What happens when a global crisis forces you to rethink everything? For Mark and Hazel, two long-time British expats, COVID wasn’t just an inconvenience. Living under some of the harshest restrictions imaginable in Australia opened their eyes to the truth about the direction of the Western world and led them to seek Plan-B options elsewhere.

In today’s episode, my colleague Marc Clair sits down with Mark and Hazel to unpack their remarkable journey. From their time as corporate expats in Germany to escaping Australian lockdowns to building a Plan-B with multiple flags planted across Latin America, they lay out their full journey for the Expat Money Show audience. Enjoy!

IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Listen in as Mark & Hazel reveal what it wasreallylike inside Australia during COVID—and why the government’s extreme lockdowns pushed them to take action
• Learn how they rescued their daughter from Europe before Australia sealed its borders, before later facing the challenge of beingforbidden to leavethemselves
• Explore why Mexico became their first landing spot, and how the quiet charm of Puerto Morelos offered the calm and freedom they were seeking
• Hear why they no longer consider the UK part of their future…and how decades abroad helped them embrace a freer, more flexible way of living

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Across several episodes, I have been trying to organize my thoughts regarding what I’ve been able to do over the last couple of decades to set myself up for success. 

I have spent a lot of time trying to figure these things out, and a number of major struggles were holding me back along the way. Tune in to hear me break down how I overcame three major obstacles to pave the way for success in my personal and professional lives.

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225: How I Plan Out My Life And Guarantee Success – Part 2

CONCLUSION

There you have it, the 3 massive things I had to overcome in my life before I really was able to become successful.

As you can tell from this episode, nothing has come easy for me in life, but I don’t talk about how I’ve overcome these struggles in order to brag. Rather, I hope that you’ll be able to learn from my experiences and perhaps skip a few of the mistakes I made along the way in identifying exactly what was holding me back. If you get value out of this episode, please feel free to share it with a friend.

See you next Wednesday! 

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Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Myles Wakeham the podcast host of Unconstrained where I was honoured to be a guest back in 2020 on Episode 044 – Get out of Dodge 2 – Mikkel Thorup. 

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• One of the most important lessons you can learn before you spend a needless $100,000

• The greatest secret to living a life you always wanted and dreamed of, but have you maybe waited too long for

• One key concept you must understand about making money, lots of money, that can lead you to your best life ever

• A common myth about true wealth. It is what you own, not what you owe

• An important concept to always understand… don’t let making money define you. Money generates itself.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to live as a digital nomad and be free from 21st-century financial pressures, free to roam the world, free to speak your mind and not feel like you are a pawn on someone else’s chessboard? 
• Why it is so vitally important to remember that no one has your back, only you have your back.
• And so much more…

RELATED PODCAST EPISODES

• 137: Blockchain And The Future Of The Internet – Marco Wutzer
• 135: Living A Perpetual Traveller Lifestyle – Sergio Von Facchin
• 132: The Future Of Remote Work And Digital Nomadism – Kari DePhillips

HOW TO FIND MYLES WAKEHAM’S WORK

• beUnconstrained 
• Course: 25 years Master Class can be found on his website
• Don’t forget to listen to my Episode 044 – Get out of Dodge 2 – Mikkel Thorup on Myles show. We had a great time and I know you’ll enjoy it too!

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CONCLUSION

What. A. Story! You can’t possibly make this stuff up, honestly! You will not believe the adversities Myles has overcome in his life and how his attitude towards life is so balanced. If you have had crap happen in your life, and you’re sitting wondering what’s next, listen to this great podcast with Myles Wakeham, maybe he’s the exact guy for you to help turn your life around and be all you can be!

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Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Dr. Anthony Metivier, the founder of the Magnetic Memory Method, a formulaic, 21st Century approach to memorizing foreign language vocabulary, dreams, names, music, poetry and more — in ways that are easy, elegant, effective and fun.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Dr. Anthony Metivier – Ph.D. in Humanities
• Concepts like, feeling better about yourself; finish what you start; friendship and memory
• How Anthony learned to sing a song in Chinese, in a month, for his wedding
• How to memorize names, places, languages
• What is Mnemonics
• Spaced repetition 
• Pomodoro Method
• Memorization – long term memory vs working memory
• Memory vs learning
• Memory Palace – how many can I have?
• Jason Bourne – Memorizing license plates
• Sleeping on something and your subconscious working away at it
• Is this good for Children?
• and so much more!

