Being a passport bro has a lot of potential upside. You can make new friends, have a great career, and generally live a healthier and happier lifestyle than you otherwise would have in the United States. Things aren’t perfect overseas. Far from it. But the US dollar, combined with America’s messed up culture of consumerism and robbing the poor and helping the rich makes now (and probably the next decade) a great time for a lateral move. The US is losing its global hegemony, and a lot of “smaller” countries are on the rise. Moving abroad can make a lot of sense, especially if you’re in it for the long haul. Being in it for the long haul can be really tough sometimes. A lot of the world is quite poor, and it can take a long time to set up a business. You want to live in a country where you can at least survive off of minimum wage. That’s the first thing. A lot of people who move overseas in search of love don’t do what it takes to create good lives for themselves overseas. They create a lot of suffering for themselves as a result. Here’s how you can prevent yourself from ending up in a situation where you don’t get the best results from your hard work and long planning. Avoid the following mistakes and take my directions, and you should be more than good to go.
Mistake 1: Moving To a Country That’s Too Poor
Unfortunately, humanity is a species of animal. We’re civilized and we know a lot about how the universe works, but we are animals. We’re constantly evolving, and we always compare notes. You don’t want to live a life where a lot of people around you are suffering. If you move to a country where the purchasing power is too low, you’ll find yourself in such a position. Those from other countries will have better opportunities than you, and live better lives. You want to be upper-middle class by global standards at the very least. So that means when you move you want to find global GDP per capita and divide that number by two. Your target country’s number should be more than half the global GDP per capita. Anything else is simply going to make life too difficult.
Mistake 2: Moving Without Any Skills
If you move without having any skills, you’re going to suffer. It can be hard to get wealthy or live a happy life in a place like the USA, but when it comes to making quick cash and scaling businesses, the place is unmatched. This means you have a lot of idiots getting money. You might be one of those idiots. I found out I was one of those idiots when I moved from the USA to Canada. If you move without skills, make sure that you move to a country that’s on its way up. Otherwise, you’re going to suffer, and you’re probably dead meat.
Mistake 3: Thinking You’re Way Wealthier Than Your Ideal Woman
The fact of the matter is that if you’re a Gen Z American, you’re probably pretty poor. I know how it is to be a young American nowadays. You’re probably living off of someone else, either directly or indirectly, through no fault or choice of your own. Every year things get tougher, and the gap between you and the incumbents gets wider and wider. This is fine, keep working. The average American is well-positioned relative to the average person overseas. If you just follow the crowd and get your $45,000 saved by 32, you’re home free if you can translate that to a sustainable and fruitful (read: growing) life overseas. The average American is just upper-middle class overseas. You can live a decent life as an American man overseas, actually be on track to retire, but you will enjoy no frills if you’re smart. That’s just how it is nowadays, the American advantage is disappearing fast. In another decade or so, you won’t have any, the way things are going. As result, what you need to do is put in a lot of work. You need to be a top tier guy if you want to hang out with the right women. I’m not being vain or shallow when I say this. But if you move to a country like Colombia, Brazil, or Thailand, don’t expect to find that the wealthiest 10-20% of women to be living lives that are significantly different from yours. They’re just going to be more responsible and less spoiled. The same goes for the men, to your disadvantage. Thankfully most guys are not competition. Don’t be arrogant. Realize that you’re not special unless you’re special. Don’t expect the red carpet to be rolled out just because you showed up.
Mistake 4: Moving Based On Physical Parameters
If you’re looking to move for the sake of meeting hot women or whatever, you’re going to be in for a very hard life. Moving based on how the women look or how tall you or they are is the fastest way to disaster. We live in an ever-shifting geopolitical landscape. Like it or not, the world is constantly engaged in a spiritual war between the 3 Abrahamic religions, at least. Don’t mess around when it comes to picking a country. I shouldn’t have to tell you to not be shallow. This is the real world we’re living in.
Mistake 5: Not Moving To A Country That’s Improving
In order to do this, you need to be somewhat of a sociologist. But if you don’t go to a country where things are improving, prepare for a life of misery. You’re going to find yourself working like a dog just to have anything. At a certain level of poverty (think Laos or Zimbabwe), you’re not even going to be able to think about net worth. This is going to be horrible, and you don’t want to live like this. You also don’t want to be caught in social unrest. That tends to happen when countries fall apart. A lot of the world simply isn’t wealthy enough to withstand economic shocks. Everyone is desperate to earn an income and live the good life.
The US is losing its luster as the place to be. There are no two ways around it and anyone pretending otherwise is simply delusional. Things aren’t as bad as they are in China, but generally speaking, it’s going to take a long time for America to change. Things are tense in that country because people are suffering. There hasn’t been enough economic growth in recent years to maintain the status quo, and the rest of the world is catching up. Globally speaking, the economic floor is rising. Right now, the countries with the lowest debt levels find themselves most able to successfully become developed. These countries also create happier, more satisfied, and focused citizens in the long run. You can move overseas; you just need to work your butt off and avoid making mistakes. This is easier said than done, because the
Mistake 6: Not Realizing That You’re The Problem
It’s 2025 as of me writing this article, and you’re a passport bro. Whether you like it or not, that means there’s an issue with you and the way you’re going about life. For me, it was that I was living in a high cost of living area, and there wasn’t a lot of community and fellowship in my life. Things were changing a lot, and not for the better. I had the opportunity to succeed, but it was highly unlikely that I would find myself getting wealthy.
Understand Why You’re Really Moving
You’re moving because the US, Canada, and Europe are falling apart, and life is improving in some cool countries. You think you have some advantages that you can leverage overseas and put to good use. You aren’t moving overseas just to attract hotter women. There’s way more to life than just attracting hot women. That’s what moving overseas will teach you. I talk about women’s looks so much in this paragraph because moving overseas also teaches you that it’s important to be a well-rounded human being. For or better or worse, most people around the world aren’t living at a “first-world” standard.
Do The Work and Be Confident
This is the most important thing at the moment. A lot of people who do the work aren’t self aware. They think they aren’t enough, and they end up in a pattern of alcoholism and perhaps substance abuse.
Understand the risks
While the rewards to living overseas can be great, so are the risks. You want to put yourself in a position such that you’re living a low-risk life. You don’t want to be overspending. You don’t want to be getting cocky.
Try To Plan Having Children Ahead Of Time
If you can figure out roughly when you want to have children, you’re massively ahead of the game.
