As Told By Nomads

Today's interview is with renowned health and fitness expert, Yuri Elkaim. Over the past 10 years, Yuri has been built an impressive multiple 7-figure business that has served over 500k people in the health and fitness community. And now, he’s pulling back the curtain to share his business and marketing secrets with other heart-centered entrepreneurs to help them build an online business around their passion. Some of the things we discuss in this episode are the following: The Freedom Formula For Scaling Your Online Business Mindset Shifts for Building a Successful Online Business How to use strategic content to attract better traffic Lead magnets that your visitors are begging for and the right way to give it to them How to create your “unique method” to stand out in a crowded marketplace Skills you must develop for online success Why following the “gurus” might be a BIG mistake Website: https://yurielkaim.com/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/yelkaim1  See acast.com/privacy for

Today's episode is with Heather Thorkleson. She has traveled to every continent on earth and spent the better part of her 20’s slowly dying in the corporate world. She eventually dropped out of the rat race to become a certified coach through the Coaches Training Institute, graduated from Seth Godin’s groundbreaking altMBA program, and rolled all her hard-won wisdom into a small business consultancy called Republic of Freedom.She helps people move their businesses forward by: Guiding them toward specific next steps Providing an outline of how one can best leverage their day to day work for maximum impact Turning their indecision into decisive action AND Turning the sound of crickets into an engaged audience Head on over on her blog at http://republicoffreedom.com/blog/ Book a 1-on-1 session with her here: http://republicoffreedom.com/work-with-me/mini-mastermind/ A group program with her here: http://www.30daystodone.com/ Follow her on social Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/repoffreedom/;... &

Today's interview is with Claudia Körbler. Claudia is a dedicated Interpreter, cross-cultural and strategic communication specialist in English, Spanish, and her native language German, with expertise in Governance. Her professional career in the U.S. is based in the diplomatic service. She has served the Embassy of Austria, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the World Bank Group in different capacities with focus on trans-cultural communication and Interpretation. She delivered consecutive Interpretations for high-level diplomatic summits and consulted on cross-cultural communication techniques. Ms. Körbler currently holds a position as a Policy Development and Strategic Communication Analyst at the Food and Agriculture Organization to the United Nations in Washington, D.C. As an Austrian born global citizen and Third Culture Adult she has lived and worked in the U.S., Spain, UK, and Italy. During her time in the diplomatic service, and now working for an international organization... &

Today's episode is with Dinesh Kandanchatha. In the process of building and exiting multiple companies (the last for over $200M), he has learned some valuable lessons on the following subjects: Sales: How to maximize your funnel math to generate 12-15x returns on your sales people Funding: Creating businesses that are fundable and finding the right investor Marketing: Making sure Marketing activities focuses on the end goal – sales on a shoestring budget Tech: Get more done using technology as leverage. I can discuss some of the must have tools for every entrepreneur Further more, he's a cross cultural individual who has lived a nomadic life. Learn all about his nomadic and business tales! To find out more about him, head on over to www.dineshk.co  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's interview is with the Editor-in-Chief of TCK TOWN, Ava Senaratne. She is from Sri Lanka, Dubai and Australia and is currently living in Melbourne. We discuss her background as a third culture kid. How she found her identity and her background in design. Her publication TCK TOWN is an amazing online journal which explores the myriad experiences and ideas of Third Culture Kids from around the planet.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. This time we are doing the Americas. Andy’s series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is United States. The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and federal district are in central North America between Canada and Mexico, with the state of Alaska in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii comprising an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third-largest country by total area (and fourth-largest by land area) and the third-most populous. It is one of the world's most...

Today's interview is with Gerald DuBose. Gerald is a gifted visionary on a mission to change how the world perceives beauty. A writer, athlete, performer entrepreneur and now budding fragrance artist, he has always seen the world differently than most. A Washington DC native, Gerald's childhood was dedicated to creativity. He began writing poetry at six-years old , developing a genuine passion for overlooked beauty. He began his love affair with scents and fragrances shortly thereafter, becoming captivated by his father’s collection. We discuss community development and ways to build wealth in today's world. To find out more about him and all his amazing work, check out http://www.thenewwealthorder.com/ To learn more about ways you can make a difference across cultures, check out: https://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. Andy’s series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is Germany. Germany is a great power and has the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, as well as the fifth-largest by PPP. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition-free university education. Andy uses the following six-dimensional framework to capture the differences across cultures. Directness: How straightforwardly do people typically communicate in this culture? Enthusiasm: How much positive emotion and energy do they typically show? Formality: How much deference and respect do people...

