Summary

“Do or do not, there is not try.” Yoda

Natalie Sisson aka the Suitcase Entrepreneur is all about creating epic online business to allow her to live a free life. This has certainly not always been the case but now she shares this passion of hers to help others enrich their lives by creating awesome online businesses. She is on a mission to help 1,000,000+ entrepreneurs create true freedom in their life by 2020.

In this episode Natalie shares her journey and advice on how to live a life that is free, rich and abundant. We discuss why living in line with you passion is critical in creating your life of freedom, what it means to be productive plus tools that you can use. We even review some online social media strategies that can help build your audience and create your tribe.

Techniques to help find your passion are also discussed. Natalie shares advice on staying motivated, connecting and networking with people. Is it possible for anyone to create this kind of lifestyle? Find out in this episode.

It’s a very cool discussion and I  encourage you to leave your comments below. Until next episode, peace, passion and purpose.

“I sell freedom.”

Key Take Outs

• Surround yourself by like-minded people. Masterminds, podcasts, ted-talks- you name it these are great ways to find and surround yourself by people that are on a similar path. You may want to minimise being around people that are wasteful or non conducive to your ultimate goals.
• Follow your interests and what your curious about. This will most likely lead you on a creative and inspiring journey. As you delve into these interests you may discover some strengths that can lead you to developing skills that may be used to serve others.
• Try things, experiment and connect with what you enjoy. Not everything you are interested about may last so just keep going and keep trying different things.
• Get really clear on your vision. This will help maintain your motivation to stick to the disciplines you need to succeed.
• Productivity tips. Batch or schedule your time so that you know what and when you are doing things. It’s important not to allow others demands to infiltrate these hours. Tools she mentioned in links below.
• Time Management. If you want to get good at how you manage your time you firstly need to know how your currently spend it. Take a prioritisation exercise or adopt the use of certain tools and apps to figure this out. Once you know how your time is spent you can work to become more productive with your time. Natalie’s workshop for your 2016 is below- can be useful at anytime of the year.
• Get clear with your branding. What is your why, your purpose, what do you do and whom do you serve? Get clear with this you will be able to nail everything else you do.
• Social Media and Promoting. Get strategic with what you do online and streamline the process. If you spend time on social media make it productive. You can utilise applications and outsourcing to help you manage this activity.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?

Have full belief in yourself and start now.

Her interpretation of success

It means having freedom in your life. Live your own true version of what freedom means to you.

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Breakfast and brunch are good but she really like Thai food.

Favourite Leisure Activitiy

Sailing

Favourite book(s)

Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller – Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century by Napolean Hill

The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create freedom in business and adventure in life by Natalie Sisson

Quote

“Do or do not, there is not try.” Yoda

What does living life with passion and purpose mean?

It means waking up truly fulfilled everyday and energised about the work you do and the life you lead. Most importantly that every single day you are working on leaving a legacy that other people will benefit from.

How to find Natalie and other links

Here is a link to Natalie’s Website The Suitcase Entrepreneur.

Here is the Suitcase Entrepreneur Podcast. 

Here are some productivity tools discussed in this episode.

Asana, Rescue Time, Time Doctor, Hoot Suite.

Here is the link to Natalie’s 90-minute workshop on How to Prioritise Your Year For Success.

Freedom. Being able to do what you want, when you want, and with whom you want. Do you want more freedom, you need to work towards it. Take Natalie’s short questionnaire on what it means to have freedom here.