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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!

In productivity by Michael Michelini1 Comment

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 …

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Going to Try To Take a Week Off!

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Can you believe it? I don’t think it is possible, but the last week of January I am going to try to not check my computer or my phone – at least not too much. It is Chinese New Year anyway, so most of China is on lock down and closed for business. But normally I’m working on website development …

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50 Free Ways to Increase Your Twitter Followers

In social media, travel, Twitter Tools by Michael Michelini

Twitter is a formidable marketing tool for small as well as large scale business enterprises if used in the correct manner. It can go a long way in generating potential sales contacts with persons or companies interested in your goods or services, strengthening your brand, and establishing key contacts with prospective customers. What really can be considered a huge obstacle …

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You know you’ve been in China too long when……

In china business by Michael Michelini3 Comments

Good one I’ve sen going around Wechat groups today – sharing here on the blog for the records 😉 A bunch of these I am guilty of…. “knowing when you’ve been in China too long”…. 1. You’re at an expensive western restaurant and don’t even notice the guy at the next table yelling into his cell phone 2. You enjoy …

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Taking This Photo Made Me Think Of My Childhood

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Walking around a local park in Shenzhen, China on New Years Day with the family – what could be cooler? Having a flashback of your own childhood during the walk. And that is what happened – there is a construction area at the park where they buried the crane instead of moving it – guessing its for kids to play …

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2016 Year End Review

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(testing combining a blog post and a video blog as 1 WordPress post, feedback appreciated!) Technically today is Jan 1, 2017 – while it is always confusing me to make separate blog posts about last year and one for the coming year – I’m gonna merge them up in my morning brain dump today. Quarter 1 2016 – Full Time …

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New Year – Invest In Yourself

In motivation by Michael MicheliniLeave a Comment

As each year goes by, I try to mature a little bit. Well, now I have no choice to mature – I’m the father of 2 amazing kids and need to set a positive example. One think I’d like to “get out there” is over the years – I have learned that “investing in yourself” has had the most positive …