An Interview With Asia's Maven Secrets Founder Anton Diaz
Anton Diaz has changed his game. After working for more than 40 hours per week for over a decade, he decided that a new lifestyle was needed. Enter Tim Ferriss' lifestyle design where YOU only work for four hours per week (YES, that's the NUMBER 4) while maintaining YOUR current income (or even more). In this interview, he shares with us some secrets and lifestyle design habits that has freed him to do more of the things that he loves. Who doesn't want to work for just four hours per week? Read on.
What's YOUR job like?
It is the best JOB in the world to do what you love doing --- traveling, eating, and discovering awesome places in the world. :)
Tell us how YOU became an expert on Internet Marketing. What key lessons did YOU learn?
I learned through close to 13 years experience in working for P&G Multinational Company, 5 years of actual blogging in Our Awesome Planet, and close to 3 years learning from Internet Marketing Gurus.
Tell us more about how Our Awesome Planet came about. What fascinates YOU about our country?
Our Awesome Planet Story – http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/about.html.
Our Country has the best Natural Wonders, and the Warmest People.
What is the current state of blogging in the country? Problogging?
Only the Top Bloggers really earn a living from the blogs. Most people just earn "lifestyle money" that they can use to eat out, travel or buy the latest gadgets. Blogging is maturing and a lot of people are interested with how to leverage the internet.
What's Maven Secrets about? How can we benefit from it?
Maven Secrets is a 90-day Coaching Program to develop the next Internet Mavens in the Philippines. It is the best Internet Marketing and Professional Blogging Training in the Philippines.
How can Filipinos maximize social media to effect change in the country?
If each Filipino can just start a positive blog to promote the Philippines, then we can help build the image of the Philippines online.
What's it like leaving P&G to build a Four-Hour Work Week like Tim Ferriss?
Scary, and infact when I made the decision I was shivering with the thought of leaving the job I love for close to 13 years.
It was fun once you get past the Entrepreneurial hump where your back is against the wall. I cried once after a few months from resigning and questioned myself if I did the right decision. But after that emotional incident, there was no looking back. :)
How can we use social media to help the poor? How can we expect the poor to benefit from it when they struggle to have food to eat every meal time?
Social Media is not used to earn Money. Social Media is used to introduce and educate the online crowd to a product, service or advocacy. Having the right mindsets is the key to win on the Internet. If the poor would have a product that they can sell online, social media can help introduce them to the right people who would help them.
Who are YOUR personal heroes? Why?
The Paypal Mafia and Jesus' Disciples.
What are YOU hungry for?
I'm hungry for gourmet food that will blow my mind away. I'm hungry for meeting awesome and inspiring Filipinos. I'm hungry for seeing the day my kids will blog as well. :)
How can we improve the HungryPeople blog?
Interviews are inspiring but it does not empower people. A good question to ponder upon would be: "How can you empower people to change?" (HungryPeople's Note: Thank YOU. We'll surely take note of this.)
About Anton Diaz
Anton worked for the biggest multinational company in the Philippines for almost 13 years, straight out of college, before becoming a full time Online Entrepreneur. He was the Chief Information Officer of Procter & Gamble Philippines when he finally quit his day job and decided to take his blog, Our Awesome Planet, to the next level.
Our Awesome Planet, which he started in 2005, is a respected food and travel blog in the Philippines with over 12,000 hits per day and 5,500 readers, and is still growing. His advocacy is to promote Philippine tourism by sharing his "Food and Travel Secrets in the Philippines" and to inspire Filipinos to realize that living in the Philippines is truly awesome! At present, he also teaches Professional Blogging and Internet Marketing at the Asian Institute of Management and conducts a 90-day coaching program called Maven Secrets.
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