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Year End Review 2018

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Year In Review 2018 and Plan for 2019 Well, just under two weeks left for he year 2018 – time flies when you are having fun. Or when you have kids! These kiddies just grow up so fast it is really true what they say! So I enjoy recapping what happened this year and planning the year ahead. What was …

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Selling Things To Simplify & Focus

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Selling off various assets I have During this massive focus process I am going through and the merger with the incubator and Global From Asia – I am in the process of focusing (as discussed in a previous blog). So I will be working on finding correct suitors for various projects I have been building up (and still do have …

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Birthday Letter To Mom

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Sent this to my mom but thought I’d keep for the records Dear mom, Hope you are doing well. I love you and hope you had a great birthday. Id love to discuss with you how things have been going here – but I know it is hard to connect with the timezone and other things. So I hope this …

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Michael Angelo

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/Michaelangelo My middle name is Angelo. I used to be embarrassed to tell people that as in school the ninja turtles was a popular show and I didn’t want to be associated with a turtle. The reason I am called Michael Angelo is my grandmother was an artist. I never got to know her well, she passed away when I …

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Going All In (Focus)

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Going All In Been a wild couple weeks – physically with crossing in and out of China, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Chiang Mai, Thailand and dealing with Embassies and Visas all over the place. But on the business and emotional level – after 5 years doing Global From Asia – now putting it on “ice” as I join forces …

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3 years + 210 Vlogs – What I learned vlogging

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So it has been about three years since I started vlogging (video blogging) – and since I am stopping now David from 80 20 Investor inspired me to write (well asked me to make this video form, but kind of burnt out haha) up a recap of my takeaways and what I learned during the process. It is a great …

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The Last Vlog

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The Last Vlog It Has Been Fun but This is the Last One Mike’s Blog 210 Happy holidays, Q4 here and it is always about turkeys, fat men in red suits and year end thinking. 2018 has been a fun time and now I have to put up a hold for these vlogs. I’m joining a new “secret project” and …

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Appreciate the Days

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Appreciate the Days The days go by so fast, wake up and before you know the day is over. Seems like years and decades are going by so fast. Having kids is even a faster accelerator. Mike’s Blog 209 Today is more a reminder – for myself and others. We are always so focused on the things in the past …

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Quick In & Out of China

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Quick In & Out of China That was fast- a few days in Shenzhen, China and then off. Mike’s blog 208 Writing on the road in Hong Kong today. Strange feeling to go to a place you lived for over ten years and feel like a visitor – but it is what it is. We had our Cross Border Matchmaker …

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Putting It Forward

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Putting It Forward Doing things for others without expectations and amazing things can happen. Does it for you? Its a great experience Mike’s Blog 207 We are rocking and rolling in October with so many things happening. In this video, I am in Bangkok for dcbkk conference where I always get pushed to work harder and do more. While there, …

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Getting Local Thai Help!

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Getting Local Thai Help! Sometimes you just need to put your hand up. While Thailand is nowhere near as challenging as China for coordination – it is already a huge help to have a local Thai person on the team to help out. Welcome Puii (Tanya) to our team! Mike’s Blog 205 Thank you all for enjoying our “pain” lately. …

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Visa Runs / Extensions / Go Back Where You Belong?

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Visa Runs / Extensions / Go Back Where You Belong? Just another migrant trying to take a month off from flying. Oh Southeast Asia, the land of visa runs every 30 days. Sure, it is fun for the jet setter – but I’m getting too old for this 😉 Mike’s blog 204 We are settling in nicely at the new …