Refusing the backup plan is key for many successful entrepreneurs and other heroes. A good backup plan creates safety -- something you don't want when you're trying to change the world.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
Luciano Pavarotti once said that "some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience." How can I give more? That's the question online entrepreneurs should be asking.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.17.2011
If you're involved in any kind of creative work, you and inertia are probably well acquainted. I wish I were an exception, but no -- inertia and I are mortal enemies.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
At the end of the day, I want to be tired -- not from a grind of tasks that leave me with a feeling of "What did I really do today" but with a sense of wow. I want adventures.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
From time to time I try being someone else, and the act of being an impostor really wears me out. I'm much better at being myself, including the flaws. All things considered, it's worked out okay so far.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
During the day in Saudi Arabia I worked out in the fitness center and went to shopping malls. That's pretty much all that a non-Muslim, Western visitor can do in Riyadh, so that's what I did.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.17.2011
The nice thing about travel is that the more you wander, the more experienced you become. These days, it doesn't take me long to settle in anywhere.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.17.2011
Domestic First Class isn't much to get excited about. Things get a lot more exciting (sometimes) when you head overseas on long-haul flights.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
If I wimped out and hung around drinking coffee, I'd feel better that day, but later on I would have regretted not making the journey. My rule is "never pass up a country when it comes your way."
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
Here I am in Suriname. Country #109. I feel like I'm far away from where I came from, and that's just fine with me.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 05.25.2011
My mode of operation is "keep it simple." I don't check bags, regularly hop between continents, and sometimes wake up not remembering which country I'm in.
Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.17.2011