Uncertainty equals opportunity. This is what Alexander Avanth of Alpha Rock and I talked about before at the onset of the pandemic. There really is gold to be found in problems, especially online. Here’s more of what he had to say about this:
Top Productivity Tip
Keep the student mindset. This is a valuable tip that my friend, Rico Ngoma, shared in a short clip. It is true. In order to be productive and get on top of your game, you have to keep the student mentality. This means, you should never stop learning. Have a humbling experience of not knowing anything and learning about it …
How Much Sleep To Be Effective?
A common thing I get is how do we keep up with all the tasks and projects and still get rest? Following Gary Vee and his hustle mindset and agenda. I was fortunate enough to meet him in person in Hong Kong during the Rise Conference and got an autographed copy of his book. While doing that, I threw a …
Grind Report – Year End Pomodoro Recap
Here is my Year End Grind Report So I haven’t done my monthly grind reports – and I feel bad about it. But I haven’t stopped measuring my daily pomodoro sets. So I want to catch up and give a year end report. In today’s chart you can see the weekly chart of pomodoros the lows in 2017 were: * …
No Excuses
No Excuses Mike’s Blog 131 Writing this on a bus in Evernote app using one hand. My Mac charger totally died and I can’t charge my laptop to do my morning writing. I’m rushing to Chinaccelerator office to hope someone can let me in so I can charge my laptop and resume work. Then I will go to a market …
5 Foods Which Help Improve Your Sleep Health
Have you ever eaten a particular type of meal at dinner and you experienced a long night, just tossing and turning in bed? The key to a good diet and sleeping well is having food that goes easy on your bowels. At the same time, that food should induce minimal acid and not cause bloating. Here is my top list …
Digital Detox Rocks!
Seriously wish I did this years and years ago. Been kinda dragging along the past year or so with daily alerts and notifications. We are really becoming slaves to our phones, to the internet. Checking our notifications is the biggest addiction. I do come on each day to write, been still growing the parts of the Global From Asia course …
Grind Report October 2016 – Grind10
We are in November everyone! I think this is when we all feel that the year is ending. And October was a wild month – which means I was outside “hustling” instead of inside “grinding”. Here are the results: Prediction For November’s Grind What is in store for this month? Well, nowhere near as many networking activities, just a Global …
Grind report – August and September 2016 Grind09
So, here’s the last 2 months progress on grinding. Will keep this short – and numbers focused Results for August (as compared to July) August was a solid month – with 154 sets with only 4 weeks compared to July. But August was a low travel month, low event month – so allowed me to “Grind” much more at my …
How Do You Sleep? Mike’s Blog 034
Yes, here’s: The Sleeping Episode – Sleeping (even with Crying babies) Mike’s Blog 034 Today, let’s talk about sleep! But don’t fall asleep on me right now! Sleep is something that we spend about a third of our life on – but many of us don’t really focus on improving it. As I have crying babies and lots of work …
Grind Report- July 2016 Grind08
Another late grind report. Honestly I am still “Grinding” but I am forgetting to put together these reports. But man, months are getting better and better. We are halfway into August – and while that isn’t included in today’s report – I am on “fire”! Finally cracking my afternoon drags and getting a few more work sets done in the …
June Grind Report – Grind07
Almost in mid July – but still committed to getting these grind reports online. June, as expected, was a tough one to do pomodoro sets. But I did get a few good ones in during the Philippines trip and between conferences in Prague. Here are the results: What Is Up for July Well, almost halfway through July now so a …
Grind Report for May! Grind06
Exciting times. I am now on the sixth report for grinding. May has been a heck of a lot of work, a big challenge for me – but seems that there is a lot of interesting developments from this month of grind. Let’s jump into it. May’s Results Here are the results. Much higher than April. This was predicted – …
Grind Report- April 2016
What a month April has been! Feels good to be entering May. April is the month I am born it – its also spring time and it always gets me in a good mood. April we had the Cross Border Summit – smack in the middle of it. Plus all these trade shows and meetups – with more people than …
Grind report – March 2016
And here are the numbers: I’m behind on Mike’s Blog – but as promised I am still doing these monthly grind reports. The Reasons Behind The Results March was a up and down month. The beginning of the month was extremely stressful with a last minute move of our home in China! Really affected my work as it was a …