In the third and final installment of our three-part series, Joshua and I dive even deeper into the vast array of knowledge Joshua has acquired over the years, both through his own research and his real-life experience educating his own five children. Enjoy!

Joshua is an expert financial planner who teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. He is the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast and, as you’ve heard across this three-part series, is also passionate about education and worldschooling with his five children.

TODAY’S CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA SHEATS

• Find out what you can glean about learning from the story of a Hungarian scientist who raised three daughters to become world-class chess prodigies.
• Discover how the concept of comprehensible input is the key to learning foreign languages.
• Learn why Joshua and I agree that no matter how far technology advances, the ability to converse face-to-face in multiple languages will always have massive value.
• You’ll be blown away when you hear Joshua’s calculation of just how many languages a person can learn – if they put the time in.
• Listen in to hear Joshua and I discuss the concept of learning multiple languages as ‘stackable’ by learning languages with similar roots.
• Discover the most important book you have to read to grasp the learning concepts we discuss today fully
• Do we really need to learn all the subjects taught in traditional education? What subjects should we discard?
• By the end of this episode, you will have a whole new perspective on what learning really means.
  

RELATED EPISODES

290: Worldschooling: Beyond The 3 R’s

289: Lessons From Homeschooling Five Children Overseas – Joshua Sheats

115: The Solution To Educating Your Children Abroad – Michael Strong

HOW TO FIND JOSHUA SHEATS

Website: https://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com

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CONCLUSION

What an incredible conversation with Joshua Sheats! I was so grateful that he was able to devote three hours of his time to discuss the very important educational concepts he has learned through homeschooling, unschooling and worldschooling his five children. 

If you missed parts 1 and 2, be sure to go back and check out the last two episodes. Together, they will completely alter how you look at the concept of learning; I guarantee it. 

I’ll see you next Wednesday!

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In the second installment of our three-part series, where we discuss everything but finance, Joshua and I delve further into the subject of education and how worldschooling his own five children has altered his ideas about what makes a “well-educated man.” Enjoy!

Joshua is an expert financial planner who teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. He is the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast and, as you’ll hear in this episode, is also passionate about education and worldschooling with his five children.

TODAY’S CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA SHEATS

• Find out what two key skills Joshua has added to the “Three Rs” that every person needs to grasp to succeed in today’s world. 
• Hear why Joshua believes it’s fallacious that just because information is available at our fingertips, we shouldn’t still be teaching content to our children. 
• Learn what change in approach led to the absolute destruction of the French educational system’s outcomes.
• Uncover the secret of how I am able to process information from audiobooks at 3x speed. People don’t believe me, but it’s true!
• Hear Joshua expertly break down the three contexts of education that people grapple with.
• Find out what surprised me about Joshua’s evolving thoughts about textbooks, which I absolutely loathe.
• Learn why Joshua and I both see the tremendous value in learning certain subjects through stories rather than through more standard academic approaches.
• Discover what attributes Joshua believes are embodied by a “well-educated man.”
• Listen in to learn about the caveats Joshua and I both add to our own “unschooling” philosophies. 
• By the end of this episode, you will have a brand new perspective on the subject of learning, whether you are a homeschooling parent or just a well-educated adult yourself.

RELATED EPISODES

289: Lessons From Homeschooling Five Children Overseas – Joshua Sheats

115: The Solution To Educating Your Children Abroad – Michael Strong

078: Brandon Pearce – How To Travel The Globe Homeschooling Your Children

HOW TO FIND JOSHUA SHEATS

Website: https://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com

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CONCLUSION

As you can tell from this conversation, Joshua is incredibly knowledgeable about education. Most of his knowledge was acquired directly through the education of his own children while travelling the world. As an unschooling father myself, I have gleaned so much knowledge from Joshua’s experience.

This conversation went so well that it kept going close to another hour, which we will present to you this Wednesday in part three of my discussion with Joshua Sheats. See you then!

