{"id":16763,"date":"2015-10-18T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=16763"},"modified":"2016-07-11T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T01:15:08","slug":"eps-32-celebrated-travel-writer-and-best-selling-author-rolf-potts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-32-celebrated-travel-writer-and-best-selling-author-rolf-potts\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS 32: Rolf Potts, Celebrated Travel-Writer and Best-selling Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rolf Potts is a celebrated travel-writer and best-selling author (over a million books sold!). Besides writing best selling books, teaching writing in Paris each summer, occasionally hosting a television travel show, and inspiring the polymath, phenom Tim Ferriss to embrace\u00a0the <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1KbBdMA\" target=\"_blank\">Vagabonding<\/a><\/strong><\/em> philosophy (as well as\u00a0give Potts&#8217; book of that same name the coveted spot of &#8220;first book in the Tim Ferriss book club&#8221;), Rolf Potts lives in rural Kansas and saves for extended world travel. And there&#8217;s also the gangsta rap project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16764\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rolf-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"rolf-headshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rolf-headshot.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rolf-headshot-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rolf-headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rolf-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nScroll down to the <em><strong>Click to Listen<\/strong><\/em> Button and read the shownotes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Listeners and friends, as you enjoy the show, will you please consider a giving a\u00a0small\u00a0tip to help out?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How about $1?<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nTo help click\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PqWUwX\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Thank you!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>BASIC INFO LINKS:<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia article on Rolf <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolf_Potts\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rolf&#8217;s Website <a href=\"http:\/\/rolfpotts.com\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Find all his books, audio books, travel photos, essays, and much more there.)<\/p>\n<p>Rolf on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rolfpotts\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SHOWNOTES:<\/p>\n<p>Guest, Rolf Potts<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.blubrry.com?podcast_id=2911260\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>click the icon below to share an audio snippet<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FRolfPotts.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-32-celebrated-travel-writer-and-best-selling-author-rolf-potts%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/RolfPotts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=16763-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/RolfPotts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RolfPotts.mp3\">Download<\/a> (64.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('16763-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_16763-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_16763-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FRolfPotts.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-32-celebrated-travel-writer-and-best-selling-author-rolf-potts%2F&quot; 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height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1932361618&amp;asins=1932361618&amp;linkId=EIPS45TH7MDU6XV2&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fourhourworkweek.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Ferriss<\/a> made Vagabonding his <a href=\"http:\/\/fourhourworkweek.com\/2013\/11\/11\/vagabonding\/\" target=\"_blank\">first book club selection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A philosophy of life, travel and seeing the world.<\/p>\n<p>Vagabonding and the \u201ctime-wealth\u201d value-adjustment from which action naturally follows.<\/p>\n<p>(video by Tim Ferriss)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMXGrD2Hwig\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Time is treated as a commodity but thinking of how we will spend our days and our lives can poorly reflect a life we really want and actualize time well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel is not an expensive indulgence.<\/strong> Freeing up the time to travel can be the greater obstacle (mind-frame) for living well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201ctime-wealth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeing <b><i>Time<\/i><\/b> as the true <b>wealth<\/b> of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>5:20<\/p>\n<p>The repercussions of \u201cthe selfie stick\u201d for the modern traveler.<\/p>\n<p>How technology affects how we travel.<\/p>\n<p>6:30<\/p>\n<p>Technology can have you living through a screen instead of traveling or living at a firsthand level.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists of everyday life. Is performance engaged enough?<\/p>\n<p>7:40<\/p>\n<p>Counting selfie sticks in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>It can advertise that you are there to harvest photos.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">(The least obtrusive selfie stick I could find, in case the temptation for better shot is too much.)<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B012T4JBDQ&amp;asins=B012T4JBDQ&amp;linkId=VMUUYOS6WLYS7DDT&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Comic book <em><strong>Wenamun<\/strong><\/em> the ancient Egyptian travel story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rolfpotts.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16765 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-11.55.29-AM-201x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-10-15 at 11.55.29 AM\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-11.55.29-AM-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-11.55.29-AM-350x522.