[0:00] I think it's the greatest experience of
[0:01] my life I'm incredibly grateful most
[0:04] people's biggest stress and biggest
[0:06] worry in life is money how do I say this
[0:08] diplomatically they're full of to
[0:10] have some sort of like baller lifestyle
[0:12] if you're a digital
[0:16] Nomad I rolled up to a spot called chiro
[0:19] I just saw it on Google Maps and I
[0:21] thought it looked pretty cool the thing
[0:22] about the coolest cafes is the coolest
[0:25] cafes are not laptop friendly and that's
[0:28] that's a good thing right you don't want
[0:29] a bunch of people just posting up all
[0:31] day on their laptops usually the cooler
[0:33] cafes have you know more of an
[0:35] interesting Vibe like these low tables
[0:37] couches stuff like that that's not
[0:38] really like work conducive if you want
[0:40] to get work done then you know you want
[0:42] to go to like a big chain coffee shop if
[0:44] you want to like get some real work done
[0:46] or like a co-working space but today's
[0:49] the day I don't have my laptop so I
[0:50] wanted to check out one of these cafes
[0:53] that were more of a Vibe and less of a a
[0:56] workstation yeah check it out
[1:01] it's what it looks like on the outside
[1:03] and then the
[1:05] inside called Shiro coffee
[1:09] shop try to give each other dreams that
[1:13] me that make us happy huh I'm just going
[1:17] to peek inside there
[1:19] [Music]
[1:23] some there's some people working in
[1:25] there so I didn't want to like be
[1:27] yapping in there while everyone's trying
[1:29] to get some work done
[1:30] um seems like a younger crowd there's
[1:31] people getting work done but there's
[1:33] also kids just like watching League of
[1:35] Legends on their laptops and uh playing
[1:38] mobile
[1:41] games come on think this is the first
[1:44] time I had a proper hot Vietnamese
[1:56] espresso yep that tastes pretty much how
[1:59] I would expect it to taste you guys know
[2:02] how how dank Vietnamese coffee is but
[2:05] Vietnamese
[2:10] espresso multiply by 10 this might have
[2:13] been a
[2:14] miscalculation usually when to get a
[2:16] Vietnamese coffee it's not that much
[2:18] coffee and it's a lot of milk and a lot
[2:19] of condensed milk and a lot of coconut
[2:21] or or
[2:23] whatever so I thought it' be the same
[2:24] here so I got an espresso and I got an
[2:26] Americano cuz I thought that the
[2:28] Vietnamese coffee would be like a order
[2:30] caffeine C content and then I needed
[2:32] like a full Americano to get me up to
[2:35] speed this might mess me
[2:40] up then I still have to drink the
[2:42] Americano I might be here for a while so
[2:46] the reason I want to talk about this is
[2:47] every single video I've ever put out has
[2:50] multiple comments basically saying how
[2:52] do I be a digital Nomad what do you do
[2:54] for money to be a digital Nomad uh I
[2:57] want to be a digital Nomad something
[2:58] along those lines and I think most
[3:00] people are attracted to the idea of
[3:02] being a digital Nomad because they're
[3:03] attracted to what they think the
[3:05] lifestyle is because when you look at
[3:07] social media what you see from digital
[3:09] Nomads are people with their laptops on
[3:11] the beach people on like a tropical
[3:13] resort it looks like they're on vacation
[3:16] every single day of their life and what
[3:17] I need you guys to realize is that
[3:19] pretty much all of social media is fake
[3:21] not just like this digital Nomad stuff
[3:23] but like all of it most of the content
[3:25] that's put out is put out by people that
[3:27] want to kind of floss on you and kind of
[3:29] flex this fake lifestyle for the sake of
[3:32] likes and for the sake of attention
[3:35] because the reality is I have never seen
[3:37] anybody actually working on a laptop on
[3:41] the beach they go there they take a
[3:43] photo they work for like 5 minutes maybe
[3:45] and then they put it away and they go
[3:46] swimming so for a lot of people I think
[3:48] that the idea of being a digital Nomad
[3:50] they're attracted to it the same way
[3:52] they're attracted to a lot of things on