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Today’s guest is Joshua Sheats. Joshua is an expert financial planner who teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. He is the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast and, as you’ll hear in this episode, is also passionate about education and worldschooling with his five children.

Since Joshua has discussed finance on over 1,000 episodes of his podcast, today, Joshua and I begin a three-part series in which we discuss everything but finance. In this conversation, we dive into Joshua’s approach to educating his five children while travelling the world. 

TODAY’S CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA SHEATS

• Learn about Joshua’s own educational upbringing, which included an eclectic mix of homeschooling, public school, a private Christian school and a traditional university. 
• Hear about the “conspiracy theory” Joshua uncovered about the insidious nature of government school systems.
• Listen to Joshua describe the “knowledge gap” between the United States and China and what it means for their respective approaches to education.
• Discover why Joshua has come to believe that education is always religious in nature 
• Hear Joshua explain how raising five children taught him there is no such thing as “one size fits all” parenting advice or educational method.
• Listen in as Joshua describes how relationships are built on “the currency of time” and why time spent with children early on is so critical to character development.
• Discover how Joshua learned how to create a controlled, positive environment around technology, which has encouraged his children to use it for positive, educational purposes. 
• By the end of the episode, you’ll understand why Joshua and I both want to “have it all” when it comes to raising our children and why you can legit have it all, too.
  

RELATED EPISODES

183: Navigating New Norms; Defending Children From Woke Educational Systems

115: The Solution To Educating Your Children Abroad – Michael Strong

098: Sixty Home Swaps In 3 Years Of Non-Stop Travel With 4 Kids In Tow – Daniel Prince

HOW TO FIND JOSHUA SHEATS

Website: https://www.radicalpersonalfinance.com

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CONCLUSION

It was great having Joshua on the show after getting to know him and working with him over the last few years. Joshua is absolutely brilliant when it comes to personal finance. Still, I was so excited to dive into a subject you don’t hear him talk about as often and glean so many great insights from the homeschooling of his five children.

And the conversation didn’t stop there! Join us next week as Joshua and I continue our discussion and delve deeper into the subject of memory and foreign language learning. 

See you next Wednesday!

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Dr. Kolja Spori, Formula 1 Agent and Austrian Economist who has visited all 193 countries of the world.

In his quest to seek truth and liberty, he met freedom fighters, guerrillas and warlords, such as the FARC leaders “Black Death” and Tanja Nijmeijer in the Colombian mountains, the Russian Nightwolf “Chirurg” in Crimea, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny, and Liberia’s putschist Prince Johnson in Monrovia.

Kolja narrowly missed the bombing of Donbas rebel leader Alexander Sakharchenko in the Separatist Cafè Donezk, and he won a staredown against US “Defence Secretary” Donald Rumsfeld in an elevator in Batumi.

He is often known by his nickname Dr. Dangerzone and is the Ambassador of Germany to the World’s youngest country: Liberland, and he also happens to be a very dear friend of mine, so I’m really excited to have him on our show! 

A GLIMPSE INTO MY CONVERSATION WITH KOLJA

• What an intense conversation with Kolja on the most dangerous cities and countries you can travel to and what can happen at any moment while you are there.
• What life is like when you have visited every UN country in the world, especially war zones… 
• We talk about THE most dangerous capital in the world and what the government does and doesn’t do to protect its citizens.
• On the other hand, we talk about Russia and the freedom from government and what it’s like in Siberia. Such dichotomy.
• I really wanted to understand what is it about these dangerous countries or the war zone that attracted Kolja to want to visit and see them, and why he continues to visit them again and again.
• Listen in as Kolja describes war zones and crisis areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland… what it felt like and the process he undertook to be able to process what was happening… countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo… each one more dangerous than the other
• How hiring a local taxi driver in these horrific war zone areas who can explain why after so many years these things are still happening, can impact who you are as a person and why it’s so important to understand the truth.
• Find out which city and country are Kolja’s most favourite of all the countries he has visited in his lifetime. I bet you’ll never guess.
• How the information we get on television or in our mainstream media is the direct opposite of the reality on the ground, as we discuss several different countries and what life is actually like living there.
• Extreme Traveller Congress… from billionaire to backpacker, how 150 participants come together, no matter what they’ve done in the past, and why it just doesn’t matter, all for the love of travel and adventure.
• We discuss in detail what life is like for Kolja now, living in Monaco, after spending years travelling… is this still a passion for him?
• I wanted to understand what Kolja has learned from visiting all of these different types of war zone countries and meeting the players that are involved? What have been his insights?
• If you have an extra $250,000 sitting around and want to do something so radical that almost no one else on earth has done or even heard about, then listen as Kolja pitches you on his next adventure of 2023.

