124: Screw the Cubicle, Design an Inspired Life, and What to Do When You Find Gunmen in Your Bedroom with Lydia Lee

The Maverick Show with Matt Bowles

Lydia Lee takes us on her journey growing up in Malaysia, immigrating to Canada as a kid, leaving home at age 17, and eventually starting to travel the world as an adult. She tells the story of her trip to Southeast Asia with her girlfriends where she woke up one morning to find gunmen in her bedroom, and how she confronted them. She then talks about how it was the travel she did as part of her corporate job that inspired her to travel the world as a full time nomad. She shares a major life-transitionary moment in Russia, when she had a total breakdown and began reassessing her entire life, and that started her journey to location- independent entrepreneurship. She explains how she started her blog “Screw the Cubicle” and eventually scaled it into her coaching business that she runs today. She breaks down the process she uses with her clients of finding their zone of genius, identifying their super power, establishing purpose in their business, beta-testing their product or service and ensuring they love what they are doing before they scale it. Lydia then explains how she designs her lifestyle, her choice of travel cadence, and shares her tips on sustaining a life of long-term world travel. She also shares her personal reflections and tips on dating and finding love as a nomad. FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT: www.TheMaverickShow.com