[3:53] the Internet it's seems like a getrich
[3:55] quick type of Lifestyle throughout the
[3:57] history of the internet there's always
[3:58] kind of been certain industries that
[4:00] have been a little bit like scammy not
[4:02] saying that the industry itself is a
[4:04] scam but it attracts a lot of people
[4:06] that are kind of full of for a long
[4:08] time it was digital marketing uh
[4:11] coaching like holistic coaching
[4:12] lifestyle coaching is a big thing
[4:14] anything around mindfulness anything
[4:16] about crypto anything about stock
[4:18] trading day trading Forex Trading even
[4:20] like workout programs they kind of
[4:22] attract a lot of like borderline
[4:24] scammers and unfortunately I think the
[4:26] digital Nomad lifestyle is starting to
[4:28] become one of those categories now I'm
[4:30] not saying that anything that I listed
[4:31] is a scam obviously I don't think going
[4:33] to the gym is a scam I follow Tony
[4:35] Robbins I read his books I think that
[4:37] mindfulness and self-empowerment is
[4:38] really important but it's the industry
[4:41] that attracts a lot of scammers and
[4:43] again digital nomading has just kind of
[4:44] reached that point where a lot of people
[4:47] are kind of trying to sell you the
[4:48] lifestyle a fake lifestyle uh a false
[4:51] representation of the lifestyle to get
[4:53] you to eventually buy something right
[4:55] the biggest red flag is when people try
[4:57] to get you to buy their course or by
[5:01] anything anything that makes you give
[5:03] money to that person red flag should be
[5:05] going up now I'm definitely not trying
[5:07] to discourage you from trying to become
[5:08] a digital Nomad I just think that if
[5:11] you're going into it for the wrong
[5:12] reasons which most people
[5:14] are you will be wildly
[5:19] disappointed and you'll regret the
[5:21] decision but if you're going into it for
[5:23] the right reasons then it's great
[5:24] because what do I actually think about
[5:26] this lifestyle well for me I think it's
[5:29] the greatest experience of my life I'm
[5:31] incredibly grateful I enjoy every single
[5:34] day of it and I hope it never ends I was
[5:37] on my way back home but I stopped by the
[5:38] river is this a park I don't know what
[5:40] to call this but look at look at this it
[5:43] looks like they're developing this strip
[5:46] to be something like I see these kind of
[5:49] like booths that generally turn into
[5:51] like small shops right they'll have like
[5:52] jeice shops and pizza shops and whatever
[5:55] but I don't think anyone's moved into
[5:56] any of them yet there's kind of these
[5:57] food stalls over here this one looks
[5:59] like it's selling burgers and burgers
[6:01] and hamburgers and is that a McDonald's
[6:04] logo I think they just stole that
[6:06] picture but apparently they're also
[6:08] selling McDonald's fries but it doesn't
[6:10] seem like it's actually operational yet
[6:13] that one's called pck poock food also
[6:15] doesn't look like it's operational yet
[6:16] so I don't know if this place maybe
[6:18] comes alive at night or something but it
[6:20] kind of looks like it's going to be
[6:23] something and it isn't something yet but
[6:26] these are these are cool chairs look at
[6:28] these These are chairs
[6:30] you actually like sit on them it's like
[6:31] a one person chair well this is a good
[6:33] place to chat so let's chat so when I
[6:36] say being a digital nomat for a right
[6:37] reason I don't mean that there are good
[6:39] reasons and bad reasons okay I'm not
[6:41] like condemning certain reasons and
[6:43] glorifying other reasons I'm just
[6:45] letting you know realistically which
[6:47] reasons I think will lead you to
[6:49] disappointment and which ones will make
[6:52] you have a good time and to me the only
[6:54] like wrong reason is this idea that
[6:56] you're going to have some sort of like
[6:57] baller lifestyle if you're digital nomad
[6:59] you're going to go to parties all the
[7:00] time you're going to go clubbing you're
[7:02] going to go live in a tropical paradise
[7:04] and you get to live it up and never have
[7:06] to work a lot of people in the comments
