My Portable Empire

“Your Portable Empire” is the title of a book by Pat O’Bryan.  The book is an excellent primer on the nomadic entrepreneurial lifestyle…  And the title is cool too.

In fact, that title has inspired my next travel adventure.   I’ve decided to spend 4 months in Asia while continuing to run my little “portable empire” as I travel.

I’m always fond of experimenting with my life, so I’ve decided to push the limits and see just how much I can accomplish while living on the opposite side of the world.

Specifically, I want to see if I can achieve a number of important things while traveling, including:

• Continue Singing Lessons.  I love my voice teacher and missing 4 months of lessons with her was really depressing me.   So I talked to her and we are going to continue my voice lessons using Skype!  I’ll be annoying my hotel neighbors with scales and songs

• Continue Improving and Growing My Business.   I’ll continue to work with designers, contractors, mentors, coaches, and team members and will continue the projects we have started.  My ultimate goal– the business improves and thrives while I travel and enjoy my “vacation” abroad.

• Continue Coaching & Mentoring.  Again, using Skype I’ll continue talking to the mentors and coaches who are helping me with finances, marketing, and teaching.

• Continue Getting Healthier.  I’ll be training for a marathon and then an ultra marathon (a 50 miler) during my time in Asia.  I’ll continue eating a “Green Vegan” diet (the alkalizing vegan diet that has given me an absolutely incredible boost in energy).

When I first began planning a trip, I was thinking of just backpacking around as usual.  But something about that wasn’t inspiring me.   Just hopping from guesthouse to guesthouse didnt feel like a challenge– felt like a repeat of what I’ve already done for many years.

Also, I realized that I really love my life right now.  I love what I’m doing.  I don’t need to “work” for money and I don’t.   I “work” (actually, play) doing things I love doing and I thoroughly enjoy them.

When I was miserable at various McJobs, I desperately craved “vacations”.  I absolutely needed to just escape.

But when you’re life is fun and interesting and inspired, you don’t want a vacation from it!

So, I realized that while I was craving a change of location (that nomadic Hobopoet instinct)– I was craving it for different reasons.  I’m not craving escape– I’m craving inspiration, energy, and new input.

Also, I simply miss SE Asia (mainly Thailand)– my second home.

So that was the inspiration– to combine the best of both my worlds:  what I love about my life at home…  and what I love about Asia.   Take my “empire” with me.

As a final note, its amazing how easy this really is.   Technically, to run my entire company I need only: a laptop with wifi & webcam, a cell phone, and a good microphone.  Using these tools, I’ll record lessons, record podcasts, create videos, communicate with team members/teacher/mentors, and run my entire business.

Of course, I’ll also be posting the results of the “Portable Empire” experiment here.

Hobopoet “Portable Empire” updates coming soon…..