do that you’re afraid of?
• Working with students, universities, businesses and churches

Jason Jaggard is the creator of  Sparks, a 5-week social experience that enhances initiative and creativity for friends, non-profits, churches, schools and businesses. Jason explains the concept behind Sparks, but it starts with the question, “What is one risk I can take this week to make myself a better person or make the world a better place?”.

Along with a great team, Jason has worked around the world with students, universities, businesses and churches.

Sparks came about from Jason’s work with Mosaic, a global NGO.

“You don’t discover your passions by listening to someone else talk about discovering your passions.” – Jason Jaggard

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• Michael Juiliano is rockin’ a hot dog stand in Little Rock, AR
• A list of jobs: DJ Mickey J, hotel hospitality, hot dog stand owner
• Becoming an entrepreneur and dealing with risk
• Wicked varieties of hot dogs

Michael Juiliano, or Hot Dog Mike as he’s called, never finished college. He studied advertising for a while, then decided to chase his dreams.

He’s been through New York, New Jersey, and Maryland as DJ Mickey J. When he realized he was one of the oldest DJs he decided to make a change. Mike sold his equipment, packed his car, and moved to Asheville, NC where he got his start in hotel hospitality. His work in Asheville culminated with the opening of the Biltmore Inn on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate.

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• Rob Orracle
• Transition from sales to web design
• Moving for a job and then leaving
• Transitioning from employee to contractor

Rob Orr is a designer and much more. He manages many of my websites and has a great story about working for himself. Rob lives in Tallahassee, FL with his family and has an interesting story about how he ended up there.

OrracleMedia started as a design company and Rob moved more heavily into web as he listened to his customers. Rob started his business on the side around 2006, just as a place to help people.

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• Sean Ogle hated working for someone else so he quit
• Traveling the world and still getting paid
• The #1 key to successful self-employment
• Being location independent with a business
• Creating a bucket list

Sean Ogle graduated college and spent a little over two years crunching numbers as an analyst for an investment firm. It was there he realized he didn’t want to spend his entire life chained to a desk working for someone else. He left his job in October, 2009 and hasn’t looked back.

Sean has his hands in a number of things. He manages a large affiliate program, creates products, and manages a team of developers and designers in the Philippines.

A trip to Brazil in February, 2009 opened Sean’s eyes to the freedom he wanted to have in his life.

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