Life at MindValley, from an Insider’s Perspective

Vishen Lakhiani — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:09:50 +0000

Alexandra Cattoni, one of my managers at MindValley just started her new blog. You have to love her style and attitude. Personally, I love the fact that she’s living a life that’s the epitome of what I’m trying to create with my work-culture experiments at MindValley.

Here’s her bio from the blog.

I work with an amazing online publishing company called MindValley where I manage and grow a multi-million dollar a year personal development business online. When I’m not at Starbucks working some marketing magic on my MacBook, you’ll find me doing one of the many other things I am passionate about: traveling, diving, writing, photography, surfing, dancing or wake boarding. Sound fun? It is.

For me, life is all about living and I wake up every morning with this mantra echoing in every corner of my mind. I’m a member of an elite group of “go-getters” that Tim Ferris (author of “The 4-Hour Work Week”) refers to as the “New Rich.” Not rich with money (although money is definitely not something I worry about), but rich with time and mobility to do whatever the hell I want, whenever the hell I want. This is the reason behind why, at the age of 23, I have already lived in 3 different continents, traveled to over 120 cities in 23 different countries and am able to travel somewhere new almost every single month.

I am not going to lie.

Life. is. good.

Check out AlexandraCattoni.com here »

Oh yeah, we’re still hiring. Visit www.MindValley.com/careers

On Necker Island with Richard Branson

Vishen Lakhiani — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:36:00 +0000

If you could meet anyone in the world and spend an entire day with them who would you choose?

My top three choices are:

Barack Obama
Richard Branson
it’s a tie between Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Natalie Portman (hey, I’m a guy)

So I was absolutely ecstatic to get a chance to spend 5 days on Richard Branson’s Necker Island this May. And this wasn’t your regular Necker Island stay. This private island owned by Branson gets visitors like Orlando Bloom, Mariah Carey, Bill Gates and more at a cost of $350,000 a week. (or roughly $50,000 a night). And that’s just for a regular hotel-style stay with no guarantee of actually meeting Branson.

I got a chance to spend 5 days there with a group of entrepreneurs. With Branson present from breakfast to post-parties for 3 nights straight. It was an amazing time.

With Richard Branson, on Pirate Night at Necker Island

At the Beach Bar

Accompanying Branson back to his Private Jet on Beef Tortola Island before he flew back to London

And finally, a video of the trip. Lovingly crafted from the footage on my Flipcam.