31. Abel van Staveren: Seas the Day!

'Carpe Diem' is a famous Latin phrase roughly translating as 'Sieze the Day!'

Our next guest embodies this spirit and how!

What is it like to work out of a boat? Not on holiday, not for fun, but as your new permanent office? Are you ready to 'Seas the day'? 

I invite you to google search the following:

a. Digital Nomad
b. Laptop lifestyle

I can bet you, the images that come up are of 20 something's on a beach with Ray Bans and a drink. Am I right?

The last person you would imagine leading a digitally nomadic life is a CEO with 25 years of senior corporate experience.

In his corporate career, Abel Staveren has held CFO and CEO positions in the shipping industry with postings in London, Singapore, Norway, Switzerland and Luxembourg
Now, Abel and his wife Adrienne travel full-time as digital nomads. They divide the year into three or four blocks, spending each block in a different country. In 2020, Q1 was spent in Stellenbosch South Africa, Q2 in Singapore, Q3 sailing their boat back from Scotland to the Netherlands and Q4 in Algarve, Portugal. They just arrived back from Portugal and are getting the boat ready to go sailing around the UK.
In this fascinating episode, Abel shares:

> The highly unusual circumstances in which he was hired at his first job

> What prompted him to stop traditional work where he needed to be physically present, and become a digital nomad - the answer will surprise you

> How he got hired by his first paying client

> His favourite career advice, which he learnt from the creator of the most famous syndicated daily comic strip in the world

> How a cuss word is the best piece of financial advice you've probably ever heard

This episode has been an eye opener for me and it will certainly be for you, hope you enjoy listening! So let's lift the achor and sail into this delightful conversation.

Connect with Abel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelvanstaveren/

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