What if the way we think about wealth is completely backwards?
Rolf Potts spent four years cycling the world on almost nothing — and came back with a financial philosophy that's more useful than anything he'd have learned climbing the corporate ladder. He calls it time wealth. And it has nothing to do with your net worth.
This is one of those conversations that changes how you look at your calendar, your bank account, and how you're spending the days that are actually available to you.
🎯 IN THIS EPISODE:
• 04:03 — Why Rolf didn't have a passport until he was 25
• 07:23 — Traveling like a local vs. buying access to local culture
• 10:11 — The two ways to live a rich life
• 13:09 — What Rolf's grandfather's retirement taught him about mortality
• 19:35 — First half vs. second half of life (Richard Rohr framework)
• 25:42 — What we get wrong about money and well-being
• 46:53 — The Art of Noticing and becoming a traveler at home
• 52:00 — Why your travel urge is your life telling you something
• 01:04:14 — The front porch question: what book would you write at end of life?
📚 ABOUT ROLF POTTS:
Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding, The Vagabond's Way, and Marco Polo Didn't Go There. He's been a travel writer for three decades, has written for National Geographic, The New Yorker, and Outside, and teaches travel writing at a school in Paris every summer. He lives with his wife Kiki on 30 acres in Kansas — and is slowly learning the bird calls on his own land.
🔗 CONNECT WITH ROLF POTTS:
• Website: rolfpotts.com
💬 FAVORITE QUOTE FROM THIS EPISODE:
"There's two ways to live a rich life. Either earn more or need less. And the result is similar."
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