Summary: Today we discuss how Brandon Pearce went from a call center job to being a full time entrepreneur, traveling the world with his wife and children and how he started the Family Adventure Summit.<br> <br> In Today’s Podcast we cover:<br> <br> * Episode 44 with Brandon Pearce, who was recommended to us by Andrew from the ChooseFI community<br> * Discussion of geo arbitrage, starting your own business and designing your future all wrapped up in one person<br> * Brandon realizing that you have no control over your future as a regular employee and it started him thinking about getting moving with his own business<br> * His software for organizing piano lessons was what led to his business<br> * How he got his first sale and realized this could be a successful business<br> * How Brandon considered making this a full-time venture and that inflection point where he took the leap<br> * Did Brandon contemplate not going full time with his software or was this a slam dunk decision?<br> * The value of hiring from inside your own community to find someone who is passionate and knowledgeable<br> * How Brandon wouldn’t be happier or more fulfilled with more ‘stuff’<br> * Was the plan for this to be a ‘lifestyle business’ originally?<br> * They replaced a focus on stuff with a focus on growth, travel and service<br> * Their six week “test trip” to Panama as a family<br> * Looking at life through your children’s eyes<br> * How difficult it was to replicate this experience in the United States<br> * Travel as one of the biggest catalysts for growth<br> * How liberating it was to not have any of their stuff on the trip to Panama<br> * Their first long-term trip was to Costa Rica and they were there for 1.5 years where their daughter was born<br> * How do you find a community when travelling abroad?<br> * Their current location in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and how close the community is there<br> * Schooling types: Homeschooling, world schooling and un-schooling and an explanation<br> * They follow an interest-led learning approach with their children to inspire the love of learning<br> * What do you tell someone who is afraid to take the leap to family travel?<br> * Slow travel has the ability to be transformative and immersive<br> * Questions about safety and health care in foreign countries<br> * A discussion of health care in the countries Brandon has lived in and how inexpensive it is<br> * Brandon’s time tracking experiment<br> * The 1st annual Family Adventure Summit<br> * Documentary: Into the Wind about families travelling the world<br> * Hot Seat Questions<br> <br> Links from the show:<br> <br> * <a href="https://pearceonearth.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pearce on Earth</a><br> * <a href="https://musicteachershelper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brandon’s Software: Music Teacher’s Helper</a><br> * <a href="https://familyadventuresummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Family Adventure Summit</a><br> * <a href="http://slimtimer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slim Timer</a><br> * <a href="https://toggl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toggl</a><br> * <a href="https://www.intothewindfilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Into the Wind documentary</a><br> * <a href="https://www.playingwithfire.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Playing with FIRE documentary</a><br> * <a href="https://tim.blog/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Ferris Podcast</a><br> * <a href="https://www.samharris.org/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sam Harris podcast ‘Waking Up’</a><br> * <a href="https://onyourterms.com/from-call-center-support-to-entrepreneur-full-time-travel-with-kids-28a47941e3a8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From Call Center Support to Entrepreneur & Full Time Travel (With Kid...</a>
