Location independence is the idea – becoming more and more common – that you can live and work from anywhere, without being confined to a fixed office. This book is an overview of what it takes to set up such a lifestyle.
Location independence has two parts: physical freedom (which is now possible because of the Internet) and mental freedom. Truant starts by tackling the mental aspect – including the mindset you need. The book is broadly based on the idea of “geoarbitrage”, which put simply just means that you can live in countries with a lower cost of living, while earning money from customers outside that country. In other words, your money goes further. This can be a very effective lifestyle, provided you’re open to the idea of living elsewhere and embracing other cultures.
Because of this central idea of travel, most of the book describes what it takes to plan for moving to another country, but from the viewpoint of a location independent worker rather than a holidaymaker.
If you’re interested in pursuing this sort of lifestyle, this book would be an excellent starting point.
Whereas office workers might be sent on courses or receive on-site training, Out of Office workers are often responsible for their own professional education. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are to education what OOO is to work; they allow you to time-shift and place-shift your learning. In this episode, Chris shares his experience with doing an online course using popular course provider Coursera.
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Content marketing is a bit of a buzzword now, but behind the hype is an important tool for building credibility, positioning yourself as an authority, and getting high-quality enquiries to your business. In this episode, I talk about why content marketing is important, and then show you how to create and distribute high-quality material easily and quickly.
On 22nd February, Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer made a ruling that all Yahoo staff need to be physically in the office – in other words, no more Out of Office work. The decision sparked off discussion, debate and arguments, both in the tech media and in mainstream media as well. Now that the dust has settled, we’ll discuss some of the issues around this – including productivity, convenience, comfort and collaboration.
It’s one thing to have the latest and greatest technology, but another altogether to make sure it’s being used to make yourself and your teams more productive, more effective, and even happier! Donna Hanson, who is an expert in exactly this area, talks about the leadership challenges of integrating technology into an organisation.
Many online services help you to create new offline relationships and strengthen your existing relationships. In this episode, we explore a range of online tools that help you enrich your offline connections.
E-mail and productivity specialist Steuart Snooks talks about the importance of thinking carefully when writing your e-mail, and shows how writing better e-mail can reduce your incoming e-mail overload as well.
Whether we’re employees or business owners, it’s more important than ever before for us to create our personal brand.
Join brand expert Michael Neaylon as we talk about the importance of building a strong personal brand – one that’s aligned with your values and dovetails with your organisation’s brand as well.
