lifestyle
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
If being me is easy from where you stand
Seeing is believing from where I am
Try being me if you think you can
You think I got it easy
Try being me
And if then you do
I did before
I did it all before you
And so much more
Everything you see, you see, I already saw
You want something new to see
Try […]
It is OK to be Tired
I have just put my daughter to bed for a nap, my son is asleep and my wife is asleep. It is early afternoon and it seems like only the cicadas and I are still awake. I am so tired!
Sometimes tiredness gets me down. I feel like falling down wherever I am and just lapsing into […]
Moneycraft - Getting $100 dollars value from $50
No matter what country we live in, there is a form of legal currency that people use as a medium for exchange. No matter what we call it - Dollars, Yen or Euros - money is a powerful force in our lives. We have all seen people who have used money to build substantial things, we have also […]
Work and Rest
Tomorrow is another race day for me. It is the Tsukuba 6 hour enduro cycling race and we have entered 2 teams of four riders. The basic concept is that each team has one rider on the track at a time, riding flat out. When they are exhausted, they ride into the pit and the […]
How to Market Yourself Effectively
When I moved to Japan, I joined an email list for foreigners. Recently, I received an email advertising a bike that someone wanted to sell. In effect it read:
Bike for sale, email for details
What a useless promotion. The writer had unlimited space to market his bike and all he wrote was that. My reaction was that it must be a rusty […]
The only asset that you really own is your life
Your accountant will tell you your assets have appreciated.
Your business consultant will advise that you depreciate your assets.
Your Mother told you your smile was your biggest asset.
But you aren’t smiling as you are busy sculpting your assets at the gym.
The truth is, that all of these assets can be with us one minute and gone the next. […]
