About This Episode

In this episode, we interview John Lee Dumas and Kate Erickson of Entrepreneur on Fire. They are an American couple who have worked to create an online business by starting Entrepreneur on Fire, a podcast where JLD interviews an entrepreneur every day of the week! This has become their platform to launch several successful products. They have built an online business that allows them the freedom to travel and work from wherever they want. During this interview, they talk about their travels together, destinations they recommend, how they work and travel so well together, and how you can work to start building your own business.

John Lee Dumas Highlights

Part One: Travel

• 3:08 – JLD talks about where he was last, where he is now, and where he is traveling to next.
• 3:40 – JLD discusses what you need to do in Puerto Rico.
• 5:20 – We talk delays and long haul flights.

Part Two: Relationships

• 6:45 – JLD answers how travel and their business has allowed Kate and him to understand each other by seeing one another at their worst.
• 8:13 – JLD recommends couples visit Prague.
• 9:08 – JLD offers his final advice to couple travelers including being independent and working with one another.

Part Three: Making Travel a Lifestyle

• 11:03 – JLD talks about the evolution of Entrepreneur on Fire.
• 12:14 – JLD talks about how you can set and accomplish your goals and master your productivity with the Freedom Journal and the Mastery Journal.
• 14:10 – JLD lets us know that it is his care for his audience that has helped Entrepreneur on Fire grow to where it is now.

You can learn more about John Lee Dumas’ journey here.

Kate Erickson Highlights

Part One: Travel

• 15:53 – Kate starts by answering where she was last, where she is now, and where she is traveling to next.
• 16:30 – Kate talks about her most rewarding travel experience with John.
• 19:10 – Kate tackles the most embarrassing travel experience she has had.
• 20:25 – Kate discusses her worst travel experience, though in retrospect are not a big deal.

Part Two: Relationships

• 22:27 – Kate talks about how John and her compliment and understand one another.
• 23:40 – Kate answers how travel has effected their relationship.
• 25:40 – Kate recommends several destinations for travel couples out there.

Part Three: Making Travel a Lifestyle

• 26:50 – Kate discusses her journey from corporate to taking the entrepreneurial leap.
• 31:17 – Kate brings up the importance of networking to build your online business.
• 32:35 – Kate provides the final piece of advice for travel couples that want to create a business together.

You can learn more about Kate Erickson’s journey here.

Adventure awaits! ? In April 2013 I admitted to myself for the first time ever that what was holding me back from buying a plane ticket to Europe (my dream trip) was me. ? * It wasn’t the ? (even tho I didn’t have much of it), the ⏰ (even tho that was my fav excuse back then), the travel (cause the fact that we can ??? is nothing to ever complain about)… it was just me telling myself that I couldn’t. ??‍♀️ * And then, I told myself I could. ??And together, we bought those tickets, and in May 2014 we traveled to 5 countries in 2 weeks in. #BestTripEver ❤️ * What are you telling yourself that’s holding you back from __________?

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