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159: Creating A Libertarian Country From Scratch – Vít Jedlička 

145: Building A Nonprofit In The Slums Of Uganda – Jennings Wright 

128: Travelling To Every Country In The World – Salvatore Lavallo 

HOW TO CONTACT KOLJA SPORI

Spori.net

CONCLUSION

This was a fun hour spent with my friend, smoking a cigar and talking about our radical travels throughout our lives. I’m not a jealous person, but wow, Kolja’s experiences have been just mind-blowing for me. 

If you’re viewing war zones through the lens of mainstream media and believe what you see and read, this episode will open your eyes to the truth of what is actually happening on the ground. 

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Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Sarah Tarvin from PolyglotandTot. Sarah does language acquisition and goal achievement coaching and currently uses 8 languages: English, German, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi and Arabic.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• What is life like in a family that speaks 8 languages fluently and understands another 16, enough so that they can travel the world and be able to talk like a local?
• The most crucial languages that you and your family need to learn for the future. Not just personal but for business.
• What is the most important thing to have and do for you and your family to be fluent in several languages?
• Are you craving to learn a new language? Maybe become a polyglot? What is a polyglot anyways?
• Four tools for you and your spouse to best educate your children on how to learn and speak many languages.
• How long does it take to learn a new language? Can you learn 2 at the same time? Is that a good idea?
• Have you got children? Would you like them to become bilingual or trilingual? When are the best years to be teaching your children a 2nd or 3rd language?
• Some tricks and tips on helping your children learn another language even if you’re not learning it. 
• For people who want desperately to speak a new language but don’t know where to start.
• What language is the most practical and most effective to have your child learn? You probably already know the answer!

RELATED PODCAST EPISODES

• 128: Travelling To Every Country In The World – Salvatore Lavallo
• 115: The Solution To Educating Your Children Abroad – Michael Strong
• 083: Secrets to Learning a Foreign Language Quickly – Olly Richards

HOW TO FIND SARAH TARVIN’S WORK

• PolyglotAndTot.com
• chooseyourlifeadventure.com
• Instagram 

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CONCLUSION

I had so much fun talking with Sarah. She is a wealth of information and if you and your family are looking to take your language skills to another level, please reach out to Sarah. If you are trying to learn a new language or have your children learn a new language, pass an exam in a foreign language or make a presentation in a 2nd language, then Sarah is your gal. So, so knowledgeable, and really friendly and fun to talk with!

