The Unmistakable Creative Podcast How Travel Causes You to Grow as a Person With Matt Kepnes
After a trip to Thailand in 2005, Matt decided to quit his job, finish his MBA and head off into the world. What started out as a one year trip has turned into a 7 year journey in which travel has defined his life. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation
- Making radical identity shifts through incremental steps
- A look at the early start of Matt's travel writing career
- Why long term travel doesn't have to be expensive
- The highs and lows that come with long term travel
- Why the hardest step in any journey is the first one
- How to find adventure outside your front door
- The difference between vacation and travel culture
- The personal growth that comes from long term travel
- Why being a voracious reader is so essential to your writing
- How to significantly improve your writing through editing
- Why you must make your stories must about the reader
- The Importance of having impeccable standards
- The difference between perfection and progress
- Living like a local when you travel
- A look at the writing process for Matt's Book
- The 8th grade view that can inform your writing
A professional traveller since 2004, Matt not only documents his travels but also helps explain how you can also live a life of travel. He is the author of How to Travel the World on 50 dollars a day and runs the travel blog Nomadic Matt
After a trip to Thailand in 2005, Matt decided to quit his job, finish his MBA and head off into the world. What started out as a one year trip has turned into a 7 year journey in which travel has defined his life. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation
- Making radical identity shifts through incremental steps
- A look at the early start of Matt's travel writing career
- Why long term travel doesn't have to be expensive
- The highs and lows that come with long term travel
- Why the hardest step in any journey is the first one
- How to find adventure outside your front door
- The difference between vacation and travel culture
- The personal growth that comes from long term travel
- Why being a voracious reader is so essential to your writing
- How to significantly improve your writing through editing
- Why you must make your stories must about the reader
- The Importance of having impeccable standards
- The difference between perfection and progress
- Living like a local when you travel
- A look at the writing process for Matt's Book
- The 8th grade view that can inform your writing
A professional traveller since 2004, Matt not only documents his travels but also helps explain how you can also live a life of travel. He is the author of How to Travel the World on 50 dollars a day and runs the travel blog Nomadic Matt
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