#126 - How to be a digital nomad | Sam Corcos, Dr. Casey Means, Mike Haney, and Steph Coates

When you work at a remote company, you have the unique option to be a digital nomad. Since Levels is a fully remote and async startup, our teammates have the option to travel anywhere in the world and work. For example, Levels’ CEO Sam Corcos lived out of a small backpack, traveling from city to city as Levels started.

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Editorial Director Mike Haney chatted with Sam and other Levels employees who lived the digital nomad lifestyle: Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means, and Steph Coates, a software engineer.

In this episode, Sam, Casey, Haney, and Steph discuss these aspects of being a digital nomad:

• The beauty of building a lifestyle around travel and what you love to do at work
• Flexing the spontaneity muscle and going outside your comfort zone
• Building deeper relationships with friends along the way
• And more practical aspects like how to decide where to go, how to stay healthy on the road, how to prepare for different scenarios, and how to pay taxes.

(15:31) – People make you a priority

(17:32) – Don’t overthink your decisions

(18:56) – Set clear expectations

(33:26) – You can be grounded anywhere

(46:09) – Travel doesn’t always mean leisure

(48:55) – Listen to yourself

(01:04:09) – Establish a routine

(01:08:35) – How do you keep your taxes in order?

(01:16:54) – Usually everything works out

(01:23:28) – Being a minimalist

(01:31:20) – The price of being a nomad

(01:39:13) – Making it work

Transcripts & Show Notes

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more of the inside scoop from the Levels team. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

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