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Going All In (Focus)

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Going All In Been a wild couple weeks – physically with crossing in and out of China, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Chiang Mai, Thailand and dealing with Embassies and Visas all over the place. But on the business and emotional level – after 5 years doing Global From Asia – now putting it on “ice” as I join forces …

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3 years + 210 Vlogs – What I learned vlogging

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So it has been about three years since I started vlogging (video blogging) – and since I am stopping now David from 80 20 Investor inspired me to write (well asked me to make this video form, but kind of burnt out haha) up a recap of my takeaways and what I learned during the process. It is a great …

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The Last Vlog

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The Last Vlog It Has Been Fun but This is the Last One Mike’s Blog 210 Happy holidays, Q4 here and it is always about turkeys, fat men in red suits and year end thinking. 2018 has been a fun time and now I have to put up a hold for these vlogs. I’m joining a new “secret project” and …

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Appreciate the Days

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Appreciate the Days The days go by so fast, wake up and before you know the day is over. Seems like years and decades are going by so fast. Having kids is even a faster accelerator. Mike’s Blog 209 Today is more a reminder – for myself and others. We are always so focused on the things in the past …

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Quick In & Out of China

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Quick In & Out of China That was fast- a few days in Shenzhen, China and then off. Mike’s blog 208 Writing on the road in Hong Kong today. Strange feeling to go to a place you lived for over ten years and feel like a visitor – but it is what it is. We had our Cross Border Matchmaker …

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Putting It Forward

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Putting It Forward Doing things for others without expectations and amazing things can happen. Does it for you? Its a great experience Mike’s Blog 207 We are rocking and rolling in October with so many things happening. In this video, I am in Bangkok for dcbkk conference where I always get pushed to work harder and do more. While there, …

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Getting Local Thai Help!

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Getting Local Thai Help! Sometimes you just need to put your hand up. While Thailand is nowhere near as challenging as China for coordination – it is already a huge help to have a local Thai person on the team to help out. Welcome Puii (Tanya) to our team! Mike’s Blog 205 Thank you all for enjoying our “pain” lately. …

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Visa Runs / Extensions / Go Back Where You Belong?

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Visa Runs / Extensions / Go Back Where You Belong? Just another migrant trying to take a month off from flying. Oh Southeast Asia, the land of visa runs every 30 days. Sure, it is fun for the jet setter – but I’m getting too old for this 😉 Mike’s blog 204 We are settling in nicely at the new …

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Why Thailand

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Update and Summary – Why Thailand? What Is The Move? A lot of people have been catching one or two of the video blogs and not getting the full picture of what exactly happened. So – let’s recap for those who are trying to patch everything together: In about April (of this year – 2018) Wendy and I had a …

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Leveraging the Chinese Community in Thailand

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Leveraging the Chinese Community in Thailand Maybe there is a benefit from being surrounded by Chinese speaking people in Thailand? Mike’s blog 203 We are moving – AGAIN. Can you believe this? You’re saying – but you just moved to Thailand and are moving? Well – still in Chiang Mai, still same school for the kids – here’s the story. …

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Bouncing Back After A Big Change

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Bouncing Back After A Big Change There was about a month delay -then that wall of – wow – this is really happening. Mike’s Blog 202 I have been reading more books than I ever did in school – which I am proud to say. But one problem is I am forgetting where I am learning new tactics and strategies. …

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Getting My Kids Immigration Visa To Thailand

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Getting My Kids Immigration Visa To Thailand Typing this up on the floor outside Thai Immigration at 6am. The things you do for your kids, and to legally stay in a country. Immigrants life is not an easy one Mike’s Blog 201 So we are now into the 200s for the video blogs here. Thanks Andy Bravo for enjoying the …

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Choosing a Decent Twitter Username

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The username or handle is one’s identity on Twitter. You can sign up for Twitter by using your own name or its variation as a username provided that it has not already been taken by someone else. For instance, if your name is Jonathan Carter, you may go for a username such as @jonathancarter or @jonathan_carter.

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Seeing The Elephants in Thailand

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Seeing The Elephants in Thailand Yes, couldn’t avoid it – the kids HAD to go Elephant park in Thailand Mike’s blog 200 A nice way to enter into our two hundredth video blog here at Mike’s Blog – getting kicked (if you call it that) in the private parts by an elephant. Upon returning from Yiwu, China sourcing trip late …