My guest on the podcast is Nicholas Hutchison of BookThinkers, a fast-growing Instagram platform for book lovers. Nick is from Boston, Massachusetts, and works full-time as a sales professional.
We discovered on the podcast we have a lot in common. In addition to books, Nick and I share a passion for self-development & travel. We discuss the value of reading, traveling, and creating a path to financial freedom when you’re young.
Nick’s end-game is what he calls “total freedom.” In this episode, he details how he plans to achieve total freedom.
A few books we discuss at length are The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss & Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. Other topics we discuss:
From Boston
- Nick lives in North Easton, Massachusetts (20 miles south of Boston)
- Spent 5 years in New Hampshire
- Living close to Fenway Park
- Benefits of living in small community + close to big city
Book Thinkers
- How BookThinkers started
- Has 30K followers on IG and growing
- Time-management
- Setting priorities
- Using a journal
Self-Development
- Software sales career
- Having flexibility in your job
- 80-20 rule (The Pareto principle)
- Self-assessment / activity tracker
- Multi-family real estate investing
- Learning to say “no”
- Setting life goals
Monetizing Instagram:
- Automating & scaling a business
- BookThinkers mobile app
- Creating a network
- Partnering with authors
- Keeping strict accounts
Public Speaking:
- Learning to speak confidently
- Overcoming anxiety
- Speaking tricks & tips
- Taking constructive criticism
Vagabonding:
- The value of traveling
- His first solo travel (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Travel as a spiritual experience
- The personal sacrifice involved in travel
- Experiencing different cultures of the past
- Traveling to places not possible 30 years ago
Fun Questions:
- Why does it feel so wrong to only read half a book?
- Do you think it’s better to read (over the next two years) 100 books twice, or 200 books?
- Do you think books should be remade for modern audiences?
- Do you think new writers should write covers the way new musicians do covers?
- If someone dropped $1 million in your lap what would you do with it?
- If you were given an opportunity to shadow Xander Bogaerts for three days, would you pay $5,000 to do it?
- Would you pay $25,000 to shadow Tom Brady for three days?
- Which is the one book you wish everyone would read?
Questions for Brad:
- Questions for Brad: What is the number one book that you would recommend for someone just starting out in the self-development space?
- Question for Brad: What book has had the biggest impact on your life?
Listen Here:
Having a vast amount of tools (books) from the world’s most successful people allows me to pick and choose when to use them, and how to use them. [This] allows me to leapfrog my competition. – Nicholas Hutcheson, BookThinkers
Connect with Nick:
On Instagram: @bookthinkers
