In Manila, locals and foreigners agree – CAB DRIVERS RIP YOU OFF! There are so many stories about getting ripped off by taxis here, lets hit a few points:

Won’t Use the Meter – They say its broken, or that they don’t want to use it. Some kind of story every time.
Choose who they [...]

Keep that in mind, everyone wants to GET PAID, but its also about growing, learning, and experiencing.  So I titled this after a great quote from Jim Rohn :
Its not what we are getting, its what we are becoming – Jim Rohn
Life is exactly about that.  So many people are pre-occupied with what is in [...]

I am often asked what I do for a living and a big part is selling bar supplies online. And after I tell people this, they always ask HOW did you get into selling bar products, are you a bartender? No, I’m not and never was a bartender….though the idea of being a [...]

Spending my saturday evening in Philippines watching the movie “outsourced” and it is really hitting home. While I have never been to India, I am actually upset, when I was at Deutsche Bank, I PASSED UP THE OPPORTUNITY!! I was on the trading floor in New York, and my manager came up and [...]

Today is my last day in Shenzhen for a bit, in Hong Kong airport now typing this out. Recently I had an interesting quick QQ chat i had with my friend Lucy……she was talking about my move to the philippines, contained the typical chat sequence of events, the 5 W’s – who, what, [...]

I was hesitating blogging this!!! But at least office-wise, I am out of Shenzhen……i will still be stopping by now and again for meetings and friends. Took a photo last night here, I had a “nong min gong” (farmer who comes to the city to make better money….the hardest working people!) help me [...]

I know sometimes on this blog I kinda pick on USA and some policies, etc – but after being in various parts of China, Asia, and Europe – I still think USA is one kick ass country. There is a great saying, not specifically about Americans, but I’ve heard it applied to all kinds [...]

I cannot disclose the name of the company, or the details…..but I have to get it out of my head.  For a few weeks I’ve been considering an offer to become CEO of a company back in USA.  My main skill to bring would be sales, marketing and streamlining business processes.
But I just cannot leave [...]

In so many ways in life, i think the hardest transition for me is to “let go” and let others do something for themselves to learn. I think its because i have no patience, so i cant stand to watch someone else waste time or do something wrong that will cause issues further down the [...]

Lammy, my number 1 blog commenter these days, shared with me this funny comic about the way management structures actually work. But Lammy, please realize this is probably written or drawn by the guy “at the bottom”. I think most staff think its soooo easy to be a big boss, don’t have pressure [...]

I wish I could remember who taught me this….but when I get totally overwhelmed and confused….I have trained myself to take a deep breath and write everything down….prioritize it..
Keeping customers happy – sometimes I freak out that maybe customer service isn’t good, or quality of a product is going to be an issue. These [...]

I am loving this, friends keep on passing along more motivational excerpts they use in their business motivation. A friend Paul Chong recently passed the below along to me in an email:

The struggle is beautiful…
The Man in the Arena
is the title of a speech given by Teddy Roosevelt at [...]

Its something that I am constantly battling….how to align people to do work they like to do, and to do work that I need to get done for a project or company….I do find myself PUSHING a lot….as I have little patience and I know what has to be done, but want others to [...]

This is a quote from Jim Rohn, i just found on twitter – I am always using twitter updates to keep me positive and motivated….as people there I follow post all kinds of crazy stuff, keeps my days interesting

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better – Jim Rohn
I have to keep this in [...]

I remember reading a book by Bruce Williams called “Thanks For Asking”.  Bruce Williams is a radio show talk show host my father loves to listen to. If you would like to read more, here is Bruce William’s bio and website
I remember my dad giving handing the book over to me when I was [...]