Integrated Strategy

I'm back from the craziest adventure of my life!

I traveled to Loas (North of Thailand) with my best friend, and honestly I  saw things I've never seen before.

From speed boating down the Mekong river, riding on the back of an elephant, trekking through caves, to exploring unmapped villages in the middle of NO WHERE... I've been truly reminded of how fortunate we are.

We stayed at this one guest house with a German lady who has lived there for over 2 years and we had a conversation that reminded me of my business.

We were talking about how there really are two types of travellers.
1) Tourists
2) Travellers

Sounds the same right? But there's a HUGE fundamental difference...

After boating down the river with the locals, seeing people pan for gold...

After spending 6 hours in the back of a pickup truck with 7 locals, 23 chickens, and 1 turkey...

After spending 2 nights in a town where everyone would STOP and stare to see the Strange lookin' Foreigners..

We had arrived to one of the more 'Popular' destinations - Luang Prabang

There we sat and had a DELICIOUS pizza and was absolutely AMAZED at how advanced this part of the country was.

I mean, there was even a printed receipt for our bill!

At this point we met up with a guy who we met way back at the boarder crossing.

And I asked how his trip has been.

He said, "good, just seen some sites and been to the markets"...   he didn't seem very enthused.

And THAT'S when it dawned on me...

Even though we were in the same country, we had 2 COMPLETELY Different experiences.

I remember sitting in the cafe eating the pizza thinking that I could literally be ANY WHERE in the world right now.
To me, This is NOT Laos.

The real Laos is in the country side, in the small towns where no one knows how to speak our language. Where you're forced out of your comfort zone every single hour.

And then it all made sense to me.

I was traveling as a Traveller, not a Tourist.

Same applies to our businesses.

If you're following what everyone else is telling you to do, your going to miss out on many beautiful experiences.

Who says you can't travel, and build a business?
Who says you can't find success in your T-shirt?

The reason why I'm now able to travel and work as I go is because I decided to take a different path.

The first thing I did was got serious about my own training.
Was it an easy thing to do?
Heck No!

Building this kind of home-based business can be as scary as going into a small speed boat in a foreign country with a bunch of locals who are all wearing helmets!  (and when nobody wears helmets driving their motor-bikes... this gets you thinking...!)

The point I want to make is this...

If you want something different, you have to do something different.

Get off the beaten path and learn what it's going to take to build your home-based business using strategies that you're happy with.
I also wanted to report back and say that YES, it is possible to disappear into unmapped territories of this world and still have your business running. Learn the strategies, create the systems, and enjoy your new lifestyle.

That's it for now!

Cheers to designing your own lifestyle,

Taigh

PS. This Formula Training is a solid overview of where you need to get started...

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