[7:08] ask me how do they find a remote job
[7:10] because they think a remote job is an
[7:12] easy job it's still a job it's still a 9
[7:15] to-5 job for most people it's still a 40
[7:17] hours a week job for most people and
[7:20] most digital Nomads they spend most of
[7:22] their time working or at home just like
[7:25] anybody else most of my day is still
[7:27] behind a computer working a remote job
[7:29] isn't like a hack some people think that
[7:31] it's a hack in the sense that you can
[7:34] get all the benefits of a job without
[7:36] having to work it doesn't work like that
[7:38] how do you find a remote job the exact
[7:40] same way that you find any other job
[7:42] what skills do you need to have a remote
[7:44] job the same skills you need to have any
[7:46] other job it's just a job now of course
[7:48] people are going to say that there are
[7:49] certain jobs that are better for remote
[7:50] working they're going to say things like
[7:52] freelancing things like being an
[7:54] entrepreneur but guess what even if
[7:56] you're not a digital Nomad these things
[7:58] make it easier to be a not digital Nomad
[8:00] as well does that make sense even if
[8:02] you're not traveling and you're just
[8:03] staying in your hometown being an
[8:05] entrepreneur or being a freelancer gives
[8:07] you Freedom over your time the things
[8:08] that give you Freedom at home also give
[8:10] you Freedom as a digital Nomad okay
[8:12] rant's over because the people that are
[8:13] looking to be a digital Nomad for the
[8:15] wrong reasons they're not listening to
[8:16] anything that I'm saying right now
[8:18] there's nothing I can say to convince
[8:19] them and they're still going to be going
[8:20] around looking for like a new life hack
[8:23] to not have to be able to work and get
[8:24] all the benefits so let's go back to the
[8:26] positives let's go back to why I think
[8:28] being a digital lad is amazing so what
[8:31] are those two reasons I talked about the
[8:33] first one is for people that genuinely
[8:35] like new experiences they like meeting
[8:37] new people they like experiencing new
[8:39] cultures new foods just new things in
[8:41] general obviously I don't have to
[8:43] explain this one if you're a digital
[8:44] Nomad you're traveling you're going all
[8:46] over the place you're experiencing new
[8:48] things new people I love it and if this
[8:50] is an experience and this is a life that
[8:52] sounds appealing to you then you'll love
[8:53] being digital Nomad as well so the
[8:55] second reason is a little bit more
[8:56] practical it's about the financial
[8:58] Arbitrage that you can do now I know not
[9:00] everybody watching this is making US
[9:02] dollars or from a Western Country but
[9:04] about 85% of you guys watching this are
[9:06] from the US so I'm talking to you guys
[9:08] if you're from the US you're living in
[9:09] one of the most expensive countries in
[9:11] the world and if you're making a normal
[9:13] salary in US Dollars and you're spending
[9:14] it in a place like Vietnam your money
[9:16] goes a lot lot further let's say you're
[9:18] making $50,000 a year in the US you're
[9:21] probably in the top 1% of income when
[9:23] you come here to Vietnam now this is
[9:24] great for people that are retired they
[9:26] want their money to stretch a long way
[9:27] but I specifically want to focus in on
[9:29] entrepreneurs if you're an entrepreneur
[9:31] or you're someone that's entrepreneurial
[9:33] or want to be an entrepreneur I think
[9:35] that being a digital Nomad and taking
[9:37] advantage of this financial Arbitrage is
[9:39] really really powerful and the reason
[9:41] for this is that most people's biggest
[9:44] stress and biggest worry in life is
[9:46] money and if you're entrepreneurial and
[9:48] you want to pursue something that does
[9:50] not have a guaranteed income and
[9:51] something that you don't know when
[9:52] you'll be able to get an income or a
[9:54] financial return from being a digital
[9:56] Nomad takes that stress off of your back
[9:59] when you have high living expenses like
[10:01] rent in the US car payments you're
