EP 28: 650,000 FOLLOWERS, THE POWER OF MINDSET, & BLOWING UP YOUR HAND WITH A FIRECRACKER IN INDIA WITH SOCIAL MEDIA TRAVEL EXPERT LUKE DAMANT
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With over 650,000 followers across his personal brand, Luke has nailed social media travel content down to a science. He showcases areas around the world that aren’t typically visited and loves to connect with the local people, showing how they live and what occurs on a day to day basis. Uploading his adventures to Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube have allowed him to connect with others around the world, and set-up a life of travel
Show Notes:
00:00
- Luke reads an excerpt about his travels
00:30
- Drea introduces Luke
- Luke having the goal of producing videos that make people feel like they are in the moment with him.
2:28
- Luke shares what he meant with the beginning excerpt and the story about his love for travel
3:16
- Luke shares the beginnings of his travel life
- He talks about knowing the travel lifestyle
- His first place he went to Sri Lanka
- He talks about the growth of his social media starting in India
- Having parents that supported him at such a young age to purse his dream really helped in his success.
9:53
- Luke talks about the importance of mindset
11:17
- Luke talks about being 18 and some of his fears he had
- Traveling with no plans
13:56
- Luke talks about what his day looks like
16:00
- Luke shares his biggest challenge when he travels and how he mitigates those challenges
19:37
- Luke shares the most valuable thing he had learned during his travels.
20:27
- Luke shares the most meaningful person he’s met on his travels
- How luke found his meaningful person through instagram
24:24
- Luke shares his most interesting story during his travels when he got hurt and a firecracker blew up on his hand in India during Diwali
- He had a full recovery of his hand and he tells the whole story on how to get his hand back.
31:40
- Luke shares that his most fulfilling moment is going back when he recovered a few months later to see the people who took care of him and give thanks to the doctor and his team.
33:40
- Luke gives advice on how to do what he does to a younger version of himself.
35:48
- Luke shares what makes good content and his belief on what good content means
- He shares what his older videos vs what his videos look like now.
42:14
- Luke shares his favorite place - Southern India and how to travel to that location
44:14
- Luke shares a piece of life advice to a younger Luke
- After sharing some positive advice, Drea asks Luke where he got this positivity from - Luke’s answer… Gary Vee
50:19
- Luke’s next destination is Pakisatan. He shares why
52:10
- Luke shares the one special thing he brings with him when he travels
53:15
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