Monthly Archives: January 2009

2009: the year of “Why the hell not?”

This is the year to shake the foudations of who and what you think you are; to challenge yourself to swing for the fences in your personal, professional, romantic lives. There’s no better time than now to take a step in the contrary direction, the direction where your dreams are waiting.
Forget about losing weight, stopping [...]

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Let’s shift the ground beneath the cynics, the greedy, the powerful

Obama said it. Now Forbes is saying it: the wost is yet to come. The fact is, we haven’t seen nothing yet when it comes to our economic downturn.
So, why am I optimistic?
One thing is because in situations like these, when what we take for granted fails us, there occurs a window of opportunity where [...]

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Post-Obama singles scene: Is black now the new white?

A woman and I were chatting up the impending inauguration last week. I didn’t know this woman, but she was attractive, young and Caucasian. We were talking about dating when the subject turned to interracial dating. At a point in our conversation she acknowledged that she had up until now never dated outside her race [...]

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Enough with the “done with Intel” posting…

I think enough time has passed that most people know what I’m up to nowadays….
So what’s been going on? It’s Day 15 since starting this new thing and, so far, it’s a learning experience: learning about myself, learning about my new communities, learning about startups….and it’s all good.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to be online [...]

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Yes, I’ve resigned from Intel…am I crazy!?

Why on earth would I choose to leave a six-figure salary, with excellent benefits working for brand that opens doors just about anywhere? Another question: why on earth would anyone in their right mind leave a secure job such as working at Intel Corporation at the worst economic time in the history of the United [...]

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Will your worldview die when death becomes optional?

Some of my friends and colleagues are familiar with this question, but for those fixated to TV, sports, your children, pet, your job or whatever favorite diversion keeps you unaware of how your future is changing, this question may seem absurd. Death being an option? What are you smoking, Perry?
But the facts are that there is [...]

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