Jake Jorgovan on Why Skill Is The New Black
04/20/15 • 33 min
A peek into the life of one extraordinary individual who is living the life of his dreams traveling the world by working remotely.
In this episode of Converge Dane Sanders is joined by creative entrepreneur Jake Jorgovan who up and moved to Mexico to live the life of his dreams.
Dane and Jake explore the idea of the American dream, working remotely, what that means and how to do it. Jake describes his formula for how to put yourself in a position to go anywhere in the world you desire and still make a living.
He boils it down to three things:
- Learn a skill
- Figure out how to get hired for that skill and work remotely
- Move somewhere awesome
If you have always dreamed of the freedom to travel or live somewhere else and still manage to make a living supporting yourself and your family, this episode might give you a new perspective on how to make that a reality.
Many thanks to Jake Jorgovan for being here. And thanks to all of you that have taken time to spread the word through Twitter, leave questions and comments on the site and rate us at places like iTunes.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Tim Ferris
Chris Guillebeau
Tropical MBA
Hobo CEO
Travel Hacking (affiliate link)
Music provided by Triple Scoop Music – sound as good as you look.
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A peek into the life of one extraordinary individual who is living the life of his dreams traveling the world by working remotely.
In this episode of Converge Dane Sanders is joined by creative entrepreneur Jake Jorgovan who up and moved to Mexico to live the life of his dreams.
Dane and Jake explore the idea of the American dream, working remotely, what that means and how to do it. Jake describes his formula for how to put yourself in a position to go anywhere in the world you desire and still make a living.
He boils it down to three things:
- Learn a skill
- Figure out how to get hired for that skill and work remotely
- Move somewhere awesome
If you have always dreamed of the freedom to travel or live somewhere else and still manage to make a living supporting yourself and your family, this episode might give you a new perspective on how to make that a reality.
Many thanks to Jake Jorgovan for being here. And thanks to all of you that have taken time to spread the word through Twitter, leave questions and comments on the site and rate us at places like iTunes.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Tim Ferris
Chris Guillebeau
Tropical MBA
Hobo CEO
Travel Hacking (affiliate link)
Music provided by Triple Scoop Music – sound as good as you look.
The post Ep. 013 Skill is the New Black with Jake Jorgovan appeared first on Fastermind.co.
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Music provided by Triple Scoop Music.
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