#4 – Jay Topp: Dropping Out, Being a Digital Nomad and the Arctic Circle

TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Jay is one of the coolest people I’ve met1:56 - What’s wrong with the school system and how to escape it5:48 - Growing up in an entrepreneurial family and dropping out8:18 - Become more valuable by learning high value skills10:45 - Voids create value / why Jay wants to change the way education is done13:20 - Digital Nomad and filming a documentary in the Arctic Circle21:10 - The most profound thing Jay learned from traveling to 57 countries 24:30 - All morality is localized / every idea is open to criticism 29:31 - How you do one thing is how you do everything30:20 - What “home” means to a digital nomad / I’m a citizen of the world39:21 - Next steps for Jay 44:00 - Biggest mentors in Jay’s life + books / closing remarksIn this podcast I speak with Jay Topp.He’s like one of the coolest people I’ve ever met.* Jay is 22 years old from the Gold Coast, Australia.* He’s a Digital Nomad who’s stepped foot in 57 countries. He calls himself a “citizen of the world”.* He dropped out of school when he was 16 at a time when he started earning more than his teachers while helping his family scale their business.* His agency, Lion Social helps scale businesses from ideation to seven figures and has had a couple of great success stories.* He’s an excellent musician.* He’s been working on a documentary on “Digital Nomads living in the Arctic circle” which releases later this year.* His mission is to play a meaningful role in the revolution of education.WHAT WE TALK ABOUT* We talk about the flaws in the education system and how Jay escaped it.* Jay shares the most profound thing he learned upon traveling to 57 countries.* We explore who digital nomads are and the reasons why Jay is creating a documentary about them situated in a very unique place.* Jay shares what “home” means to him.* And much more.Jay’s links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayt0pp/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzevubxwGHCx7aVbKPTOxjg This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.arjunkhemani.com

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