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Today’s guests on the Expat Money Show are Jessica & Will Sueiro. Since 2014 they have been travelling the world – one hometown at a time. Together with their free-spirited children, Avalon and Largo, the family have visited 70 countries in their quest to provide a global education for their children, while building a deeper bond as a family.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• It took them 7 years from the start of the idea of becoming full-time travellers to actually being on the road.
• We talk a lot about what schools look like in other countries. How the children handled not being able to speak the native language and being on the playground and being able to fit in.
• Living full time in Costa Rica, Ecuador and in France. What did that look like? Was it easy to make friends? Did you love it or hate it?
• Avalon asking to be homeschooled and how well she is doing today. As a 16-year-old she has 2 online businesses. Find out what they are and how they came to be.
• The Sueiros’ have been travelling non-stop for 6 years. What are the kids like today? are they empathetic? kind, funny? what does moving from country to country do to a child?
• Will & Jess talk about how they broke into the community! you won’t believe it!
• Mikkel & Jess talk about doing the ‘hard things’ in life.
• Then what did they do?……..
• They rented a 21 1/2′ motor home. Small yes..cozy, for sure. They travelled all through Europe, crazy to hear these stories.
• What are they doing today? and if you’ve wanted to travel, leave your home country and see the world, this episode is a must for you. You’ll love it!
• After four months locked down on the dock in France, they finally get to take their sailing lessons. They will set sail for Greece (from France) on March 1st.

HOW TO FIND WILL & JESSICA SUEIRO’S WORK

• And here are their social channels:
• www.youtube.com/worldtowning
• www.facebook.com/worldtowning
• www.instagram.com/worldtowning

RELATED EPISODES

• 078: Brandon Pearce -Travelling the Globe World Schooling your Children
• 098: Sixty Home Swaps In 3 Years Of Non-Stop Travel With 4 Kids In Tow – Daniel Prince
• 109: How To Find Freedom And Travel Like A Boss – Johnny FD

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CONCLUSION

Well, as most of you know, I love talking about education. Worldschooling, homeschooling, unschooling… It’s just so great to talk with like-minded people. What they, as a family have achieved is remarkable.

If you want to experience a trip with them, I really urge you to view some of their YouTube videos, watch how they live their lives, it’s truly amazing. Their lives have been profoundly changed by travel, mine too! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed chatting with Will & Jess.

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Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Michael Strong, Founder of Expanse Online, an innovative virtual secondary school and he is one of the most experienced and creative school program designers in the country.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Public education in Michael’s opinion is abusive and fraudulent, listen to a better alternative
• Statistically, 75% of high school students are unhappy and only 45% are actively engaged in learning
• The increase in suicide rates in teens are shocking, why is this happening?
• We examine the rise in substance abuse in government-run schools and how to protect your child from it
• Why communication and compassion will always be necessary and how to foster them in your child’s education
• Mikkel and Michael go into what careers require higher education to be successful and what careers don’t
• How to prepare your child for the real world and set them up for success
• How Michael’s school rewards Emotional Intelligence in kids
• What does a school day and week look like at Expanse Online?
• Some have referred to this program as ‘Homeschooling by professionals’
• And so much more…

RELATED EPISODES

• 094: Alternative Ways To Learn, Enter The Workforce And Educate Children – Isaac Morehouse
• 078: Brandon Pearce -Travelling the Globe World Schooling your Children
• 036: Jim Rogers – North Korea, China, Mandarin And The Current State Of Education

HOW TO FIND MICHAEL STRONG’S WORK

• www.expanseonline.co

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CONCLUSION

Michael is an amazing human being, working to ensure his students get the very best education possible so that becoming effective adults is not that difficult. I really enjoyed the conversation, and personally got a lot out of it, I hope you do too!

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Over the past 3 years of interviewing guests, we’ve usually come at it from the ownership side, or at least from the managerial side of a business. We talk about what our guest does for a living or how they left the crazy lifestyle of Corporate America and travelled as an expat and became an entrepreneur.

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Becoming part of a community
• 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
• Fear Setting Exercise
• Love Home Swap and how it works
• Measuring Success
• Sir Ken Robinson
• Selling everything and moving to Thailand
• Home sitting/Pet sitting
• Digital Nomad
• Dual Citizenship
• And so much more!

HOW TO FIND DANIEL PRINCE’S WORK

• Blog: Prince off the Grid – talks about homeschooling, world schooling, travel, entrepreneurship, digital nomads.
• Book: Choose Life: The Tools, Tricks, and Hacks of Long-Term Family Travellers, Worldschoolers and Digital Nomads
• Twitter: @princey1976
• Podcast: Once BITten!

