Hear how getting fired at 30 sparked a radical career pivot and the values that shaped Matt’s life without a home base. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE In this wine-induced episode, the tables are turned and Maverick Show host Matt Bowles gets interviewed by Sean Tierney. Matt opens up about his personal journey, telling stories from back to high school when he became a hip hop DJ and then built a mobile DJ company as his first business. He then pivoted and talks about how all of his academic background and professional work experience up until the age of 30 was in the non-profit advocacy space. He tells the story of the life-altering moment when he got fired from his office job at 30 years old, and on that day, decided to completely pivot again and start his own business. He explains his process of recruiting the right business partners and then building Maverick Investor Group as a location-independent real estate investment company. He also shares his experience being a full-time digital nomad with no base and living in over 50 different countries since 2013. He reflects on the most important sustainability pillars for maintaining an itinerant lifestyle for so long and shares his passion for minimalist packing. He explains how he travels the world for years with carry-on luggage only, including a podcasting studio, an espresso maker, and a Hugo Boss suit. Sean also pulls out some of Matt’s top travel adventures and, at the end of the interview, Sean tells Matt what is true super-power is! → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU See my Top 10 Travel Apps See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

Turning the Tables: Matt Bowles Interviewed on Real Estate, Hip Hop, Minimalism, Entrepreneurship and Travel Adventures (Ep 68)

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Hear how getting fired at 30 sparked a radical career pivot and the values that shaped Matt’s life without a home base.  ============================  Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds.  ============================  ON THIS EPISODE  In this wine-induced episode, the tables are turned and Maverick Show host Matt Bowles gets interviewed by Sean Tierney. Matt opens up about his personal journey, telling stories from back to high school when he became a hip hop DJ and then built a mobile DJ company as his first business.  He then pivoted and talks about how all of his academic background and professional work experience up until the age of 30 was in the non-profit advocacy space. He tells the story of the life-altering moment when he got fired from his office job at 30 years old, and on that day, decided to completely pivot again and start his own business.  He explains his process of recruiting the right business partners and then building Maverick Investor Group as a location-independent real estate investment company. He also shares his experience being a full-time digital nomad with no base and living in over 50 different countries since 2013. He reflects on the most important sustainability pillars for maintaining an itinerant lifestyle for so long and shares his passion for minimalist packing.  He explains how he travels the world for years with carry-on luggage only, including a podcasting studio, an espresso maker, and a Hugo Boss suit. Sean also pulls out some of Matt’s top travel adventures and, at the end of the interview, Sean tells Matt what is true super-power is!  → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here.  ============================  FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE  Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests.  ============================  FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU  See my Top 10 Travel Apps  See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel  See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)  Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend  See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)  ============================  ENJOYING THE SHOW?  Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation  Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally  Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

The Maverick Show is a global travel podcast about what really happens when people cross borders and build lives across cultures. Hosted by full-time world traveler Matt Bowles, each episode features intimate, unfiltered conversations (often over a bottle of wine) exploring the human stories behind global travel and what the journey teaches us about the world and ourselves.  Guests include expats, digital nomads, women and diaspora storytellers, worldschooling families, and human rights advocates, all sharing travel stories that are funny, moving, and deeply human.  In addition to hearing about extraordinary places and the people who live there, you’ll learn what it’s really like to move abroad, build an expat life, or travel long-term, as guests open up about their personal journeys navigating culture, race, power, identity, and belonging in an unequal world. If you’ve ever felt that travel changes you in ways no one talks about, you’re in the right place.  The Maverick Show hit the Top 100 on Apple Podcasts (including #1 in Places & Travel), was ranked in the Top 1% of podcasts globally by Listen Notes, and was named the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast and #1 Remote Work Podcast by Million Podcasts — with hundreds of five-star listener reviews.

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