Hey Dan here I thought I'd take advantage of the beautiful weather and
just film one more video here I want to share five reasons that you should
absolutely consider moving abroad to start or grow your business this is
something that I am so passionate about and love talking about so much that I
realize I don't actually talk about it too much because hear me out
I assume that no one else is as interested and I would overdo it but
recently it's come up on my online coaching calls at the event here in
Prague and I've realized like this is something that's really valuable for
people in terms of not what I'm gonna say although hopefully it's a little
valuable but in terms of actually the implementation like moving abroad so the
first reason to consider making the move abroad is a change in people and
environment now yes sometimes this can be a bad thing but if you're just
starting out working for yourself my hunch is the majority of people in your
life are either doubters or full-on haters at this point where they do not
work for themselves and they are constantly questioning whether you
should whether it will work out how you're doing it bla bla bla so the
change to a new environment and new people could be a very positive thing
now aside from eliminating maybe doubt in or doubters I should say of the
people around you another benefit can be that you end up freeing up a ton of time
perhaps you're someone like my wonderful girlfriend Gabby who knows everybody and
cares about her friend so much which is really heartwarming but every weekend
there's a different birthday there's a different event there's something to do
this was very similar to me in Vancouver as well before I left and when I moved
down to Costa Rica I found that hey I suddenly had a lot of
free time to focus on Fitness on my business and on actually making things
happen now this might be a good time to mention that when I'm talking about
moving abroad I'm talking specifically about just
that moving somewhere new for say three to six months at a time not being
digital nomads and bouncing around somewhere new every couple of weeks now
I know some people can pull this off and grow a business while just traveling
perpetually like shout out to Natalie for making that happen but for me
personally I don't think I ever could living somewhere new for say three
months I found has been the perfect balance where I've been able to settle
in have some excitement and meet new people and experience a new culture but
also be as I said settled in enough that I can have a co-working space and a home
office and I'm not always worried or not even worried but excited about the next
place I'm going when I travel I love to get into the logistics and plan where
I'm gonna go and look at the places I'll be staying and all that and that
definitely takes up a lot of time and energy that would be often better spent
on my business so number two speaking of business one of the things that helps a
business succeed is having money and working at it and one of the best ways
to extend your runway the time you have between now and when your business needs
to succeed before you run out of money is moving somewhere cheaper and there
are a lot of amazing places in the world that you can live at a lower cost than
possibly where you're watching this from I know is people watching from
everywhere but if you are watching from Canada the UK Australia the United
Kingdom Germany Netherlands there are places you can live at 1/3 the cost and
have great internet a great standard of living and quality of life and have a
lot more time to grow your business I'm filming this right now from my home in
Prague in the Czech Republic and Prague is not the cheapest anymore it is
probably still about half the price of living in the UK it has an incredible
quality of living standard of living fiber-optic in turn
dozens of co-working spaces and it is probably twice the price of other cities
that you could go to for a similar maybe not quite as high but a similar quality
of life in other words you can cut your costs a lot which allow you to focus on
growing your business to not be a stress to have a little more time to get where
you want to be it's not a good situation to be starting a business and have four
or five thousand dollars a month in living expenses it doesn't make sense
and it's not going to do you any favors so the ability to cut your cost of
living significantly is absolutely huge number three moving abroad is a great
opportunity to break bad habits and change your ways of thinking some of you
may have seen my videos on shiny object syndrome on changing direction and on
staying focused as an entrepreneur and one of the things I credit this change
in thinking with the ability to think longer term and not get so caught up in
this sense of urgency and needing to succeed now now now and therefore being
able to put in the time and effort to actually succeed and make things happen
one of the biggest things like credit for that is moving to Europe and being
in cultures I've lived in Europe in Spain Italy Germany and in the Czech
Republic here being in cultures where there is a bit of a longer view of time
where I'm surrounded by I mean the building I live in now is from I think
1895 and the center of Prague the buildings are from like the 14th 15th
16th century often it does remind you and change your thinking a bit in terms
of building more of a legacy and thinking long term and of course there
are the cultural differences as well how that impacts you will depend on where
you're from where you choose to live and everything else but it can be a really
great opportunity speaking of a change of culture and we'll make this number 4
yes you will miss some of your friends back home but moving abroad moving
somewhere new can be a great opportunity to surround yourself with like-minded
people why possibly where you live is just where you were born that was true
for me at least in Vancouver I'd never lived abroad when I left in 2012 I had
just was born there I was born in a suburb I was living in the downtown but
that was just it and I have a theory that each city attracts a different kind
of person now if you're born somewhere that it's nothing to do to where you're
attracted to or whatever else you were just born there but if you move
somewhere it probably says something about you right people who move to New
York tend to be ambitious they tend to be dreamers they tend to have a certain
way of thinking people who move to the south of France to a little village are
probably also looking for something different in life so I'm guessing the
place you choose to live will reflect what's important to you and aspects of
your personality and your values and so the other people both who live there
natively and also other expats who have moved there are more likely to share
your values and being surrounded by people who share your values and have a
similar mindset can be a really powerful thing when you're starting or growing
your own business because it can support your way of thinking and help you stay
focus on what you want to do instead of debating with friends and family who
maybe have a totally different worldview than you and you love them to death yes
of course but you're tired of wasting dinners debating with them on what's
most important in life when you could be building your business and building your
life and the fifth reason that moving abroad can be an absolute game changer
as an entrepreneur is that it is just fun listen we're all gonna die one day
we've got to enjoy our lives and the whole model of working your whole life
so that you can eventually move to a little village in Italy or the South of
France and live away your days the way you really wanted to why not just do
that now it does not make sense especially if you consider the benefits
I've already mentioned and a lot more that I haven't why not just do the thing
that will make you happy now the research is there if you need it if
you've got that Puritan guilt of hey I've got a work heart now
and sacrifice so that one day I can be happy I can give you the research that
says that if you are happy now if you are satisfied in life and enjoying
yourself you will actually be more productive you will actually earn more
money and be more successful that way by starting with happiness so if you need
to tell yourself that then just do just that tell yourself that but the reality
is life is short heck we might burn down this whole plan over the next 10 years
anyhow so why not enjoy yourself now do the things you love do the things that
make you happy move to that dream destination of yours
and see what happens I can guarantee you your life will never
be the same you will be very happy with your decision and if not you've at least
had an awesome time living somewhere new a great experience you will cherish for
the rest of your life so it is really a win-win situation thank you for watching
this video if you are new to the channel my name is Dan I publish new videos each
and every week and my mission is to help you become the best version of yourself
all while creating the most awesome life possible for you and those you love
which may often include starting your own business and living abroad somewhere
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video soon oh and just before you go I wanted to let you know I'm hosting a
three-day retreat in Vancouver Canada late July this summer I'll include a
card pop-up for that and the link in the description below check it out if you're
interested in joining us and connecting with some awesome people it would be
great to have you there
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