HOW TO FIND DR. ANTHONY METIVIER’S WORK

• www.magneticmemorymethod.com/expat

RELATED EPISODES

• 083: Olly Richards – Secrets to Learning a Foreign Language Quickly
• 054: Jonathan Levi – Learn How To Get Super Powers From A World Class Memory Expert
• 035: Ben Hammersley – Artificial Intelligence And The Radical Changes That Will Happen In The Next 3-5 Years?

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CONCLUSION

Anthony and I have become friends over the past year and I have used his method for memory enhancing since day 1. I can tell you his use of the Memory Palace is fascinating and I use it all the time for anchoring new vocabulary. It has helped immensely with my Spanish learning, making it easier and more effective.

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It’s great to be back! It’s been a few months since I’ve had the opportunity to sit down at my desk, put on headphones, and interview some of the most brilliant minds in the expat space. I’m happy to announce that today, I had an amazing conversation with Mr. Warren Black from WealthSafe.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

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CONCLUSION

I had a ton of fun with this interview with Warren Black from Wealth Safe. He is a die-hard libertarian, like me, so we had a lot to chat about. I know you’ll love this interview as much as I do. Make sure to sign up for my newsletter, I know you’ll get a ton of value from it.

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Akbar Sheikh helps entrepreneurs ethically scale to 7-figures. On The Expat Money Show, Mikkel Thorup and Akbar discuss the importance of mastering fundamentals like health, wellness, diet, sleep, and associations for automatic success. Akbar shares how focusing on these basics transformed him from homeless to a top 1% earner.

Mikkel Thorup & Akbar Sheikh at FHL 2018 in Orlando, FL.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

The romantic notion of an entrepreneur working 24 hours a day 7 days a week, never sleeping, and hustle-hustle-grind-grind around the clock is not a sustainable approach. Akbar Sheikh recommends balance and he has some very strong opinions on how to get it. Make sure to listen to the complete episode to learn how these seemingly basic fundamentals can propel you and your business forward.

In this interview Akbar Sheikh also shares some of his secrets on how he helps businesses to scale to 7 figures fast, using what he calls the 7 ethical principles of persuasion. He uses these principles to walk into an existing business and “fixes things up”. He uses a great analogy of a house and how with the right modifications you too can scale your business to 7 figures.

HOW TO FIND AKBAR’S WORK:

• You can learn more about Akbar Sheikh at https://akbarsheikh.com

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CONCLUSION

I enjoyed this conversation with Akbar Sheikh immensely and was fortunate to pry him away from his work while he was in Sydney, Australia, for a project. Akbar Sheikh is obviously a sought-after coach and consultant, and his time is very valuable. I hope that you take advantage of this interview and write down some killer notes on things you can modify in your own life to make success automatic for you, too.

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Tyron Giuliani is an Australian Expat who has lived in Japan for the past 19 years. He has built two businesses from scratch, earning more than seven figures annually.

He is also a coach matching C-Suite executives with Fortune 500 companies and an expert at LinkedIn lead generation.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• LinkedIn Lead Generation
• The value vomit
• 3 things you can do today to clean up your LinkedIn profile
• The importance of coaching
• How to focus your efforts toward a revenue event
• Why you should only work with cool people

HOW TO FIND TYRON GIULIANI’S WORK:

• You can find Tyron on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/linkedcoaching
• Or on his private Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/LinkedInB2BMastery

BOOKS WE DISCUSS:

• Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
• Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini
• Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff
• Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins

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CONCLUSION

I loved learning about LinkedIn Lead Generation from Tyron. He is a true world-class expert in this field, and we were very fortunate to have him on the Podcast. Make sure to comment below with any questions you have about LinkedIn Lead Generation.

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