Francis Tapon is Hiking his own Hike Around the World
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11/18/20 • 75 min
In this episode we discuss:
- How Francis manages to hike through snow without a warm jacket (or underwear)
- Practicing discomfort and gratitude
- The two traits Francis learned from spending five and a half years in Africa and traveling to all 54 African countries
- Falling in love and getting married in Africa
- The benefits of growing up with exposure to multiple cultures
- Collecting "cultural souvenirs" as we travel
- Why the idea of "cultural appropriation" makes no sense
- How the weather changes culture from Africa to Europe to SE Asia
- What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us
- The role of history in American, European, and African cultures
- How the Moors shaped modern Spain
- Slowing down in Spain and reevaluating what's important in life
- Francis provocative writing style and why it's so hard to write a book about Africa
- Reverse culture shock on returning to America after a long time away
- The East Coast mentality and "default question"
- What the rest of the world thinks about Americans that we don't realize
- The three areas where America is hands down the greatest country in the world
- Where Francis plans to go next and making the most of life before we move on
- What it means to "Hike your own hike"
Links:
- Francis' Website (https://francistapon.com/)
- Francis' First Book Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America (https://francistapon.com/Books/Hike-Your-Own-Hike/)
- Francis' Second Book The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us (https://francistapon.com/Books/The-Hidden-Europe/)
- Francis' Patreon Account (https://www.patreon.com/ftapon) - Get access to "The Unseen Africa" book as Francis writes it
- Francis' TEDx Talk "How and why travel transforms you" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Bd8pNYH8A)
- Francis' TEDx Talk "Bring Out Your Inner Black Sheep" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfADBIsgB8)
- Francis' TEDx Talk "7 surprising lessons from picking up 3,000 African Hitchhikers" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WxfRLByD60)
- The Jacks R Better sleeping bag that Francis uses and recommends: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CfBrJX5zoU)
- Francis' gear list from hiking the Continental Divide Trail (https://francistapon.com/Travels/Continental-Divide-Trail/CDT-Gear-List)
- The Time Paradox book by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd (https://www.amazon.com/Time-Paradox-Psychology-That-Change/dp/1416541993)
In this episode we discuss:
- How Francis manages to hike through snow without a warm jacket (or underwear)
- Practicing discomfort and gratitude
- The two traits Francis learned from spending five and a half years in Africa and traveling to all 54 African countries
- Falling in love and getting married in Africa
- The benefits of growing up with exposure to multiple cultures
- Collecting "cultural souvenirs" as we travel
- Why the idea of "cultural appropriation" makes no sense
- How the weather changes culture from Africa to Europe to SE Asia
- What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us
- The role of history in American, European, and African cultures
- How the Moors shaped modern Spain
- Slowing down in Spain and reevaluating what's important in life
- Francis provocative writing style and why it's so hard to write a book about Africa
- Reverse culture shock on returning to America after a long time away
- The East Coast mentality and "default question"
- What the rest of the world thinks about Americans that we don't realize
- The three areas where America is hands down the greatest country in the world
- Where Francis plans to go next and making the most of life before we move on
- What it means to "Hike your own hike"
Links:
- Francis' Website (https://francistapon.com/)
- Francis' First Book Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America (https://francistapon.com/Books/Hike-Your-Own-Hike/)
- Francis' Second Book The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us (https://francistapon.com/Books/The-Hidden-Europe/)
- Francis' Patreon Account (https://www.patreon.com/ftapon) - Get access to "The Unseen Africa" book as Francis writes it
- Francis' TEDx Talk "How and why travel transforms you" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Bd8pNYH8A)
- Francis' TEDx Talk "Bring Out Your Inner Black Sheep" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfADBIsgB8)
- Francis' TEDx Talk "7 surprising lessons from picking up 3,000 African Hitchhikers" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WxfRLByD60)
- The Jacks R Better sleeping bag that Francis uses and recommends: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CfBrJX5zoU)
- Francis' gear list from hiking the Continental Divide Trail (https://francistapon.com/Travels/Continental-Divide-Trail/CDT-Gear-List)
- The Time Paradox book by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd (https://www.amazon.com/Time-Paradox-Psychology-That-Change/dp/1416541993)
Previous Episode
How to Make Money Online (with Niall Doherty)
In This Episode We Talk About:
- The best way to get started making money online
- The mistake we both made when we started out and what we recommend doing instead
- How to build a "bridge" from traditional 9-to-5 work to working online
- How to approach freelancing and whether or not you should be willing to "sell your hours"
- The 6 levels and 19 types of online businesses according to Niall's framework
- Why online contests aren't a good way to get started for most people
- How to become a famous YouTuber or Blogger, even if you're starting from zero
- What you should do before buying an expensive online course (and how to get three top-rated online courses for $30 - $40 total)
- What you're really paying for when you enroll in a premium online course
- What Niall would do differently if he were to create another course
- Getting feedback on your first attempts (avoiding the indifference of the internet)
- What to look for in a course about making money online
- How to find a great community of like-minded online entrepreneurs, creators, YouTubers, etc.
Links:
- Niall's website - eBiz Facts (http://ebizfacts.com/)
- Niall's newsletter - eBiz Facts Weekly (https://ebizfacts.com/subscribe/)
- Niall's framework for thinking about online businesses (https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/types-of-online-business/)
- Sean Ogle - Location Rebel (https://www.locationrebel.com/)
- Jack Butcher (https://twitter.com/jackbutcher) / Visualize Value (https://www.visualizevalue.com/)
- Nathan Barry's Article on the "Ladders of Wealth" (https://nathanbarry.com/wealth-creation/)
- David Perrell (https://www.perell.com/)
- Mr. Beast on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBeast6000)
- Udemy online courses (https://www.udemy.com/)
- Seth Godin's Akimbo Workshops (https://www.akimbo.com/workshops)
- Indie Hackers (https://www.indiehackers.com/start)
- Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/)
After recording this episode I did a little digging for the sake of nostalgia and found the old "plant growing" game I mentioned to Niall. It's called "Lunar Greenhouse" and it was released for the Apple II. You can find a video of the game being played on YouTube.
Next Episode
How to Make More Money, Happier Clients, and Go from Surviving to Thriving as a Freelancer with Jonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark is a former software developer who is on a mission to rid the world of hourly billing. He is the author of Hourly Billing Is Nuts, the host of Ditching Hourly, and he writes a daily newsletter on pricing for independent professionals.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Jonathan Stark went from working a typical job to becoming coach for independent software developers
- Why is hourly billing so bad?
- The problem with growing your business by hiring more people
- What are the alternatives to billing by the hour?
- How else can you price project based work?
- What is value based pricing?
- How you should create and structure your proposals to maximize your income AND the client's happiness
- How to deal with (inevitable) scope creep on a fixed price project
- Avoiding adversarial client relationships by aligning your incentives with your clients
- How many options should you offer in a proposal and why?
- How can you figure out how valuable the work is to the client
- The importance of uncovering an actual business outcome
- The exact questions to ask a prospective client before giving a price or writing a proposal
- How to get a prospective client to sell themselves on working with you
- The important question that most people are too afraid (or too shy) to ask
- You have more options than you realize!
Links:
- Jonathan's free Value Pricing Bootcamp (start here)
- Lots more free resources on Jonathan's website
- Alan Weiss who helped inspire the "Why conversation"
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