#130: Digital Nomads, Remote Working, Founders Mental Health, Niche Fame and Nomads Dating with Pieter Levels

My guest today is Pieter Levels. Pieter is a serial founder of multiple products, such as NomadList.com, remoteOK.com and rebase.co.

In this episode, we discussed:

1. How did Pieter start his digital nomad life and create 12 startups in 12 months?
2. The original story of the birth of Nomadlist.com
3. What are the common traits of digital nomads based on the 2022 State of Digital Nomads that might surprise people?
4. Why do people need to switch their stereotypes about remote working and adapt to the new way of living?
5. Why has Portugal becomes the indie hacker/nomad / remote worker/entrepreneur hub? What is so good about moving here?
6. The story behind Immigration as a service product: Rebase.co
7. How to overcome depression and anxiety as a serial founder?
8. Why find a therapist speaking a language different from your native language that can work better in therapy sessions?
9. Cliche question: how to balance time and energy as a serial founder?
10. What does it feel like to be a niche famous, and why should people be unreachable?
11. The story about Pieter’s early music career on YouTube channel.
12. What are the future trends of remote working and nomad lifestyles?
13. What’s the current dating market for digital nomads?

Books/links mentioned in this episode:

• Nomadlist.com
• 2022 State of Digital Nomads
• RemoteOk.com
• I'm Launching 12 Startups in 12 Months
• How is Making Friends Changing?
• Moving to Portugal with Rebase
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
• The next frontier after remote work is async
• How to optimise your 24 hours?
• Fans and Haters
• 11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)