Leon Logothetis - Live, Love, Explore: Discover The Way Of The Traveler, A Roadmap To The Life You Were Meant To Live

Praise for Live, Love, Explore

It took me at least ten years to understand the connection between my travels and the life lessons that got me through tough times. Live, Love, Explore gets you there quicker to celebrate the wonderful, frightening, unexpected journey of life.

Samantha Brown, world traveler and Travel Channel TV host

Live, Love, Explore is a bona fide page-turnerfull of inspiring personal stories, charming anecdotes, and thought-provoking questions. You wont want to put it down!

Light Watkins, founder of the Shine Movement

Live, Love, Explore is a must-read for anyone searching for their true purpose in life. Inspiring and insightful, it outlines the lessons of the Way of the Traveler, a way of life to which we can all aspire.

Mark Divine, Commander, US Navy SEALs (retired), founder of SEALFIT, and bestselling author of The Way of the SEAL

Live, Love, Explore is an instant classic. It reminds all of us that the big dreams we have in our hearts are within reach.

Shane Jeremy James, founder of Actions of Compassion

Leon has nailed it. Its rare that one so young gets what we all eventually find out; that the grandest and most difficult of journeys is to find and make peace with ourselves. He not only speaks so eloquently of it, he shows us the way.

Ted Klontz, coauthor of The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge

Live, Love, Explore deserves my highest high kick! Leons book has helped me find the adventure in my crazy life and can help you, too!

Fredrik Eklund, star of BRAVOs Million Dollar Listing New York and bestselling author of The Sell

The life I was meant to live has always revolved around travel and media. To read real tips from Leon Logothetis, one of the travel industrys most inspiring figures, made me move beyond the mundane and dream of magical moments and big dreams.

Annie Fitzsimmons, editor-at-large, National Geographic Traveler

Once Leon Logothetis quit following someone elses path, a brilliant new calling emerged. He discovered the bliss that lies within each of us but is often ignored. Leon shares wonderful real-life experiences that are bound to rejuvenate your souloften from the most unlikely people and places. Live, Love, Explore is entertaining, insightful, and inspiring.

J.P. Hansen, success coach, inspirational speaker, and bestselling, award-winning author of The Bliss List and Find Your Bliss

Leon does it again! In his newest book, Leon so generously shares his experiences which have provided me invaluable guidance on living my best life.

Brad Jamison, founder of Good Citizen

In Leons latest book, the reader is taken on yet another journey of self-exploration and enlightenment. Leon truly represents the nomadic soul of a traveler seeking answers.

Dane Steele Green, CEO, Steele Luxury Travel, Huffington Post blogger

Live, Love, Explore will introduce you to a world of profound teachings and amazing adventures. Leon weaves a powerful story that will touch your heart long after you have turned the last page. A truly inspiring read!

Scott Flansburg, bestselling author of Turn On the Human Calculator in You

In Live, Love, Explore, Leon shares his hilarious and heartwarming stores of his adventures on the road. Through his wonderful gift of story, Ive learned to live my life more fully and without regrets. Thank you!

Lyss Stern, founder and CEO, Divalysscious Moms, bestselling author and columnist

Live, Love, Explore is a kind of beacon for the traveler in all of us. Even if you never leave the comfort of your own home, youll find that Leons lessons from the road provide you a treasure map to a better life.

Oliver Bennett, travel writer for The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, and The Independent

Leon sets himself apart with his powerful message paired with such authentic delivery. His insights from his personal experiences have helped me have a more clear vision for a more happy and fulfilling life. Live, Love, Explore is funny, deeply moving and beyond inspiring.

Margie Warrell, life coach and bestselling author of Brave

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This is a true story and the characters and events are real. Some of the names have been changed, and some material has been altered, combined, or condensed for narrative clarity, but the overall chronology is an accurate depiction of the authors experience.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Logothetis, Leon, author.

Title: Live, love, explore : discover the way of the traveler : a road map to the life you were meant to live / Leon Logothetis.

Description: New York, NY ; Montreal : Readers Digest, Trusted Media Brands, Inc., [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016018324 | ISBN 9781621453239 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781621453383 (paperback) | ISBN 9781621453246 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Conduct of life. | Life.

Classification: LCC BJ1589 .L64 2016 | DDC 158.1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018324

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George, Con, and Nick
One for all and all for one

We must be willing to get rid of the life weve planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

JOSEPH CAMPBELL

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

BRUCE LEE

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.

PICO IYER

I was tired of living someone elses life.

Since childhood, I had been told what to do, how to act, who to be. I had been instructed through other peoples expectations, their demands, even their unspoken judgment, that the only way to be happy was to become a carbon copy of the people around me. And for many years, I was okay following in their footsteps. I was okay showing up to my office job, wearing the suit, playing the role, but that was the thing: I was playing a role. I wasnt actually being my truest self.

I was tired of living someone elses life. I wanted to live my own. And I wanted my life to be amazing. I wanted it to be filled with adventure. I wanted to live with such unbridled passion that every bit of food would taste richer, every inch of sky would be brighter, every breath of air more alive.

Which is how I ended up in Nepal.

It was a haphazard trip, really. I went there with only my plane ticket, a backpack, and the quiet, desperate knowledge that my life had to change.

Something did. For two weeks, I followed a guide through barren landscapes, along treacherous mountain passes, through bustling cities, and crowded slums. I met strangers on buses, and fell in love with every face that greeted me along the way. And I never wanted to leave.

On one of my last mornings in that magnificent land, I woke up to watch the sunrise. I stood out on a balcony overlooking Kathmandu, and as though to announce the beginning of a new life, an eagle flew overhead, calling out in the morning fog, calling out to me. It felt as though I were looking out across the whole of the worldfilled with billions of lives and stories waiting to be heard, and adventures waiting to be lived. I wanted to meet every one of them. I wanted to honor their stories. I wanted to live and breathe and embrace adventure in such a way that it would become a part of my DNA, a thread so embedded in my life, I could never again exist without it. And there, on that balcony, on that fateful morning, I began to discover what it meant to live the Way of the Traveler.