The Three Month Vacation Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of "outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?" Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.
Location:
United States
Description:
Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of "outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?" Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.psychotactics.com
Episodes
Why "distraction" isn't usually the reason you can't focus
9/19/2025
IF you ask someone why they can’t focus, they usually say they’re very distracted. But are we really distracted? Or is it congestion, instead? Let’s dig deeper into this slight nuance, because distraction may be a good thing after all.
Duration:00:07:42
Re-run 07 Sales Page
9/5/2025
Duration:00:17:50
Re-run 03 How to Win Friends: The Hug, Hear, Help Method
8/8/2025
Duration:00:20:39
Re-run 01 The Elegant Strategy
7/25/2025
How to Overcome Information Overload (And How To Do It Almost Overnight)
Duration:00:17:55
How I Overcame My Three Fears
7/11/2025
When clients look at us, me in particular, they see an almost unblemished trail of success. But you can’t see the fear behind what we’ve been through. Yes, it’s fear. Let’s go into storyland and learn about the fear and possibly how to overcome it.
Duration:00:14:31
How to stay calm when the world is falling apart around you
6/27/2025
If you ask anybody, you will hear that things have gotten a lot worse. But is that the case? And do we have any control over what's happening around us? How do you stay calm even when things don't work for you? Let's find out in this episode
Duration:00:16:20
Why We Write—Part 2
6/20/2025
We sometimes believe we write for a client, or for a website. And that belief is true. Except, it’s not true for most of the time. There comes a time when we go on a trip, a discovery of ourselves. We write for a completely different reason. Let’s have a look, shall we?
Duration:00:14:36
Why We Write: Part 1
6/13/2025
Writing seems so laborious at times. We feel like giving up, but there’s a reason why we write. Actually, many reasons.
Duration:00:19:43
Why Every Day Learning Matters More Than We Think
5/23/2025
We all seem to know how every day matters. However, what causes people to plateau suddently and how does every day activity help in avoiding that messy situation? Dig deeper into the very average concept of every day learning and you’ll see it’s anything but mundane.
Duration:00:22:34
25 years of writing: Simple advice that will improve your articles
5/16/2025
I’ve now been writing articles for 25 years. And in those 25 years I’ve learned some things that you may not always find on a writing site, or even in any writing article. LIsten to this episode and you’ll suddenly have a completely different view of how to go about writing your article.
Duration:00:22:20
The Four Tyrannical Arms of Perfection: A Deeper Insight
5/9/2025
We all want to be somehow perfect. It doesn’t matter that we know it’s not possible. In this podcast, we have four crazy arms of perfection brought to life by writer Keith Rhys. I wish I could have said it better, but Keith (alumni of the Article Writing Course) says it eloquently. You’ll relate to these arms of perfection, no matter who you are or what you do.
Duration:00:11:53
The Concept of Take Off-Speed (And How it Enables You to Manage Many Things All At Once)
5/2/2025
If you feel overwhelmed and seem to get nothing much done, you’re not alone. That’s because many of us go around in circles. We never attain take-off speed and are doomed to circle the airport endlessly. Or are we? In this podcast, we will examine why top speed is so crucial and how to get to the point where you can fly on autopilot.
Duration:00:14:30
The Five-Year Lease Concept (And How It Builds Resilience)
4/25/2025
Do you sometimes think you have “shiny object syndrome”? Do you seem to hop from one thing to another, only to feel disappointed? What if you couldn’t change your mind so often? That’s what the “five-year” lease is all about. You somehow have to make it work. Let’s find out how to use the “five-year” lease concept to your advantage.
Duration:00:09:18
Travel stories through India – another rollercoaster trip.
4/11/2025
This is back to back travel series. First it was Europe, now it's India. Enjoy the journey!
Duration:00:23:16
How to become smarter by utilising the “Database Concept”
3/28/2025
Imagine there are two computers. One computer is a standalone connected to nothing but the electrical supply. The second one is connected to a network of computers. Which of the two is likely to be more useful to you? A similar concept applies to learning. People with a greater database are almost always seen as “more talented”. A database is something we can control, and learning how to use it makes us more “talented”. Here’s where you start on the journey.
Duration:00:17:54
Stories of travel through India, Singapore and France
3/21/2025
This podcast is called the Three-Month Vacation, and yet we almost never cover vacation stories. Well, that’s about to change. Here are some stories from India and also from Singapore and France. Allons-y!
Duration:00:18:12