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This 33-years old guy became a millionaire by just travelling the world. Isn’t this the perfect dream?

The life of Johnny Ward is a dream that came true.

We want to tell you how he achieved all his goals and now enjoys the life of a millionaire. His travel blog named OneStep4Ward, which he started by being an ordinary traveller without a penny in his pocket, has evolved over time into an online marketing firm that he can now manage from any place in the world. Ward built his career himself, and that allowed him to travel to any country in the world for more than 10 years already. Oh yeah, it’s worth mentioning that Johnny Ward earned, during his travelling craze, about 1.5 million dollars up to this point.Johnny was born and brought up in Ireland. He and his sister were brought up by a single mother, and they lived on a state allowance for a while. Ward entered the British university and studied the international economy. Being still a student, he had the idea of ​​travelling around the world after finishing the university.

He earned his first money for travelling, by teaching English lessons in Thailand. For two years, Ward hitch-hiked around Southeast Asia with a small backpack behind his shoulders and a budget of 10-15 dollars a day.

When this money was over, he created the OneStep4Ward blog. Soon Johnny began to earn about 7 thousand dollars a month.

Ward began financing other blogs, hired editors, invested money in real estate and eventually earned $ 1.5 million.

His dream of seeing all the countries of the world came from his love to discover something new.

“At some point, I focused on creating a life that would allow me to become free.”

And for 10 years, Ward’s main goal was to visit all the countries on the planet.

Arriving in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with no hotel booked, no transport booked, no sights to see planned, I chatted to Eyad @eyadajaj via couchsurfing. He couldn't host as his extended family was in town, but he organised someone to pick me up from the airport, drive me to Jeddah and he had organised a hotel for me for my 3 nights. Amazing hospitality from a complete stranger, but now a new Saudi friend ? Arabian hospitality is something else, and Jeddah is so much more than what the Western Media projects. I'm delighted to come here and experience it for myself, here's a pic of Eyad and me in the old city. Eyad took time out, drove 1.5hours from his office outside the city to come and see me, he and spent the evening showing me the best of Jeddah, amazing people everywhere ❤️? #everycountryintheworld #jeddah #saudiarabia #couchsurfing #realtravel

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It takes the blogger about three weeks to research each country. And he prefers to walk around the country, neglecting any means of transport.

Things that Ward always has in his backpack – wallet, iPhone, passport, MacBook and “maybe a little hair gel.”

“If I have these five items, I will survive anywhere. The rest of the things I can easily buy. “

Johnny visited even those countries where getting access is quite a daunting task. For example, Tibet.

A lonely Chinese policeman.

Brazil.

#sandboarding in #Florianopis, #Brazil #latergram #surfing #everycountryintheworld

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The last country that he is going to visit is Norway.

197/197 countries visited! 10 years of almost full time travel, averaging almost 3 weeks per country, I started this journey broke, teaching English in Thailand, and today I reach my lifetime goal, amongst 8 of my most loved ones, in the depths of the Arctic circle in Kirkeness, Norway racing huskies, riding snowmobiles as we chase the northern lights and staying in an ice hotel @kirkenessnowhotel A dream come true ❤️?? Traveling the world for all these years has taught me a lot. For a start I've learned that we are all the same deep down. Skin colour, gender, religion, sexuality, culture – none of that differentiates us hugely. We all want to be the best we can be, to make the people close to us proud, to try to leave a positive impact and enjoy ourselves along the way. Let's never let divisive politicians or agenda-driven media let us lose sight of that. It's taught me that we should be grateful for what we have, as most of the world would rightly swap their serious problems for our trivial ones, if we are online, can access free social media and can communicate in English we are better off than we know. We should try to appreciate that. It's taught me that there's much much more to life than competing with others. Life isn't a competition, nor is it a race, or a bragging platform or an excuse to belittle others. We are all in this together, trying our best, making it up as we go along. Life is a beautiful journey, but it's not an easy one, let's try to support each other where we can. The world is a lot more awesome when we are kind to each other. It's taught me to treasure good people. When you're blessed enough to stumble across awesome friends, family members, partners, whoever then don't let them go. Make an effort, always, to keep them close to you. It's not your right to have awesome people in your life, it's a privilege so make sure you deserve them. It's taught me to dream big, and that dreams can and do come true. If you truly, deeply want something bad enough, you can make it happen. When you visualise your path, and every choice you make strives to bring you to where you know you can be, nothing can stop you. #everycountryintheworld

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Travelling inspired him not just to study the world, but also to help people. Now Johnny Ward finances the construction of schools in the poor areas of South-East Asia, where he began his journey having little money in his pockets.

10 days left to WIN A 2 WEEK ALL EXPENSES TRIP (INCLUDING AIRFARE!) to help us build a playground on the Thailand/Myanmar border this June! Pleasssse do an awesome deed for your day today and help us raise the funds to build the playground. $10 donation enters your name into the competition 1 time, $25 donation enters you 3 times ($50 = 6, $100 = 12 etc). We only have 10 days left of fundraising, and we are $3500 short, please SHARE this status and help us spread the word, please DONATE and ENTER and we really hope to see you guys in Thailand on May 28th! PS The photos are from our partner school on the border, the kids are so excited to be getting a new playground! PPS Check out the photos of the elephants, we'll also be volunteering at the Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, how cool is that?! Thanks for all the donations so far! DONATE HERE: http://www.Chuffed.org/project/giveback-giveaway-2017 MORE INFO HERE: http://www.givebackgiveaway.com #givebackgiveaway #givebackgiveaway17 #thailand #maesot #burma #myanmar #onestep4ward

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“I am calm, knowing that I not only learn more about this world, but also help it become better.”

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