When I reached out to Domingo Silvas to be on the show, I thought, "I've traveled extensively, do I really need someone to tell me how to live in another country?" Then I realized how drastically different this is than the travel I might be used to, even long term travel.
When you set up a new life for yourself, you're effectively alone with no end in sight. It's intimidating if not scary to perform simple life tasks. You have to figure out everything you know, everything you might consider common knowledge all over again in a foreign place, in which you might not even speak the language. You're reinventing home and what home means to you, which is essentially your entire world. Suddenly, I realized how much more complex that is.
Domingo Silvas is a serial entrepreneur whose grown 8 companies, some into 7-figures. He's lived in several countries with his family and struggled repeatedly to come to grips with exploring the unknown. Today's he's the CEO of EscapeArtist.com, one of the internet's first sites, which helps over a half million people live, work, play, retire, and invest overseas. Living abroad can be an overwhelming thing to consider. For anyone dreaming to explore an ex-pat lifestyle, this episode is for you.
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Words from an Explorer:
“The biggest barrier I had was the fear of the unknown that was put into my mind.”
In this episode, you'll learn:
How Escape Artist helps ex-pats and people who want to live abroad.
In places like Costa Rica, you can live in a house with a car, a gardener, and a maid for total living expenses of $1000 a month. And why most people don’t recognize that they have this choice before them.
The difference between living abroad and traveling abroad. How ex-pats adjust to the intimidation of reinventing their entire lives in a foreign place.
What The Audobon feels like to anyone not used to going 180mph.
How overcoming language barriers has been Domingo’s greatest challenge living abroad with his family, and why he now sees it as a great way to challenge yourself.
Why the fear of the unknown is the biggest barrier for most people and the specific things you need to help you overcome that fear.
How putting yourself into challenging circumstances can create indelible experiences that you will never forget.
How moving to a different country can help you to get more out of life.
Links Mentioned on this Show:
EscapeArtist.com
EscapeArtistLive.com
Domingo’s bio - EscapeArtist.com/About-Us
Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
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