“I’m gonna punch you in the face…”
I am in Cuba for the next 8 days…
Sophie and I flew from Dubai to Paris, enjoyed Paris for 36 hours and then took an 11 hour flight from Paris to Havana.
On long flights, I often kill time …
ode to Sean Parker…
I recently, saw the movie “Social Network” supposedly, the story about facebook and how it began.
I enjoyed the movie very much.
However, for me …. the real “great story” in the movie and book is Sean Parker’s story.
Sean …
Beware – “free loader syndrome” is sweeping america like an out of control virus…
In my opinion, Adam Smith’s invisible hand has been crushed and replaced by an open out stretched one, wanting instead of earning; expecting rather than deserving….“free loader syndrome…” is sweeping across America and most probably the world.
I was in …
Mike Vick and the power of second chances….
We have all made mistakes; we’ve all made poor choices which negatively impacted us.
To be frank: everyone has fucked up once or twice in their lives …
What’s important is learning from our mistakes, and climbing higher.
A couple …
Do you bring those around you up, or do you bring them down?
Do you lift the people around you up, or do you bring them down?
“Don’t let the losers bring you down…”
When I was in 10th – 12th grade, I went to the boarding school, The Bolles School …
importance of core values: making sure the team has the same core values
This blog is motivated by an email I received yesterday from an old staff who worked for me in Shanghai back in 1999 … I havent heard from this person since 2000, but his email and his mention of a …
Friday, December 3rd 2010
woke at 4:00
RUN: 1 hour 30 minutes
comments: my legs and lower body is still very sore from squats — i have squats again on saturday, and need to get back into my core training.…
back to the basics…
This is a blog I did a few months ago, but I wish to repost it because I like the theme … and it ties into tomorrows blog, “ode to the old school II.”
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I have a poster on …
Thursday, December 2nd 2010
I have been running and lifting weights, but struggling to get back into consistent training since my English channel swim.
I have set myself 3 challenges for 2011 (my 40th year) … and one of my 2011 challenges, although isn’t…