Living large in Hamburg…

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I was chatting with my friend Sasha and reminiscing about my time in Hamburg where he is currently visiting and I was trying to remember where it was I stayed. Having visited 20 countries, and many of them numerous times, really only a handful of hotels stick in my mind. Continue Reading →

Why I am quitting Facebook…sort of.

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I spend a good bit of time on Facebook scrolling through the news feed seeing what my ‘friends’ are up to. Recently I lightened up my ‘friends’ list by about 50% and this allowed me to scroll through the news feed and see more of what people I actually know Continue Reading →

My Facebook quotes page part 1

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Changing some security settings and such on Facebook I stumbled across a section I had forgotten all about. There is a place there where you can park some of your favorite quotes. It used to be on my main page but for some reason it is not there anymore and Continue Reading →

Influential books

Recently I wrote a post about how sometimes the difference between first and second place, the difference between success and failure is so small is is barely noticeable but it is indeed there. The post was inspired by the book “212 – The Extra Degree” by Sam Parker. This got Continue Reading →

Turning it up to 11

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Last night Brenna and I went to see the movie “Rush” which is a re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One race car rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Lauda is a cool, calculating technical genius who relies on precision. At the 1976 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring, Continue Reading →