We should all take our birthday as a time to reflect. I remember when I was living at home, I would come home from school and my mom would have stacks of baby photos piled up on the living room table for me to review. I had no recollection of those photos – those early 1980 blurry kodak photos of …
Dealing With Multiple Languages – Mike’s Blog 085
How do you deal with multiple cultures and languages? For years, I have seen things in my life constantly get lost in translation. It is the challenge but also the opportunity. Living in Asia, bouncing around between Hong Kong, China, and some parts of South East Asia I often lose my mind. Because you are switching your thought process, your …
Most People Die at 25, We Just Don’t Put Em in a Box til their 75, Mike’s Blog 084
“Most People Die at 25, We Just Don’t Put Em in a Box til their 75”, powerful. This is a quote that has been engrained in my mind almost every day. I can’t remember where I first heard it, but I googled it and found a similar variation via Goodreads: “Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until …
Stay Calm in China – Mike’s Blog 082
How do you deal with stress – in today’s video, I show some examples and ask others.
Don’t Let People Stop You From Being Creative – Mike’s Blog 083
This one, I talk about some deep stuff on my early days starting to go online. Hope it reaches you!
Hong Kong Startups on the “dark side” (Kowloon) – Mike’s Blog 080
Always enjoy helping entrepreneurs, heck I’m a hustling entrepreneur myself – so when Ray said let’s put together an association for local hong Kong startups – Asia Entrepreneur Association, I signed up right away!
Rent a White Guy In China – Mike’s Blog 081
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 …
Doing International Deals, in the Unknown – Mike’s Blog 078
I love it – but it is still scary – doing international business deals. Languages, cultures, expectations. I share a little bit of an experience today, and give some ideas on how I best deal with it .
Where Will You live, the rest of your life? Mike’s Blog 079
Life is short – but so many of us ask me if I will live in China for the rest of my life. We talk about that in today’s video.
Do You Have Yellow Fever? Mike’s Blog 077
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 …
10x Content Challenge – Mike’s Blog 076
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 …
Baby Swimming + Vlog Changes, #75
Its been a couple weeks – sorry about that. Been reflecting on how to continue this video blog so did half family, then ended it with some ideas on how to go forward – documenting the process!
I’m Back – Rocking Out After Digital Detox – Mike’s Blog 074
Back and ready to rock – pushing hard for upcoming Cross border Summit on April 21-22 in Shenzhen, China Read about why digital detox rocks here
Happy Birthday, My Dear Maggie
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 …
Hanging at the China Marketing Summit
Enjoyed an afternoon at the China Marketing Summit in Shenzhen, China. Speakers and networking were fantastic.