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-11.55.29-AM-101x150.png 101w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-11.55.29-AM.png 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we get bored, lost, or lonely while traveling you are forced to be more imaginative and be more engage with the people and place where you actually are. These are gifts of travel.<\/p>\n<p>10:20<\/p>\n<p>Discipline and the ability to wean off technology and allow life to happen can give us richer experiences. More surprises and more vulnerability can make for a better trip.<\/p>\n<p>Put the smart phone away.<\/p>\n<p>12:10<\/p>\n<p>Asking people where to eat who actually live there.<\/p>\n<p>14:40<\/p>\n<p>How he has evolved as a world traveler?<\/p>\n<p>16:00<\/p>\n<p>Being a Korean ex-pat for a few years and understanding how cultural is a gut-level thing that helps to learn while living there so that the abstractions change into lived experiences.<\/p>\n<p>18:30<\/p>\n<p>Rolf on having a provincial perspective and how it has been a benefit to him because he appreciated the smaller towns and places and not judging the place for their perceived lack of sophistication. People have more time for you in small towns. Big cities can have more arrogance toward other more rural places.<\/p>\n<p>21:00<\/p>\n<p>His recent travel adventure: Renting a car in France with a 100 page road atlas but no guide book. Seeing the beautiful town and eating Beef Burgundy.<\/p>\n<p>23:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pariswritingworkshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">His Paris writing class<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ladder of abstract in writing. We meditate the world through abstractions. Root myself in the concreteness of travel and use my 5 senses.<\/p>\n<p>25:00<\/p>\n<p>The crap shoot of how he choses where to travel.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting friends feels less like travel than it does like reunions.<\/p>\n<p>On traveling alone and winter traveling.<\/p>\n<p>29:20<\/p>\n<p>Places with bad reputations can be the best places to travel. Syria, though, has become too dangerous, but had been one of his favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptians are very accommodating except near the pyramids where it\u2019s very tourist-heavy.<\/p>\n<p>China is a giant country with many things to experience.<\/p>\n<p>Russia also has a lot to experience.<\/p>\n<p>32:00<\/p>\n<p>Less traveled parts of the world can be more interesting and people can have more time for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>New projects:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comic book (Wenamun) inspired by reading about travel in the ancient world. The anti-hero is Wenamun who bumbles through his travels. Proceeds go to help Syrian Refugees, Save the Children Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Buy it HERE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pariswritingworkshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Misadventures of Wenamun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>35:00<\/p>\n<p>Another writing project:<\/p>\n<p>Bloomsbury\u2019s 33 1\/3 Series<br \/>\n<em> Small books that feature historically significant music albums.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>the Geto Boys<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1628929464&#038;asins=1628929464&#038;linkId=d409698eef4a45b9672f439a02ba21db&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fifth_Ward,_Houston\" target=\"_blank\">Houston and the 5th Ward of Houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geto_Boys\" target=\"_blank\">gangster rap group called the Geto Boys <\/a>1990 self-titled album.<\/p>\n<p>the psycho-graphical way to see a city.<\/p>\n<p>Gangster rap was about the crack-era urban decline of certain areas.<\/p>\n<p>Gangster rap in the 1980s and 1990s was the first black music form in the 20th Century that wasn\u2019t appropriated and sold \u201cwith a white face\u201d. Authenticity was so important in the art form is was done differently.<\/p>\n<p>40:40<\/p>\n<p>First exploring the 5th Ward in 1995 and going on a police patrol ride-along and seeing the crime from that vantage point and coming back in 2015. People ride horses in parts of the 5th Ward. The inner city in often a troupe. In Houston, the ghetto is place-specific and Rolf enjoyed writing about the history of it too.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation of place.<\/p>\n<p>44:30<\/p>\n<p>Where to find Rolf, his writings, his books, and travel photos: rolfpotts.com<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16763 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Bagan_monuments-95x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Bagan_monuments-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Bagan_monuments-350x551.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Bagan_monuments-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Bagan_monuments.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16799'>\n\t\t\t\tvisit roofpotts.com to view more\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/postrace-90x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/postrace-90x150.jpg 90w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/postrace-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/postrace.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/transvestite_pwe-97x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/transvestite_pwe-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/transvestite_pwe-350x542.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/transvestite_pwe-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/transvestite_pwe.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boy_monk-99x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boy_monk-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boy_monk-350x530.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boy_monk-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boy_monk.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"102\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pearldiver-102x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pearldiver-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pearldiver-300x442.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pearldiver-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pearldiver.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>May you see world travel in a different way. 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