While I never knew my grandfather on my father’s side, Gelindo Michelini, I do think of him pretty often, more then ever since I’ve come to do business in China. I parallel how my life must have been somewhat similar to his. While he passed away well before I was born, from what my Uncle Bill and my father tell …
GO BIG OR GO HOME (Make It Happen)
Feel like i’m in a mafia movie and its kill or be killed……butting heads with everyone…..have to follow my gut, take the bull by the horns, and get it done. streamline operationsscale down and outsourcefocus on profitable businesssee who stands by my side and who walks. running on pure adrenaline now…..can’t stop, worked too hard to get this far and …
Discouraged / Confused Going into 2009.
Past few days have been really discouraging for me…..I emailed this to my staff today subject: guess I am a bad manager Thanks guys…………………..I am really too nice, and now I am being totally taken advantage of…. At first I was upset when (another company president) offered to have me work with him…I thought I was doing good….but I am …
Overextending myself? Hope not overpromising
Pushing as hard as I can, like usual. Getting comments from my friends reading this blog saying all I do is work!!! Well, yea its what I like to do, why I am glad I quit my dayjob and took the plunge. Learning, growing, becoming better for the next time….. But the past weeks have been more about dealing with …
Taking Negative Energy and Turning Positive
Well, I guess what I asked for when I quit my job and started doing business on my own…..and I realize more and more its a dog eat dog world. I feel like I am constantly fighting to get my point across, and constantly have to think on my toes. I am not afraid to say I am wrong, or …
This is the week to kick some ass
The endless working days upon weeks upon months upon years…and I have never felt like so many things have “clicked” together like they have over this weekend….. spyble SEO system went live, ebay UK re-instated me, electrapour production samples look awesome, gaining traction with staff and business partners…. while there are a few negatives and a lot of risks still …
Surrounded by people working to embetter themselves
I realize how important it is to surround yourself with good people…and I can say that I have that in my office in China. I get a good feeling in my gut when I see the work getting done each day. I realize how important it is to motivate others….understand what people think about, what makes them happy, and what …
Keep Pushing Forward – Leaving People Behind?
(my mom still isn’t up to emailing – and posted me this clipping from the local Florida newspaper….haha, good timing!) Keep pushing forward, but I keep telling myself – no more mister nice guy – should I change and not care as much about how others feel? I feel I’ve gotten more agressive, as I get deeper and deeper into …
Lack of Focus…my weakness…or strength?
My whole life I have always been told I need to focus – and that saying “jack of all trades, master of none”…..but I just don’t listen…..I love being out of control, overwhelmed, and overworked That is what I loved about Deutsche Bank days on distressed debt….the insanity, the energy….too many phone calls to answer, information overflow……the hustle….making 2 pieces …
Step into my office – is it adapting or changing oneself?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHHGDvz3Mo&hl=en&fs=1] Messing around with adding a watermark to a video for more videos – and used the inside of my office as a test video. Want to make some funny skit videos about the daily findings and business interactions I see here. I remember the high school yearbook signing days – and the notes “never change for anyone, ” never …
i’m finally “back”
I can say this has been the hardest re-adjusting phase i’ve been through since maybe 1st day of high school….it was just a pile of things…came back to china – jet lag, tons of emails, questions, staff member quit while i was gone, congested/sick, and simply overwhelmed. Today definitely cleaned house, refocused, unpacked (yes a week and a half later) …
I think I’m happy!
Can’t sleep….the usual lately…my brain is working overtime….I’m physically exhausted, but just can’t stop thinking about international business….I love every minute of it. Sure, I get completely stressed out at certain moments, situations where I seem to be at the mercy of the luck – but it pans out. Spread my bets out, don’t get in too deep with one …
Hong Kong – Keep Pushing forward
spent the past few days in Hong Kong – trade show, networking, business banking – can’t stop pushing forward… stopped by the Hong Kong Harbor last night – snapped a quick photo of a “thinker”. Who is this guy, what is going through his life right now, what is he….Pondering? Putting yourself in others shoes sometimes….where is he, 24 hours …
Can’t Stop – Coming like a freight train
In an extremely motivated mode again right now….Easter isn’t celebrated in China so I’ve been spending the weekend doing office housekeeping…laying out the desks, moving things around…and general strategizing…. Feel like its taken months and months of time, but I am so pumped becase I am blazing a path that was the dream I can think of since I remember. …
Got to Think Long Term
Reading a lot of articles today…between financial distasters and leaders getting shun…its got to be a much harder time for some compared to me – but I have put my money where my mouth is – building an international business in the face of a market crash is difficult – but believe this is a smart long term move – …