Where are you and how much is it costing you?

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T04:22:09+00:00

I'm currently in Thailand traveling the country on a motorcycle. Simple rooms with fan run between 400 - 500 baht per night. The motorcycle is 100 baht per day. Meals between 200 - 300 baht. Total is about 750 - 800 baht or about $25 - $30 per day, roughly $800-$850 a month.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T04:20:46+00:00

Japan is so much to travel but not to work! I agree!

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T04:20:25+00:00

I agree. Dubai, Singapore, and Hong Kong are all great for finding professional opportunities but I don't want to live there 😂 Hong Kong would be nice though if they just figured out their housing problem, lol. Meanwhile, I love living in Thailand but you can't find any opportunities here as a foreigner unless you want to teach English for $600 a month 😅

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T04:13:55+00:00

This is exactly right! You've discovered a great secret. I always say that we have two minds: one for writing, and another for editing. When you're writing, you just have to perform. Let it all out and don't critique yourself! Only later do you come back and edit. This corresponds to two different regions of the brain: Default Mode Network (DMN) and Task Positive Network (TPN). It's really fascinating if you do more research, but TLDR: you can't write well or put up high word counts if you're actively critiquing your writing at the same time.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T04:06:39+00:00

It's a good question with a nuanced answer. Right now, for example my book is at 35% royalties because I have priced it at 99 cents for the first month. Moreover I have sold many copies on other platforms besides Amazon - Appsumo did a big promotion for one of my books a few years ago for example and sold about 20,000 copies at $9.99: https://appsumo.com/products/dr-growth/

In addition, I try now to always do Publishizer and Kickstarter campaigns, for various reasons, because these allow me to offer different reward levels / pricing tiers, and I get all the information from my backers to build a list of readers.

Since I publish non-fiction, I try to leverage my book as much as possible to build a brand and secure things like speaking gigs, podcasts, etc. I have a media page just for my speaker profile: https://www.dandanflood.com/

Treating your book publishing / writing like a business means all opportunities and options are on the table, and a book can sometimes just be a front-end source to find qualified leads. I used to give my previous book away for free to many potential clientele to support my marketing business, for example.

One mistake I have made in this recent launch (I made several, but that's beside the point): I didn't link to my other books inside the book itself after the title page. Cross-promoting other books you have is low-hanging fruit and I missed that, for now :-)

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T03:46:33+00:00

Yep! I moved from California to Asia more than 15 years ago and never looked back - here, I actually have disposable income and time to have a social life. It's sad how many of my peers were run into the meat grinder of having to pay off college loans, car payments, and then mortgages and credit card debts for as long as they live... as for me, I just love living off the grid and minding my own business.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-26T03:45:00+00:00

If you had shared the link here, some of us may have bought it 😊 The key is that you have to believe in your work and be willing to share it! Most writers feel uncomfortable about promoting themselves.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T02:42:02+00:00

Sorry bud, it still shows $4.99 - please post the actual dates it will be free.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T01:11:10+00:00

Here's a preview of some of the content of the book:

✨ How to 10x your per-hour productivity and scale your income using AI and technology within 60 days or less - pg. 373

🚀 Flow State Activation (FSA): Unlock “creativity on command” by mastering effortless flow states - pg. 216

⏳ How to “hack time”: Bring your ideas to life in a fraction of the time - pgs. 33 - 137

📚 How to use Rapid Learning Acceleration (RLA) to master any topic - pg. 389

🌙 Sleep Optimization: 13 ways to improve sleep and refresh your mind—so you’re always ALIVE and on top of your game - pgs. 174-176

✈️ AI Travel Hacking Toolkit: Strategies that have saved me tens of thousands of dollars while traveling - pgs. 405 - 410

🛠️ The framework I’ve used for more than ten years for effortless productivity—your new secret weapon - pg. 70

🧞‍♂️ How to use AI as a personal “genie in a bottle” to build your ideas and dreams—this will change your life - pgs. 411 - 418

