Monthly Archives: June 2009

Office Bully

An Excerpt from the book How I Changed Careers :  Office Bully I saw the dysfunction in how they would talk to each other.  Ask inquiring questions with a caring face and then bash each other behind their backs.  I … Continue reading

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Risk

  I have been thinking about this concept everyday. Because I am taking risks everyday. Its not easy and somewhat fearful to leave home, work, go to a foreign country to write a book. Financially its not easy either. Every … Continue reading

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An excerpt from the book How I Changed Careers, “Neil”

An excerpt from the book How I Changed Careers “Neil” was a senior partner at an important boutique law firm. We met at an embassy party in Tokyo 8 months earlier. He welcomed me to Washington and suggested we meet … Continue reading

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Amici

mici   My Jetlag is still terrible. I was able to sleep until 3 this morning instead of going to sleep at 5am. I listened to Rick Warren’s TED podcast and an Entrepreneurial podcast from Stanford. I fell asleep again. … Continue reading

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Ready For My Close-up

My inteview was fun. We talked about my book, “How I Changed Careers.” I talked about how this is timely given the American and world economies. The interviewer, Salvatore, wanted to know what I thought caused the American economy to … Continue reading

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Pantelleria Part II

I woke up this morning, watched some news in Italian about GM going bankrupt. Had a quick breakfast and headed out for the internet café and a dammusi rental agency. I asked God to help me find somewhere beautiful, the … Continue reading

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Pantelleria

I arrived yesterday. The place I have been studying, researching, hoping to see…for months. I was tired. I only slept 30 minutes last night. Jet lag is terrible. I left Rome early in the morning and took a connecting flight … Continue reading

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Kindred

  After Palazzo di Spada, I wondered into Campo di Fiori and went to another café and ordered things that I didn’t even know what they were. The couple next to me were looking up restaurants. I asked them about … Continue reading

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Che Ti Frega!

  “What does it matter?” So said the collegiate art docent at the Palazzo di Spada when I told her how much I was gorging in Italy. “If ita make you a happy when you eat ita, then what do … Continue reading

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Press Across The Pond

See Article and photos here  http://00o00.blogspot.com/2009/05/travertine-peruvian-cotton-hoodie.html Sunday, 31 May 2009 travertine peruvian cotton hoodie giveaway! we have an exciting giveaway for all readers! the very kind people at travertine sent me one of their best sellers, and we are giving … Continue reading

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