Today's episode is with Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS). As CCS’ Executive Vice President, Farhana oversees all CCS programs worldwide. She’s responsible for the development of new programs and program sites, as well as the recruitment, development, and ongoing management of our Country and Program Directors. Born in Pakistan and raised in England, Farhana graduated from Bath University with a degree in Business Administration, and spent her first year out of university working with Lloyds Bank in London. In search of a sea change, in December 2000, Farhana found CCS. After four months with CCS Peru, she was hooked! She’d found her calling, her passion, and her future husband. Soon after returning from her CCS program, Farhana joined the team at HQ as our CARE Corps partnership coordinator. Over the years, Farhana has worked to ensure the highest possible quality of CCS programs. She’s also responsible for the CCS program design and ensures the safety and security of all programs, with a special focus on... &#

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. Andy’s series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is France. France has long been a global centre of art, science, and philosophy. It hosts Europe's fourth-largest number of cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites and receives around 83 million foreign tourists annually, the most of any country in the world. France is a developed country with the world's sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest by purchasing power parity. In terms of aggregate household wealth, it ranks fourth in the world. France performs well in international rankings of education, health care, life expectancy, and human development. France remains a great power in the world, being a founding member of the United Nations, where it serves as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and a founding and leading member state of the European Union (EU). Andy...

It's the 200th episode! And all I have to say is thank you! Thank you for listening. Thank you for sharing and thank you for all the feedback. Feels like just yesterday we were at 100 and boy, have things changed! I've learned that a lot of you care about how to use cross cultural skills to either build businesses and solve some of the world's biggest problems and so I have focused on doing that. Today's episode is a little different. It's a recent recent keynote I gave at the MAPCON conference on ways one can build community with storytelling & podcasting.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode is with Santiago Prieto. Santiago is the co-founder of Punkpost, a service that mails beautifully handwritten cards for you as quick as texting. It's super simple: Choose a card. Add your message. Sit back and relax. A talented scriptist will pen your message and drop it in the mailbox within 24 hours. What's more? You can also add confetti bombs, photos, and emojis. Santiago and his wife Alexis started Punkpost to rebel against Facebook happy birthdays and SMS love notes. They want to to bring freedom, fun, and collaboration back to tangible written communication. So they created an app and invoked a community of artists to make mailing cards relevant to today’s interconnected societies. Punkpost: http://punkpost.co/ Really enjoyed hearing the story behind the company and I hope you do too.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. Andy’s series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is Great Britain. Great Britain, also known as Britain is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe. It is the largest island of Europe and the ninth-largest in the world. Politically, the island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with Great Britain constituting most of the United Kingdom's territory. Most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island, with their respective capital cities - London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. The term Great Britain often extends to include surrounding islands that form part of England, Scotland, and Wales. He uses the following six-dimensional framework to capture the differences across cultures. Directness: How straightforwardly do people typically communicate in this...  See acas

Today's episode is with the author of The Successful Immigrant: How To Land Your Next 6 Figure Dream Job in The United States. Why is she so passionate about helping immigrants land their dream jobs in the US? 16 years ago, she came to the US not knowing a word of English–she only knew how to shake and nod. She was the ONLY immigrant in the Catholic school she came to in the US, there were no ESL classes, she was held back a grade, and it was sink or swim time. Within 2 years, she skipped a grade and she made it to all honors and AP classes in high school, and went to UC Berkeley for college because she refuses to settle for anything but the best. A month after graduation, she remembers sitting on the floor of her apartment without a single job interview, thinking “What the hell happened?” She decided it was again crunch time. She personally emailed 100 CEOs and got 90 rejections, 10 interviews, 2 offers, and accepted a job as a business analyst with zero experience and no internships during all 4...

