Disconnecting from work

I have been on vacation last few days, first a few days in Singapore and then Thailand with Alex.   I just read the book, ‘What’s your story’, and in it, I really like the words the author used on being ‘focused’ on one task at a time.  Another...

Power of the Story

On Sunday, while drinking with the boys, Mirko kept mentioning the book “The Power of Story”.   I had 6 hours on the plan today, so I read the book.   Fantastic material.   Loved the book, but also loved the concept of the very, very deep...

Bring the right people on the bus

Over last two weeks, I finalized a deal with Scot Arey, to come out to Beijing to help prepare the company for next level of growth.  I used linkedin for recruiting, and acted on two gut feelings.  One that I need a very strong CFO and second that I need a...

Philosophy of Motivation

Went out last night with a few boys to chat about motivation, life purpose,  drivers, what we want, etc.   Very nice, philosophical discussion, especially in terms of establish what it is that limits us.   Bottom line, we have hiden limits...

Resisting the urge to ‘work’

Today was  a bit of a challenging day for me.  I  was looking around the SilverDevotion site (on a technical level) – and I really, really wanted to jump in and start working hands on –on getting the site up and performing.   I did take some...

Financial Systems

I was thinking last night about: 1. expansion cycle 2. how would I effectively spent $5MM to gain speed 3. growth risks. Through all this thinking, the big conclusion that I keep coming back to, is that Finance is now biggest obstacle.   In...