[10:04] always going to be thinking about how am
[10:05] I going to make it to next month most
[10:07] entrepreneurs never take that leap
[10:08] because they have to think about the
[10:09] living expenses and how they're going to
[10:11] survive for the next 3 months 6 months
[10:12] 12 months you don't know when your
[10:13] Endeavor is going to start making money
[10:15] if ever most companies fail so it's too
[10:18] risky but think about it like this if
[10:19] you have
[10:20] $112,000 saved up in a bank account you
[10:23] can live in dong comfortably and not
[10:25] worry financially for a year think about
[10:27] that for an entire year you can Focus
[10:29] solely on your entrepreneurship and what
[10:31] you're working on and not worry about
[10:33] how you're going to make it to next
[10:34] month that's a huge relief off your back
[10:36] a huge load of stress off your back and
[10:38] I think that it really increases your
[10:40] chances for Success so if you're a
[10:42] person that fits one of these profiles
[10:43] and hopefully both of these profiles
[10:45] then this digital Nomad lifestyle I
[10:47] think is something that might actually
[10:49] suit you well but if you're someone
[10:51] where both of these things that I
[10:53] mention does not resonate with you at
[10:54] all then I think like you can still try
[10:57] it but I think you're going to be wly
[10:59] disappointed at what you find now I've
[11:01] only been in Danang for about 3 months
[11:02] now so I'm new to this lifestyle as well
[11:05] as time goes by my opinions are going to
[11:06] change my perceptions are going to
[11:08] change if you guys have different
[11:09] opinions let me know in the comments if
[11:11] you guys have any questions for me let
[11:12] me know in the comments I'd love to have
[11:13] a debate with you guys if you're a
[11:15] digital no man watching this then let me
[11:16] know what your experiences are like yeah
[11:18] I don't know I think I had to think
[11:19] about this some more and I do want to
[11:21] make like a full video One day about
[11:23] this whole experience the more I think
[11:25] about it the more I realize things that
[11:28] other people told me that I think are
[11:29] kind of BS like off the top of my head
[11:31] networking I've heard people say you
[11:33] don't even need a plan just get on a
[11:34] plane come here go around Network and
[11:37] you'll figure it
[11:38] out I think that's the biggest piece of
[11:41] BS ever all right good talk as much as I
[11:44] love this weather it looks like it's
[11:45] going to rain so just in case I'm going
[11:47] to head home before that happens see you
[11:50] there hi
[11:53] Nal how you doing did you miss me you
[11:56] miss me you want a treat let's go get a
[11:58] treat
[12:02] someone in the comments was asking me
[12:03] why I do baby voice with Nala cuz she's
[12:06] my
[12:07] baby oh by the way this is one of the
[12:09] shirts I got from the Han Market here
[12:11] you can kind of tell like I watched it
[12:14] twice you can kind of tell where it's
[12:15] losing a little bit of elasticity but
[12:19] overall I think it's like a 9 out of 10
[12:21] it was like $2.80 let me find a
[12:27] mirror that's what it looks like I think
[12:29] it looks pretty good what do you think
[12:31] worth it so let's talk about the digital
[12:33] Nomad community and I know this is a
[12:35] sensitive topic and this is going to rub
[12:37] some people the wrong way but I'm just
[12:39] being honest here work is a big part of
[12:40] my life a lot of people would call me a
[12:42] workaholic that's fine but I'm an
[12:44] entrepreneur and I'm in Tech so anybody
[12:46] who is an entrepreneur or
[12:48] entrepreneurial or anybody who's in Tech
[12:51] I generally have a lot to talk to them
[12:52] about and in the world in the whole
[12:54] world of Entrepreneurship there's kind
[12:56] of three categories of people I know I'm
[12:58] doing a lot of these like Cate things
[12:59] but stick with me here the first
[13:01] category are people that are kind of
[13:02] like figuring it out they haven't made a
[13:03] name for themselves they haven't raised
