DONT be a Digital Nomad Until You Watch This (Brutally Honest Reality)

[00:00] I think it's the greatest experience of

[00:01] my life I'm incredibly grateful most

[00:04] people's biggest stress and biggest

[00:06] worry in life is money how do I say this

[00:08] diplomatically they're full of to

[00:10] have some sort of like baller lifestyle

[00:12] if you're a digital

[00:16] Nomad I rolled up to a spot called chiro

[00:19] I just saw it on Google Maps and I

[00:21] thought it looked pretty cool the thing

[00:22] about the coolest cafes is the coolest

[00:25] cafes are not laptop friendly and that's

[00:28] that's a good thing right you don't want

[00:29] a bunch of people just posting up all

[00:31] day on their laptops usually the cooler

[00:33] cafes have you know more of an

[00:35] interesting Vibe like these low tables

[00:37] couches stuff like that that's not

[00:38] really like work conducive if you want

[00:40] to get work done then you know you want

[00:42] to go to like a big chain coffee shop if

[00:44] you want to like get some real work done

[00:46] or like a co-working space but today's

[00:49] the day I don't have my laptop so I

[00:50] wanted to check out one of these cafes

[00:53] that were more of a Vibe and less of a a

[00:56] workstation yeah check it out

[01:01] it's what it looks like on the outside

[01:03] and then the

[01:05] inside called Shiro coffee

[01:09] shop try to give each other dreams that

[01:13] me that make us happy huh I'm just going

[01:17] to peek inside there

[01:19] [Music]

