Celebrating Easter Sunday in China It is hard to be religious while living in China. Especially living in a Chinese household (father in law, wife, kids mostly localized) – but I do try to recognize the holidays I grew up celebrating. So there is a Easter Sunday celebration at the Abnet community -which is a weekly business networking lunch community …
Keeping Energy Levels High – Mike’s Blog 090
How do you stay energized throughout the day? Today’s video blog I was so tired to even record it – but then it sparked the idea to go around and ask people how they keep high energy levels consistently throughout the day. Coffee? Sleep? Mindset? Supplements? Natural? Music? Seemed a wide range of ideas and concepts. Also I was able …
Mike’s Blog 089 – be The “Man in the Arena”
Be the Man in the Arena One of my favorite poems and blog posts here – The Man in the Arena by Teddy Roosevelt. Let me read it out loud to you. So it is that – to not be a critic of what others are doing. Be the gladiator in the arena. Instead of saying “wow, Mike could do …
Dealing Under Pressure, Mike’s Blog 088
Pushing The Limits How do you feel about getting outside of your comfort zone? I don’t know if anyone likes it – but I can tell you – the times I have is the time I have seen growth in my life and my business. I’m going through it right now actually. We have our biggest event to date coming …
How Will People Remember You When You’re Dead?
Today’s video blog originally started about my being on a panel about personal branding, but somehow turned into how people will remember you when you’re dead. I guess there actually is a connection between the 2. A brand is something that people say about you (or your company, or your product) when you’re not in the room. At your funeral, …
The Times We Live For – Mike’s Blog 086
We should all take our birthday as a time to reflect. I remember when I was living at home, I would come home from school and my mom would have stacks of baby photos piled up on the living room table for me to review. I had no recollection of those photos – those early 1980 blurry kodak photos of …
Dealing With Multiple Languages – Mike’s Blog 085
How do you deal with multiple cultures and languages? For years, I have seen things in my life constantly get lost in translation. It is the challenge but also the opportunity. Living in Asia, bouncing around between Hong Kong, China, and some parts of South East Asia I often lose my mind. Because you are switching your thought process, your …
Most People Die at 25, We Just Don’t Put Em in a Box til their 75, Mike’s Blog 084
“Most People Die at 25, We Just Don’t Put Em in a Box til their 75”, powerful. This is a quote that has been engrained in my mind almost every day. I can’t remember where I first heard it, but I googled it and found a similar variation via Goodreads: “Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until …
Stay Calm in China – Mike’s Blog 082
How do you deal with stress – in today’s video, I show some examples and ask others.
Don’t Let People Stop You From Being Creative – Mike’s Blog 083
This one, I talk about some deep stuff on my early days starting to go online. Hope it reaches you!
Hong Kong Startups on the “dark side” (Kowloon) – Mike’s Blog 080
Always enjoy helping entrepreneurs, heck I’m a hustling entrepreneur myself – so when Ray said let’s put together an association for local hong Kong startups – Asia Entrepreneur Association, I signed up right away!
Rent a White Guy In China – Mike’s Blog 081
Is this a real think – renting a white guy – or a foreigner in general, in China? Today we had some fun going to my friend’s company for a promotional video – but it is a lot of fun! First a quick Big Mac Challenge for lunch. Well, its Saturday so let’s have some fun! I have been meaning …
Doing International Deals, in the Unknown – Mike’s Blog 078
I love it – but it is still scary – doing international business deals. Languages, cultures, expectations. I share a little bit of an experience today, and give some ideas on how I best deal with it .
Where Will You live, the rest of your life? Mike’s Blog 079
Life is short – but so many of us ask me if I will live in China for the rest of my life. We talk about that in today’s video.
Do You Have Yellow Fever? Mike’s Blog 077
Here’s a question – Do You Have Yellow Fever? Catchy headline, eh? Probably will attract quite a bit of trolls – but will see if it is a worthy “growth hack” for getting more views on Youtube. I got a QUESTION from a video blog watcher – here it is: Zedan Xu1 day ago You still didn’t explain why you …