RELATED EPISODES

• EP 078: Brandon Pearce – Travelling the Globe World Schooling your Children
• EP 074: Nora Dunn – How To Pay Nothing For Accommodations And Travel The World Rent Free
• EP 068: Gunnar Garfors – Travel Adventurer Visits Every Country In The world Twice!
• EP 058: Pete Sisco – How To Start An Online Business So You Can Safely Leave The Rat Race

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CONCLUSION

Well, I gotta say, Daniel Prince, is leading his life better than almost anyone I know and is having just a great time. I so enjoyed this interview with Daniel, that we immediately got a membership with Love Home Swap and can’t wait to travel the world, homeschooling my daughter and really have the best life I could ever imagine.

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Today’s guest is dedicated to the relentless pursuit of freedom. He is the CEO of Crash.co, the career launch platform, and the founder of Praxis, a startup apprenticeship program, both of which are shaking up how young people pursue their dream jobs and develop necessary skills. 

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• The biggest problems with the education system today
• The history of how the education system began
• What ‘deschooling’ is and why it’s necessary
• The concept of Human Capital in education
• What’s relevant in education today
• Introduction to Praxis and its impact on career fulfillment
• How Praxis helps those entering the workforce or seeking more fulfilling careers
• Isaac’s creation of Crash.co to help students craft better resumes and improve job prospects

HOW TO FIND ISAAC’S WORK

• www.isaacmorehouse.com
• You will find all the information on both Praxis and Crash.co and a little bit about the man himself!

RELATED EPISODES

• EP 078: Brandon Pearce -Travelling the Globe World Schooling your Children
• EP 029: Jim Cockrum – How Creating Engaging Content On Social Media Is Translating into 25 Million In Sales On Amazon
• EP 004: Clara Day Herrera – How To Raise Your Child To Be An Entrepreneur. Morning Routines

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CONCLUSION

The hour with Isaac went by so fast, we really got to chat about so many great ideas. He’s a really cool guy with some amazing perspectives on life and freedom. I encourage all of you to listen and share this podcast with your kids, friends, and your friend’s kids. Really!

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Brandon Pearce is the creator of Family Adventure Academy, an annual live event for families interested in long-term travel, location independence, alternative education, entrepreneurship, community, deepening family relationships, and more.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Difference Between World Schooling, Homeschooling, and Unschooling
  • World Schooling: Children learn from real-life experiences and travel, developing confidence and turning strangers into friends.
  • Homeschooling: Education conducted at home or various places, typically by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, using less formal methods.
  • Unschooling: Educational method where learners choose activities, learning through natural experiences, personal interests, and social interactions.
• World Schooling and Homeschooling: Popular topics on The Expat Money Show; featured guests like Sam McRoberts who travels the world while world schooling his family.
• Unschooling: For those uncertain about unschooling, Mikkel Thorup wrote an article about traditional education and insights from “Weapons of Mass Instruction” by John Taylor Gatto.
• Pearce On Earth
  • Brandon Pearce’s Travels: Visited over 40 countries with his family, volunteering, experiencing wonders, and staying in diverse accommodations.
  • Family Adventure Academy: A 3-day intensive program in Seattle for parents planning long-term travel with their families, providing structured planning and preparation.
  • Family Adventure Summit: Annual event by Brandon Pearce, held in various locations with inspiring speakers, workshops, and activities for families, fostering community and learning.

HOW TO FIND BRADON’S WORK:

• www.pearceonearth.com

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CONCLUSION

This was a really fun episode with Brandon Pearce from Pearce On Earth. Honestly, if you’ve ever dabbled with the idea of homeschooling or world schooling your children, then listen in! If you’re tired of the everyday grind and find that your relationship with your kids/spouse is in jeopardy, listen in! Or you just want to travel and visit the world with your family, listen in! This episode with Brandon Pearce has it all!

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