Colin Wright

At 19, Colin quit three of his five jobs and started a magazine.

In his 20’s Colin started and ran a successful branding studio in Los Angeles before deciding to change course and recalibrate his lifestyle. After getting rid of anything that wouldn’t fit into a carry-on bag, Colin hit the road and has been traveling the world — living in a new country every four months, based on the votes of his blog readers — ever since. Six years later, he still maintains this was the best decision he ever made.

Colin’s books include bestselling nonfiction works like Iceland India Interstate, Act Accordingly, and Considerations. He also writes fiction, ranging from the speculative science fiction series, A Tale of More, to his collection of short stories about creation, Mean Universe, to the time traveling adventure novel, Ordovician.

Colin has been interviewed on hundreds of TV shows, radio stations, and online media platforms around the world. He’s had his work published across the web and in traditional print publications in dozens of countries. He also sometimes appears in trashy tabloids next to very tan rock stars and celebrities.

Joshua Fields Millburn

We are made of time; it is the force that tells us who we are.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1981, Joshua Fields Millburn travailed the corporate world for a dozen years, most recently as the director of operations for 150 retail stores at a large telecommunications company. In 2011, he quit his boring six-figure job at age 30 to pursue a life as a full-time author and writing instructor. He currently lives in Missoula, Montana.

Although Millburn is primarily a literary fiction writer, he is perhaps best known for his nonfiction writings at The Minimalists, where he writes essays about living more deliberately in a heavily mediated, consumer culture. He has published four bestselling books, including a novel, As a Decade Fades; a nonfiction book, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life; a memoir, Everything That Remains; and an essay collection: Essential.

Millburn has been featured on CBS This Morning, ABC, NBC, FOX, NPR, CBC Radio, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Forbes, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Seattle Times, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun, Village Voice, LA Weekly, Zen Habits, and various other outlets. He has toured internationally and has spoken at Harvard Business School, SXSW, World Domination Summit, and several other organizations, schools, and conferences. His favorite color is blue, and he wrote this entire [auto]biography in third person, which seems, like, just a tad pretentious in retrospect, doesn’t it?

Ryan Nicodemus

Currently residing in Missoula, MT, Ryan Nicodemus was born 1981 in Knoxville, TN. Raised the majority of his life in the midwest, Ryan earned a B.S. in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. For 8 years Ryan worked for the local telecommunications company, where he managed business sales and led a group of hundreds of employees.

Ryan is a mentor and a writer. He is best known for his writings on The Minimalists website. Ryan also co-authored three best sellers; Essential, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life, and Everything That Remains.

Ryan Nicodemus has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, CBS This Morning, ABC, NBC, FOX, NPR, CBC Radio, and various other outlets. He has toured internationally and has spoken at Harvard Business School, SXSW, World Domination Summit, and several other organizations, schools, and conferences.