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So, how do you get started as a Barefoot Entrepreneur?
Getting Started
- Who is Graham Brown?
- What is Barefoot anyway? (bit of an overblown rant that needs tidying up but the basics are there)
- What is Barefoot Success? (nutshell version)
- Download the Barefoot Manifesto
- The consummate Barefoot Reading List
- The system is broken (why we need to change)
- Connect with BFJ on Facebook
The Barefoot Mindset
- Why we need to make more mistakes
- There are no prizes for getting to retirement first. Life moves pretty fast
- Why focus is key to a Barefoot existence
- Don’t forget Fight Club (just don’t talk about it)
- Advice on making a radical change
- Why you need to be weird
- The concept of Minimum Effort
- Thoughts from 100 days on the road
Myths that Contain Us
- 5 Lies taught by self-help gurus and why they may be holding you back
- Don’t be sold on the myth of the “Entrepreneurial Generation“
- Forget multitasking and life hacking, try monotasking
Barefoot Inspiration
- How travel inspires and touches our lives by Rick Steves and Chris Guillebeau
- Start a huge, foolish project
- You gotta love Ida, the 95 year old yoga teacher
- What we can learn from the Shokunin and what they’ll teach us about work and happiness
- 100 days on the road, what I learned
Visa Options
- Your choices are going to be limited by your visa situation and your appetite for dealing with bureaucracy. Check out my visa options post here specifically for entrepreneurs.
Your Barefoot Business
- Why you need to pass the Barefoot Tropical Island Test, whether you live in Fiji or New York.
- Don’t worry about the Betas. Focus on the Alphas
- Build a Second Act.
- Why you must write
- Start by building a tribe of 10 people
- Why income tax is wrong
- Thoughts on tax for the Barefoot Entrepreneur
- Resources for outsourcing the Barefoot Business
Where to Barefoot?
- Check out my guide on how to read the weather numbers.
- Flight hacks
- Useful travel links for Barefooters
- Our Barefoot Travels in picture form
- Barefoot in Japan
- Barefoot in New Zealand
- Barefoot in Southern California
- Barefoot in Fiji (missing)
- Barefoot in Hawaii (missing)
Tools and Tricks
- 10 Gadgets every Barefoot Entrepreneur needs in his or her backpack
- A list of Barefoot Tools
- How to speak 20 languages (an ambitious project but the essence of this idea is very powerful)