[01:23] some there's some people working in

[01:25] there so I didn't want to like be

[01:27] yapping in there while everyone's trying

[01:29] to get some work done

[01:30] um seems like a younger crowd there's

[01:31] people getting work done but there's

[01:33] also kids just like watching League of

[01:35] Legends on their laptops and uh playing

[01:38] mobile

[01:41] games come on think this is the first

[01:44] time I had a proper hot Vietnamese

[01:56] espresso yep that tastes pretty much how

[01:59] I would expect it to taste you guys know

[02:02] how how dank Vietnamese coffee is but

[02:05] Vietnamese

[02:10] espresso multiply by 10 this might have

[02:13] been a

[02:14] miscalculation usually when to get a

[02:16] Vietnamese coffee it's not that much

[02:18] coffee and it's a lot of milk and a lot

[02:19] of condensed milk and a lot of coconut

[02:21] or or

[02:23] whatever so I thought it' be the same

[02:24] here so I got an espresso and I got an

[02:26] Americano cuz I thought that the

[02:28] Vietnamese coffee would be like a order

[02:30] caffeine C content and then I needed

[02:32] like a full Americano to get me up to

[02:35] speed this might mess me

[02:40] up then I still have to drink the

[02:42] Americano I might be here for a while so

[02:46] the reason I want to talk about this is

[02:47] every single video I've ever put out has

[02:50] multiple comments basically saying how

[02:52] do I be a digital Nomad what do you do

[02:54] for money to be a digital Nomad uh I

[02:57] want to be a digital Nomad something

[02:58] along those lines and I think most

[03:00] people are attracted to the idea of

[03:02] being a digital Nomad because they're

[03:03] attracted to what they think the

[03:05] lifestyle is because when you look at

[03:07] social media what you see from digital

[03:09] Nomads are people with their laptops on

[03:11] the beach people on like a tropical

[03:13] resort it looks like they're on vacation

[03:16] every single day of their life and what

[03:17] I need you guys to realize is that

[03:19] pretty much all of social media is fake

[03:21] not just like this digital Nomad stuff

[03:23] but like all of it most of the content

[03:25] that's put out is put out by people that

[03:27] want to kind of floss on you and kind of

[03:29] flex this fake lifestyle for the sake of

[03:32] likes and for the sake of attention

[03:35] because the reality is I have never seen

[03:37] anybody actually working on a laptop on

[03:41] the beach they go there they take a

[03:43] photo they work for like 5 minutes maybe

[03:45] and then they put it away and they go

[03:46] swimming so for a lot of people I think

[03:48] that the idea of being a digital Nomad

[03:50] they're attracted to it the same way

[03:52] they're attracted to a lot of things on

[03:53] the Internet it's seems like a getrich

[03:55] quick type of Lifestyle throughout the

[03:57] history of the internet there's always

[03:58] kind of been certain industries that

[04:00] have been a little bit like scammy not

[04:02] saying that the industry itself is a

[04:04] scam but it attracts a lot of people

[04:06] that are kind of full of for a long

[04:08] time it was digital marketing uh

[04:11] coaching like holistic coaching

[04:12] lifestyle coaching is a big thing

[04:14] anything around mindfulness anything

[04:16] about crypto anything about stock

[04:18] trading day trading Forex Trading even

[04:20] like workout programs they kind of

[04:22] attract a lot of like borderline

[04:24] scammers and unfortunately I think the

[04:26] digital Nomad lifestyle is starting to

[04:28] become one of those categories now I'm

[04:30] not saying that anything that I listed

[04:31] is a scam obviously I don't think going

[04:33] to the gym is a scam I follow Tony

[04:35] Robbins I read his books I think that

[04:37] mindfulness and self-empowerment is

[04:38] really important but it's the industry

[04:41] that attracts a lot of scammers and

[04:43] again digital nomading has just kind of

[04:44] reached that point where a lot of people

[04:47] are kind of trying to sell you the

[04:48] lifestyle a fake lifestyle uh a false

[04:51] representation of the lifestyle to get

[04:53] you to eventually buy something right

[04:55] the biggest red flag is when people try

[04:57] to get you to buy their course or by

[05:01] anything anything that makes you give

[05:03] money to that person red flag should be

[05:05] going up now I'm definitely not trying

[05:07] to discourage you from trying to become

[05:08] a digital Nomad I just think that if

[05:11] you're going into it for the wrong

[05:12] reasons which most people

[05:14] are you will be wildly

[05:19] disappointed and you'll regret the

[05:21] decision but if you're going into it for

[05:23] the right reasons then it's great

[05:24] because what do I actually think about

[05:26] this lifestyle well for me I think it's

[05:29] the greatest experience of my life I'm

[05:31] incredibly grateful I enjoy every single

[05:34] day of it and I hope it never ends I was

[05:37] on my way back home but I stopped by the

[05:38] river is this a park I don't know what

[05:40] to call this but look at look at this it

[05:43] looks like they're developing this strip

[05:46] to be something like I see these kind of

[05:49] like booths that generally turn into

[05:51] like small shops right they'll have like

[05:52] jeice shops and pizza shops and whatever

[05:55] but I don't think anyone's moved into

[05:56] any of them yet there's kind of these

[05:57] food stalls over here this one looks

[05:59] like it's selling burgers and burgers

[06:01] and hamburgers and is that a McDonald's

