beautiful Sri Lanka
This past Christmas holiday, I took my family (Sophie, Marie, and Giovanna) to Sri Lanka.
Personally, I wanted to go to our home in France to enjoy great food, wine and just relax at our home, but Sophie and the …
positivity costs nothing.
Last Friday night, I was meeting a close friend for dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Dubai, “Jean George.”
I have not seen this very close friend for a while, so I was really looking forward to the …
Does vision create perseverance?
This past Friday, someone whom is sort of my mentor, Ben Richard said something that helped slap my focus back on track: “If you have vision in your life, you can go through the pain.“
Ben’s discussion on the concept …
Are you too comfortable being almost successful?
A couple weeks ago, at my church in Dubai (I go to Gatekeeper’s) the sermon/message of the week was on the concept of how we consider and define success in our lives.
I will not inflict my Christianity on the …
doing one’s best is to be expected.
Last week, I was cc’d on someone’s role memo which outlined KPIs in the coming 3 months.
The employee replied cc’íng me: “I will do my best!”
As I read the guys email, I thought to myself; does this mean …
30 days without eating or drinking anything, but water …
I fasted for 30 days from November 5th to December 5th.
For 30 days, I did not eat or drink anything other than water (no juice or special drinks) — only water.
Over the past year, I fasted 2 …
let your performance speak for you.
A few weeks ago, I had breakfast with a good friend of mine in Dubai.
My friend is a COO of a Bahraini construction company, and he personally oversees 750 employees in 3 offices in the middle east.
I know …
Where is John Galt?
Most people who read my blog have no idea who John Galt is, and or why I have “searching for John Galt…” proclaimed at the top of my blog home page.
John Galt is more than just a character from …
going for dinner in Erbil, Iraq…
Loyal readers of my blog know that I like to travel to dodgy places, and I have had some amazing trips to many of the world’s most famous hot spots such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, all over the Middle East …
when did authority stop having authority?
Today’s blog is a re-post from a couple years ago because the content fits with the theme of the previous blog, and its something that seems to only be getting worse esp. in America.
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“Anytime you quit hearing “sir” …