It is an honor to be one of the first guests on Ash’s podcast – CNX Podcast (Chiang Mai Podcast) The Chiang Mai Community Podcast. Where businesses, brands and interesting people get heard. Hosted by MC Ash Pemberton Links: facebook.com/CNXpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@CNXPodcast/videos
6 Productivity Hacks That Have Been Life Changing
Mike has studied productivity a ton and even made a quick ebook at https://regardingwork.com/book – (you can download free) Here he will give some pointers and make a quick video for Shadstone Ninjas. Think of the top 3 things you need to do the next day – and write it down (ideally on a journal – see below). The concept …
Sharing About Individual Vs “The Group” on Blunt Clarity Podcast
Mom, I’m sorry if you don’t agree with me on the points I share on this podcast. Probably many of my friends from my hometown may not even agree. Maybe I have become some crazy conspiracy theory person during my 17 years in Asia. But today I am sharing a podcast where I was a guest speaking about thoughts on …
Quick Taipei Trip For Handshake
On the road again, as I stamped out of Thai customs I realized I hadn’t left since October 2023! Half of me wanted to stay – saying goodbye to 8 and 9 year old children is really hard – every day with them is precious. Yet I am back on the road- this time typing up in Taipei, Taiwan for …
(Our Loss, Your Gain) Need a Favor – Amazon Lost Our Shipment
As an ecommerce seller, there is never a dull moment. Over the years we have been through the good, the bad, and the ugly (aka ecommerce gladiator). One of our newer brands, Plumepas, has taken a headshot right in the first round of the ecommerce gladiator battle, right at the kickoff to 2024 in early Jan this year. Amazon logistics …
Welcoming 2024 for Handshake: HandyCon Pre-Event in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Was an intense time at the 2024 kickoff pre-event for HandyCon 2024 – grabbed some clips on my vlog camera An intense time doing it both ONLINE and OFFLINE with a great turnout on both channels. What a way to kick off 2024 than the bring a bunch of amazing innovative people for the future of the internet together. HandyCon …
2024: The Year Of Letting Go & Empowering
The screenshot in today’s blog choked me up. For years (I’d say since 2020 covid lockdown) been actively working to take our Shadstone agency and build leaders and managers that can grow and operate without my “pushing”. Our team members are code named “ninjas” – yes Shadstone ninjas. There is a whole story about it and even made custom hoodies …
Tunnel Temple Experience To Ring in 2024 (temple3)
We are pushing ahead into a new year – and felt it was a great time to (1) bring my father-in-law to the temple experience at the request of my wife, and (2) prepare my mind for 2024 and the Loadpipe transition. You can check out the 2 previous temple experiences I have had at temple1 and temple2. This one …
Unboxing: Plumepas Pampas Bouquet Set For Home, Office, & Wedding
Looking for some nice decor for your home, bathroom, office, or to use as wedding decorations? The Plumepas pampas bouquet set is what we are showing you today in this unboxing video. Made in Thailand, from various local farmers, and assembled and prepared at a specialized flower and dried grass facility, this is a combination of assorted flowers and grass …
Elephant Sanctuary Group Trip & Experience
Wrapping up the Cross Border Summit 2023 a few high level speakers and guests joined us for a Sunday morning trip to the Elephant sanctuary. Bright and early at 630am we met at the hotel lobby to take a 1 hour drive up into the mountains of Chiang Mai. Arriving approximately 8am, a welcome speech from the elephant sanctuary manager. …
Food & Gift Night Market Tour in Chiang Mai (after CBS2023)
We are almost 1 week into the Cross Border Summit lineup of events and happenings, and today we have a video blog showing you a fun tour we took at the Saturday night Market. Those still in town joined us for a fun and engaging time of street food, gifts, and a tour of the silver temple.
CBS2023, Cross Border Summit, As It Is Happening
Feels great typing this up because IT IS OVER! Ha, such a stressful and high-anxiety thing to do – put together a conference. The build-up to the event almost cracked me this time more than any other conference we have done and it made me doubt and question everything. But you know what – we made it, and in my …
EO Bangkok Breakfast – Meeting Entrepreneurs Organization at Museum Siam
Sometimes you need to seize the opportunity and I feel it was done this time – Raj who organizes EO in Bangkok – and someone I have worked with during the COVID lockdowns remotely – invited me down to Bangkok for an entrepreneur breakfast. Even with the Cross Border Summit next week (cannot believe it so quick), I felt I …
Leaders With A Heart: Episode 292 Mike Michelini: His Background And Path From Wall Street To China & Beyond
Greetings Fellow Leaders With A Heart, in this episode # 292, I’m talking with a good friend of mine, Michael Michelini. I first started hearing about him on his podcast, Global From Asia, back in 2011-2012. Then we met when I was living in China in 2017 at a conference he was hosting in Shenzhen. This is an episode that …
Pressure and Anxiety: 1 week Til Cross Border Summit 2023
The last few months have been learning a lot about myself – from the list of conferences I’ve attended and spoken at, to the build-up for the “open border, new beginnings” Cross Border Summit organizing – even at 42 years old I am learning about myself. In today’s vlog, I bring you with me to our “at least monthly” e-commerce …