The Man Who Sold a House to Travel the World with Host of Everything Everywhere Daily, Gary Arndt #120

Gary Arndt’s life, experience, and acclaimed podcast serve as a masterclass in exploration, resilience and storytelling.

As host of the Everything Everywhere Daily podcast, with 1.6m monthly listeners, Gary has inspired millions with his unmatched ability to weave history, culture and human connection into captivating narratives.

His story of curiosity and courage will inspire you to learn and grow, as he shares his journey on episode 120 of Extrology!

Lee and Gary discuss:

  • How curiosity drives each new adventure

  • Lessons of resilience and perseverance from Gary’s travels

  • Learning to become a profound storyteller

  • The value of preservation

  • Living in the middle of an age akin to the industrial revolution

Links & references

Gary Arndt:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyarndt/

https://everything-everywhere.com/

Extrology:

https://www.extrology.com/

https://www.instagram.com/extrologypodcast/

https://www.tiktok.com/@extrology

Lee Cooper:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

"I had a business that I started in the 90s. I sold it, I went back to school for a bit, decided I didn't want a career in academia, and I didn't know what else to do, so I came up with the idea of traveling around the world." - 3:00 - Gary Arndt 

"Where something's culturally similar, you tend to notice the differences, but when you pass a certain point, you start to notice the similarities." - 8:00 - Gary Arndt

"I remember taking a bus through the desert in Egypt, and it just took forever, and I had to sit on a tire because the seats were broken and they didn't have enough seats. So I spent eight hours sitting on this tire, and you just realise ‘This is where I am right now’, and deal with it. Being stoic about the whole process gets you through a lot." - 23:00 - Gary Arndt

"I think that most people just want to go about their lives and live simply. In terms of what drives most people? It's day to day. They get up, they go to work, they raise their children, they eat food that is the life of most people everywhere." - 28:45 - Gary Arndt

"I want people to learn. I've had a lot of people say, even kids in school, ‘I learn more from this podcast in 12 minutes a day than I learn in school’. I'm happy to hear that, but it's also kind of sad." - 55:10 - Gary Arndt

“People in the Industrial Revolution at the time weren't thinking, ‘we're in the middle of the Industrial Revolution’. We’re in the middle of the internet revolution, but we don’t know it.” - 58:20 - Gary Arndt

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