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Look up
I haven’t been here in awhile; in the physical and metaphorical sense. Not that I haven’t had the time to write, but I haven’t felt compelled to. What’s compelling me now? So many things to talk about. The one thing on my mind is really just appreciation. Taking the time to enjoy life for what…
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Balance
For the longest time, I wore a yin yang necklace. After I had my surgery at 6 years old, it was given to me and I wore it for close to the next 6 years straight. The symbol of the yin yang always stayed with me. I understood it as balance in the world. There…
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Activating the #network
The power of networks is strong. I participated in a Startup Weekend event with a blockchain theme a little while ago. The week after, I was at the 10th annual Techstars FounderCon conference in Oakland, California. Both of these events reminded me that the startup community and more specifically the Techstars network is alive, well…
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The power of technology
For the last week I’ve been on holiday in Peru. It is a beautiful country that has many natural landscapes, historic sites, and delightful food (Alpaca and ceviche being my favorites). I like to travel more as a local and stay in Airbnb’s rather than luxury hotels. It’s a great way to see the side…
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Love people and use things because the opposite never works.
I just finished watching The Minimalists on Netflix. The movie struck a chord. I’ve been slowly getting rid of a lot of my things over the past year. Now I feel that I can put more purpose and deliberation behind that purge. I enjoy having things, but realize that it’s not the things that I…
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Zero sum inbox
I use the Inbox version of Gmail. And I’m a big fan. Seeing that partly cloudy Sun image bring a smile to my face. When that Sun shows up, I know that I’ve hit zero emails. It forces me to either respond to emails or get them out of sight and move on to more…
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Neighborhoods
I haven’t written about my dog yet and after watching “This is us” on NBC, I felt like it was a good time to start. My dog’s name is Bella. She is a 1 year old pitbull, lab, terrier mix. I adopted her in July of 2016. She’s brought a lot of happiness, excitement and…
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On to new opportunities…
I’m on a plane flying to San Francisco right now. I’ll be there for two weeks. This trip isn’t vacation, although I’m sure it will be plenty of fun. I accepted an offer as a Sales Engineer at Leanplum!! It’s no secret that mobile phones dominate our lives and time. I’m excited to be more involved…
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Life is a negotiation
I find that watching films sparks my compelling nature to write. I just finished watching Bridge of Spies. It can be a bit slow at times but I do recommend it. The reason I mention this movie is that it’s a Tom Hanks film about prisoner negotiation in the Cold War. The movie brings up…
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Make it honest
I recently watch the movie “we are your friends” and kinda liked it. It was a flick about a entrepreneurs and how an uninown dj makes it. The moral that I got which came at the very end, was to make it, you have to be genuine and honest in what it is you’re doing.…