Comments on: 5 Ways for Travelers to Start a Location-Independent Career: A Webinar for Matador

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:57:50 +0000

I’m a fan of Penelope and her forwardness, but I think that she was the wrong person for this topic. Matador is about traveling the world, and I think most people that read this site know of the Location Independent group (Lea Woordward, Tim Ferriss, etc). Penelope started off her webinar with “I’ve never even heard of the term location independent, it must be a gen y term.” She also made some statements how a lot of jobs couldn’t be location independent (interior designer, for instance. She could have gone on about how you could take those skills to apply it to another job that CAN be location independent, such as a teaching interior design in other countries, working as an ID consultant, etc), how taking an 8 year old around the world / not have a home base is borderline child abuse, and suggested taking corporate jobs and treating that as a freelance career. Ryan – I wish he would have talked more as he had some sound advice. Penelope has great advice for someone that wants to grow into a career, but I think there are a lot better spokespeople for leading a location independent life.

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:19:19 +0000

I’ve just recently discovered the Matador network but have been a fan of Penelope and Brazen Careerist for awhile now. Glad to see that you two have partnered and excited to join in on the webinar tonight.

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By: Kunal

Kunal — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:25:00 +0000

Is there anyway to get a copy of this webinar, as I am working tomorrow and unable to participate in the event.

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By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:52:49 +0000

As a member of Matador, LIP & Brazen Careerist, I’m so happy to hear this as it is definitely the wave of the future and a fast growing trend!

We have been on an open ended, world tour as a family since 2006, to 32 countries so far on 4 continents, thus demonstrating that it’s a fantastic way to live, work and educate your children to be multi-lingual global citizen’s in the 21st century.

As a featured Case Study in the latest edition of Tim Ferriss’s 4-Hour Workweek, we demonstrate as Tim says, “Living richly does not require riches.” because we live large and very green on just 23 dollars a day per person as we travel the world (much of it in “expensive” Europe).

I’ve written extensively on this topic on my website and now doing it on the Huffington Post, because I passionately want people to know it is easier, cheaper and more enriching than most realize.

Love the work that Matador, Brazen Careerist and LIP are doing, thrilled they have gotten together to pass the word out to others.

It’s time for more people to start living their dreams!!

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By: Candice Walsh

Candice Walsh — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:57:14 +0000

Same, with you know, the ocassional new pair of shoes. Pumped for this!

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:40:55 +0000

for some people, wealth is their ultimate goal, some fame, and all the those other hackneyed nouns i’ll refrain from using further. i want nothing more than to have a location independent career and leave within my meager means. as i still have a year or two before i graduate, i hope this will prove a valuable asset. i already appreciate what they’re doing. thank you.

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By: joshua johnson

joshua johnson — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:45:21 +0000

thanks for the 411 David…

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By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:14:30 +0000

I’m already location independent, but I’ll be tuning in. Love the idea, love the tagline of Brazen Careerist, and appreciate the reminder of their existence– I meant to join after reading the first article about them by Lea.

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By: Roryy

Roryy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:26:51 +0000

This is great. It looks like a valuable and mutually beneficial relationship.

Really looking forward to the webinar. “Location Independence” is part of my 5-year plan. (never thought I’d have a plan, let alone a 5-year one!)

Just a couple more at this desk…

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By: Ryan Paugh

Ryan Paugh — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:44:10 +0000

Thanks for featuring this post guys! Penelope and I are really looking forward to connecting with members of the Matador Network.

If anyone has any questions about Brazen Careerist or next week’s webinar, give me a shout at ryanpaugh@brazencareerist.com

Cheers!

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