I’m almost half dead! (Morbid I know but it motivates me to take action In life and try to make a difference) Life is short, and we need to make the most of it. I had Jasper on the team help make a cool little app to remind everyone (including myself) how long we have been alive for – but …
Already Starting 2020 New Year Resolutions
Working hard here on planning for the new year. 2019 flew by – as every year. And years will FLY by. That is why we need to take the “bull by the horns” (haven’t used that one in a while) and make it happen. I have some amazing 2020 Trello Boards from Monique moniquelindner.com and I will do my best …
Hard Talks Is What Defines Us
Having The Hard Talks And Facing Challenges Is What Makes You Stronger As the Cross Border Summit approaches in a couple days, and as I am in the middle of DCBKK conference in Bangkok – a lot of intense talks and situations where you need to make hard decisions with limited input and time. Friends remind me that these are …
Remembering My Late Grandparents and Aunt
Remembering My Late Grandparents and Aunt What do you do when you get a birthday reminder for someone who has since passed away? The older I get, the more and more birthday popups hit my calendar of people who have left this Earth.. I haven’t been deleting them. I have been remembering them. Maybe this is how they continue to …
Making a Bigger Impact
Making a bigger impact. Donald Trump, the man with even more attention than he did in the TV days – one quote I really like from him is: If you’re doing to do something, do it big! A quote I am trying to live by more. It is true, if you are going to do a business, why aim small? …
Fitting in the fishbowl – Your Growth Based On Your Environment
Fitting in the fishbowl – Your Growth Based On Your Environment Greetings from Manila. Things are moving fast, and I just joined forces with Alpha Rock Capital, a holding company of Amazon businesses. Merged our business with them and I’ll also be joining as parter and director of business development. The timing of the deal is funny as it matched …
Build A Foundation Like Bamboo
Feeling Like Bamboo, and The Shoots Are Coming A pretty cool clip I read while reading Atomic Habits book is about building habits / systems – not just goals. What is this story of bamboo? It spends 5 years underground building its roots. Making a strong and solid foundation. Then, after those five years, it suddenly shoots up into the …
Amazing Staff Email
Getting Emails Like This Makes Me Warm and Fuzzy Inside It has been a stressful few days, but then again when isn’t it stressful? Got a nice email from Ling Ling – a team member from 10 years ago! Yes, 10 years ago. It was 2008 when she worked for me, doing sourcing work in our Shenzhen, China office. For …
Finding Happiness (A Tweet From Justin Kan)
Finding happiness, it is already there – my main takeaway from Justin’s amazing summary of happiness is – realizing that life is a game. There are rules, and we all want to win – but we need to take it easy sometimes as well.
Creative Juice
How do you get that juice flowing?
Hustle
If you search the blog here – you will find it written a ton of times. Many blogs are built on it. I almost think Gary Vee sticks in my head for a few minutes after I even think the word hustle! I think my mom thought I was saying a bad word the first time I mentioned hustle to …
Ideas While Drunk? How Do You Release?
Getting Any Ideas While Drunk? Am I Missing Out By Being Sober? Early morning sober morning here as I type this up. Been sober for at least 3 years, maybe 4 (I can’t remember if I stopped drinking in 2014 or 2015) and reflecting on that. Some ask me why did I stop, or when did I stop – what …
Rules To Teach Your Son
Browsing Facebook and found this (from Ray Costa) and want to document it for the blog. For life. For me to remind myself how I should be raising my own kid. and how maybe you can learn and be inspired on how to teach yours! Cheers and enjoy: RULES TO TEACH YOUR SON: 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting …
Meditation Has Been Life Changing
How do you go about with your meditation and mindset? Mike shares insights and strategies
Dealing with FOMO
Dealing with FOMO Mike’s blog 153 How are you dealing with FOMO? It is often an internet meme – but it is real! FOMO, for those not up on the internet slang, stands for “Fear of Missing Out” and I would say has been in existence since the stone ages. All this bitcoin and ICO insanity has been nuts the …