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Interested in what a gap year with family looks like? About six months ago, I shared that my family and I were dialing back to embrace a year of intentional living and travel, focusing on creating lasting memories. Now, I’m back to give you a mid-year update on our adventures and learnings from this life-changing experience.
Listen in as I dive into the joys and challenges of our travels—from surfing in Hawaii to navigating the crowded streets of Tokyo. I’ll share the profound impact this time has had on our family dynamics, our perspective on life, and even my own business strategies.
You’ll learn:
- An overview of what we’ve been doing for our gap year. (1:04)
- What made us decide to do a gap year. (2:56)
- The good side of our travels. (4:21)
- The challenging aspects of our gap year. (10:17)
- My experience trying an unfamiliar food in the Philippines. (17:15)
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(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com)
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Ideas Worth Sharing:
"I'm gonna go over the good, the hard parts of it, and a few reflections and thoughts [on our travels during our gap year]." - Andrew Youderian Tweet this "I've got a 12-year-old, a 10-year-old, and a 7-year-old and … we wanted to be really intentional about making some time to build some very core memories." - Andrew Youderian Tweet this "The biggest thing—I think the hardest thing—was just having the self-discipline to be able to pull yourself away from this thing that you love and care about so much." - Andrew Youderian Tweet this
Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