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. Andy’s series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is India. India is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. India's capital is New Delhi; other metropolises include Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the fastest-growing major economies; it is considered a newly industrialized country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition and inadequate public healthcare. India is a federal republic governed under a parliamentary system and consists of 29 states and 7 union territories. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected...

Today's episode is with Rachel Smets. Born and raised in Belgium, where she returns often for family visits, she currently resides in the Netherlands. She left Belgium in her mid 20’s and moved to Spain where she landed her first job abroad. This was the beginning of her exciting journey, filled with challenges, learning curves, more moves, new jobs, new people, but never a dull moment. Every move gave her the opportunity to immerse herself in a different language and culture. Each place she has lived has taught her so much and the adventure has enriched her life. Rachel Smets is founder of RachelSmets.com. A life coach, as well as teaching 6 different conversational languages, and delivering multi-cultural business trainings. Her expertise comes from living in several countries, where she worked mostly in the corporate world. Passionate about people and cultures, she has terrific networking skills, which she has used over and over again to integrate in new countries. It has benefited her social life and...

Back at it again with cultural codes! We are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. Andy's series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is Japan. Japan is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean with dense cities, imperial palaces, mountainous national parks and thousands of shrines and temples. Shinkansen bullet trains connect the main islands of Kyushu (with Okinawa's subtropical beaches), Honshu (home to Tokyo and Hiroshima’s atomic-bomb memorial) and Hokkaido (famous for skiing). Tokyo, the capital, is known for skyscrapers, shopping and pop culture. Capital: Tokyo. He uses the following six-dimensional framework to capture the differences across cultures. Directness: How straightforwardly do people typically communicate in this culture? Enthusiasm: How much positive emotion and energy do they typically show? Formality: How much deference and respect do people typically demonstrate? Assertiveness: How strongly do people typically...

Hola UYDers! Glad to be with you for another week. Today's episode is with my buddy Charles Davis. We met when I was hosting this NowThis News segment on Black Lives Matter (https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1113663612057095/). He stood out to me then and I knew I had to have him on the show. But before we dive into the topics of today's show, let me introduce you to him. Currently, Charles is the Director of Higher Education Research and Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Race & Equity in Education. As the director, he is primarily responsible for managing their portfolio of postsecondary services to include campus climate assessments, diversity trainings and workshops, executive education programs, equity institutes and other professional learning experiences for college faculty and administrators, and commissioned studies related to equity issues in higher education. His own scholarly research broadly examines the use of digital media in contemporary... &#

Today, we are continuing our series with cross cultural expert Andy Molinsky. If you remember from last week, Andy's series is highlighting the cultural codes of 10 countries. The country of choice today is South Korea. South Korea is highly urbanized at 92%, South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle; half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents and the world's sixth leading global city with the fourth largest economy. He uses the following six-dimensional framework to capture the differences across cultures. Directness: How straightforwardly do people typically communicate in this culture? Enthusiasm: How much positive emotion and energy do they typically show? Formality: How much deference and respect do people typically demonstrate? Assertiveness: How strongly do people typically express voice their opinions? Self-Promotion: How acceptable is it for people to speak about their accomplishments? Personal Disclosure: How much do people... &nb

Today's interview is with Mathilde Caraccio. She is of Italian and French descent and has lived in Singapore and France so she has constantly been in in between different cultures. She is one of the founders of the Third Culture Kid Project. It is a project aimed at strengthening the community of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) around the world. Through her own experience, she found that there is not enough emphasis on the loss TCKs experience with each move so she has been focused on fixing that problem. By sharing stories from TCKs around the world, she hopes to bring answers and relief to other TCKs. For non-TCKs, she wants to raise awareness. We tackle all these issues and more. To find out more about her project, check out her website here: www.thethirdculturekidproject.wordpress.com. To catch the segment I did with NowThis News that I was discussing on the podcast, take a look here: www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1157916740965115/ >> WEBSITE: www.thethirdculturekidproject.wordpress.com >>... &