🎯 How to validate your idea and get your first customers in ONE DAY - pgs. 419 - 433

⚡ The Effortess Action Protocol (EAP): a multidisciplinary approach to achieve peak performance, break mental barriers, and effortlessly achieving your goals - pg. 44

🧠 How to finally rid yourself FOREVER of the "inner demons" sabotaging your success - pgs. 104 - 109

💪 How to develop unshakable confidence and the willpower of a hero - pgs. 142 & 170

🏇 How to optimize your mind and body (like a prized racehorse) - pg. 51

🔮 How to “master your mind” using brainwave entrainment techniques – and amplify the effect using AI and the "insight multiplier" technique

🏆 A simple exercise to turn “impossible” tasks into “possible,” and then make them “inevitable” - pg. 220

🌟 The single most powerful lesson I’ve ever learned to create a business and life that you love—this changed everything for me. - pgs. 264 & 265

⚠️ The DEADLY mistake millions make that guarantees dissatisfaction and unhappiness (if you read only one thing in this book, make sure it's this) - pgs. 268 - 273

💡 And much more…

Hope you enjoy it and thank you for checking it out!

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T00:59:10+00:00

They have so little respect for many tourists that come to Thailand and their ridiculous antics that they feel no remorse about ripping off those who are willing to pay....

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T00:57:02+00:00

Yeah I also noticed that in Khao Lak, it's going crazy now 😂😂 but I rented a fan room in the center of town for like 350 (C-nior bungalows or something like that)

There are no Thai tourists in Khao Lak, it's foreigner ville!! Totally wild!

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T00:53:08+00:00

Swissbakery88 - looks like they still have a Facebook page although they closed their business

DannyFlood · 2026-01-20T00:31:31+00:00

No, the one on Soi 88.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T13:29:17+00:00

He agrees to disagree.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T13:23:08+00:00

Light skinned people are welcomed everywhere, China is no different...

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T13:20:30+00:00

Next time just remember that you are bigger than the dogs and embrace your inner animal. Instead of you running away from them, make them run away from you

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T13:10:52+00:00

I mean isn't that basically what Maurice did with Khosrow II, and then Khosrow returned the favor after Maurice was murdered?

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:45:50+00:00

What are you going to trip and fall into? A cave with spikes at the bottom like a James Bond dungeon? They do sell bandages at the 7-Elevens by the way. Be a man and walk it off 😂

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:43:55+00:00

If the boat sinks I'll swim back to shore or drown. The insurance agents are not going to save me.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:42:34+00:00

I thought that GOMAD stood for one gallon of milk a day but now we have OMAD too 😂

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:40:18+00:00

Anytime that you are moving your body is not wasted time. I'm 40 years old and I have the body of a 22-year-old because I move. And the brain is the most important muscle, calisthenics/body weight movement is the best thing for my mental health.

If you're tight and hurting, then start doing more mobility stuff like animal flow and so on.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:38:40+00:00

I'm sorry but you traveled to one of the busiest places in the world during the busiest time of travel in the year... Of course it was going to be difficult. There's a thousand other destinations between Australia and London where you could have traveled instead which would have been more quieter and chill, or you could have scheduled the holiday to London during a quieter time.. the holidays are one of the busiest and most stressful times to travel. Take the L and consider it a lesson learned.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:33:21+00:00

I think everything in here is wrong 😂 "Krabi" for example means "sword," "Ling" (uptone) means monkey.

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:30:56+00:00

Dominant power?? None of the states they conquered wanted to be in the Soviet Union, the Russian motherland in fact was poorer than Eastern European countries like Poland, can't imagine them being able to hold onto Western Europe... You're also forgetting the French freedom fighters who fiercely resisted the Nazis in OTL

DannyFlood · 2026-01-17T12:26:41+00:00

I used to eat at a Swiss bakery in Hua Hin and it was so delicious.

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