Welcome to Hack The System, Zen Habits reader!

June 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

Hello and welcome to Hack the System! You’re probably new around here, so I thought I’d give you a quick introduction to the site. First of all, if you read the language learning article from ZenHabits.net, you know that I prepared a set of five very special supplementary videos to show you how to learn […]

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How To Justify Long Term Travel to Loved Ones and to Yourself

June 20, 2012 in Travel

[Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Alex of ILikeGoingPlaces] Dear friends and family, I’ve gathered you all together tonight to tell you that, although I care deeply for every one of you, I’ve decided to go halfway across the world to a place where I won’t see any of you for a rather […]

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How to Meet and Connect With Your Heroes

June 18, 2012 in Make Money

I sat down with James Swanwick, cohost of ESPN Sportscenter Australia, where I asked him about his method of networking. I first met James in Colombia, where he emailed asking to meet for coffee. I have a lot of meetings with readers of mine, and I found James very interesting and friendly—he asked about me […]

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How Sean Ogle Quit His Job, Traveled The World, And Became A Location Rebel

June 5, 2012 in Podcast

Welcome to the newest episode of the Hack The System show! You should subscribe to this show on iTunes. The Hack The System Podcast is your access to interviews with the world’s foremost experts on blogging, lifestyle design, traveling, and life/system hacking. In short–you’re going to learn how to kick ass. In this episode, I […]

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QUIT YOUR JOB and Work Online As A Location Independent Freelancer

May 29, 2012 in Make Money

“[You] have found a route past all those Argive forts And won escape right through the enemy’s lines.” – Virgil, Aeneid 111: 282-3 “Ugh,” I muttered. “What happened last night.” The clock chimed 1pm. I had just finished my study abroad course in Florence, Italy and I spent most of the summer partying—but my head […]

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