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

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