[13:05] money they haven't actually built
[13:06] anything yet but they're figuring it out
[13:08] like they're working hard they're
[13:10] they're curious they want to network
[13:11] they want to learn and I like these
[13:13] people I love hanging out with these
[13:15] people I love chatting with these people
[13:16] they're on the opposite side of the
[13:17] spectrum there's people that are running
[13:19] a business they have employees they have
[13:21] businesses that are Revenue generating
[13:23] they're successful and I like those
[13:25] people too I love learning from them I
[13:27] love talking to them I love sharing
[13:28] words stories I like these people and
[13:31] then there's kind of like this third
[13:32] category of Entrepreneurship where how
[13:34] do I say this diplomatically they're
[13:36] full of they're kind of people that
[13:38] call themselves entrepreneurs because it
[13:39] sounds sexy in this Modern Age and they
[13:41] don't really build anything they don't
[13:43] really have any hard skills like
[13:44] engineering or design or marketing or
[13:47] any of that kind of stuff they don't
[13:48] really work like in a given week they
[13:51] don't really work and they kind of just
[13:53] like navigate the space trying to get a
[13:55] piece of someone else's thing or trying
[13:56] to like piggyback off of somebody else's
[13:58] work or they're just kind of like
[13:59] putting up a front so that they can be
[14:00] in the scene now I'm from LA and La is a
[14:03] fake Capital BS capital of the world La
[14:06] is the headquarters of fake it till you
[14:08] make it and in La I would say the
[14:10] entrepreneurship Community is like 85%
[14:13] trying to make it 10% they're doing it
[14:17] and like 5% of these artists
[14:20] unfortunately in the digital Nomad
[14:21] Community I think that category
[14:24] is like 40% now of course there are
[14:26] digital Nomads that are doing great
[14:28] interesting inspiring things but 40% is
[14:31] a lot so the reason I bring this all up
[14:33] is it's been hard to make friends in
[14:35] that second category I have plenty of
[14:37] friends that are digital Nomads that are
[14:38] just like Good Vibes let's go surfing
[14:40] let's go to the beach let's go play
[14:41] pickle ball or whatever and that's cool
[14:44] but I haven't been able to find that
[14:45] second group of people that I can kind
[14:47] of connect on an intellectual level with
[14:49] and it's gotten to the point where I
[14:50] don't even want to like meet people
[14:52] professionally like I just want to like
[14:54] I don't want to talk about work I don't
[14:55] want to talk about what I do I don't
[14:57] want to talk about it this is has kind
[14:59] of turned into a rant with no direction
[15:01] I'm trying to find like a takeaway from
[15:03] this if there's anything to take away
[15:04] from this I would just say be cautious
[15:08] of people that glamorize the digital
[15:10] Nomad lifestyle and realize that when
[15:12] you see kind of like the
[15:13] sensationalization online about the
[15:15] digital Nomad lifestyle it's just
[15:17] another case of the grass is always
[15:19] greener on the other side for the right
[15:20] person living a digital Nomad life is
[15:22] going to be the best decision you ever
[15:24] made for most people I think it'll be
[15:27] the worst decision you ever made I'm
[15:28] trying to spin this and turn this into
[15:30] Like A Life Lesson or something but I
[15:31] can't come up with anything I don't know
[15:32] how long I've been talking I don't even
[15:33] know what I said in this whole video but
[15:35] if you made it up to this point then I
[15:36] hope you found at least some of it
[15:38] useful in some way or maybe it's just
[15:40] entertaining to listen to me yelling out
[15:44] into the void yeah I don't know how to
[15:45] end this video I hope you're healthy I
[15:47] hope you're happy and if you're not
[15:48] happy I hope you realize that you
[15:50] deserve it and I hope you have the
[15:52] courage to go out there and find it and
[15:54] grab it for yourself I'll see you on the
[15:56] next video peace