[06:04] logo I think they just stole that

[06:06] picture but apparently they're also

[06:08] selling McDonald's fries but it doesn't

[06:10] seem like it's actually operational yet

[06:13] that one's called pck poock food also

[06:15] doesn't look like it's operational yet

[06:16] so I don't know if this place maybe

[06:18] comes alive at night or something but it

[06:20] kind of looks like it's going to be

[06:23] something and it isn't something yet but

[06:26] these are these are cool chairs look at

[06:28] these These are chairs

[06:30] you actually like sit on them it's like

[06:31] a one person chair well this is a good

[06:33] place to chat so let's chat so when I

[06:36] say being a digital nomat for a right

[06:37] reason I don't mean that there are good

[06:39] reasons and bad reasons okay I'm not

[06:41] like condemning certain reasons and

[06:43] glorifying other reasons I'm just

[06:45] letting you know realistically which

[06:47] reasons I think will lead you to

[06:49] disappointment and which ones will make

[06:52] you have a good time and to me the only

[06:54] like wrong reason is this idea that

[06:56] you're going to have some sort of like

[06:57] baller lifestyle if you're digital nomad

[06:59] you're going to go to parties all the

[07:00] time you're going to go clubbing you're

[07:02] going to go live in a tropical paradise

[07:04] and you get to live it up and never have

[07:06] to work a lot of people in the comments

[07:08] ask me how do they find a remote job

[07:10] because they think a remote job is an

[07:12] easy job it's still a job it's still a 9

[07:15] to-5 job for most people it's still a 40

[07:17] hours a week job for most people and

[07:20] most digital Nomads they spend most of

[07:22] their time working or at home just like

[07:25] anybody else most of my day is still

[07:27] behind a computer working a remote job

[07:29] isn't like a hack some people think that

[07:31] it's a hack in the sense that you can

[07:34] get all the benefits of a job without

[07:36] having to work it doesn't work like that

[07:38] how do you find a remote job the exact

[07:40] same way that you find any other job

[07:42] what skills do you need to have a remote

[07:44] job the same skills you need to have any

[07:46] other job it's just a job now of course

[07:48] people are going to say that there are

[07:49] certain jobs that are better for remote

[07:50] working they're going to say things like

[07:52] freelancing things like being an

[07:54] entrepreneur but guess what even if

[07:56] you're not a digital Nomad these things

[07:58] make it easier to be a not digital Nomad

[08:00] as well does that make sense even if

[08:02] you're not traveling and you're just

[08:03] staying in your hometown being an

[08:05] entrepreneur or being a freelancer gives

[08:07] you Freedom over your time the things

[08:08] that give you Freedom at home also give

[08:10] you Freedom as a digital Nomad okay

[08:12] rant's over because the people that are

[08:13] looking to be a digital Nomad for the

[08:15] wrong reasons they're not listening to

[08:16] anything that I'm saying right now

[08:18] there's nothing I can say to convince

[08:19] them and they're still going to be going

[08:20] around looking for like a new life hack

[08:23] to not have to be able to work and get

[08:24] all the benefits so let's go back to the

[08:26] positives let's go back to why I think

[08:28] being a digital lad is amazing so what

[08:31] are those two reasons I talked about the

[08:33] first one is for people that genuinely

[08:35] like new experiences they like meeting

[08:37] new people they like experiencing new

[08:39] cultures new foods just new things in

[08:41] general obviously I don't have to

[08:43] explain this one if you're a digital

[08:44] Nomad you're traveling you're going all

[08:46] over the place you're experiencing new

[08:48] things new people I love it and if this

[08:50] is an experience and this is a life that

[08:52] sounds appealing to you then you'll love

[08:53] being digital Nomad as well so the

[08:55] second reason is a little bit more

[08:56] practical it's about the financial

[08:58] Arbitrage that you can do now I know not

[09:00] everybody watching this is making US

[09:02] dollars or from a Western Country but

[09:04] about 85% of you guys watching this are

[09:06] from the US so I'm talking to you guys

[09:08] if you're from the US you're living in

[09:09] one of the most expensive countries in

[09:11] the world and if you're making a normal

[09:13] salary in US Dollars and you're spending

[09:14] it in a place like Vietnam your money

[09:16] goes a lot lot further let's say you're

[09:18] making $50,000 a year in the US you're

[09:21] probably in the top 1% of income when

[09:23] you come here to Vietnam now this is

[09:24] great for people that are retired they

[09:26] want their money to stretch a long way

[09:27] but I specifically want to focus in on

[09:29] entrepreneurs if you're an entrepreneur

[09:31] or you're someone that's entrepreneurial

[09:33] or want to be an entrepreneur I think

[09:35] that being a digital Nomad and taking

[09:37] advantage of this financial Arbitrage is

[09:39] really really powerful and the reason

[09:41] for this is that most people's biggest

[09:44] stress and biggest worry in life is

[09:46] money and if you're entrepreneurial and

[09:48] you want to pursue something that does

[09:50] not have a guaranteed income and

[09:51] something that you don't know when

[09:52] you'll be able to get an income or a

[09:54] financial return from being a digital

[09:56] Nomad takes that stress off of your back

[09:59] 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