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Rent a White Guy In China – Mike’s Blog 081

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Is this a real think – renting a white guy – or a foreigner in general, in China? Today we had some fun going to my friend’s company for a promotional video – but it is a lot of fun! First a quick Big Mac Challenge for lunch. Well, its Saturday so let’s have some fun! I have been meaning …

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Do You Have Yellow Fever? Mike’s Blog 077

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Here’s a question – Do You Have Yellow Fever? Catchy headline, eh? Probably will attract quite a bit of trolls – but will see if it is a worthy “growth hack” for getting more views on Youtube. I got a QUESTION from a video blog watcher – here it is: Zedan Xu1 day ago You still didn’t explain why you …

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10x Content Challenge – Mike’s Blog 076

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I’m normally just browsing the Facebook groups and not engaging too much – but last night I saw a post from Dan Norris in the 7 Day Startup group about the 10x Challenge. Here’s what he said: Dan Norris Sunday Feb 26, 2017 THE 10X CONTENT CHALLENGE In my first 5 years of doing content marketing, out of half a …

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The Dream Is Getting Closer To Coming True

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The struggle is real. I think that is an internet meme I have seen passed around on my Facebook feed – but that often is the case. This blog used to be titled “happiness in pursuit” and that is just it. We are on the move, starting out where our mother is living at the time, given the tools and …

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Our Beautiful Aunt Nina Passed Away

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The hard thing about being on the other side of the globe is getting Facebook messages in the morning with news like this: Our Aunt Nina has passed away. The funeral will be in Athens, Vermont in March on a Saturday. Life is a journey. Life is a time for us to challenge ourselves, to learn, to meet new people. …

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Are You Ready to Rock? Weekend Warrior’ing

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Are you a weekend warrior? Its Saturday morning and a Chinese Holiday (Lantern Festival) and I’m still here doing my morning writing and later my “maker” work sessions. Mornings to me are precious – its when my brain is awake and craving to create. Even if it is a weekend or a holiday – I just need to submit and …

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Welcome Claire to the Team

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I’m excited to welcome Claire Chen to the Shadstone family! Her and I connected from the Global From Asia podcast- she is a regular listener (awesome!). She just graduated from MBA In the United Kingdom and was looking for opportunities back in China on her return – and we worked out a deal. I haven’t had someone on the team …

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Digital Detox Rocks!

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Seriously wish I did this years and years ago. Been kinda dragging along the past year or so with daily alerts and notifications. We are really becoming slaves to our phones, to the internet. Checking our notifications is the biggest addiction. I do come on each day to write, been still growing the parts of the Global From Asia course …

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Happy Birthday, My Dear Maggie

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Sneaking in some internet action on my “Digital Detox” to share my amazing daughter’s first year birthday. The snow princess. Born on the coldest day EVER for Shenzhen, China last year – she truly is an ice queen 🙂 We are here in the middle of nowhere Guangdong province. One of those Ghost cities in China that the American news …