A month ago I wrote about how I had unintentionally been creating too much freedom in my life, cut, cut, cutting things away so I could remain in a hyper-vigilant state in support of my family. I knew the pendulum had swung too far. My answer was to immediately do something I enjoy – put myself on a stage and challenge myself in creating something new. I used the resources I had, which in this...
“I just want to leave”, I managed to say, instead of agreeing to the sworn testimony the customs official wanted to collect from me. Later, he would ask me to sign something, and I refused. I couldn’t believe I was doing that. I was having an out of body experience as I did. Part of me was praising myself “Look at you! Look at you standing up for yourself!” It’s difficult to stand up to authority...
I’ve come to understand I’m a life-long learner, even though I don’t have a piece of paper with my name on it. One of the ways I enjoy learning is books. I’m particularly drawn to books that are not on the best sellers lists. Here are some of the books I’ve read recently and what some of my takeaways were. Ask Iwata : Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s Legendary CEO Iwata was CEO of...
I think the single biggest thing people would be surprised to learn about me is how introverted I am. It flies in the face of what they generally know about me or how they’ve experienced me. I feel like I am a pendulum that can swing to extreme ends. I can be the guy on stage, literally conducting the energy in a room of thousands of people, and I can be the same person who can spend weeks at...